majority of vertebrates are correct answers actinopterygii (50%)
two general groups of vertebrates correct answers amniotes and non-amniotes
describe amniotes generally correct answers fetal developed amnion surrounds the embryo in
development, land/terrestrial development
describe non-amniotes generally correct answers maternal derived membrane around the
embryo, aquatic development, egg develops in water post fertilization
4 groups of non-amniotes correct answers Chondrichthyes
hagfishes/lampreys
amphibians
Osteichthyes
CHAO
Chondrichthyes include correct answers elasmobranchs (sharks, rays, skates) and holocephalii
(ratfishes)
elasmobranchs correct answers sharks, rays, skates - one of two types of Chondrichthyes
holocephalii correct answers ratfishes, one of two types of Chondrichthyes
describe hagfishes and lampreys correct answers they are one of 4 groups of non-amniotes,
limbless, elongated, no jaws, parasites and scavengers, boneless
,osteichthyes correct answers boney fishes:
ray-finned fishes
lobe-finned fishes
1/4 of the non-amniote groups
amphibians correct answers 1/4 non-amniote groups
urodela (salamanders)
Anura (frogs)
gymnophiona (caecilians, limbless)
two amniote lineages correct answers sauropsids and synapsids
extinct sauropsids correct answers dinosaurs
plesiosaurs (ocean)
pterosaurs (land)
ichthyosaurs
extant sauropsids correct answers Testudinia
lepidosauria
crocodilia
aves
testudinia correct answers turtles, 1/4 extant sauropsids
Lepidosauria correct answers scale covered skin reptiles, 1/4 extant sauropsids
- tuatara, lizards, snakes
,crocodilia correct answers 1/4 extant sauropsids
alligators and crocodiles
semiaquatic predators
aves correct answers birds, lineage of Dinos that evolved flight, feathers and feathered wings to
power flight
three extant synapsids correct answers prototherian (monotremes)
metatherian (marsupials)
eutherian (placentals)
prototherian aka correct answers monotremes
metatherian aka correct answers marsupials
eutherian aka correct answers placentals
example of monotreme correct answers platypus
example of metatherian correct answers kangaroo
describe monotremes/prototheria correct answers egg laying, ex platypus, 1/3 extant synapsids
describe metatherians/marsupials correct answers undeveloped young develop in pouches
1/3 extant synapsids/mammals
, describe placentals/eutherians correct answers young develop in mother with placenta
1/3 extant synapsids/mammals
prototherian means correct answers first beasts
eutherian means correct answers true beasts
naked mole rat is correct answers a eutherian/placental mammal/synapsid.
bilby is what type of mammal correct answers a metatherian or marsupial synapsid/mammal
classification is a way to correct answers maximize information content and utility
a sub discipline of biology correct answers taxonomy
attempt to classify in ways that correct answers reflect evolution
who started hierarchical classification, and when? correct answers carl linnaeus, mid 18th
century
carl Linnaeus did what correct answers started hierarchical classification
hierarchical classification acronym correct answers dumb
king
Phillip
came
over