Lists of prehistoric fish
Prehistoric fish are early fish that are known only from
extinct
are not usually referred to as prehistoric fish. They were very different from what we have today. They likely were larger and had tougher scales.
Lists of various prehistoric fishes include:
- List of prehistoric jawless fish
- List of placoderms
- List of acanthodians
- List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
- List of sarcopterygians
See also
- Evolution of fish
- Prehistoric life
- Vertebrate paleontology
References
- S2CID 4401274.)
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Further reading
- Janvier, Philippe (1998) Early Vertebrates, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-854047-7
- Long, John A. (1996) The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-5438-5
External links
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- Lists of prehistoric fish
- spiny sharks
- placoderms
- cartilaginous
- bony
- lobe-finned
- List of transitional fossils
- Prehistoric life
- Transitional fossils
- Vertebrate paleontology
† extinct
This article includes a species-related list of lists.