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Definition of Subphylum Vertebrata
1. Noun. Fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals.
Member holonyms: Fish Family, Fish Genus, Craniate, Vertebrate, Amniota, Agnatha, Superclass Agnatha, Gnathostomata, Superclass Gnathostomata, Class Placodermi, Placodermi, Chondrichthyes, Class Chondrichthyes, Aves, Class Aves, Bird Family, Bird Genus, Amphibia, Class Amphibia, Amphibian Family, Amphibian Genus, Reptile Family, Reptile Genus, Class Reptilia, Reptilia, Class Mammalia, Mammalia, Mammal Family, Mammal Genus, Pisces, Channidae, Class Channidae, Class Osteichthyes, Osteichthyes
Group relationships: Chordata, Phylum Chordata
Generic synonyms: Phylum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subphylum Vertebrata
Literary usage of Subphylum Vertebrata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"Subphylum VERTEBRATA. Chordates in which the notochord either persists or becomes
invested by cartilage, segmented, to form a vertebral column, ..."
2. A Laboratory Guide for Beginners in Zoology by Clarence Moores Weed, Ralph Wallace Crosman (1902)
"In the subphylum Vertebrata, some of the very lowest fish-like forms have no
skull, or development of the anterior end of the vertebral axis. ..."
3. A Laboratory Manual for Elementary Zoölogy by Libbie Henrietta Hyman (1919)
"Phylum Chordata ; subphylum Vertebrata Key to the Classes of the Principal Phyla I.
Phylum Protozoa 1 (9). With temporary or permanent extensions of the ..."
4. Foundations of Biology by Lorande Loss Woodruff (1922)
"(See pp. 116, 146, 414.) The classification of the Gray Squirrel, Sciurus
carolinensis, (Fig. 86.) may be outlined as follows: SUBPHYLUM — Vertebrata. ..."
5. General Zoology by Arthur Sperry Pearse (1917)
"CHAPTER XXV subphylum Vertebrata, CLASS AVES Birds differ from all other vertebrates
in possessing feathers, ..."
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