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Chordates make up a phylum in the animal kingdom that includes all the vertebrates, along with some primitive wormlike sea animals. (See Linnean classification.)
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Members of these groups also possess the four distinctive features of chordates at some point during their development.
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Deuterostomes include more complex animals such as chordates but also some simple animals such as echinoderms.
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In chordates, it is located dorsal to the notochord.
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Echinoderms, mollusks, worms, arthropods, and chordates arose during this period.
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A larger portion of the guide is given to the chordates than is usually the case.
From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas
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