Chondropterygii


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Chon`drop`te`ryg´i`i


n. pl.1.(Zool.) A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Chondropterygii. British Museum (Natural History), London: 160 p.
Morphometric discriminant analysis of isolated chondrichthyan scales for palaeoecological inferences: the Middle Triassic of the Iberian Chain (Spain) as a case of study
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