South American lungfish — Taxobox name = South American lungfish regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sarcopterygii ordo = Lepidosireniformes familia = Lepidosirenidae genus = Lepidosiren species = L. paradoxa binomial = Lepidosiren paradoxa binomial authority =… … Wikipedia
lungfish — /lung fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) lungfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) lungfishes. any of various slender, air breathing fishes of the order (or subclass) Dipnoi, of rivers and lakes in Africa, South America, and… … Universalium
Lungfish — For the band, see Lungfish (band). Lungfishes Temporal range: Early Devonian–Recent … Wikipedia
South America — South American. a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. 271,000,000; ab. 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km). * * * Continent, Western Hemisphere. The world s fourth largest continent, it is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the… … Universalium
Queensland lungfish — Temporal range: 100–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Gnathorhizidae — Taxobox name = Gnathorhizidae fossil range = Late Carboniferous Middle Triassic regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Sarcopterygii subclassis = Dipnoi subclassis authority = Müller, 1844 familia = Gnathorhizidae… … Wikipedia
respiration — respirational, adj. /res peuh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing. 2. Biol. a. the sum total of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which oxygen is conveyed to tissues and cells,… … Universalium
List of fish common names — This is a list of fish common names. While some common names refer to a single species or family, others have been used for a confusing variety of different types; the articles listed here should explain the possibilities if the name is ambiguous … Wikipedia
Living fossil — is an informal term for any living species (or clade) of organism which appears to be the same as a species otherwise only known from fossils and has no close living relatives. These species have all survived major extinction events, and… … Wikipedia
John Graham Kerr — Sir John Graham Kerr (18 September 1869 ndash; 21 April 1957) [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/scommons2.htm Historical list of MPs: S (part 2)] ] was a Scottish embryologist and Unionist Member of Parliament (MP). He is best known for… … Wikipedia