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Phylum Chordata. Phylum Chordata. Phylum Chordata. Notochord – become vertebrae in more advanced chordates Gill slits or pharyngeal pouches Dorsal hollow nerve cord Postanal tail Segmented muscles. Chordate Subphyla. Phylum. Chordata Subphylum. Urochordata Subphylum. Cephalochordata
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Phylum Chordata • Notochord – become vertebrae in more advanced chordates • Gill slits or pharyngeal pouches • Dorsal hollow nerve cord • Postanal tail • Segmented muscles
Chordate Subphyla Phylum. Chordata Subphylum. Urochordata Subphylum. Cephalochordata Subphylum. Vertebrata
Subphylum Urochordata • Sea squirts • Notochord • Only in larva • Adult has tunic
Urochordates Mouth Atrium Pharyngeal gill slits Stomach
Subphylum Cephalochordata • Amphioxus • Notochord length of body • Dorsal hollow nerve cord • Gill slits • Segmented muscles
Subphylum Vertebrata • Vertebrae replace notochord during embryonic development
Superclass Agnatha • No jaws • No paired appendages • Notochord as adult
Ostracoderms • Earliest vertebrate • Paleozoic era • Filter feeders
Superclass Gnathostomata • Jaws • Paired appendages
Class Condrichthyes • Cartilage skeleton • Notochord • No opercula • No swim bladder
Class Osteichthyes • Boney skeleton • Swim bladder • Opercula
Subclass Actinopterygii • Rays in fins
Adipose Fin Dorsal Fin Pelvic Fin Caudal Fin Pectoral Fin Anal Fin Salmon
Subclass Dipneusti • Breathe air when lake or river dries up
Subclass Crossopterygii* • Coelacanth • Lobed fins • muscles *Class Sarcopterygii Order Crossopterygii
Class Amphibia • Land and water • Skin with mucoid secretions • Respiration • No scales, feathers or hair • Heart with 3 chambers • 2 atria • 1 ventricle • One cervical vertebra • Ectothermic
Transitional Tetrapods Skull, teeth, limbs similar to lobe-finned fish Acanthostega Ichthyostega
Order Caudata (Urodela) • Salamanders • Long tail • Four legs
Order Anura • Frogs and toads • No tail in adult • Webbed feet
Order Apoda (Gymnophiona) • Caecilian • No legs
Class Reptilia • Scales • Amniotic egg • One occipital condyle • Ectothermic • Three chambered heart • Claws
Reptile Skulls • Anapsid • No opening • Synapsid • One opening • Diapsid • Two openings • Euryapsid • One small opening
Anapsids • Turtles
Diapsids • Dinosaurs • Snakes • Lizards • Crocodilians • Birds
Euryapsid • Extinct • Ichythyosaurs
Synapsids • Pelycosaurs • Dimetrodon • Mammal like reptile
Order Testudines • No teeth in adult • Shell • Anapsid • No teeth
Turtle Shell Carapace Plastron
Leatherback Sea Turtle • 6 feet long • 1,400 pounds
Order Squamata • Kinetic skull • Movable joints • Lizards • Snakes • Dinosaurs
Geckos • Small lizards • Adhesive toe pads
Texas Horned Lizard • Spines for protection • Eats ants • Endangered species
Gila Monster • Poisonous lizard • Not very aggressive
Green Iguana • Ornamental crest • Five feet long • Tropical rainforest • Mexico • South America • Omnivores
Chameleons • Arboreal • Africa and Madagascar • Catch insects with tongue