Class Cephalochordata Agnatha Chondricthyes Osteichthyes

Cartilagenous fish (shark, rays,

Examples Amphioxus (lancelet) Jawless fish (Hagfish, Lamprey) Bony fish (perch, clownfish)
skates)

Vertebrates; Endoskeleton made

Vertebrates; Endoskeleton made
Fish-like invertebrates; no internal Vertebrates; cartilagenous skull; 2- of bone; swim bladder; moveable
Characteristics of cartilage; 2-chambered heart;
skeleton; no heart; ectothermic chambered heart; ectothermic fins; 2-chambered heart;
ectothermic; fins
ectothermic

Class Amphibia Reptilia Aves Mammalia

Monotremes (duck-billed platypus
Snakes, turtles, alligators, & spiny anteater), Marsupials
Examples Frogs, salamanders, toads Birds (chicken, eagle)
crocodiles (kangaroo, koala, etc.), and
Eutherians (dogs, cows, humans)

Land/water vertebrates;
Mostly land vertebrates; 3-
ectothermic; 3-chambered heart; Land vertebrates; endothermic; Vertebrates; endothermic;
chambered heart (except
Characteristics cutaneous respiration; "soft" eggs; feathers; hollow bones; amniotic mammary glands; hair/fur; 4-
crocodiles); internal fertilization;
larva/adult stages egg; four-chambered heart chambered heart
amniotic eggs
(metamorphosis)