Vertebrata
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Vertebrata
1820–30; < New Latin, neuter plural of Latin vertebrātus vertebrate
Example Sentences
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Vertebrata is a larger clade that also includes fish, lamprey, and lancelets.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Lizards, rabbits, and humans are in the clade Amniota, which form a small V nested in the upper right-hand corner of the V-shaped Vertebrata clade.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Here we will consider the traditional groups Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, and Mammalia, which constitute classes in the subphylum Vertebrata.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The illustration shows the V-shaped Vertebrata clade, which includes lancelets, lampreys, fish, lizards, rabbits, and humans.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Amphioxus, the little Mediterranean fish, links the Vertebrata, or back-boned animals, for ever on to the Invertebrata.
From The Gospel Of Evolution From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures by Aveling, Edward
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