vertebrates
vertebrates
vertebrates
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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)