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1
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chordate ancestral invertebrate features

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deuterostomes
triploblasts

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chordate derived characteristics

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notochord
pharyngeal arches or pouches
dorsal hollow nerve cord
endostyle (becomes thyroid)
post-anal tail

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chordates vs vertebrates

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chordates don’t have vertebra, verts do

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urochordate larva

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swimmers, have all 5 traits of chordates

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urochordate adults

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pharyngeal slits (used for filter feeding)

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vertebrate derived characteristics

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head and brain above notochord
internal bones
many hormone producing organs
embryonic epidermal placodes (scales, feathers, hair, sensory)

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Agnathans

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lack jaws, had a myelin sheath

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gill pouches

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made of muscle

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gill arches

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skeletal, supported by bone or cartilage

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chondrichthyes

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sharks and rays
paired appendages
replaceable teeth
bony scales
non-bone vertebral column

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osteichthyes

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bony fish
bony endoskeleton
had 1st lungs and limbs
swim bladder
operculum (covers gills)

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amphibians

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frogs and salamanders
cutaneous respiration
complete vertebrate metamorphosis
1st terrestrial

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reptiles

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amniote egg
feathers
air sacs
pneumatic bone (hollow)
first vertebrate flight
first complete terrestrial vert

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aves

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birds
endothermy (stable body temp)
keeled breastbone
respiratory cycle

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mammals

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mammary glands
placenta
hair
diaphragm
sweat glands

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chondrichthyes jaws

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jaws evolved in placoderms, NOT sharks
don’t attach to skull
have ventral (bottom side) mouth
serrated teeth (have ridges to shred)
1st to replace teeth

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chondrichthyes- squalene

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oil made by liver, makes sharks less dense, reduces energy needed to swim

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chondrichthyes- lateral line

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sensory system, can sense water currents and pressure waves

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chondrichthyes- ampullary organ of lorenzini

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sensory system, detects electrical fields from other orgs

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osteichthyes bone type

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non-living internal bone, has no living cells

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homocercal tail

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symmetrical tail (osteichthyes)

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heterocercal tail

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asymmetrical tail (chondrichthyes)

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osteichthyes- sarcopterygii

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lobe finned fish, lung fish, what terrestrial orgs evolved from

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osteichthyes- actinopterygii

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ray finned fish, no muscle in fin

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swim bladder- how to increase depth

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remove gas

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swim bladder- how to decrease depth

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add gas

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swim bladder use

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enables fish to float in water without swimming

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physostomous swim bladder

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connected to esophagus, breathe in air from mouth

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physoclistic swim bladder

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not connected to esophagus, gets oxygen from bloodstream

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scales- placoid

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sharks and rays
have pulp, dentin, enamel
do not grow

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scales- ganoid

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made of bone, dentin, ganoine
earliest scale
diamond shaped, can grow

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scales- cycloid

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made of collagen, calcium
flexible
has growth rings
present in modern fish

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scales- ctenoid

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similar to cycloid, but has no bone
spiny fin of modern fish

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scales- cosmoid

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lobe finned fish only
2 layers- lamellar and spongy bone covered by cosmine

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pectoral fins

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pitch, up or down

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pelvic fins

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brakes only

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36
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dorsal fins

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vanes, maintain direction

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ventral/anal fins

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keels, prevent rolling

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homocercal tail fin

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propulsion and steering

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swimming forms- undulatory

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body moves in wave like motion

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swimming forms- anguilliform

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undulation of back 3/4 of body

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41
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swimming forms- carangiform

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only posterior half of body

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swimming forms- ballistiform

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wave movement of median fins only

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swimming forms- rajiform

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rays, up/down motion of fins extending off body

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44
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swimming forms- oscillatory

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only fins move

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45
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swimming forms- ostraciform

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only tail fin flexes

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46
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swimming forms- labriform

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rowing motion of pectoral fins

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47
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migration patterns- catadromous

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freshwater to marine to spawn

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migration patterns- anadromous

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marine to freshwater to spawn

