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Definition of Subclass holocephali
1. Noun. Chimaeras and extinct forms.
Group relationships: Chondrichthyes, Class Chondrichthyes
Member holonyms: Holocephalan, Holocephalian, Chimaeridae, Family Chimaeridae
Generic synonyms: Class
Literary usage of Subclass holocephali
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"... subclass holocephali. This group, defined on page 13, is equivalent to the
ORDER VI. HOLOCEPHALI. Skeleton cartilaginous ; gill cavity with four clefts ..."
2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... is the anterior part, is immovably fused with the cranium, instead of being
articulated with it. This fact gives the name to the subclass Holocephali ..."
3. Arrangement of the Families of Fishes by Theodore Gill (1872)
"Cope's primary divisions or subclasses of the class PISCES are as follows :—
Subclass HOLOCEPHALI. Subclass SELACHII. Subclass DIPNOI. ..."
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