Lists of prehistoric fish

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See also: Evolution of fish
Haikouichthys, from about 518 million years ago in China, may be the earliest known fish.[1]

Prehistoric fish are early fish that are known only from fossil records. They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish that lived through the Cambrian to the Quaternary. The study of prehistoric fish is called paleoichthyology. A few living forms, such as the coelacanth are also referred to as prehistoric fish, or even living fossils, due to their current rarity and similarity to extinct forms. Fish which have become recently extinct are not usually referred to as prehistoric fish.

Categories of prehistoric fish

Groups of various prehistoric fishes include:

Jawless fish

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Main article: List of prehistoric jawless fish

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Placoderms

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Main article: List of placoderms

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Acanthodians

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Main article: List of acanthodians

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Cartilaginous fish

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Main article: List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

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Basal ray-finned fish

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Main article: List of prehistoric bony fish

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Modern ray-finned fish (Teleosts)

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Main article: List of prehistoric bony fish

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Lobe-finned fish

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Main article: List of sarcopterygians

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Other 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

nv:Naayééʼ łóóʼ

fr:Histoire évolutive des poissons jv:Iwak Prasajarah pt:Peixe pré-histórico uk:Вимерлі риби

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