Comparative Anatomy Taxonomy
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34 terms
Occitan | English |
|---|---|
| Class Agnatha |  without jaws, lack paired appendages |
| order ostracodermi | first known vertebrates, paleozoic, bony plates in dermis |
| order cyclostomata | hagfish and lamprey, cartilage skeleton, adults parasitic |
| class placodermi | paleozoic, bony plates in dermis, jaws present, paired appendages |
| class chondrichthyes | paleozoic, cartilage skeleton, skarkes, skates, and rays |
| class osteichthyes | most numerous of fishes, bone skeleton, operculum on gill chamber |
| group crossopterygii | lobe fin fish, skeleton of fin like tetrapod, latimeria |
| group dipnoi | lungfish |
| class amphibia | double life, end of paleozoic |
| order caudata | salamanders |
| order anura | frogs and toads |
| order apoda | worm-like amphibians, lack limbs, caecilians |
| class reptilia | first amniotes, cleidoic egg, late paleozic, |
| order chelonia | turtles |
| order rhynchocephalia | sphenodon, parapineal eye |
| order squamata | snakes and lizards |
| order crocodilia | crocodile, alligators, caymans |
| class aves | feathers |
| subclass archaeornithes | archaeopteryx |
| subclass neornithes | modern birds, homeothermal, developed sternum |
| class mammalia | hair, mammary glands, sweat glands, mesozoic |
| order monotremata | egg-laying mammals, platypus, spiny anteater, lack nipples, cloaca |
| order marsupialia | pouched mammals, kangaroo |
| order insectivora | start of placentals, moles and shrews |
| order chiroptera | flying mammals, bats |
| order primates | well developed brain, opposable thumb, monkies, apes, man |
| order carnivora | meat eaters, well developed canine teeth, dog, cat |
| order rodentia | rodents, incisors, rats, mice, squirrels |
| order lagomorpha | rabbits, hares, split upper lip |
| order catacea | whales, dolphins |
| order perissodactyla | odd toed ungulates, horse, rhino |
| order artiodactyla | even toed ungulates, cattle, pigs, sheep |
| order edentata | sloths |
| order proboscidia | elephants |
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