Gnathostomata

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Noun1.Gnathostomata - comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws
superclass Gnathostomata
Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
gnathostome - a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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New thelodont (Agnatha) and possible chondrichthyan (Gnathostomata) taxa established in the Silurian and Lower Devonian of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
Microvertebrates from the Silurian-Devonian boundary beds of the Eastport Formation, Maine, eastern USA
(a) Ancestral GH/GHR system already emerged in the basal chordate, and PRL/PRLR originated with the advent of Gnathostomata. (b) The ancestral gene, like amphioxus GHl gene, generated two genes by gene duplication early in vertebrate evolution.
Activities of Amphioxus GH-Like Protein in Osmoregulation: Insight into Origin of Vertebrate GH Family
Annotated checklist of fish and lamprey species (Gnathostomata and Petromyzontomorphi) of Turkey, including a red list of threatened and declining species.
A Taxonomic Evaluation of Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843 and Alburnus adanensis Battalgazi, 1944 Based on Morphological Characters and Mitochondrial DNA Sequences
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