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Describe the evolutionary relationships between the following organisms. Draw a family "tree" if necessary. Include bony fish, amniotes, lizards, mammals, turtles, birds, reptiles, ray-finned fishes, amphibians, lungfish, and lobe-finned fishes.
Evolutionary Relationships
The connections among different species or organisms that can be traced back to a common ancestor, explored through genetics, physical characteristics, and other biological data.
Amniotes
Terrestrial vertebrates: reptiles, birds, and mammals; animals whose embryos are enclosed by an amnion.
Lungfish
A type of freshwater fish with the unique ability to breathe air using lungs, allowing them to survive in habitats with low oxygen levels.
- Illustrate the evolutionary relationships among major groups of vertebrates including fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
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Johnson Liu LiangJun 18, 2024
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Concepts to Consider: The bony fish diversified into a number of groups, including lungfish and lobe-finned fishes, which exhibit rather primitive characteristics, and the more advanced ray-finned fishes; the amphibians evolved from the lungfish, and the reptiles were the first amniotes and include the turtles and lizards; the birds evolved from reptiles (dinosaurs); mammals evolved from primitive reptiles known as therapsids.
Learning Objectives
- Illustrate the evolutionary relationships among major groups of vertebrates including fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.