Lists of prehistoric fish
See also: Evolution of fish
Prehistoric fish are early fish that are known only from fossil records. They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish that lived through the Cambrian to the Quaternary. The study of prehistoric fish is called paleoichthyology. A few living forms, such as the coelacanth are also referred to as prehistoric fish, or even living fossils, due to their current rarity and similarity to extinct forms. Fish which have become recently extinct are not usually referred to as prehistoric fish.
Categories of prehistoric fish
Groups of various prehistoric fishes include:
Jawless fish
Main article: List of prehistoric jawless fish
Placoderms
Main article: List of placoderms
Acanthodians
Main article: List of acanthodians
- Acanthodes
- Culmacanthus
- Ischnacanthus
- Cheiracanthus
Cartilaginous fish
Main article: List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
Basal ray-finned fish
Main article: List of prehistoric bony fish
Modern ray-finned fish (Teleosts)
Main article: List of prehistoric bony fish
Lobe-finned fish
Main article: List of sarcopterygians
See also
References
- ↑ Shu, D-G., Conway Morris, S., Han, J.; et al. (January 2003). "Head and backbone of the Early Cambrian vertebrate Haikouichthys". Nature 421 (6922): 526–529. Bibcode:2003Natur.421..526S. doi:10.1038/nature01264. PMID 12556891. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
Other reading
- Janvier, Philippe (1998) Early Vertebrates, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-854047-7
- Long, John A. (1996) The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-5438-5
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