- to
polypterids. The
oldest polypterids are
around 100
million years old, from the
early Late
Cretaceous of
South America and Africa.
Polypterids are...
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Bawitius is an
extinct genus of
giant polypterid from the
Upper Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian)
Bahariya Formation of Egypt. The type
species is B. bartheli...
- ray-finned fish in the
bichir family, Polypteridae. It is a
typical example of
polypterid fishes, as most of its
defining physical features are
common across the...
- Frank,
Lawrence R.; Long, John A. (2014). "Spiracular air
breathing in
polypterid fishes and its
implications for
aerial respiration in stem tetrapods"...
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actinopterygian clades (in
millions of years, mya) are from Near et al., 2012. The
polypterids (bichirs and reedfish) are the
sister lineage of all
other actinopterygians...
-
Lawrence R.; Long, John A. (January 2014). "Spiracular air
breathing in
polypterid fishes and its
implications for
aerial respiration in stem tetrapods"...
- development, ****ually
dimorphic anal fins, and spiracles. This is
because polypterid were one of the
earliest diverging groups from
where they nest
under the...
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contemporary polypterid Bawitius could reach up to 300 cm (9.8 ft). Its body was
relatively short and tall
compared to
modern polypterids,
closer to the...
- of the
relict fish
fauna of
northern Chad, with the
first records of a
polypterid and a
poeciliid in the
Sahara desert".
Comptes Rendus Biologies. 336 (11–12):...
- Frank,
Lawrence R.; Long, John A. (2014). "Spiracular air
breathing in
polypterid fishes and its
implications for
aerial respiration in stem tetrapods"...
