Head Features Diversified Before Body Shapes and Types (IMAGE)

University of Chicago Medical Center

Head Features Diversified Before Body Shapes and Types

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Two radiations of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii), Carboniferous forms (facing left) and acanthomorph teleosts (facing right) underwent distinct cranial (feeding) and later postcranial (habitat) stages in trait diversification.

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(Photographs by Lauren Sallan and Matt Friedman).

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