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Order Summary for Hiodontiformes
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Main Ref |
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Order |
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Hiodontiformes mooneyes |
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Class |
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Teleostei |
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Sister Order |
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Osteoglossiformes 150 M years |
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First Fossil Record |
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early Cretaceous |
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Occurs in |
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Marine |
Fresh |
Brackish |
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Remark |
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Nasal bones tubular and strongly curved; dermosphenotic triradiate. |
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Class etymology |
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Order etymology |
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Families |
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( n = 1 ) Hiodontidae |
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