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Fig. 34-2<br />

ANCESTRAL<br />

DEUTERO-<br />

STOME<br />

Notochord<br />

Common<br />

ancestor of<br />

chordates<br />

Head<br />

Vertebral column<br />

Jaws, mineralized skeleton<br />

Lungs or lung derivatives<br />

Lobed fins<br />

Echinodermata<br />

(sister group to chordates)<br />

Cephalochordata<br />

(lancelets)<br />

Urochordata<br />

(tunicates)<br />

Myxini<br />

(hagfishes)<br />

Petromyzontida<br />

(lampreys)<br />

Chondrichthyes<br />

(sharks, rays, chimaeras)<br />

Actinopterygii<br />

(ray-finned fishes)<br />

Actinistia<br />

(coelacanths)<br />

Dipnoi<br />

(lungfishes)<br />

Amphibia (frogs,<br />

salamanders)<br />

Legs<br />

Amniotic egg<br />

Milk<br />

Reptilia<br />

(turtles, snakes,<br />

crocodiles, birds)<br />

Mammalia<br />

(mammals)

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