'Dominant land vertebrates' presentation slideshows

Vertebrates

Vertebrates. History , structural and functional features. The Chordates. Chordates (phylum Chordata ) are deuterostome coelomates -Nearest relatives are echinoderms (the only other deuterostomes). The Chordates. Four features characterize chordates. 1. Nerve cord 2. Notochord

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Chapter 15: Tracing Evolutionary History

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Mammalian/Primate Evolutionary History

Mammalian/Primate Evolutionary History. More Taxonomic Concepts Time Scale Early Primate Evolution (Paleocene through Oligocene) Miocene Fossils Rate of Evolutionary Change. I. Taxonomic Concepts. Structures that are shared through descent from a common ancestor are called homologies .

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