The Oldest Actinopterygian Highlights the Cryptic Early History of the Hyperdiverse Ray-Finned Fishes

Lu Jing, Sam Giles, Matt Friedman, Jan den Blauuwen, Min Zhu

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Abstract

Highlights
•Once considered a lobe-fin, Meemannia is the oldest ray-finned fish

•MicroCT reveals ray-fin characters including lateral cranial and spiracular canals

•Meemannia revises hypotheses of bone histology in the ancestor of bony fishes

•“Cosmine”-like tissues are also present in the ray-fin Cheirolepis
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1602-1608
Number of pages7
JournalCurrent Biology
Volume26
Issue number12
Early online date19 May 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jun 2016

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