Definition of Holocephalans. Meaning of Holocephalans. Synonyms of Holocephalans

- include three living families and a little over 50 species of surviving holocephalans. These fishes move by using sweeping movements of their large pectoral...
- 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...
- others placed it as an elasmobranch, originating slightly later than the holocephalans. A few studies even suggested that it was a more derived elasmobranch...
- Menaspiformes are an extinct order of holocephalans known from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, with a possible member, Listracanthus, known from...
- Psammodontidae is an extinct family of holocephalans (sometimes referred to as bradyodonts) known from the Carboniferous and Permian periods. It is the...
- Cochliodontiformes are an order of extinct holocephalans (historically referred to as bradyodonts) known from the Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian...
- Copodontidae is an extinct family of holocephalans (historically referred to as bradyodonts) known from the Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods...
- The Eugeneodontidae is an extinct family of eugeneodont holocephalans known from the late Paleozoic the United States and Iran. A defining trait of the...
- Toxoprion (Ancient Gr**** for "bow saw") is an extinct genus of eugeneodont holocephalans whose fossils are found in marine strata from the Early Carboniferous...