Ichthyornis
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom 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- “Ichthyornis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “Ichthyornis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Ichthyornis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ichthyornis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Ichthyornis at Paleobiology Database