- the
morphology of the Holostei, for
example presence of a
paired vomer.
Holosteans are
closer to
teleosts than are the chondrosteans, the
other group intermediate...
-
chondrosteans (sturgeons and paddlefish) also
differ from the
bichirs and
holosteans (bowfin and gars) in
having gone
through a whole-genome
duplication (paleopolyploidy)...
- fishes, and over half of all
living vertebrate species.
While living holosteans include only
freshwater taxa,
teleosts are
diverse in both freshwater...
-
extinction event. The
earliest known neopterygian fish,
including early holosteans and teleosts,
appeared near the
beginning of the Tri****ic, and quickly...
- from a
scaffolding of struts,
rather than the
dense cancellous bones of
holostean fish. In addition, the
lower jaw of the
teleost is
reduced to just three...
-
stood by
their original conclusion based on the
absence of
important holostean characters, and
noted that it
could not be a juvenile,
since the bones...
- from a
scaffolding of struts,
rather than the
dense cancellous bones of
holostean fish.
Teleosts are
found in
almost all
marine habitats. They have enormous...
-
today represented by only a
single species, the bowfin.
Halecomorphs are
holosteans, a
clade which first appeared in the
fossil record during the Tri****ic...
-
epidermis was
covered with tiny
rhomboid platelets like the
scales of
holosteans (gars, bowfins). They may have been an
independent phylogenetic branch...
- with a
humid tropical climate. S.
imperator shared the
waters with the
holostean fish
Lepidotus and the
coelacanth Mawsonia. The
dinosaur fauna was represented...
