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VERTEBRATES

This class was created by Brainscape user Sorrel Lawrence. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Sorrel Lawrence
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Decks in this class (16)

Intro and origins of verts
What percentage of all species ar...,
Two main groups of vertebrates,
Types and features of non amniotes
54  cards
The Agnatha and evolution of the jaw
What are the agnathans,
Groups of agnathans,
Ostracoderm features
31  cards
Fishes: Chondrichthyes
Gnathostomes jawed verts main fea...,
Placoderms,
Placoderm reproduction
52  cards
Practice questions
What are the pharyngeal jaws brie...,
Using diagrams show the main patt...,
Other than the amniotic egg what ...
7  cards
Osteichyes (Bony fish)
What are the two major groups wit...,
How do the fins of actinopterygii...,
What are the actinopterygii
45  cards
EVOLUTION OF THE TETRAPODS
What are tetrapodmorpha fishes,
What made the tetrapodomorpha fis...,
Groups of tetropodomorph fishes
18  cards
Amphibians
There is debate on which group ga...,
What are the three groups of amph...,
What are the main urodeles charac...
34  cards
Amniotes and the conquest of the land reptiles
What makes the amniotic egg diffe...,
What are the two main groups of a...,
What group gave rise to the amniotes
68  cards
DINOSAURS
What group did dinosaurs evolve from,
What are the synapomorphies of ar...,
What are the 2 major clades withi...
23  cards
Origin on birds
How do birds process their food,
Was flightlessness ratites the or...,
When did birds arise and then whe...
22  cards
Origin of Flight
What are the advantages of flight,
What are the constraints of flight,
Which clades of animals had feathers
24  cards
MAMMALS
Which group are the mammals deriv...,
What is a similarity between syna...,
What happened to synapsids during...
38  cards
Monotremes
What are prototheria,
3 groups of extant monotremes,
What groups are in the subclass t...
6  cards
Marsupials
What is the sister group of marsu...,
Unique skeletal features of marsu...,
How do marsupial skulls and jaws ...
25  cards
PRIMATES
What is the main diet of primates,
How are leaf eating primates adap...,
What are the main body characteri...
28  cards
Primate vision
What is colour vision,
What two things are needed to gen...,
Photopigments opsins
18  cards

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