OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT POINTS FOR COMPARATIVE VERTEBRATE ANATOMY (Fall 2020)
VERTEBRATE TAXONOMY
DUE DATE: On or before the due date of Quiz 2
MAXIMUM EXTRA CREDIT POINTS POSSIBLE: 25 points (all or none)
In front of your teacher, take a blank sheet of paper and write down all of the Vertebrate taxonomy to detail-level in your Vertebrate Classification page. Then, indicate near each group whether it is a fish/tetrapod; no jaw/jaw; amniote/anamniote; ectotherm/endotherm. For example, see below:
Taxonomy | Fish | Tetrapod | No jaw | Jaw | Amniote | Anamniote | Ectotherm | Endotherm |
Superclass Agnatha | X | X | X | X | ||||
Superclass Gnathostomata | X | X | X | X | ||||
–Class Acanthodii | X | X | X | X | ||||
–Class Placodermi | X | X | X | X | ||||
–Class Chondricthyes | X | X | X | X | ||||
—-Subclass Elasmobranchii | X | X | X | X | ||||
—-Subclass Holocephali ETC…. | X | X | X | X |