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Vertebrate Zoology

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Exam 1
The Basics
112  cards
Vert Synapmorphies
Vert synap ______________________...,
Cartilaginous endoskeleton,
Hypotheses for origin of bony end...
14  cards
Individual group synapomorphies
Vertebrate origins haikouella
1  cards
Agnathans
Agnatha etymology,
Agnatha is a _________ group,
_________ and ___________ are ext...
16  cards
Lissamphibia (Lec 12)
Lissamphibia synapomorphies,
Lissamphibia ancestral characteri...,
Diversity of lissamphibia
7  cards
Tetrapods (Lec 11)
Tetrapod origins,
Opportunities of life transition,
Challenges of life transition
19  cards
Amniota
Amniota,
Amniote synapomorphies,
Other characteristics of amniotes
22  cards
Homologies
Occipital bones fishes teleosts,
Occipital bones amphibians,
Occipital bones reptiles birds
25  cards
Gnathostomata Synapomorphies
Paired appendages,
3 pairs of semicircular canals,
Notochord partially completely re...
8  cards
Lec 10
Euteleostomi,
Osteichthyes,
Actinopterygii
14  cards
Head Skeleton
Basis of cephalization,
Evolution of head skeleton,
Hard tissues bone
19  cards
Lec 8/9
Evolution of jaws origination,
Early jawed vertebrates,
Major clades of gnathostomes
19  cards
Lec 9
Lateral ungulation,
Moving through a fluid flow mecha...,
Moving through a fluid drag
22  cards
Radiation of Reptiles
Reptiles had a major adaptive rad...,
Scales in reptiles,
Scales in bony fishes
20  cards
Evolution of Mammals
Synapsida,
Pelycosauria,
Therapsida
23  cards
Human Evolution
First primates,
Some of the first primates adapte...,
Lineage of primate leading to ext...
20  cards

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