Old School Vertebrates Flashcards
deuterostomes
chordates hemichordates and echinoderms
What distinguished deuterostomes
blastopore from embryo form anus
homologous
2 structures derived from same tissue during development
vertebrates
mammals birds and coelacanth
metameric segmentation
identical segments
hox genes
segment identity
paedomorphosis
bilateral larval forms give rise to primitive filter feeding vertebrates
lancelets
fish like chordates
agnathans
jawless
hagfish and lampreys
ostracoderm
armoured jawless fish
jaws were acquired from
gills slits
gnathostomata
jawed fish
chondricthyes
sharks
ostereichthyes
teleost and tetrapods
actinopterygii
ray finned fish
sarcopterygii
lobe finned fish
evolution of lobes to limbs required
structural changes because animal not supported out of water
anapsid
no hole - turtles
synapsid
mammals - I hole
diapsid
2 holes - reptiles birds snakes
amniotes
reptile birds mammals
posses amnion
What enabled birds to occupy all continents
flight and endothermy
synapsids have rise to
therapsids
arthropod
vertebrate with exoskeleton, joint appendages and segmented body