C H O DR A T A
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/biog105/labs/deuts/chordates.html
Characteristic
C H O DR A T A
(http://www.dls.ym.edu.tw/ol_biology2/ultranet/tunicate_larva.gif)
C H O DR A T A
http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~cmallery/150/devel/c7.47.14.frog.neuralation.jpg
C H O DR A T A
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/biog105/labs/deuts/chordates.html#dhnc
C H O DR A T A
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-03/rs/index.php http://www.innovations-report.de/bilder_neu/20796_strudelwurm.jpg
Xenoturbella
C H O DR A T A
http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/lacalli/tutorial/images/chordates_garstang.gif
Neotenny
Paedogenetic
C H O DR A T A
http://universe-review.ca/I10-30-fishes.jpg
Pineal eye
C H O DR A T A
http://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/142010_Chordate_phylogeny.jpg
C H O DR A T A
http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/images/others/vertebrates.jpghttp://www.tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/selenexray.gif
Chordata
Invertebrate Vertebrate
C H O DR A T A
CHORDATE
PROTOCHORDATE CRANIATA
TUNICATE ACRANIATA
C H O DR A T A
http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/16cm05/1116/chordate.htm
UROCHORDATAUro = tail + Chorda = string
Tunic = Tunicin
C H O DR A T A
http://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/Ascidian_metamorphosis_2.gif
From free larva -> sessile adult
C H O DR A T A
http://jellieszone.com/images/oikopleura.jpg
Ascidiacea
Thaliacea
Appendicularia
Sorberacea4 classes
C H O DR A T A
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/bc/bc_campbell_biology_6/cipl/ins/34/34-04a-LanceletAnatomy-L.gifhttp://media.pearsoncmg.com/bc/bc_campbell_biology_6/cipl/ins/34/34-04b-Lancelet.jpg
CEPHALOCHORDATA
Cephala = head + Chorda = string
C H O DR A T A
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/biog105/labs/deuts/media/ amphioxus_immadult_anterior.jpghttp://departments.oxy.edu/tops/marinebio/organisms/Amphioxus34.jpg
Lancelet / Amphioxus / Branchiostoma
Acraniata
http://www.earthlife.net/inverts/images/others/amphioxus.gif
C H O DR A T A
http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/aencmed/targets/illus/ilt/T014246A.gif
Vertebrata / Craniata
C H O DR A T A
http://www.ideacenter.org/stuff/contentmgr/files/38ed8a0c6db7a4f1a37 e405922c364bd/misc/hearts.jpg
C H O DR A T A
http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/16cm05/1116/chordate.htm
ChordatePhylogeny
C H O DR A T A
http://universe-review.ca/I10-27-hagfish.jpg
AGNATHA
C H O DR A T A
http://grad.bio.uci.edu/ecoevo/aclark/hagfishpic.jpghttp://nikefusion.blogspot.com/2007/08/worlds-weridest.html
http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/new-hagfish-discovered/
Myxini
Hagfish
Bdellostoma sp.
C H O DR A T A
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Lamprey_illustration _side.png/800px-Lamprey_illustration_side.png
Cephalaspidomophi
C H O DR A T A
http://nelson.beckman.uiuc.edu/courses/neuroethol/models/lamprey_swimming /lampreyOnFish.gifhttp://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2007/05/nasty-combo.html
Lamprey
Anadromous fish
C H O DR A T A
Gnathastomata
Jaw fish Tetrapod
Shark Bony fish Amphibian Amniote
C H O DR A T A
http://www.fossilien.de/seiten/haizaehne/megalodon_weisserhai.jpg
Chondrichthyes
Heterocercal
C H O DR A T A
http://www.fossilien.de/seiten/haizaehne/megalodon_weisserhai.jpg
Largest fish
C H O DR A T A
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/zo150/mozley/fall/placoidteeth.jpg
Placoid scale
C H O DR A T A
http://www.fossilmall.com/EDCOPE_Enterprises/sharkteeth/sharkteeth-8/SKT04A.jpghttp://www.eyeofscience.com/eos2/english/gallery/templates/galeriepics/technik/hai.jpghttp://bioweb.uwlax.edu/zoolab/Table_of_Contents/Lab-9b/Placoid/Lab_9b-01a.jpg
Placoid
http://www.thejump.net/id/more-fish/Ratfish-Chimaera-monstrosa.jpg
Ratfish - Chimaera monstrosa
http://www.thejump.net/id/longnose-chimaera.jpg
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/Grzimek_fish/fish_misc/v04_id130mouthmo.jpg/view.html
C H O DR A T A
Osteichthyes
C H O DR A T A
http://forum.kapalselam.org/files/MolaMola.jpg
Operculum
Mola mola
C H O DR A T A
http://www.amonline.net.au/FISHES/what/scales/cosmoid.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0124402/data/images/2/2scale_cycloid.gifhttp://www.odu.edu/sci/cqfe/world%20of%20fishes/scales/scales.htm
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/students/scales/images/ganoidc.jpg
Cycloid
Cosmoid
Ganoid
Ctenoid
C H O DR A T A
http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/images/species/Huhus_u1.jpghttp://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060304/f7064_5381.jpghttp://img.dailymail.co.uk/img/galleries/20/coins191106_350x279.jpg
Ray finned fish
Sturgeon
<< Almas Beluga
Huso huso
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060304/food.asp
C H O DR A T A
http://sweetwaterfishing.com.au/images/QldLungfish.jpghttp://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=2221&rendTypeId=4
Lung fish
Australia Africa
C H O DR A T A
http://malawicichlids.com/protopterus_annectens_aestivation_skelton.gif
C H O DR A T A
http://www.mnh.si.edu/highlight/coelacanth/images/image_2_lg.jpg
Lobe finned fish
Coelacanth
Comoro islands
C H O DR A T A
http://universe-review.ca/I10-72-tetrapod1.jpg
TetrapodaLobe finned fish?
