Comparative Analysis of Mineralized Endoskeletal Tissues in Extant Cartilaginous Fishes Reveals Shared Trabecular and Areolar Patterns but Absence of Tesseral and Bone-like Features in Chimaeras
Extant cartilaginous fishes share trabecular and areolar mineralization patterns in their endoskeletons, but lack the tesseral and bone-like tissues found in some elasmobranchs. Chimaeras also display skeletal paedomorphism compared to elasmobranchs.