1. Chapter 34 Vertebrates 2. Overview: Half a Billion Years of Backbones Early in the Cambrian period, about 530 million years ago, an astonishing variety of animals inhabited…

1. Vertebrates 2. Chordates have a notochord and a dorsal, hollow nerve cord 3. Notochord • The notochord is a longitudinal, flexible rod between the digestive tube and…

Slide 1 Chordates have a notochord and a dorsal, hollow nerve cord Vertebrates are a subphylum of phylum Chordata Chordates are bilaterian animals that belong to the clade…

Slide 1 The animals called vertebrates get their name from vertebrae, the series of bones that make up the backbone There are about 52,000 species of vertebrates, including…

Slide 1 Chapter 34 Vertebrates Slide 2 Get their name from vertebrae, the series of bones that make up the backbone Slide 3 Vertebrates There are approximately 52,000 species…

Phylum Chordata (I) Lecture Series 6 Learning Outcomes ⢠Outline the five distinctive hallmarks about chordates ⢠Identify representatives from the following taxonomic…

Vertebrae Evolution & Diversity Invertebrate Chordates & The Origin of Vertebrates The vertebrates are part of a phylogenetic branch of the animal kingdom consisting…

Are humans among the descendants of this ancient organism? Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Concept 34.1: Chordates have…