The holocephalan ratfish endoskeleton shares trabecular and areolar mineralization patterns, but not tesserae, with elasmobranchs little skate and catshark

Which tissues are common in the extant chondrichthyan endoskeleton? Bone-like and areolar tissues have been characterized in several members of the chondrichthyan subclass Elasmobranchii, such as sharks, skates, and rays (Atake et al.,…

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