| Cladoselachidae Temporal range:  | |
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| A reconstruction of Cladoselache | |
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| 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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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]
References
- ↑ Coates, Michael I.; Finarelli, John A.; Sansom, Ivan J.; Andreev, Plamen S.; Criswell, Katharine E.; Tietjen, Kristen; Rivers, Mark L.; La Riviere, Patrick J. (2018-01-10). "An early chondrichthyan and the evolutionary assembly of a shark body plan". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285 (1870): 20172418. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.2418. PMC 5784200. PMID 29298937.
- ↑ Klug, Christian; Coates, Michael; Frey, Linda; Greif, Merle; Jobbins, Melina; Pohle, Alexander; Lagnaoui, Abdelouahed; Haouz, Wahiba Bel; Ginter, Michal (March 2023). "Broad snouted cladoselachian with sensory specialization at the base of modern chondrichthyans". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 142 (1): 2. doi:10.1186/s13358-023-00266-6. ISSN 1664-2376. PMC 10050047. PMID 37009301.
- Cladoselachiformes, Dictionary of Zoology (1999).
- Evolution and paleontology (fish). Animal Aqua.
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