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migration patterns- oceandromous

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marine only

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migration patterns- potamodromous

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freshwater only

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51
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tetrapod evolution- eusthenoptera

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cross of lobe finned and lung fish
freshwater

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tetrapod evolution- tiktaalik

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have a neck, flat head, limbs pointed backwards (bad for walking)
lived in water, where transition to land begins

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tetrapod evolution- acanthostega

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webbed digits, wrist bones, backward limbs

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tetrapod evolution- ichthyostega

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webbed digits, thicker skeleton, backward limbs

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tetrapod evolution- pederpes

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1st terrestrial tetrapod (lifted body), forward pointed limbs

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amphibian ancestral characteristics (tadpoles)

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back to water to reproduce, tail fin, gills to lungs, scales

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amphibian derived characteristics (adults)

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flat skull with neck, limbs w/ wrists/ankles, hands/feet, eye position

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amphibian muscles

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body muscles thin, arm/leg muscles thicken

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amphibian respiration

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rely mostly on cutaneous (skin) respiration, can use lungs as well

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amphibian circulatory system

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double system:
1. lungs to heart
2. heart to body

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frogs

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more aquatic, thin skin, webbed feet, long jumpers

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toads

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more terrestrial, thick skin, no webbed feet, short hoppers, salivary glands

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young (tadpoles) amphibians (herbivore or carnivore)

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herbivore

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adult amphibians (herbivore or carnivore)

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carnivore

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amphibian teeth- acrodont teeth

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sit on top of jaw, not rooted into bone

66
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hibernation

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overwinter, reduce metabolism, avoids cold weather

67
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aestivation

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hot and dry conditions, burrow and reduce metabolism

68
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urodela

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tailed amphibians, newts and salamanders

69
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newts

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more aquatic

70
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salamanders

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more terrestrial

71
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types of amniotic eggs

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  1. cleidoic egg: membranes produced by mother, leathery or calcium shell
  2. non-cleidoic egg: gelatinous egg
72
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4 layers of amniotic eggs

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  1. amnion- fluid filled sac
  2. chorion- gas exchange
  3. allantois- store waste
  4. yolk- nutrients, blood
73
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types of extinct reptiles

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  1. saurischian- x-shaped hip bones
  2. ornithischian- parallel hip bones
74
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extinct reptiles- theropods

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bipeatal carnivores, what birds evolved from

75
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extinct reptiles- sauropods

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long necks and tails, walk on 4 legs

76
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extinct reptiles- ornithopods

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duckbill dinos, have beaks (no teeth)

77
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extinct reptiles- pachycephalosaurs

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thick dome shaped skull

78
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extinct reptiles- ceropoda

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horned dinos

79
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extinct reptiles- ankylosaurs

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spikes on body and clubbed tail

80
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extinct reptiles- stegosaurs

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spikes on tail, plates on body

81
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extinct reptiles- pterosaur

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flying reptiles

82
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extinct reptiles- plesiosaur

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aquatic, long necked, flippers

83
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extinct reptiles- ichthyosaur

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aquatic, use fins

84
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extinct reptiles- mosasaur

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aquatic, large apex predators, short neck

85
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3 types of testudines

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  1. turtles- marine
  2. terrapin- freshwater
  3. tortoises- terrestrial
86
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snake sensory structures- jacobsen’s organ

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smell, inside the mouth, use tongue to smell

87
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snake sensory structures- eyesight

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can see UV

88
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snake sensory structures- pit organ

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infrared heat detector

89
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snake sensory structures- scutes

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large parallel scales, used for movement

90
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snake sensory structures- sound

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all snakes are deaf

91
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crocodile

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marine and freshwater, top and bottom teeth visible, slender snout

92
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alligator

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all freshwater, vocalizations, top teeth visible, blunt snout

93
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birds- paleognath

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fused palate, used mainly for feeding, ratite

94
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birds- neognath

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flexible beaks, have jointed bones, carinate and tinamous

