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Chimaeras and extinct forms
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holocephali
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Holocephali \Hol`o*ceph"a*li\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. "o`los whole + kefalh` head.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chim[ae]ras; -- called also Holocephala . See Chim[ae]ra ; also Illustration in Appendix. ...
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The subclass Holocephali ("complete heads") is a taxon of cartilaginous fish in the class Chondrichthyes. The earliest fossils are of teeth and come from the Devonian period. Little is known about these primitive forms, and the only surviving group in the ...