garden/chordata.md

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# Chordata
- Member of the [[Deuterostomia]]
- Most basal branch: [[Cephalochordata]]
- Barely has a central nervous system
- 5 synapomorphies
- notochord
- dorsal hollow nerve cord
- endostyle
- pharyngeal slits
- post-anal tail
- [[Invertebrate]]
- Main branch
- [[Urochordata]]
- [[Vertebrata]]
- First Chordates appeared in the [[Cambrian]]
## Taxonomy
- [[Chordata]]
- [[Cephalochordata]]
- [[Olfactores]]
- [[Urochordata]]
- [[Vertebrata]]
- Jawless Fishes
- Hagfishes
- Lampreys
- [[Gnathostomata]]