- to
polypterids. The
oldest polypterids are
around 100
million years old, from the
early Late
Cretaceous of
South America and Africa.
Polypterids are...
- of
drastically different polypterids such as
Bawitius and
Serenoichthys corroborates the
existence of a
variety of
polypterid fishes in the ecosystems...
- are
invasive species, for example, the
northern snakehead in the U.S.
Polypterids have
rudimentary lungs and can also move
about on land,
though rather...
-
actinopterygian clades (in
millions of years, mya) are from Near et al., 2012. The
polypterids (bichirs and reedfish) are the
sister lineage of all
other actinopterygians...
- Frank,
Lawrence R.; Long, John A. (2014). "Spiracular air
breathing in
polypterid fishes and its
implications for
aerial respiration in stem tetrapods"...
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contemporary polypterid Bawitius could reach up to 300 cm (9.8 ft). Its body was
relatively short and tall
compared to
modern polypterids,
closer to the...
- species. A
notorious case in the
United States is the
Northern snakehead.
Polypterids have
rudimentary lungs and can also move
about on land,
though rather...
-
Lawrence R.; Long, John A. (January 2014). "Spiracular air
breathing in
polypterid fishes and its
implications for
aerial respiration in stem tetrapods"...
- Lacovara, K. J.; Abdel-Ghani, M. S. (2012). "Bawitius, gen. nov., a
giant polypterid (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the
Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation...
- Queensland.
Retrieved 6
January 2016.
Molecular developmental mechanism in
polypterid fish
provides insight into the
origin of
vertebrate lungs Changes in Nkx2...
