-
fossils are of
teeth and come from the
Devonian period. The only
living holocephalans are the
chimaeras (Chimaeriformes),
though during the late Paleozoic...
- 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...
- Heithaus,
Michael (eds.), "Phylogeny,
Biology and
classification of
Extant Holocephalans",
Biology of
Sharks and
Their Relatives,
Second Edition, vol. 20123460...
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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...
- of the iniopterygians, both with each
other and with
other groups of
holocephalan, has been
considered problematic.
Cervifurca Iniopera Iniopteryx Inioxyele...
- or hooks,
which may hold them in
place during co****tion. Many male
holocephalans,
including living chimaeras, have
cephalic claspers (tenacula) on their...
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Menaspiformes are an
extinct order of
holocephalans known from the
Carboniferous and
Permian periods, with a
possible member, Listracanthus,
known from...
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Delphyodontos dacriformes is a
prehistoric holocephalan fish from the
middle Carboniferous-aged Bear
Gulch Limestone Lagerstätte,
during the Bashkirian...
- some key
morphological differences that are
specific to chimaeras. The
holocephalan egg capsule, or egg case, has a
bulbous center flanked laterally by flattened...
