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Te pharynx of the iconic stem-group chondrichthyan Acanthodes Agassiz, 1833 revisited with micro-computed tomography

  • 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, Te Netherlands & CR2P, Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie-Paris, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 75005 Paris cedex 05, France
  • 2. UMR 7179 (MNHN-CNRS) MECADEV, Département Adaptations du Vivant, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75005 Paris, France & Department of Biology, Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium & Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium & Naturhistorisches Museum Bern, Bernastrasse 15, 3005 Bern, Switzerland
  • 3. CR2P, Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie-Paris, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 75005 Paris cedex 05, France

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Dearden, Richard P., Herrel, Anthony, Pradel, Alan (2025): Te pharynx of the iconic stem-group chondrichthyan Acanthodes Agassiz, 1833 revisited with micro-computed tomography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Statistics in Society) 203 (2): 1-19, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae058, URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae058

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