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Cladoselachidae

Extinct family of cartilaginous fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cladoselachidae is an extinct family of cartilaginous fishes closely related to, and possibly nested within, Symmoriiformes.[1] They are characterized by having an elongated body with a spine in each of the two dorsal fins.[2]

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Cladoselachidae
Temporal range: Late Devonian
A reconstruction of Cladoselache
Diagram of Maghriboselache
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Eugnathostomata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: †Cladoselachiformes
Family: †Cladoselachidae
Dean, 1894
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