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  1. Early #JawlessFish was Filter-Feeder, #Paleontologists Find sci.news/paleontology/rhinopte

    The three-dimensionally articulated oral apparatus of a #Devonian heterostracan sheds light on feeding in #Palaeozoic jawless fishes royalsocietypublishing.org/doi

    "The images revealed the structure and arrangement of finger-like bones that project from the lower lip of the #animal’s mouth, which the #scientists believe acted to control the mouth’s size and shape as it captured food particles from surrounding water"

  2. #NewSpecies of #Lamprey #Fish Documented in #California. The #JawlessFish Play an Important Ecosystem Role ucdavis.edu/climate/news/new-s

    #Lampreys in California (Lampetra spp. and Entosphenus spp.): Mitochondrial phylogenetic analysis reveals previously unrecognized lamprey diversity. By Grace Auringer et al. afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.co

    "Lampreys are boneless, jawless fish with #eel-like bodies that date back over 350 million years"