Essential Phylogeny Flashcards
1
Q
Placodermi:
A
placorderms
2
Q
Elasmobranchi:
A
includes sharks, skates and rays
3
Q
Holocephali:
A
includes chimeras
4
Q
Acanthodii:
A
extinct fish with a cartilaginous skeleton (bone has been secondarily lost).
5
Q
Actinopterygii:
A
ray-finned fish
6
Q
Polypteriformes:
A
bichirs and reedfish
7
Q
acipensieriformes:
A
sturgeon
8
Q
Lepisosteiformes:
A
gars
9
Q
amiiformes:
A
bowfins
10
Q
sarcoptergyi:
A
lobe-finned fish
11
Q
Lissamphibia:
A
living amphibians (frogs, salamanders and caecilians)
12
Q
testudines:
A
turtles and tortoises
13
Q
crocodylopmorha:
A
crocodiles, allogators
14
Q
aves:
A
birds
15
Q
lepidosauria:
A
sphenodon, squamata
