-
fossils are of
teeth and come from the
Devonian period. The only
living holocephalans are the
chimaeras (Chimaeriformes),
though during the late Paleozoic...
- Heithaus,
Michael (eds.), "Phylogeny,
Biology and
classification of
Extant Holocephalans",
Biology of
Sharks and
Their Relatives,
Second Edition, vol. 20123460...
- the most
bizarre radiation of
holocephalans at this time was that of the iniopterygiformes, an
order of
holocephalans that
greatly resembled modern day...
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Chondrenchelyiformes is an
extinct order of
holocephalan cartilaginous fish,
known from the
Early Carboniferous of
Europe and
North America.
There are...
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Delphyodontos dacriformes is a
prehistoric holocephalan fish from the
middle Carboniferous-aged Bear
Gulch Limestone Lagerstätte,
during the Bashkirian...
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Myriacanthidae is an
extinct family of
holocephalan cartilaginous fish,
closely related to
living chimaeras.
Fossils are
known from the
latest Tri****ic...
- some key
morphological differences that are
specific to chimaeras. The
holocephalan egg capsule, or egg case, has a
bulbous center flanked laterally by flattened...
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Debeeriidae is a
family of
holocephalan fishes from the
Mississippian subperiod of the Carboniferous. It is the only
family of the
order Debeeriiformes...
- (from the
Ancient Gr****, "flesh saw") is an
extinct genus of
eugeneodont holocephalan from the
Permian of Greenland.
Similar to
other helicoprionids such as...
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Cochliodontiformes are an
order of
extinct holocephalans (historically
referred to as bradyodonts)
known from the Devonian,
Carboniferous and Permian...
