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Acanthodians were an extinct group of jawed fishes that lived long ago and shared features with both modern sharks and bony fishes, including shark-like bodies covered with tiny diamond-shaped scales. Scientists believe they represent an evolutionary stage that came before the split between today's sharks and rays on one side and bony fishes on the other, making them important for understanding how these major fish groups evolved.
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Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Gnathostomata
- Image
- Mesacanthus Parexus Ischnacanthus.JPG
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- Commons category
- Chondrichthyes
- taxon name
- Acanthodii
- taxon rank
- class
- topic's main category
- Category:Acanthodii
- taxon common name
- akantodi
- topic has template
- Template:Taxonomy/Acanthodii
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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