Cartilaginous Fishes (IMAGE)

University of Zurich

Cartilaginous Fishes

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Cartilaginous fishes were very diverse during the Permian period. However, after severe losses among cartilaginous fishes during the Middle Permian extinction, bony fishes experienced a massive diversification in the subsequent Trias period.

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