TAXONOMY from his paper Flashcards
sea squirts
Ascidacea
lancelets or amphioxus
Cephalochordata
HAgfish
Myxini
Hyperoartia
lampreys
conodonts
Euconodonta
ostracoderms
Osteostraci
placoderms
Placodermi
sharks, skates and rays
Elsasmobrancii
chimaeras
Holocephali
acanthodians or spiny sharks
Acanthodians
ray finned fish
Actinopterygii
bichirs
Cladistia
sturgeons and paddlefish
Chondrostei
gar
Lepisosteiformes
bowfin
Amiiformes
Teleostei
most fish teleosts
lobe-finnes fishes ad tetrapods
Sarcopterygii
coelacanths
Actinistia
lungfish
Dipnoi
our closest fish relatives
Osteolepimorpha
four legged animals and their decendents
tetrapoda
early tetrapods
Labyrinthodonts
urodela
salamandars
salientia
frogs
gymnophiona
caecilians
amniotes
amniota
pleisosaurs and pliosaurs
sauropterygia
tuataras
Rhynchocephalia
lizards, snakes, adn amphisbaenians
squamata
ichthyosaurs
ichthyosauria
turtles
testudines
archosaurs
Archosauromorpha
crocodiles and alligators
crocodylomorpha
pterosaurs
pterosauromorpha
bird hipped dinosaurs
ornithischia
lizard hippes dinosaurs and birds
saurischia
cauropods
sauropodomorpha
carnivourous dinosaurs and birds
theropoda
birds
aves
pelycosaurs
dimetrodon
late therapdids and mammals
cynodonta
platupus and echidnas
monotrmata
marsupials
metatheria
placental mammals (goat)
Eutheria