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202 Exam 2
Deuterostomes
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/18/2009

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Echinodermata
Definition
7,000 sea urchin/cucumber, *fish, marine, pred/filter feed
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Chordata
Definition
notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, post-anal tail
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Urochordata
Definition
tunicates 3,000 marine filter feeders
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Cephalochordata
Definition
lancelets anchored sand, suspension feed, chordate as adult
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Craniata
Definition
skull, brain, eyes, neural crest
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Hyperotreti
Definition
hagfish, enter fish gills parasite, no backbone
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Hyperoartia
Definition
Lamprey bore into fish, spinal column aquatic
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Gnathostoma
Definition
jawed vertebrates
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Chondrichthyes
Definition
1000 cartilaginous fishes: sharks, rays, skates
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Actinopterygii
Definition
ray-finned fish 30,000 fins
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Teleosts
Definition
most living ray-finned fish, 20,000 moveable jaw, symmetrical tails
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Sarcopterygii
Definition
lobe-finned fishes, terrestrial vertebrates: tetrapods
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Amphibia
Definition
5,000 metamorphosis, damp, external mating
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Amniota
Definition
amniotic eggs (membranous) impermeable skin, rib cage to ventilate
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Testudines
Definition
turtle-esque, 250 lay eggs bony shells, monophyletic
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Diapsida
Definition
2 holes on skull 15,000 à Lepido/Archo
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Lepidosauromorpha
Definition
lizards, snakes
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Archosauromorpha
Definition
crocodilians, birds, dinosaurs
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Crocodilians
Definition
theropoda*****
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Birds
Definition
theropoda***** 10,000 passerines=song birds 5500
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Tetrapoda
Definition
4 legged terrestrial animals
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Synapsida
Definition
mammals: hole in skull behind eye sockets
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Mammalia
Definition
mammary glands, hair 5,000
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Monotremes
Definition
one hole: platypus, echidnas
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Marsupials
Definition
born small travel to pouch feed on yolk sac, 334: 1 NA, 113C/SA, 200 Aus
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Eutheria
Definition
longer preg, complete devo in uterus, placenta, late cretaceous
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Rodentia
Definition
chisel-like incisors, herb. highest diversity
Term
Chiroptera
Definition
bats: flight, broad skinfold, carn/herb
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Scandentia
Definition
tree shrews sister taxa to primates
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Primates
Definition
hands/feet, nails, large brain, short jaw, eyes close together opposable thumb old world monkeys, chimps humans
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Carnivora
Definition
sharp pointed teeth, molars, carnivorous dogs, cats, bears, raccoons, weasels
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Homo
Definition
upright, larger brain, language, complex tools, reduced jaw
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