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Vertebrate Zoology
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Zoology
Undergraduate 4
02/24/2016

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Heterocercal tail
Definition
Asymmetrical tail meant for the ocean floor
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Actinopterygii
Definition
Spiny ray fish- one dorsal fin
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Amiiformes
Definition
Bowfin
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Acipenseriformes
Definition
Sturgeon/paddlefish
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Batoidea
Definition
Skates and rays
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Cephalocordata
Definition
Presence of a notochord
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Chondricthyes
Definition
Cartilaginous fish
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Cladogenesis
Definition
An evolutionary splitting into two distinct species
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Cladogram
Definition
Diagram used to show species differentiation
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Ctenoid scales
Definition
Scales with teeth on the end
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Deuterostome
Definition
Two holes in cell, anus forms first
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Devonian
Definition
Age of fishes
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Diencephalon
Definition
Posterior part of the forebrain
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Dipnoi
Definition
Lungfish
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Dorsal nerve cord
Definition
Nerve cord above the notochord
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Elasmobranchii
Definition
Sharks, skates, and rays
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Cretaceous
Definition
Many forms of life lived together, 144-66mya
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Permian
Definition
Largest mass extinction
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Galeomorphii
Definition
Cartilaginous fishes excluding dogfish
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Ganoid
Definition
Armor like scales
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Garstang hypothesis
Definition
Sessile organisms evolved a tadpole like adolescence
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Gnathostome
Definition
Jaw bearing organisms
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Gradualism
Definition
Changes happening over time
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Holocephali
Definition
Chimeras and dogfish
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Homocercal tail
Definition
Symmetrical tail
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Homology
Definition
Shared ancestry between a pair of structures
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Homoplasy
Definition
A characteristic shared between two individuals not present in their ancestor
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Lepisosteiformes
Definition
Gar
Term
Monophyly
Definition
A clade of all organisms and their ancestors
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MRCA
Definition
Most recent common ancestor
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Myomeres
Definition
Muscles in chordates
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Notochord
Definition
Cartilaginous skeletal rod
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Operculum
Definition
gill cover
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Osteichthyes
Definition
Bony fish
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Paedomorphosis
Definition
Retention of adolescent traits in adults
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Paraphyletic
Definition
monophyletic group from which one or more subsidiary clades (monophyletic groups) is excluded to form a separate group
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Pelagic
Definition
Organisms that live in the middle - not shallow or at the bottom of the water
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Pharynx
Definition
Cavity behind nose and moth
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Polypteriformes
Definition
Bichir
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