The Early Tetrapods And Modern Amphibians - Animal Diversity | Biology+

Course

Animal Biology

Study Pack

Set 1: Science of Zoology and Evolution of Animal Diversity

Set 2: Animal Ecology

Set 3: Animal Architecture

Set 4: Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Animals

Set 5: Unicellular Eukaryotes

Set 6: Sponges: Phylum Porifera

Set 7: Cnidarians and Ctenophores

Set 8: Acoelomorpha, Platyzoa, and Mesozoa: Flatworms, Gastrotrichs, Gnathiferans, and Mesozoans

Set 9: Polyzoa and Kryptrochozoa: Cycliophora, Entoprocta, Ectoprocta, Brachiopoda, Phoronida, and Nemertea

Set 10: Molluscs

Set 11: Annelids and Allied Taxa

Set 12: Smaller Ecdysozoans

Set 13: Arthropods

Set 14: Chaetognaths, Echinoderms, and Hemichordates

Set 15: Vertebrate Beginnings: the Chordates

Set 17: The Early Tetrapods and Modern Amphibians

Set 18: Amniote Origins and Nonavian Reptiles

Set 20: Mammals

Set 17 The Early Tetrapods And Modern Amphibians

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Set 17 The Early Tetrapods And Modern Amphibians

(True False)

Free

Evidence points to the ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)as the closest relatives to the terrestrial vertebrates.

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

A 350 million-year-old fossil called Ichthyostega was

A)a lobe-finned fish that gave rise to the amphibians.
B)the earliest known tetrapod.
C)a lizard-like stem reptile.
D)a ray-finned fish that gave rise to the amphibians.

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

The Anura differ from the Caudata in that the Anura

A)lack a tail in the adult stage.
B)have hind legs adapted for jumping.
C)have a tadpole larval stage.
D)all of these

Answer