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Definition of Ginglymodi

Ginglymodi
Ginglymodi Gin`gly*mo"di, n. [NL.; cf. Gr. ? ginglymoid. See Ginglymoid.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebr[ae] convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel.

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- Ginglymodi is a clade of ray-finned fish containing modern-day gars (Lepisosteidae) and their extinct relatives (including the family Lepidotidae) in the...
- the order Lepisosteiformes within Ginglymodi, with other species occupying various other positions within Ginglymodi. Inhabiting both freshwater lakes...
- relatives are gars (Lepisosteidae), with both groups belonging to the clade Ginglymodi within the Holostei. The group includes both freshwater (Semionotidae)...
- of the clade Ginglymodi. Its only extant representatives are the gar (family Lepisosteidae), and it is defined as all members of Ginglymodi that are more...
- family were more widespread. They are the only surviving members of the Ginglymodi, a clade of fish which first appeared during the Tri****ic period, over...
- species, the bowfins (Amia calva and Amia ocellicauda), as well as the Ginglymodi, the sole living representatives being the gars (Lepisosteidae), represented...
- (infraclasses): teleosts and holosteans. Holosteans comprise two clades, the Ginglymodi and the Halecomorphi. All of these groups have a long and extensive fossil...
- Order Amiiformes Huxley 1861 sensu Grande & Bemis 1998 (bowfins) Division Ginglymodi Cope 1871 Order †Dapediiformes Thies & Waschkewitz 2015 Order †Semionotiformes...
- gar (Atractosteus spatula) is a euryhaline ray-finned fish in the clade Ginglymodi of the infraclass Holostei /hoʊˈlɒstiaɪ/, being most closely related to...
- Chinaglia; Cidade, Giovanne M. (2021-05-01). "New occurrences of Atractosteus (Ginglymodi: Lepisosteoidea: Lepisosteidae) from the Bauru Group (Upper Cretaceous...