complete solutions
symplesiomorphies of chordates - correct answer ✔✔1) pharyngeal gill slits
2)dorsal, hollow nerve cord
synapomorphies of chordates - correct answer ✔✔1) post anal tail
2)notochord
***at some point during development
synapomorphies of chordates excluding tunicates (starting at amphioxus) - correct answer ✔✔1)hepatic
caecum
2)myomeres
synapamorphies of chordates starting at hagfish - correct answer ✔✔cranium
lampreys - correct answer ✔✔agnaths
-jawless
-lack cranium
-lack paired appendages
Synapamorphies of vertebrates - correct answer ✔✔1)head
2)trunk
3)tail
jaws - correct answer ✔✔arose at gnathostomes (fish)
, paired appendages - correct answer ✔✔arose at gnathostomes (fish)
basic anatomical plans
-skeleton
-musculature
-viscera (kidney&tubes, digestive tract, esophageal evaginations, cloaca, coelomic division, etc.) - correct
answer ✔✔arose at gnathostomes (fish)
heart and aortic arches - correct answer ✔✔arose at gnathostomes (fish)
5 part brain (linear) - correct answer ✔✔arose at gnathostomes (fish)
sense organs - correct answer ✔✔arose at gnathostomes (fish)
cranial nerves (10) - correct answer ✔✔arose at gnathostomes (fish)
transverse septum - correct answer ✔✔arose at gnathostomes (fish)
Fish (placoderms)
**ostracoderms = armored jawless fish - correct answer ✔✔-1st unequivocal vertebrates
-1st w/ jaws and paired appendages
-1st w/ lungs
proximal appendicular support (shoulders, pelvis) - correct answer ✔✔arose in lungfish and tetrapods
internal nares (change from nasal pit) - correct answer ✔✔arose in lungfish and tetrapods
lungs (for air swallowing) - correct answer ✔✔arose in lungfish and tetrapods