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Agnatha (/ˈæɡnəθə, æɡˈneɪθə/; from
Ancient Gr**** ἀ- (a-) 'without' and γνάθος (gnáthos) 'jaws') is a
paraphyletic infraphylum of non-gnathostome vertebrates...
- and
various classes of fish and reptiles. The fish
include the
jawless Agnatha, and the
jawed Gnathostomata. The
jawed fish
include both the cartilaginous...
- (Osteichthyes),
cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and
jawless fish (
Agnatha).
According to FishBase, 33,400
species of fish had been
described as of...
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classification Domain:
Eukaryota Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Chordata Infraphylum:
Agnatha Genus: †Areyongalepis Young, 2000 Species: †A. oervigi
Binomial name †Areyongalepis...
- taxonomy.
Traditional classification divides fish into
three extant classes (
Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, and Osteichthyes), and with
extinct forms sometimes classified...
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cartilaginous fishes or
primitive vertebrates. Cope (1889)
coined the name
Agnatha ("jawless") for a
group that
included the
cyclostomes and a
number of fossil...
- with
Metaspriggina and the
other craniates (both
gnathostomatans and
Agnatha)
grouped with
Branchiostoma and the cephalochordates, and
Pikaia out on...
- Fish vary
greatly in size. The
whale shark and
basking shark exceed all
other fish by a
considerable margin in
weight and length. Fish are a paraphyletic...
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Examples of
infraphyla include the Mycetozoa, the
Gnathostomata and the
Agnatha.
Hutchinson 1973. Hutchinson, John (1973). The
families of
flowering plants...
- (Craniata) (vertebrates –
animals with backbones; 66,100+ species)
Superclass '
Agnatha'
paraphyletic (jawless vertebrates; 100+ species)
class Cyclostomata Infraclass...
