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Definition of Craniata
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
Medical Definition of Craniata
1. Synonym: Vertebrata. Origin: Mediev. L. Cranium, fr. G. Kranion, skull (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Craniata
Literary usage of Craniata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"The group of the craniata (Vertebrata) includes all those animals known as Fishes,
Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals, or, in other words, ..."
2. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"The craniata are separated by a deep gap from the lower forms : but they ...
The craniata are defined, as we have seen, by the possession of a skull and a ..."
3. An Introduction to the Study of Fossils (plants and Animals) by Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1914)
"Division b, craniata. —True skull present (whence the name, ... The craniata are
divided into the following classes: — PAGE A. ..."
4. A Manual of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1905)
"B. THE craniata The fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are grouped
... In order to understand the general characteristics of the craniata, ..."
5. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"craniata (THE VERTEBRATES) All of the remaining chordates differ chiefly from
... The characteristics of the craniata have already been outlined in the ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"In terrestrial craniata it is subservient to the gas-exchange of the blood ...
The order and character of the cranial nerves are tne same in all craniata. ..."
7. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"... of the craniata. Although it would be convenient to separate, if possible,
the history of the excretory organs from that of the generative ducts, ..."
8. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"The group of the craniata (Vertebrata) includes all those animals known as Fishes,
Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals, or, in other words, ..."
9. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"The craniata are separated by a deep gap from the lower forms : but they ...
The craniata are defined, as we have seen, by the possession of a skull and a ..."
10. An Introduction to the Study of Fossils (plants and Animals) by Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1914)
"Division b, craniata. —True skull present (whence the name, ... The craniata are
divided into the following classes: — PAGE A. ..."
11. A Manual of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1905)
"B. THE craniata The fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are grouped
... In order to understand the general characteristics of the craniata, ..."
12. Vertebrate Zoölogy by Horatio Hackett Newman (1920)
"craniata (THE VERTEBRATES) All of the remaining chordates differ chiefly from
... The characteristics of the craniata have already been outlined in the ..."
13. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"In terrestrial craniata it is subservient to the gas-exchange of the blood ...
The order and character of the cranial nerves are tne same in all craniata. ..."
14. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"... of the craniata. Although it would be convenient to separate, if possible,
the history of the excretory organs from that of the generative ducts, ..."
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