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Open AccessThe pharynx of the stem-chondrichthyan Ptomacanthus and the early evolution of the gnathostome gill skeleton
The gill apparatus of gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates) is fundamental to feeding and ventilation and a focal point of classic hypotheses on the origin of jaws and paired appendages. The gill skeletons of chond...