Gonorynchiformes

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Gonorynchiformes: Orbitosphenoid absent; parietals small; quadrate condyle far forward; teeth absent on fifth ceratobranchial; first three vertebrae specialized and associated with one or more cephalic ribs; suprabranchial (=epibranchial) organ present (consisting of lateral pouches in the posterior part of the branchial chamber behind the fourth epibranchials); mouth small; jaws toothless; no postcleithra; 5-7 hypural plates.

Families in this order: