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­Morphological variations in the dorsal fin finlets of extant polypterids raise questions about their taxonomical validity

Fossil polypterids are mainly represented by disarticulated material, most of them pinnules. However, there is no study that proves the taxonomical validity of these structures. Here we describe the pinnules of four species of extant polypterids and report for the first time intraindividual variatio...

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Autores principales: Coelho, Marcos Vinícius, Cupello, Camila, Brito, Paulo M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6056263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30042877
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5083