Acanthodii

From: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | Date: 1999| Author: AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY | Copyright information

Acanthodii (acanthodians) Class of primitive, fossil fish, characterized by the presence of a true bony skeleton (see BONE), a heterocercal tail fin, a persistent

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