subclass Holocephali

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subclass Holocephali - chimaeras and extinct forms

Holocephali

Chondrichthyes, class Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes

holocephalan, holocephalian - fish with high compressed head and a body tapering off into a long tail

Chimaeridae, family Chimaeridae - a family of Holocephali

class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

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According to Obruchev, the fish, coming from the Lochkovian, is perhaps the earliest bradyodont, i.e., a representative of the Order Bradyodonti, Subclass Holocephali. The bradyodonts are known from the Upper Devonian to the Lower Triassic (Obruchev 1964).

A new lower Devonian arthrodire (Placodermi) from the NW Siberian Platform/Uus alam-Devoni artrodiir (Placodermi) Siberi Platvormi loodeosast