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- noun Any of the
cartilaginous fish , especially those of the classChondrichthyes
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The report, released by the IUCN Shark Specialist Group (SSG), is the result of a regional workshop to evaluate the status of the Northeast Atlantic's "chondrichthyan" species using IUCN Red List Categories and CriteriaTM.
Fishupdate.com 2008
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The product of another transformed phylum, this was a chondrichthyan, a distant relation of a shark.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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The product of another transformed phylum, this was a chondrichthyan, a distant relation of a shark.
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Among the fossils found here are acanthodians - the so-called "spiny sharks" which are thought to be the oldest vertebrates to possess true teeth - and what Blais and colleagues consider to be a chondrichthyan, or an early member of the group of cartilaginous fish which includes sharks, skates, and rays today.
Wired Top Stories Brian Switek 2011
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According to the paper, the acanthodians have not been named yet but the chondrichthyan has been previously described as Obtusacanthus corroconis.
Wired Top Stories Brian Switek 2011
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