Chondrostei – Fauna Figures

FigureFocus 278 My Favorite Animals Paddlefish

Time for another fast, single-figure post. This time featuring one of my favorite models...from a series called My Favorite Animals. Naming the company is awkward...anyway, it is part of the subset 'Past Works 4, the only figure I have from the sculptor. It's definitely not a toy, and definitely one of the more obscure figures and series in my collection (among many, of course). This could very well be the definitive American Paddlefish figure ever made. It would be nice…

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January 27, 2022

12 Days of FISHMAS! Day Two!

Day two of the Twelve Days of Fishmas! Day one can be found here. The tag for the whole set will be here. On the first day of Fishmas cladistics gave to me... Two orders of ChondrosteiAnd a bichir at the base of Actinopterygii Two's company! Next up the family tree, the Chondrostei, represented by the modern Sturgeon (Acipenseriformes) and Paddlefish (Polyodontiformes). This clade is the basal (living) representative of the broader 'Actinopteri' clade of actinopterygians. The two figures chosen…

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December 14, 2021

Clades & Grades / FigureTales

Vault tales 127 – Clades – Chondrostei

I am back with another Clades post. This one is exciting because it features one of my favorite fish groups! It's also daunting because I have a lot of representatives of this group (unlike most of the ones I've done) which means more to say. And also trying to sort out photo presentation... As it says in the title, it is the clade Chondrostei, the modern sturgeons and paddlefish (and of course a variety of fossil relatives...none of which are…

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July 20, 2020