Chapter 21 - Biodiversity of Vertebrates Flashcards

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What is a vertebrate?

A

Any animal with a backbone.

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What are the major clades (groups) of chordates (4)?

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Fishes, amphibians, reptiles (and birds), mammals.

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What are 5 predominant
characteristics among vertebrates that we looked at (and their variations)?

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  • Cartilage skeletons/ bone skeletons;
  • Ectothermic (“cold” blooded)/ Endothermic (warm blooded);
  • Non-amniotic egg/ amniotic egg/ live birth;
  • No parental care/ more parental care;
    *Life in water/ life on land
    [more primitive/ more evolved]
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What are two notable things about vertebrates skeletons?

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They have a more extensive skull and backbone; their skeleton grows with them (no shedding exoskeletons).

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What are more primitive vertebrate skeletons made of? Which animals have this type of skeleton?

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Cartilage and not bone.
The Chondrichthyans (sharks and rays).

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What order did these features evolve in: Amniotic egg, jaws, milk, limbs (lobed fins), lungs, legs,

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Jaws, lungs, limbs, legs, amniotic egg, milk.

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Are hagfish vertebrates? What do they eat and how do they defend themselves?

A

No, but they are closely related to the lampreys that do have vertebrae.
They are scavengers that make slime!

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What are lampreys? What is their relation to vertebrates?

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They’re the oldest living lineage of vertebrates. Primarily filter feeders but parasitic in lakes (like the Great Lakes).

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When did jawed vertebrae first appear? Did they live in water or on land? Which animals are an example of this?

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470 mya.
They still have gills and live in water.
Sharks and rays (chondrichthyans).

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10
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What are the first vertebrae made of actual bone?

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Ray-finned fishes!

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What’s notable about how ray-finned fish breathe and remain buoyant?

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They have a covering on their gills used to flow water over the gills and breathe without continuously swimming. A swim bladder helps keep them buoyant

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What’s notable about how lobe-finned fish move?

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They have modified bones in their muscular pelvic and pectoral fins that may have allowed them to “walk” underwater.

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Which types of fish are more evolved?

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The ray-finned (majority of fish, all with bones) and lobe-finned fishes.

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What are the basic characteristics of fish as a group?

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Aquatic, cold-blooded (ectothermic), lay eggs in the water with little to no parental care (except some sharks give live birth).

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What type of animal did tetrapods evolve from?

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A lineage of lung fish.

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16
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What are the first formal tetrapods? What are tetrapods?

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Amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders) but some have “lost their legs”.
Animals with two pairs of limbs.

17
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What are the basic characteristics of amphibians?

A

Adapted to land but need water to reproduce, highly permeable skin (water loss, breathable), have an aquatic larval stage, cold blooded (ectothermic).

18
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Which animals lay amniotic eggs? What’s an amnion?

A

Reptiles and birds and even early mammals (monotremes still lay eggs).
A fluid-filled sac surrounding the embryo. The shell is waterproof but still breathable.

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What animals are the first group of amniotes? Examples?

A

Reptiles. Lizards, snakes, turtles,
crocodiles and alligators.

20
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What are the basic characteristics of reptiles?

A

Internal fertilization, lay amniotic eggs on land, “cold”-blooded, skin covered in scales and keratin to reduce moisture loss.

21
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What are “cold-blooded” (ectothermic) animals?

A

Doesn’t mean they have cold blood. They do not use their metabolism to produce body heat (which saves energy). Body temp is largely regulated by their surroundings

22
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In what order were mammals, amphibians and reptiles dominant animals on earth?

A

Amphibians then reptiles then mammals.

23
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How long were reptiles the dominant animals on the planet? What ended this?

A

200 million years until the 5th mass extinction of the Cretaceous.

24
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What dinosaur lineage is still alive today? How are they different from their reptilian ancestors?

A

Birds.
They’re homeothermic (warm-blooded), using their metabolism to maintain a constant body temp.

25
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Which dinos did birds evolve from and when?

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Therapods (i.e. Archaeopteryx) about 150 mya.

26
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What are the characteristics of Archaeopteryx?

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Teeth, wing claws, a long tail with vertebrae, two-legged, feathers. Like a dino/bird hybrid.

27
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What are the basic characteristics of birds?

A

Amniotic egg layers, feathers not scales, warm-blooded, have fewer offspring that are more cared for by the parents.

28
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What are the basic characteristics of mammals?

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Hair, produce milk, warm-blooded, efficient respiratory and circulatory systems, specialized teeth are common, internalized fertilization, usually live birth not eggs.

29
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What are the 3 major lineages of mammals?

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Monotremes (egg layers), marsupials (brief gestation), and eutherians (placental mammals).

30
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What were the first mammals to arise? What are their notable characteristics?

A

Monotremes (platypus and echidnas) Are egg layers.! They also have fur, secrete milk and are warm-blooded.

31
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What are marsupials? What is notable about their reproduction?

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Pouched mammals (kangaroos, koalas). Their gestation period is short; highly underdeveloped embryos are born, move to the pouch, and complete their development.

32
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What are Eutherians and their notable characteristics?

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“True mammals”.
Placental mammals that give birth to fully developed live young.

33
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When did mammals appear?
When did marsupials and eutherians diverge from a common ancestor?

A

200 mya.
180 mya.

34
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What are some examples of semi and fully aquatic mammals that moved back into water?

A

Semi: otters, beavers, and seals.
Fully: dolphins and whales.

35
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What are some key trends in vertebrate evolution (4)?

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  • Move from water to land
  • Cold to warm-blooded
  • Increasing development of young within the mother
  • Increasing care of young.