- (ikhthús) 'fish') is a
class of
jawed fish that
contains the
cartilaginous fish or
chondrichthyans,
which all have
skeletons primarily composed of cartilage. They can...
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mosaic of
features shared with both
osteichthyans (bony fish) and
chondrichthyans (cartilaginous fish). In
general body shape, they were
similar to modern...
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Falcatus is an
extinct genus of
falcatid chondrichthyan which lived during the
early Carboniferous Period in Bear
Gulch bay in what is now Montana. This...
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Cladoselache is an
extinct genus of shark-like
chondrichthyan (cartilaginous fish) from the Late
Devonian (Famennian) of
North America. It was similar...
- fish) with a shark-like morphology, such as hybodonts. Shark-like
chondrichthyans such as
Cladoselache and
Doliodus first appeared in the
Devonian Period...
- 439
million years ago,
which are
placed as acanthodian-grade stem-
chondrichthyans. Brazeau, M. D.; Friedman, M. (2015). "The
origin and
early phylogenetic...
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Latin for "flamming." Hairapetian, V., & Ginter, M. (2009).
Famennian chondrichthyan remains from the
Chahriseh section,
central Iran. Acta
Geologica Polonica...
- mermaid's purse, is the
casing that
surrounds the eggs of
oviparous chondrichthyans.
Living chondricthyans that
produce egg
cases include some sharks,...
- Gr****: ἄκανθα akantha, 'spine') is an
extinct genus of
ctenacanthiform chondrichthyan.
Remains have been
found in the
Bloyd Formation (Carboniferous Period)...
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fossil chondrichthyans within the group. The
definition of
Elasmobranchii has
since been
subject to much
confusion with
regard to
fossil chondrichthyans. Maisey...
