Cartilaginous fishes with light and flexible skeleton and continuous production/replacement of teeth (sharks, rays, skates)
Actinopterygii
Class of ray-finned fishes with swim bladder, gill cover, and scales in most, and an ossified skeleton. (alligator gar, tuna, perch, red fish, grouper, catfish)
Actinistia
Class of lobe-finned fishes, coelacanths.
Dipnoi
The class of lungfishes.
lobe-finned fishes
These fishes are ancestors to amphibians.
amphibia
the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water (frogs, salamanders, caecilians)
amphibians
The first terrestrial vertebrates.
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How many heart chambers do amphibians have?
anura
order of frogs and toads
caudata
order of salamanders and newts
apoda
order of caecilians
reptiles
The first vertebrates to develop the amniotic egg.
Reptilia
Class of vertebrates with internal fertilization, dry skin, and thoracic breathing. (turtles, crocodiles, tuataras, lizards, snakes)
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How many heart chambers do reptiles have? (besides crocodiles)
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How many heart chambers do crocodiles have?
Chelonia
order of turtles and tortoises
Rhynchocephalia
Order of tuataras
Squamata
Order of lizards and snakes
Crocodilia
order containing alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and gharials
Aves
class of birds
keel
What do birds use to flight skeleton?
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How many heart chambers do birds have?
aminotes
member of a clade of tetrapods that have an amniotic egg containing specialized membranes that protect the embryo (reptiles, birds, mammals)
mammalia
The defining characteristics of this class include hair and mammary glands.
placenta
A structure that allows an embryo to be nourished with the mother's blood supply in mammals.
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How many heart chambers do mammals have?
Prototheria
Subclass of monotremes.
monotremes
egg-laying mammals (platypus, echidna)
Theria
subclass of marsupials, placentals that have live birth.
Metatheria
Infraclass of marsupials
Eutheria
Infraclass of placental mammals (rodents, bats, dogs, whales, humans)
amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals
tetrapods include
carnivora
Order of bears, cats, raccoons, and dogs.
primates
order of mammals that includes monkeys, apes, and humans
New world monkeys
All species are arboreal. Nostrils open to the side. Many have prehensile tails.
Old World Monkeys
Include arboreal and terrestrial species. Lack prehensile tails and their nostrils open downward
Cebidae
family of new world monkeys
Cercopithecidae
Family of old world monkeys
Hominidae
Family of human-like primates, anthropoids, great apes, hominids, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, and modern humans.
opposable thumb
Thumb that enables grasping objects and using tools. Seen in primates.