Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
The holocephalan ratfish endoskeleton shares trabecular and areolar mineralization patterns, but not tesserae, with elasmobranchs little skate and catshark
Oghenevwogaga Joseph Atake, Fidji Berio, Mélanie Debiais‐Thibaud, Brian Frank Eames
This study compares endoskeletal mineralization patterns in holocephalan ratfish and elasmobranchs, finding shared trabecular and areolar features but absence of tesserae and bone-like tissues.
DOI 10.7554/elife.94900