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- noun Plural form of
cypriniform .
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The earliest definite fossil cypriniforms (cyprinid and catostomid) are of Eocene age from China, but very few cyprinid fossils have been found in deposits earlier than Miocene.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Although fossil cypriniforms are represented most in Asia, the study has been largely neglected in China, owing to the poor preservation of most specimens and their limited significance to the high-level systematics.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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