Cladoselachidae
Extinct family of holocephalans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cladoselachidae is an extinct family of holocephalian cartilaginous fishes closely related to Symmoriiformes.[1] They are the only members of the order Cladoselachiformes and were characterized by having an elongated body with a spine in each of the two dorsal fins. In 2023, a paper describing a new cladoselachian, Maghriboselache found that it, and Cladoselache, were the only members of the family, greatly limiting the temporal range for this group to the late Devonian.[2]
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Cladoselachidae | |
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A reconstruction of Cladoselache | |
Diagram of Maghriboselache | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Eugnathostomata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | †Cladoselachiformes |
Family: | †Cladoselachidae Dean, 1894 |
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