Figure 3 in Early fossils illuminate character evolution and interrelationships of Lampridiformes (Teleostei, Acanthomorpha)

Figure 3. Caudal skeleton of several studied taxa. A, †Aipichthys minor (reconstruction), after Patterson (1968: fig. 11A). Scale bar: 1 mm. B, †Aspesaipichthys cavaensis (reconstruction), after Taverne (2004: fig. 7). Scale bar: 1 mm. C, Velifer hypselopterus (= Velifer africanus) (Veliferidae), after Oelschläger (1983: fig. 82). Scale bar: 1 mm. D, †Aipichthys velifer, MNHN.F.HAK57, showing hypurostegy of the caudal fin rays. Scale bar: 5 mm. Photo D. Davesne. E, Lampris guttatus, ZMUC 74, showing hypurostegy of the caudal fin rays. Scale bar: 5 cm. Photo M.A. Krag. Abbreviations: hy, hypural; phy, parhypural; pu, preural vertebral centrum; u, ural vertebral centrum.