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Chondrichthyes (Chondrichthyans)

      Chondrichthyes (play /kɒnˈdrɪkθi.iːz/; from Greek χονδρ- chondr- 'cartilage', ἰχθύς ichthys 'fish') or cartilaginous "fishes" are jawed fish-like animals with paired fins, paired nares, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone. The class is divided into two recent subclasses: Elasmobranchii (sharks, rays and skates) and Holocephali (chimaeras, sometimes called ghost sharks, which are sometimes separated into their own class). Within the infraphylum Gnathostomata, cartilaginous fishes are distinct from all other jawed vertebrates, the extant members of which all fall into Teleostomi. Their diversity in the geological past was, however, comparatively greater. Their first representatives appeared already in the early Silurian, being represented by evolutionary very successful group - Acanthodians which quickly swamped not only seas but (in Carboniferous) sucessfuly inhabited also fresh waters.


On-line reference: Ohio State University

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Img. 110: A reconstruction of Acanthodian


 

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Isurus Rafinesque, 1810 VL1240
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Lamna Cuvier, 1816 VL1240
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Machaeracanthus bohemicus p4749
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Machaeracanthus bohemicus p4749
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Machaeracanthus bohemicus p4920
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Machaeracanthus bohemicus p4749
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Machaeracanthus bohemicus p4749
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Machaeracanthus bohemicus p4749
  

In the Virtual Museum there are total 123 samples

Virtual museum of the Czech Geological Survey, www.geology.cz, (C) Czech Geological Survey, 2011, v.0.99 [13.12.2011]