Species Names And Classification Terms

Question 1

Deuterostome

Answer 1

Animal in which the blastopore becomes the anus

Question 2

Chordate

Answer 2

Animals with a notochord

Question 3

Hemichirdate

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Echinoderm

Answer 4

Deuterostomes with pentamerous symmetry

Question 5

Vertebrate

Answer 5

Within the chordates. Aka craniate

Question 6

Cycolostome

Answer 6

Jawless fish that include hagfish and lampreys

Question 7

Gnathostome

Answer 7

Chordates with jaws

Question 8

Agnatha

Answer 8

Jawless fish

Aka Cyclostomes

Question 9

Lancelet

Answer 9

Aka Amphioxus, basal form with a notochord

Question 10

Tunicates

Answer 10

Basal chordates

Question 11

Actinopterygii

Answer 11

Ray finned fish

Question 12

Sarcopterygii

Answer 12

Lobe dinner fish including Coelacanth

Question 13

Teleost

Answer 13

More derived ray finned fish

Question 14

Osteichthyans

Answer 14

Bony fish and tetrapods

Question 15

Elasmobranch

Answer 15

Cartilaginous fish including sharks, rays and ratfish

Chondrichthyes

Question 16

Ostracoderms

Answer 16

Fossil agnathans

Early fish often with armoured heads that lacked jaws

Question 17

Placoderms

Answer 17

Early fish often with armoured heads and jaws

Question 18

Lungfish

Answer 18

Ancient lineage of sarcoptergian fish that possess lungs

Question 19

Eusthenopteron

Answer 19

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

Panderichthys

Question 20

Tiktaalik

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Acanthostega

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Icthyosyega

Answer 22

Transitional tetrapod that has lost gills

Question 23

Tetrapod

Answer 23

Four legged vertebrates derived from the Sarcopterygian fish

Question 24

Amniote

Answer 24

All tetrapods with an amnion

Question 25

Monotreme

Answer 25

Mammals that lay eggs

Question 26

Marsupial

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Testudines

Answer 27

Turtles and similar forms

Question 28

Lepidosaurian

Answer 28

Snakes and allied reptiles such as monitor lizards and chameleons

Question 29

Pterosaur

Answer 29

Extinct lineage of ariel reptiles convergent with birds and bats

Question 30

Icthyosaur

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Anapsid

Answer 31

Basal vertebrates/craniates that have no openings near the temples

Question 32

Synapsid

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Diapsid

Answer 33

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