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  • Turning to the Vertebrata, the only Paleozoic Elasmobranch Fish of which we have any complete knowledge is the Devonian and

    Essays 2007

  • Discussing this question in his classical work on the development of Elasmobranch fishes, [406] Balfour came to the conclusion

    Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology

  • The research work which he began there contributed in an important degree to his election as a fellow of Trinity in 1874, and also afforded him material for a series of papers (published as a monograph in 1878) on the Elasmobranch fishes, which threw new light on [v. 03 p. 0255] the development of several organs in the Vertebrates, in particular of the uro-genital and nervous systems.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

  • Steenstrup -- had been struck with the resemblance existing between the placoid scales and the teeth of Elasmobranch fishes.

    Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology

  • [1] Some of the lower vertebrata (Elasmobranch and Ganoid fishes) occur, indeed, in early strata (upper Silurian); but still far from the earliest in which some of the invertebrata are found.

    The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution George John Romanes 1871

  • Turning to the Vertebrata, the only palæozoic Elasmobranch Fish of which we have any complete knowledge is the Devonian and Carboniferous

    Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Turning to the Vertebrata, the only Paleozoic Elasmobranch Fish of which we have any complete knowledge is the Devonian and Carboniferous

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Texas has seen 16 confirmed, unprovoked shark attacks on humans over the past 11 years 2000-10, according to data from the International Shark Attack File compiled by the American Elasmobranch Society and the Florida Museum of Natural History.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • Elasmobranch fishes are an ancient group of vertebrates which have high potential as model species for research into evolutionary physiology and genomics.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Kalle Rytkonen 2010

  • And you, I presume, are the Artilleryman who attended my lectures on the Eroticism of the Elasmobranch? "

    The War of the Wenuses 1900

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