Ichthyornis
Appearance
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”) and ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).
Proper noun
[edit]†Ichthyornis
- A taxonomic genus within the subclass Ornithurae – an extinct flying reptile.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Ornithurae - subclass (Odontotormae - infraclass; Ichthyornithiformes - order; Ichthyornithidae - family)
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Ichthyornis dispar - type species
References
[edit]- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Ichthyornis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “Ichthyornis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Ichthyornis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ichthyornis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Ichthyornis at Paleobiology Database