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Ganocephala   Listen
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Ganocephala  n. pl.  (Paleon.) A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes.






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... existing animals. Professor Owen continually dwells on this fact: he says in his "Palaeontology," p. 284: "A more generalized vertebrate structure is illustrated, in the extinct reptiles, by the affinities to ganoid fishes, shown by Ganocephala, Labyrinthodontia, and Icthyopterygia; by the affinities of the Pterosauria to Birds, and by the approximation of the Dinosauria to Mammals. (These have been recently shown by Professor Huxley to have more affinity ...
— Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection - A Series of Essays • Alfred Russel Wallace



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