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Vertebrata

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[ver-tuh-brey-tuh, -brah-] / ˌvɛr təˈbreɪ tə, -ˈbrɑ- /

noun

  1. the subphylum comprising the vertebrate animals.


Etymology

Origin of Vertebrata

1820–30; < New Latin, neuter plural of Latin vertebrātus vertebrate

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Vertebrata is a larger clade that also includes fish, lamprey, and lancelets.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The illustration shows the V-shaped Vertebrata clade, which includes lancelets, lampreys, fish, lizards, rabbits, and humans.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

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

In Amphioxus and the Tunicata the early development of the central nervous system is very much like that of the Vertebrata, but the later stages are simpler, being without the cranial flexure.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various