Definition of Holostean. Meaning of Holostean. Synonyms of Holostean

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Definition of Holostean

Holostean
Holostean Ho*los"te*an, a. (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to the Holostei.

Meaning of Holostean from wikipedia

- 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)...
- 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...
- fishes, and over half of all living vertebrate species. While living holosteans include only freshwater taxa, teleosts are diverse in both freshwater...
- 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...
- epidermis was covered with tiny rhomboid platelets like the scales of holosteans (gars, bowfins). They may have been an independent phylogenetic branch...
- 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...
- extinction event. The earliest known neopterygian fish, including early holosteans and teleosts, appeared near the beginning of the Tri****ic, and quickly...
- Archaeolepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine holostean bony fish that lived during the latest Permian or earliest Tri****ic in what is now...
- Aphanepygus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine holostean ray-finned fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian. It inhabited the former Tethys...