A focused search for ancient Mississippian Subperiod marine vertebrates during a paleontological resource inventory of Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, has yielded a wealth of new fossil data, ...
The gnathostome (jawed vertebrate) crown group comprises two extant clades with contrasting character complements. Notably, Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) lack the large dermal bones that ...
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including: bony fish, Osteichthyes; cartilaginous fish, Chondrichthyes; and jawless fish, Agnatha. The discipline can include the ...