Chondrenchelys
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| Genus: | Chondrenchelys Traquair, 1888
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| Species: | C. problematica
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| Chondrenchelys problematica Traquair, 1888
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Chondrenchelys is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish[1] and the earliest member of Holocephali known from complete skeletons.[2] Chondrenchelys would have been quite a relatively medium-sized fish with an elongated body up to 18 cm (0.59 ft)in length,[2] it had a dorsal fin which was indeed long and a body which tapered to a point. Chondrenchelys had one large pair, one middle-sized pair, and three small pair of tooth plates in each jaw.[2]
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References
[edit]- ^ Richard Lund (1982). "Harpagofututor volsellorhinus new genus and species (Chondrichthyes, Chondrenchelyiformes) from the Namurian Bear Gulch Limestone, Chondrenchelys problematica Traquair (Visean), and their sexual dimorphism". Journal of Paleontology. 56 (4): 938–958. JSTOR 1304712.
- ^ a b c Finarelli, John A.; Coates, Michael I. (1 March 2014). "Chondrenchelys problematica (Traquair, 1888) redescribed: a Lower Carboniferous, eel-like holocephalan from Scotland". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 105 (1): 35–59. doi:10.1017/S1755691014000139. S2CID 130533675.
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