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One fossil revealed a segmented cartilaginous sternum, along with sternal ribs, intermediate ribs, and connections linking the ribcage to the shoulder girdle.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

They belong to a group of cartilaginous fish known as chimaeras, which diverged from sharks millions of years ago.

From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2025

He is formless, almost faceless, a man whose countenance is a caricature, a man whose framework seems cartilaginous, without bones.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025

With such robust evolutionary versatility, these cartilaginous fishes have survived not one, not two, but five mass extinctions in Earth's history.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2024

I had drawn its body inside and out—the vertebrae like cartilaginous Legos, the placement of the organs, the fins, and the industrial hinges of the jaw.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen