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Teleostomi
Clade of jawed vertebrates / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Teleostomi (from Greek τελεος, complete + Greek στόμα, mouth) is an obsolete taxon[1] of jawed vertebrates that supposedly includes the tetrapods, bony fish, and the wholly extinct acanthodian fish. Key characters of this group include an operculum and a single pair of respiratory openings, features which were lost or modified in some later representatives. The teleostomes include all jawed vertebrates except the chondrichthyans and the extinct class Placodermi.
Teleostomes | |
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an acanthodian | |
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Four species of bony fish | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Eugnathostomata |
Clade: | Teleostomi C. L. Bonaparte, 1836 |
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Recent studies indicate that Osteichthyes evolved from placoderms like Entelognathus, while acanthodians are more closely related to modern chondrichthyes. Teleostomi, therefore, is not a valid, natural clade, but a paraphyletic group of species.[1]
The clade Teleostomi should not be confused with the similar-sounding infraclass Teleostei.