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acanthodians

EXTINCT gnathostome fish; bodies had rows of spines along the tops and sides

actinopterygians

bony fish that are "ray-finned". Include most extant fish

agnathans

jawless fish, mostly EXTINCT

amniotes

require a fluid-filled amnion during gestation. includes reptiles, birds, and mammals

What are the animals that are known as amniotes?

Reptiles, birds, and mammals

anamniotes

Vertebrates that do not require an amnion because it occurs in water. Includes fishes and amphibians.

What are the animals that are known as anamniotes??

Fish and amphibians

anurans


"tail-less" amphibians. Includes frogs and toads

What are the animals in the group anurans?

Frogs and toads

Caecilians

limbless amphibians. "without feet"

cetaceans

whales, dolphins, porpoises

chelonians

turtles and tortoises

chiropterans

bats

chondrichthyans

cartilaginous fish, includes sharks, skates, rays, ratfish

Coelacanths

"lobe-finned" fish with fleshy appendages, was extinct until 1938.

Cyclostomes

living members of superclass agnatha, hagfish and lampreys

dipnoans

lobe finned fish that includes 17 extinct families and 3 extant species of lungfish

elasmobranches

sharks and rays

eutherians

"true" placenta, mammals

gnathostomes

vertebrates with jaws, excludes agnathans

holocephalans

lack scales, RATFISH

insectivores

mammals that live by dining on insects. Includes shrews, hedgehogs, and moles

labyrinthodonts

EXTINCT class of early tetrapods named for their funky teeth

lagomorphs

hares, rabbits, pikas

lissamphibians

all extant amphibians. Frogs, salamanders, caecilians

Marsupials

therian animals that include kangaroos, koalas, and opossums

monotremes

"primitive" non-placental mammals including platypus and anteaters

neopterygians

bony fish including teleosts and more "primitive" fish such as gars and bowfins

osteichthyans

bony fish

ostracoderms

EXTINCT jawless fish that had bony head shields

placoderms

EXTINCT gnathostome fish with external body plates

rhipidistians

EXTINCT sarcopterygian fish related to tetrapods

ruminants

mammals including bison, sheep, giraffes, deer, that possess a rumen for incubated indigested plant material

sarcopterygians

bony fish that are "lobe finned" includes extant dipnoans and coelacanths

sirenians

manatees and dugongs

squamates

lizards, snakes, amphisbaenids

teleosts

"advanced" ray-finned fish including salmon, seahorses, perch, minnows, and catfish

tetrapods

all vertebrates with limbs, includes caecilian and snakes

therapsids

EXTINCT reptiles that had some features in common with mammals like their stance and teeth

therians

mammals with some sort of placenta, includes eutherians and metatherians

ungulates

hoofed animals

urodeles

"tailed" amphibians including salamanders and newts

Are ostracoderms jawless or do they have jaws?

jawless