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Struniiformes

fish order
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  • coelacanth
    crossopterygian
    / Form and function

    The Struniiformes lived in the Devonian. Their bony remains indicate considerable differences from both the Rhipidistia and the Actinistia. The fossil remains indicate that they possessed the major characteristic of the subclass, however: the division of the cranium into an anterior and a posterior part.

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    The Struniiformes lived in the Devonian. Their bony remains indicate considerable differences from both the Rhipidistia and the Actinistia. The fossil remains indicate that they possessed the major characteristic of the subclass, however: the division of the cranium into an anterior and a posterior part.

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