The first articulated skeletons of enigmatic Late Cretaceous billfish-like actinopterygians
Only few candidates of Mesozoic fishes with a similar body plan and ecological niche to the modern billfishes are suggested as their analogues. Several specimens were recovered from Cenomanian deposits in Germany and Lebanon and display a billfish-like fusiform body with elongated premaxillae. They...
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Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2023-12-01
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Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.231296 |