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Species Names And Classification Terms Flashcards

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Deuterostome

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Animal in which the blastopore becomes the anus

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Chordate

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Animals with a notochord

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Hemichirdate

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Phylum of marine deuterostomes, generally considered to be the sister group of the Echinodermata

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Echinoderm

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Deuterostomes with pentamerous symmetry

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Vertebrate

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Within the chordates. Aka craniate

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Cycolostome

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Jawless fish that include hagfish and lampreys

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Gnathostome

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Chordates with jaws

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Agnatha

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Jawless fish

Aka Cyclostomes

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Lancelet

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Aka Amphioxus, basal form with a notochord

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Tunicates

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Basal chordates

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Actinopterygii

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Ray finned fish

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Sarcopterygii

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Lobe dinner fish including Coelacanth

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Teleost

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More derived ray finned fish

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Osteichthyans

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Bony fish and tetrapods

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Elasmobranch

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Cartilaginous fish including sharks, rays and ratfish

Chondrichthyes

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Ostracoderms

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Fossil agnathans

Early fish often with armoured heads that lacked jaws

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Placoderms

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Early fish often with armoured heads and jaws

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Lungfish

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Ancient lineage of sarcoptergian fish that possess lungs

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Eusthenopteron

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Sarcopterygian fish with some tetrapod like traits including the nostril connected to mouth

Panderichthys

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Tiktaalik

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Sarcopterygian fish/transitional tetrapods with s neck, weight bearing elbows and wrists

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Acanthostega

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Transitional tetrapod with forelimbs and hindlimbs, many digits on each, and a pelvis

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Icthyosyega

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Transitional tetrapod that has lost gills

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Tetrapod

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Four legged vertebrates derived from the Sarcopterygian fish

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Amniote

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All tetrapods with an amnion

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Monotreme

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Mammals that lay eggs

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Marsupial

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Mammals that give birth to live young but lack a placenta and often have a pucks for prolonged suckling of young

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Testudines

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Turtles and similar forms

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Lepidosaurian

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Snakes and allied reptiles such as monitor lizards and chameleons

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Pterosaur

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Extinct lineage of ariel reptiles convergent with birds and bats

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Icthyosaur

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Extinct lineage of marine reptiles that are convergent with whales and sharks

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Anapsid

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Basal vertebrates/craniates that have no openings near the temples

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Synapsid

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Mammals and mammal-like reptiles with a single opening near the temple of the skull

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Diapsid

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Reptiles including testudines with two openings near the temple of the skull

Animal Physiology (9 decks)

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