Directory of Chordates Resources

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This category is for sites about the study of organisms in the Phylum Craniata (our phylum), Phylum Cephalochordata and Phylum Urochordata. Included in this category are the vertebrate classes fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds.

Subcategories

• Dinosaurs
• Herpetology
• Ichthyology
• Mammalogy
• Ornithology
• Tunicates
• Vertebrate Paleontology

Resources in This Category

• Anatomical Terms of Location

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomical_terms_of_location
  Article from Wikipedia describing the complex terminology necessary to be used when describing the anatomy of animals in order to avoid confusion.

• Animal Cells and Tissues

  http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookAnimalTS.html
  Notes by Michael J. Farabee on the structure and functions of each of the four major animal tissue types: epithelial, muscle, connective and bone.

• Animal Organ Systems and Homeostasis

  http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookANIMORGSYS.html
  Homeostasis describes the physical and chemical parameters that an organism must maintain to allow proper functioning of its component cells, tissues and organs.

• Biological Diversity: Animals

  http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookDiversity_9.html
  Outlines the evolutionary history of animal groups from the simple coelomates to the chordates and the various vertebrate classes, with diagrams and photographs.

• BioMed Central: Molecular Patterns of Sex Determination in the Animal Kingdom

  http://rbej.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1477-7827-4-59
  Abstract from an article studying a variety of regulatory mechanisms that determine the sex of offspring in the animal kingdom.

• Bone

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone
  Article from Wikipedia describing the characteristics, functions and types of bone and how bone is formed.

• Breathing in Stegocephalians

  http://tolweb.org/notes/?note_id=469
  Most tetrapods breathe with the lungs that they inherited from their ancestors such as the coelacanth and lungfishes and this is probably also true of extinct groups of stegocephalians.

• California Academy of Sciences: Skull Stories

  http://www.calacademy.org/skull-stories
  Though primarily designed to protect the brain, the architecture of an animal’s skull can help scientists to deduce many of its dietary and social patterns.

• Chordata

  http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/CHORDATA.htm
  Information on the invertebrate members of the phylum Chordata, what they have in common, and the characteristics of the two subphyla, Urochordata and Cephalochordata.

• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates

  http://naturalhistorycollections.cornell.edu/vertebrate/
  Educational and research resource with sections on ichthyology, herpetology, ornithology and mammalogy.

• Department of Vertebrate Zoology

  http://vertebrates.si.edu/
  Information on the research and programs being undertaken at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.

• Guide to Animal Sounds on the Net

  http://thryomanes.tripod.com/AnimalSounds.html
  Provides an index to animal sounds on the Web including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects.

• Hearing in Stegocephalians

  http://tolweb.org/articles/?article_id=470
  In this article, Michael Laurin outlines the anatomy and evolution of the outer, middle and inner ear in land vertebrates.

• Infrared Zoo

  http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/image_galleries/ir_zoo/
  Uses infrared photography to show the differences between warm and cold blooded animals.

• Invertebrate Members of the Phylum Chordata

  http://www.nhc.ed.ac.uk/index.php?page=24.25.312.314
  Outlines the differences between the subphylum Vertebrata and the two subphyla, Urochordata and Cephalochordata.

• Life History of Stegocephalians

  http://tolweb.org/notes/?note_id=468
  Michael Laurin outlines the life history of tetrapods and extinct terrestrial vertebrates.

• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Collections

  http://mvz.berkeley.edu/
  Searchable database of specimens that includes over 50,000 tissue samples for use in molecular analyses.

• Online Biology Book: Glossary

  http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookgloss.html
  Comprehensive list of the technical terms you are likely to come across, with cross references.

• Other Animal Sounds

  http://www.naturesongs.com/otheranimals.html
  Clips recorded by Doug Von Gausig of the sounds made by various amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds.

• Palaeos: The Vertebrates - Glossary

  http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/glossary/glossary.html
  Provides a comprehensive list of definitions of the technical terms likely to be met when studying the vertrebates.

• PetEducation.com: Cardiovascular System: The Heart and Vessels

  http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=15+1829&aid=2951
  Outlines the function of this system, its anatomy and physiology, and compares the mammalian organs with those of birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish.

• Phylogeny of Stegocephalians

  http://tolweb.org/articles/?article_id=467
  Stegocephalians are tetrapods with digits rather than fins. Michael Laurin explores the relationship between the extant and the extinct members of this group.

• Phylum Hemichordata, Urochordata and Cephalochordata

  http://www.mba.ac.uk/nmbl/publications/occpub/guide/section17.pdf
  Illustrated description of these three phyla, and the three classes within Urochordata. Also information on the larval stages which form part of the plankton.

• Sensory Systems in Amphioxus: A Window on the Ancestral Chordate Condition

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15353907?dopt=Abstract
  Abstract from a paper comparing the sensory systems of vertebrates with the less-developed systems of Amphioxus.

• Terrestrial Vertebrates

  http://tolweb.org/Terrestrial_Vertebrates/14952
  Describes the principle characteristics of tetrapods, which have well defined joints and digits, their classification and phylogenetic relationships.

• The Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy

  http://www.svpca.org/
  Details of this year’s meeting of SVPCA and abstracts from presentations made in previous years.

• The Integument and its Derivatives

  http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~millen/vertebrate/bio204_labs/Lab_2__Integument..html
  These notes cover the dermis and epidermis including skin, beaks, nails, hooves, horns, hair, feathers, scales and teeth.

• The Vertebrates

  http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/V/Vertebrates.html
  Notes on the classification structure of the Vertebrates with a cladogram to review the evolutionary relationships of the craniata.

• Will's Skull Page

  http://www.skullsite.co.uk/
  Features images and measurements of mammalian skulls as well as updates and related links.

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