The Vertebrate SkeletonReynolds, Sidney H. (Sidney Hugh)
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The Vertebrate Skeleton
Reynolds, Sidney H. (Sidney Hugh)
Skeleton
SUBPHYLUM D. VERTEBRATA.
DIVISION (I). CYCLOSTOMATA.
Order 1. MARSIPOBRANCHII.
Family =Myxinoidei=. Myxine--hag-fish.
Bdellostoma.
Family =Petromyzontidae=. Petromyzon--lamprey.
(Ammocoetes--larval lamprey.)
Family =Palaeospondylidae=. _Palaeospondylus._
Order 2. OSTRACODERMI.
Suborder 1. HETEROSTRACI.
Family =Pteraspidae=. _Pteraspis._
Suborder 2. OSTEOSTRACI.
Family =Cephalaspidae=. _Cephalaspis._
Suborder 3. ANTIARCHA.
Family =Asterolepidae=. _Pterichthys._
_Asterolepis._
DIVISION (II). GNATHOSTOMATA.
A. ICHTHYOPSIDA.
CLASS I. PISCES.
Order 1. ELASMOBRANCHII.
Suborder (1). ICHTHYOTOMI.
Family =Pleuracanthidae=. _Xenacanthus._
Suborder (2). PLEUROPTERYGII.
_Cladoselache._
Suborder (3). SELACHII.
Group SQUALIDAE.
Family =Notidanidae=. Heptanchus.
Hexanchus.
Chlamydoselache--frill-gilled shark.
Family =Cochliodontidae=. _Cochliodus._
Family =Cestraciontidae=. Cestracion--Port Jackson shark.
_Acrodus._
Family =Scylliidae=. Scyllium--spotted dogfish.
Family =Lamnidae=. Odontaspis.
Family =Carcharidae=. Galeus--tope.
Family =Spinacidae=. Acanthias--spiny dogfish.
Scymnus.
Family =Squatinidae=. Squatina (Rhina)--angel fish.
Group BATOIDEI.
Family =Pristidae=. Pristis--saw-fish.
Family =Raiidae=. Raia--skate.
Family =Myliobatidae=. Myliobatis--eagle ray.
Family =Trygonidae=. Trygon--sting ray.
Family =Torpedinidae=. Torpedo--electric ray.
Suborder (4). ACANTHODII.
Family =Acanthodidae=. _Acanthodes._
Family =Diplacanthidae=. _Diplacanthus._
Order 2. HOLOCEPHALI.
Family =Chimaeridae=. Chimaera--rabbit fish.
Harriotta.
Callorhynchus.
_Ischyodus._
Order 3. GANOIDEI.
Suborder (1). CHONDROSTEI.
Family =Palaeoniscidae=. _Palaeoniscus._
_Trissolepis._
Family =Acipenseridae=. Acipenser--sturgeon.
Scaphirhynchus.
Family =Polyodontidae=. Polyodon (Spatularia)--spoon-beaked sturgeon.
Psephurus--slender-beaked sturgeon.
Suborder (2). CROSSOPTERYGII.
Family =Holoptychiidae=. _Holoptychius._
Family =Rhizodontidae=. _Rhizodus._
Family =Osteolepidae=. _Osteolepis._
Family =Polypteridae=. Polypterus--bichir.
Calamoichthys--reed-fish.
Suborder (3). HOLOSTEI.
Family =Lepidosteidae=. Lepidosteus--gar pike.
Family =Semionotidae=. _Lepidotus._
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