Bio1151
Chapter 34
9
Vertebrates possess
, and are a
sub-phylum
of
phylum
.
Craniates
are chordates that have a
and includes
hagfish
.
are craniates that have a
, made of
vertebrae
.
are vertebrates that have
that evolved from skeletal supports of the
pharyngeal
slits.
include sharks and rays with a
skeleton
made of
.
are fish with a
endoskeleton
.
are
ray-finned
fishes.
are lobe-finned fishes with more muscular pelvic and pectoral fins and include
coelacanths
and
lungfishes
.
Tetrapods are Gnathostomes that have
limbs, and evolved from
lobe-finned
fish whose fins developed into
limbs
adapted for terrestrial life.
undergo
from aquatic larva into a terrestrial
adult
.
There are
orders
:
are salamanders,
are frogs and toads, and
are caecilians.
Amniotes
are
that have an
egg adapted for terrestrial
life
.
Living
reptiles
include
,
,
,
, and
.
Mammalia
are the only surviving clade of
among the amniotes.
Monotremes
are the only mammals that lay
.
Marsupials
complete embryonic development within a maternal
pouch
called
.
Eutherians are
mammals that complete their embryonic development within a
, joined to the mother by the
placenta.
Anthropoids
are a branch of
and include
monkeys
and
hominoids
called
.
Hominin
are more closely related to humans than to chimpanzees and originated in
about 6-7 million years ago.
The
Homo
genus
slowly became more fully
and evolved a large
.
Summary: Characteristics of chordates