Phylum Chordata • Notochord in embyronic stage • Dorsal hollow nerve cord • Pharyngeal slits • Muscular, post anal tail
Jan 03, 2016
Phylum Chordata
• Notochord in embyronic stage
• Dorsal hollow nerve cord
• Pharyngeal slits
• Muscular, post anal tail
• Tunicates: Urochordata
most primal form of all vertebrates
•pharyngeal gill slits •Dorsal nerve cord•notochord•separate mouth and anus.
Circulatory System
• Ventral Heart Arteries Arterioles Capillaries Venules Veins
Fish Heart
Amphibian heart
MammalHeart
What vertebrates do
not have bones?
AgnathaClass Myxini
Class Cephalaspidomorphi
Ostracoderms
• Conodonts – Extinct• Date back to 510 mya• Cone shaped teeth
like structures that were ossified
• Placoderm - Extinct jawed, armored fish
• Abundant during Devonian
• No teeth, but jaws had tusklike projections
Class Chondricthyes
OsteichthyesClass Actinopterygii
Class Actinistia
Class Dipnoi
Amphibia“dual life”
• Carboniferous “Age of Amphibians”
• 3 orders– Urodela – salamanders,
mudpuppies, newts– Anura – frogs, toads– Apoda – caecilians
• Recent evidence places the lungfishes as ancestors
• 2 hypotheses describe possible evolutionary stragies– Pond to pond– Food on land
• Anatomy– Tongue catch food– Larynx calls– Vomerine vs maxillary teeth– Tympanic membrane– Nictating membrane– Skin respiratory, mucous
glands– 3 chamber heart– Ectothermic temp. drops
torpor– External fertilization
siren
mudpuppysalamander
Class Reptilia
• Adaptations?• Tough body coverings• Claws on toes• Well developed lungs• Partial division of
ventricle• Ectothermic• Internal fertilization• Amniote egg
• Approx. extant 6,000 sp.
• Once there were 16 orders, today only 4
• Most live in tropics• U.S. has 275 sp.
Classification
• Kingdom: Animalia• Phylum: Chordata• Subphylum: Vertebrata• Class: Reptilia
– Orders:• Crocodilia• Sphenodontia• Squamata• Testudines
SquamataSquamata• Includes reptiles with
tough epidermal scales
• Snakes and lizards• 5,640 species• 2 venomous lizards
– Gila monster (S.W.desert)
– Mexican Beaded lizard
Rhynchocephalia• Ex. Tuatara
(spiny crest)• Only 2 extant endangered species
left• Inhabits 20 small islands off coast
of New Zealand• Grows up to 60 cm• Hasn’t changed its form in 225 my
“living fossil”• All other close relatives died 60
my ago• Has a 3rd eye on top of head
(absorbs U.V. radiation for Vit. D prod.), no penis, no visible ear openings
• Lifespan is about 35 years, very slow reproductive cycle
http://www.kcc.org.nz/animals/tuatara.asp
Crocodilia• Large reptiles with
elongated skulls• Includes alligators and
crocodiles• 4 chambered hearts• Valve in back of mouth
prevents water from entering air passageway
• Haven’t changed much in 248 my.; Survived the Mesozoic Extinction
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/crocs/clickable/
Origin and Evolution of Aves
• Archaeopteryx– The link between reptiles and birds
Characteristics of Birds
• Feathers
Characteristics of Birds
• Bones thin and hollow
Characteristics of Birds
• 4 chambered heart
A Chicken's Heart A Human's Heart Bird Heart
Bird Heart Human Heart
Characteristics of Birds
• Furculum– Fused collar bone
aiding
in flight– Keeled sternum
Digestive and Excretory Systems
• Crop and Gizzard
Respiratory System
• Highly efficient to meet demands of the high metabolic rate
Brain• Large• Good
color vision
• Good hearing
Reproductive Systems
• Female has only one ovary
• Males– testes→sperm→vas deferens→cloaca
Viviparous
Mammary glands secrete milk
Highly developed
brain
Monotremata
• Lays eggsLays eggs
MarsupialiaPouched mammals
Insectivora• Shrews• No teeth; reduced
eyes
RodentiaFront incisors continuously grow
Lagomorpha
2 rows of upper incisors that continually grow
EdentataNo teethinsectivore
ChiropteraFlightecholocation
CetacaeBlowhole, toothed whales
SireniaManateesAquatic herbivores
Order Carnivora
• Dogs, cats, raccoons, bears, otters
Carnivores, long canine teeth
Order Pinnipedia
• Walruses, seal lions, seals
Water dwelling carnivores
Artiodactyla
• Pigs, deer, cow, sheep
Even toed (cloven hooves)
Order Perissodactyla• Horse, zebra, rhino
Odd toed
Order Proboscidea
• Elephants and wooly mammoths
Boneless trunk
Order Primate
• Monkey, ape, humans, orangutans, chimps, baboons
OmnivoresOpposable thumbs