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
•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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1602-1608 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Current Biology |
Volume | 26 |
Issue number | 12 |
Early online date | 19 May 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Jun 2016 |