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Phylogeny Names
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Actinistia | Coelocanth (deep water, only 2 found, oily, large limbs, big tail) |
| tEustheropteron | fish that looks like tetrapod |
| Eutheria | all other mammals |
| Urodela | Salamanders |
| Myximi | Hagfish |
| Dipnoi | Lungfish (di: double, ph: air, double breathers - lungs & gills), Australian - primitive features, African - derived features, long skinny fin) |
| Cladistia | small group, African, finlets |
| tPterosauria | flying reptiles "dinosaurs" |
| Crocodilia | crocodiles, alligators |
| Holocephalia | Chimaeras (rat fish) |
| Lacertilia | lizards |
| Enteropneusta | acorn worms (head, collar, trunk; probiscus) |
| Halecomorphi | bow fin (boxy skull, dark spot at base of caudal fin) & amia |
| Ginglymodi | gar (ganoid scales, 1 dorsal fin towards back, pointy snout) |
| Pterobranchii | Pterobranchia (trunk bent in tube, collar, probiscus, tentacles) |
| Aves | birds (one of many Saurischia) |
| tIchthyostoga | tetrapod that looks like fish (6 toes) |
| Urochordata | tunicates (notocord inside post anal tail) |
| Anura | frogs |
| Chondrostei | sturgeon, pattlefish (cartilaginous protective armor, bottom feeder) |
| Chelonia | turtles |
| Teleostei | all other fish |
| Cephalochordata | amphioxus (notocord extends into head) |
| Serpentes | snakes (1 of many lacertilia) |
| Metatheria | marsupials (opposums, shrew opossums, marsupial cats, marsupial moles, kangaroos, bandicoots) |
| Saurischia | carnivorous dinosaurs |
| Monotremata | platopus, echidna |
| Pteromyzonitmes | Lampreys |
| tOrnithischia | quadrapedral dinosaurs |
| Elasmobrancii | sharks, rays, dogfish |
| Sphenodontidae | tuatara |
| Amphisbaenia | worm lizards |
| Gymnophiona | caecilians (small feet at front, worm-like) |