Marine Tetrapods

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Tetrapod

Animals that descended from a common ancestor that walk on four weight-bearing limbs (amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals")

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Actinopterygii

Ray finned fish

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Sarcopterygii

Lobe-finned fish

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Amniote

Group of tetrapod vertebrates characterized by an embryo enclosed in a fluid filled amnion membrane

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Convergent evolution

Similar characters that evolved independently in two different organisms

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Oviparity

Lays eggs

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Viviparity

Live birth

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Homology

Similarity in the structure, anatomy, or genetics of different species that comes from a shared common ancestor

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Aquatic vs haline adaptation

adaptions of fluid and salty environments