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Vertebrata

noun

Fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals. Synonyms: Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata.

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Etymology of 'Vertebrata'

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... anticipates the work of subsequent investigators, and which, for the most part, represents fresh studies of special groups of animals to be used in a general classification such as was suggested in his paper "On the Application of the Laws of Evolution to the arrangement of the Vertebrata, and more particularly of the Mammalia" (1880)—"the most masterly," remarks Professor Howes, "of his scientific theses; the only expression which he gave to the world of the interaction of a series of revolutionary ideas ...

— Thomas Henry Huxley - A Character Sketch • Leonard Huxley

... restricted himself to Birds, A. Desmoulins in 1822 wrote a short but most suggestive paper on the Vertebrata, omitting the birds; he combated the view recently proposed by the entomologist Latreille that temperature was the main factor in distribution. Some of his ten main conclusions show a peculiar mixture of evolutionary ideas coupled with the conception of the stability ...

— Darwin and Modern Science • A.C. Seward and Others

Words linked to "Vertebrata" : class Aves, Osteichthyes, amphibian family, Gnathostomata, class Mammalia, class Placodermi, Reptilia, reptile genus, superclass Gnathostomata, mammal genus, class Reptilia, phylum Chordata, subphylum Craniata, Chondrichthyes, class Chondrichthyes, Agnatha, craniate, fish family, reptile family, Amniota, superclass Agnatha, Mammalia, mammal family, amphibian genus, bird genus, Channidae, subphylum Vertebrata, bird family, Pisces, Chordata, class Osteichthyes, Craniata, amphibia, fish genus, class Amphibia, Aves, class Channidae, vertebrate, Placodermi, phylum