Early members of ‘living fossil’ lineage imply later origin of modern ray-finned fishes

Sam Giles (), Guang-Hui Xu, Thomas J. Near and Matt Friedman
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Sam Giles: University of Oxford
Guang-Hui Xu: Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thomas J. Near: Yale University, 165 Prospect St
Matt Friedman: University of Oxford

Nature, 2017, vol. 549, issue 7671, 265-268

Abstract: High-resolution scans of fossilized fish skulls suggest that modern ray-finned fishes originated later than previously thought and necessitate reconsideration of the evolution of this major vertebrate group.

Date: 2017
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