Definition of craniata Craniata
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What does craniata mean?
WordNet
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| craniata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals | ||
| Vertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum Craniata | ||
| phylum (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes | ||
| chordata, phylum chordata comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord | ||
| fish family any of various families of fish | ||
| fish genus any of various genus of fish | ||
| craniate, vertebrate animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium | ||
| amniota higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development | ||
| agnatha, superclass agnatha superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms | ||
| gnathostomata, superclass gnathostomata comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws | ||
| class placodermi, placodermi extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws | ||
| chondrichthyes, class chondrichthyes cartilaginous fishes | ||
| aves, class aves (ornithology) the class of birds | ||
| bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
| bird genus a genus of birds | ||
| amphibia, class amphibia the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians | ||
| amphibian family any family of amphibians | ||
| amphibian genus any genus of amphibians | ||
| reptile family a family of reptiles | ||
| reptile genus a genus of reptiles | ||
| class reptilia, reptilia class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals | ||
| class mammalia, mammalia warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female | ||
| mammal family a family of mammals | ||
| mammal genus a genus of mammals | ||
| pisces a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically | ||
| channidae, class channidae snakeheads | ||
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Craniata (sometimes Craniota) is a proposed clade of chordate animals that contains the vertebrates (subphylum Vertebrata) and Myxini (hagfish) as living representatives. Craniata includes all animals with a skull, or cranium, as the name suggests.
These two taxa lack proper vertebrae, which are characteristic for vertebrates according to the new interpretation, whereas traditionally—and confusingly—they were not (Hickman et al., 2007).
