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Agnatha
jawless fish
Cephalaspidomorphi
lampreys
Chondrichthyes
cartilagenous fish
Elasmobranchii
sharks, skates, rays
Holocephali
chimeras (ratfish)
Gnathostomata
Developed jaws. Encompasses all living bony fishes and cartilaginous fishes, as well as extinct prehistoric fish such as placoderms and acanthodians
Placoderm
Extinct. Head and thorax had armored plates
Chondrostei
Paddlefish, sturgeon, bichir
Holostei
gars, bowfin
Teleostei
modern bony fishes
Craniata
posses a skull
Lissamphibia
all modern amphibians, including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians
Myxini
hagfish
Ostracodermi
extinct armored jawless fish
Rhipidistians
lobe-finned bony fishes (tetrapods and lungfishes)
Sarcopterygii
lungfish
Tetrapoda
four limbed, descended from sarcopterygii
Apoda
caecilians
Caudata
salamanders
Anura
frogs and toads
Archaeopteryx
fake transition species between reptiles and birds
Dinosauria
dominant species group including herbivorous sauropods and carnivorous theropods
Ichtyosauria
extinct group of dolphin like reptiles
Pterosauria
extinct group of reptiles capable of flight, bat-like
Archosauria
diapsid group that includes all living crocodiles and birds
Pleurodira
side neck turtles
Cryptodira
suborder for hidden neck turtles
Testudines
all living turtles
Synapsid
one temporal skull opening, lineage for todays mammals
Order Monotremata: Subclass Prototheria
egg laying mammals; echidna and platypus
Subclass Theria
placental/live mammals
Infraclass Metatheria
marsupials
Infraclass Eutheria
every other mammal