Ichthyornis
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
- “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
