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Vertebrate Zoology

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Exam 1
The Basics
112  cards
Vert Synapmorphies
Vert synap ______________________...,
Cartilaginous endoskeleton 2,
Hypotheses for origin of bony end...
14  cards
Individual group synapomorphies
Vertebrate origins haikouella 1
1  cards
Agnathans
Agnatha etymology 1,
Agnatha is a _________ group 2,
________ and __________ are extan...
16  cards
Lissamphibia (Lec 12)
Lissamphibia synapomorphies 1,
Lissamphibia ancestral characteri...,
Diversity of lissamphibia 3
7  cards
Tetrapods (Lec 11)
Tetrapod origins 1,
Opportunities of life transition 2,
Challenges of life transition 3
19  cards
Amniota
Amniota 1,
Amniote synapomorphies 2,
Other characteristics of amniotes 3
22  cards
Homologies
Occipital bones fishes teleosts 1,
Occipital bones amphibians 2,
Occipital bones reptiles birds 3
25  cards
Gnathostomata Synapomorphies
Paired appendages 1,
3 pairs of semicircular canals 2,
Notochord partially completely re...
8  cards
Lec 10
Euteleostomi 1,
Osteichthyes 2,
Actinopterygii 3
14  cards
Head Skeleton
Basis of cephalization 1,
Evolution of head skeleton 2,
Hard tissues bone 3
19  cards
Lec 8/9
Evolution of jaws origination 1,
Early jawed vertebrates 2,
Major clades of gnathostomes 3
19  cards
Lec 9
Lateral ungulation 1,
Moving through a fluid flow mecha...,
Moving through a fluid drag 3
22  cards
Radiation of Reptiles
Reptiles had a major adaptive rad...,
Scales in reptiles 2,
Scales in bony fishes 3
20  cards
Evolution of Mammals
Synapsida 1,
Pelycosauria 2,
Therapsida 3
23  cards
Human Evolution
First primates 1,
Some of the first primates adapte...,
Lineage of primate leading to ext...
20  cards

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