C H O DR A T A
http://universe-review.ca/I10-72-tetrapod.jpg
C H O DR A T A
http://www.skn.ac.th/skl/skn43/kob85/a1.htmhttp://www.skn.ac.th/skl/skn43/kob85/a8.jpghttp://www.projectmosquitia.com/Dermophis_mexicana.jpg
Amphibia
Anura
Urodela
Apoda
C H O DR A T A
http://www.state.tn.us/environment/RT/froglog/censore2.gifhttp://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/amphibians/Rana_temporaria/ARK007577.html
Jelly coated egg
Life cycle
C H O DR A T A
http://higheredbcs.wiley.com/legacy/college/levin/0471697435/chap_tut/ chaps/chapter12-10.html
Reptelia
Amniote
Synapsids -> Therapsids
Sauropsid
Anapsida Diapsids
C H O DR A T A
http://critters.pixel-shack.com/WebImages/crittersgallery/Dimetrodon.jpghttp://www.nasmus.co.za/PALAEO/jbotha/Images/cynognathus.jpg
Synapsids -> Therapsids
Dimetrodon Cynognathus
C H O DR A T A
http://www.noturtle.org/images/elegans.gifhttp://www.ryanphotographic.com/images/JPEGS/Tuatara%20on%20forest%20floor%20three%20quarters.jpg http://www.appscout.com/images/comodo_komodo.pnghttp://www.infotechart.com/jalbum/records/anaconda.jpg
Chelonia
Squamata
Rhyncocephalis
Crocodilial
C H O DR A T A
http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/aencmed/targets/illus/ilt/T013908A.gifhttp://www.aims.gov.au/ipstcg/images-200402/ipstcg-200402-0102-230.jpg
Amniotic egg
C H O DR A T A
http://www.themodernapprentice.com/feathers_types.jpg
Aves
Down Semiplume Filoplume Contour Bristle
FEATHER
C H O DR A T A
http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=1712&rendTypeId=4
C H O DR A T A
http://bp2.blogger.com/_obK1JP_37so/Rg42lLZ2QzI/AAAAAAAAAr4/NG_TIo4Kehc/s1600-h/archaeopteryx.jpghttp://www.ardastra.com/images/groundup.jpg
Archaeopteryx
C H O DR A T A
http://www.usd.edu/biol/faculty/swanson/ornith/pics/elephant.gifhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Ratites.PNG/739px-Ratites.PNG
Ratites
Palaeognathae
C H O DR A T A
http://www.palungjit.com/gallery/data/500/penguin-w.jpghttp://www.kidcyber.com.au/IMAGES/peng_chin.jpg
Impennae
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38706000/jpg/_38706117_penguins_ap300.jpg
http://k43.pbase.com/o5/30/681730/1/68842762.kAuklkg0.Kungspingvin06w.jpghttp://photos23.flickr.com/24296688_028c8376d4_m.jpg
C H O DR A T A
http://www.keyway.ca/gif/birds.gif
Neognathae
http://www.photoscreensavers.us/Birds_full.JPG
C H O DR A T A
http://www.hsu.edu/uploadedImages/Biology/otter%20hair.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Illu_breast_ anatomy.jpg/250px-Illu_breast_anatomy.jpg
Hair Mammary gland
Mammalia
C H O DR A T A
MAMMALIA
PROTOTHERIA THERIA
METATHERIA EUTHERIA
http://www.publish.csiro.au/temp/RD05137_F5.jpg
echidna
marsupial
mouse
http://www.genevaschools.org/austinbg/class/gray/platypus/
C H O DR A T A
http://www.anhs.com.au/images/echidna_2.jpghttp://www.genevaschools.org/austinbg/class/gray/platypus/hold.gif
Echidna PlatypusMonotremata
PROTOTHERIA
C H O DR A T A
http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=93319&rendTypeId=34
Marsupialia
METATHERIA
C H O DR A T A
http://gotoknow.org/file/paknumpo/panda.jpghttp://www.orcarose.com/main-images/orca.jpghttp://arnica.csustan.edu/boty1050/Evolution/sloth_extant.jpghttp://www.mentalfloss.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/435_vampire-bat.jpg
EUTHERIA
C H O DR A T A
http://www.primates.com/chimps/chimpanzee.jpghttp://lemur.duke.edu/animals/pygmyslowloris/social.jpg
Primate&
Hominidae
http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2006/teams/mluczyns/chimpanzee.jpg