95
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ratite

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flightless birds

96
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carinate

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very good fliers

97
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tinamous

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poor fliers

98
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birds derived characters

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endothermic, keeled sternum, wings/flight feathers, 1 respiratory cycle w/ 2 breaths, synsacrum (fused thoracic, lumbar, sacral vertebra)

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birds respiratory cycle

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  1. first inhalation- air into posterior air sacs and last 1/4 of lungs
  2. first exhalation- air flows out of posterior air sacs and into lungs
  3. second inhalation- air goes into anterior air sacs
  4. second exhalation- air flows out of bird
100
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feather structure- spathe

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blade of feather

101
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feather structure- vane

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one side of feather

102
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feather structure- calamus

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hollow base/stem

103
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feather structure- rachis

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solid, holds vanes

104
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feather structure- barbs

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diagonal projections off rachis

105
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feather structure- barbules

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interlock barbs into place

106
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types of feathers- primary flight feathers

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on hand of bird, propellers

107
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types of feathers- secondary flight feathers

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on arm bones, provide lift

108
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types of feathers- tail feathers

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steering

109
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types of feathers- filoplume

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sometimes sensory, display feathers

110
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types of feathers- bristles

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sensory feather, no barbs, calamus and rachis only

111
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types of feathers- contour feather

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external feathers, make bird aerodynamic

112
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types of feathers- semiplume

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middle layer, body feathers, gives shape

113
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types of feathers- down

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bottom layer, insulation, no barbules

114
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birds digestive system- crop

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pouch in esophagus, used for food storage

115
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birds digestive system- proventriculus

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glandular stomach, narrow part

116
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birds digestive system- ventriculus

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gizzard, wider part of stomach, where small pebbles live to help with digestion

117
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derived characteristics of mammals

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3 middle ear bones, 1 solid mandible
hair, mammary glands, sweat and lymph glands, placenta, long palate, muscular diaphragm

118
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teeth- heterodont

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mammals, different shapes

119
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teeth- homodont

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other verts, same shapes

120
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teeth- diphyodont

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mammals, 2 sets of teeth, replace once

121
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teeth- polyphyodonts

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other verts, replace teeth throughout life

122
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teeth- thecodont

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mammals, rooted into jaw

123
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teeth- acrodont

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other verts, sit on top of jaw

124
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teeth- pleurodont

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other verts, sit in a small groove in jaw

125
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mammals- monotremes

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egg laying, platypus and echidna

126
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mammals- marsupials

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short gestation period

127
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mammals- placentals

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long gestation period

128
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rabbit

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solitary, hopping, helpless at birth, burrowers

129
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hare

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social, runners, don’t burrow, not helpless at birth

130
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microchiroptera

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small temperate bats, insectivores or carnivores, no claws, echolocate

131
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megachiroptera

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large tropical bats, all herbivores, have claws, don’t echolocate

132
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canidae

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rely on jaws, don’t retract claws

133
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felidae

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rely on retractable claws and jaws

134
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seal lions

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front flippers for propulsion, walk, have ear flap, vocalize

135
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seals

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back flippers for propulsion, can’t walk, no ear flap, covered in hair

136
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walruses

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both front and back flippers for propulsion, males have long tusks

137
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dolphins

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long beak slender body

138
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porpoise

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no beak stocky body

139
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odontoceti

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1 blow hole, olfactory absent
dolphins, porpoise, sperm whales, orca

140
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mysticetes

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no teeth, have baleen to filter feed, 2 blow holes
humpback whales, grey whales, blue whales

141
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horns

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permanent, core of bone, surrounded by keratin, never branch, male and female

142
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antlers

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shed, all bone, branch, only males

143
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new world monkeys- platyrrhine

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flat broad nose, prehensile tails (used for manipulation), monogamous

144
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old world monkeys- catarrhine

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down sloped nose, no prehensile tails, polygynous

145
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atriodactyl orgs

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even number of toes

146
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perissodactyl org

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odd number of toes

147
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hominoids

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great apes, resemble humans, larger, bigger brains, no tails

148
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