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    Cheirolepis (from Greek: χείρ kheír, 'hand' and Greek: λεπίς lepis 'scale') is an extinct genus of marine and freshwater ray-finned fish that lived in...
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    The early ray-fin Cheirolepis canadensis from the Devonian period...
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    Fossil of the Devonian †cheirolepidiform †Cheirolepis canadensis...
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    valid name for the family, due to nomenclatural issues with the original Cheirolepis genus, which is a junior homonym of a member of Asteraceae, with Cheirolepidium...
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    usually composed of bone, but those of early osteichthyans - such as Cheirolepis - also had dentine and enamel. They are segmented and appear as a series...
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  • Cheirolepis Other Actinopterygii...
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  • been known as Pagiophyllum. Hirmeriella is also known by the pseudonym Cheirolepis muensteri. Hirmeriella muensteri may have grown in dry, extreme conditions...
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    study of the postcranial dermal skeleton of the Devonian actinopterygian Cheirolepis canadensis". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.00161.2015...
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    being found for example on the scales of stem group actinopteryigian Cheirolepis. While often considered a synapomorphic character of ray-finned fishes...
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    being found for example on the scales of stem group actinopteryigian Cheirolepis. While often considered a synapomorphic character of ray-finned fishes...
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