-
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...
- Heithaus,
Michael (eds.), "Phylogeny,
Biology and
classification of
Extant Holocephalans",
Biology of
Sharks and
Their Relatives,
Second Edition, vol. 20123460...
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others placed it as an elasmobranch,
originating slightly later than the
holocephalans. A few
studies even
suggested that it was a more
derived elasmobranch...
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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...
- (from the
Ancient Gr****, "flesh saw") is an
extinct genus of
eugeneodont holocephalan from the
Permian of Greenland.
Similar to
other helicoprionids such as...
-
Delphyodontos dacriformes is a
prehistoric holocephalan fish from the
middle Carboniferous-aged Bear
Gulch Limestone Lagerstätte,
during the Bashkirian...
- ISBN 978-0-691-10251-1. Lund, R. (1980). "Viviparity and
intrauterine feeding in a new
holocephalan fish from the
Lower Carboniferous of Montana". Science. 209 (4457): 697–699...
- 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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Myriacanthidae is an
extinct family of
holocephalan cartilaginous fish,
closely related to
living chimaeras.
Fossils are
known from the
latest Tri****ic...
