taxonomy Flashcards

1
Q

fibrous, fluid filled sheath similar to the backbone

-provides strength for swimming

A

notochord

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2
Q

water incompressible

A

hydrostatic skeleton

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3
Q

used as a paddle

A

post anal tail

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4
Q

dont have a DHNC, notochord, or postanal tail as adults

A

Urochordata, Asiciduacea

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5
Q

larva with all present

A

Ascidian tadpole

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6
Q

absorb tail, notochord and DHNC

A

Metamorphosis

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7
Q

have myomeres and myosepta

A

cephalochordat

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8
Q

muscle bands

A

myomers

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9
Q

connective tissue between muscles

A

myosepta

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10
Q

jawless craniates

A

Agnatha

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11
Q

myxini

A

hagfish

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12
Q

hyperoartia

A

lampreys

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13
Q

females die after spawning and males die after eggs hatch

A

lampreys

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14
Q

larval stage of lamprey

A

ammocoete

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15
Q

oldest fossil record and first group to have pectoral fins

A

osetostraci

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16
Q

extinct at the end f permian

A

placodermi

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17
Q

sharks, skates, and rays

A

Elasmobranchii

-oily liver

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18
Q

gradual loss of caudal fin

A

rays

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19
Q

chimaeras or ratfish

no scales except spines

A

Holocephali

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20
Q

Acanthodians, Actinopertygians, Sarcopterygians (us)

A

Teleostomi

21
Q

fins with a spine and skin

oldest fossils with more sets of paired fins

A

Acanthodii

22
Q

fins and muscles mostly in body

A

Actinopterygii

23
Q

largest freshwater fish

A

Chondeostei

24
Q

caudal fin

-more complex fins

A

Neopterygii

25
nearly all fish
Teleosts
26
The fish that developed into tetrapods
Saropterygii
27
developed homologous arm and leg bones, internal shanae, kinetic skull, etc
Eustgenopteron
28
loss of dorsal fin
Panderichthys
29
writs ankles, atalis
Titaalik
30
prevent twisting
zygapophyses
31
standard definiiton of praphyletic
Amphibia
32
frogs and toads
salientia
33
salamanders and newts
Caudata
34
caeclilians
Gymnophiona
35
has 3 membranes
amniotic egg
36
anapsid
turtles and early amniotes
37
diapsid
lizards, snakes crocodiles dinosaurs and birds
38
synapsid
mammals | pelycosaurs
39
euryapsid
plesiosaurs | ichthyosaurs
40
also reptillia | means lizard face
Sauropsida
41
most sauropsida and maybe turtles
diapsida
42
dolphin like | live birth
Ichthyosaurs
43
plesiosairs and mososaurs mostly aquatic laid eggs on shore or live young relatives of lizards
Sauropterygia
44
have a kinetic skull
squamata
45
ruling reptiles
Archosauromorpha - crocodylomorpha - pterosauromorpha (pyncifibres)
46
saurischia
lizard-hipped
47
ornithischia
bird-hipped
48
mostly quadrupedal herbivores
sauropodomorpha
49
bipedal
theropoda