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Myledaphus

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Myledaphus is a genus of Late Cretaceous cartilaginous fish whose fossils are known from Canada, the Midwest of the United States, and Uzbekistan. [1]

18 relations: Alberta, Anacoracidae, Animal, Chondrichthyes, Chordate, Clam, Common guitarfish, Cretaceous, Durophagy, Edward Drinker Cope, Fresh water, Guitarfish, Late Cretaceous, List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish, Midwestern United States, Rhinopristiformes, Tooth, Vertebra.

Alberta

Alberta is a western province of Canada.

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Anacoracidae

The Anacoracidae are an extinct shark family in the order Lamniformes.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Chondrichthyes

Chondrichthyes (from Greek χονδρ- chondr- 'cartilage', ἰχθύς ichthys 'fish') is a class that contains the cartilaginous fishes: they are jawed vertebrates with paired fins, paired nares, scales, a heart with its chambers in series, and skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Clam

Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs.

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Common guitarfish

The common guitarfish (Rhinobatos rhinobatos) is a species of cartilaginous fish in the family Rhinobatidae.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.

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Durophagy

Durophagy is the eating behavior of animals that consume hard-shelled or exoskeleton bearing organisms, such as corals, shelled mollusks, or crabs.

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Edward Drinker Cope

Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist, as well as a noted herpetologist and ichthyologist.

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Fresh water

Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.

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Guitarfish

The guitarfish are a family, Rhinobatidae, of rays.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale.

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List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

This list of prehistoric cartilaginous fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the class chondrichthyes and are known from the fossil record.

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Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the American Midwest, Middle West, or simply the Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2").

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Rhinopristiformes

Rhinopristiformes is an order of rays, cartilaginous fishes related to sharks, containing shovelnose rays and allied groups.

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Tooth

A tooth (plural teeth) is a hard, calcified structure found in the jaws (or mouths) of many vertebrates and used to break down food.

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Vertebra

In the vertebrate spinal column, each vertebra is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, the proportions of which vary according to the segment of the backbone and the species of vertebrate.

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Myledaphus bipartitus.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myledaphus

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