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1. Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity
2. Four Anatomical Features Characterize Phylum Chordata Chordates are deuterstomes with 4 unique characteristics which appear at some time during the animals life.
1. Notochord
2. Dorsal, hollow nerve cord
3. Pharyngeal slits
4. Muscular postanal tail
4. Notochord
5. Dorsal, Hollow Nerve Cord
6. Pharyngeal Slits
7. Muscular Postanal Tail
8. Chordate Characteristics
9. Subphylum Urochordata
10. Subphylum Urochordata
11. Adult Tunicates or Sea Squirts
12. Subphylum Cephalochordata
13. Subphylum Cephalochordata
14. Introduction to the Vertebrates
15. Chordate Segmentation - Somites
16. Subphylum Vertebrata
17. The Neural Crest
18. Overview of Vertebrate Diversity
19. One Hyphothesis for the Evolutionary Relationships among the Chordates
20. Class Agnatha Jawless Fish
21. Class Agnatha - Sea Lamprey
23. Evolution of the Vertebrate Jaw
24. Superclass Gnathostomata 1 The Fishes
25. Class Chondrichthyes Cartilaginous Fish
26.
Oviparous species lay eggs that hatch outside the
mother
Oviviparous species retain the fertilized eggs until
they hatch within the uterus
Viviparous species young are nourished by a placenta until born
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28. Class Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous Fish
29. Class Osteichthyes Bony Fish
30. Class Osteichthyes the Bony Fish
31. Lobe-Finned Fish
32. Anatomy of a Trout
33. The Devonian Radiation
34. Superclass Gnathostomata IIThe Tetrapods
35. The Origin of the Tetrapod
36. Class Amphibia
37. Urodeles
38. Anurans
39. Apodans
40. Frog Metamorphosis
41. Frog Metamorphosis
42. Evolution of the Amniotic Egg
43. The Amniotic Egg
44. Phylogeny of the Amonites
45. Class Reptilia
46. Reptilian Characteristics
47. Extant Reptiles - Turtles
48. Lizards
49. Snakes
50. Crocodiles and Alligators
51. Class Aves
52. Form Fits Function
53. Origin of Birds
54. Bald Eagle in Flight
55. Archeaopteryx
56. Flightless Birds The Emu
57. Ducks
58. Albatrosses
59. Barn Swallow
60. Evolution of the Mammalian Jaw and Ear Bones
61. The Evolution of the MammalianJaw and Ear Bones
62. Class Mammalia
63. Monotremes
64. Marsupials
65. Marsupial and Eutherian Mammals
66. Major Orders of Eutherian Mammals
67. Primates
68. A Crowned Lemur A Prosimian
69. A Phylogenic Tree of the Primates
70. Old World Monkeys
71. New World Monkeys
72. Apes - Gibbons
73. Orangutans
74. Gorillas
75. Chimpanzees
76. Hominid Timeline
79. Upright Posture
80. Two Models for the Origin of Humans