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    A chordate (/ˈkɔːrdeɪt/ KOR-dayt) is a deuterostomic animal belonging to the phylum Chordata (/kɔːrˈdeɪtə/ kor-DAY-tə). All chordates possess, at some...
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  • The Cambrian chordates are an extinct group of animals belonging to the phylum Chordata that lived during the Cambrian, between 538 and 485 million years...
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    cord of chordates. Except for the echinoderms, both the hemichordates and the chordates have a thickening of the aorta, homologous to the chordate heart...
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  • Chordate genomics is the study of the evolution of the chordate clade based on a comparison of the genomes of several species within the clade. The field...
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    notochord. It is a paraphyletic grouping including all animals excluding the chordate subphylum Vertebrata, i.e. vertebrates. Well-known phyla of invertebrates...
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    urochordates is still sometimes used for these animals. They are the only chordates that have lost their myomeric segmentation, with the possible exception...
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    This article contains a list of all of the classes and orders that are located in the Phylum Chordata. Order Amphioxiformes Genus Pikaia † Order Enterogona...
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    anatomy is a potential result of speciation and habitat variation. The five chordate synapomorphies are present in chondrichthyes as follows. The five synapomorphies...
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    consist of all the taxa within the subphylum Vertebrata (/ˌvɜːrtəˈbreɪtə/) (chordates with backbones) and represent the overwhelming majority of the phylum...
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    their development are considered to be chordates. Lampreys contain these characteristics that define them as chordates. Lamprey anatomy is very different...
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