Definition of Chordate. Meaning of Chordate. Synonyms of Chordate

- A chordate (/ˈkɔːrdeɪt/ KOR-dayt) is a deuterostomal bilaterian animal belonging to the phylum Chordata (/kɔːrˈdeɪtə/ kor-DAY-tə). All chordates possess...
- The Cambrian chordates are an extinct group of animals belonging to the phylum Chordata that lived during the Cambrian, between 538 and 485 million years...
- Chordate genomics is the study of the evolution of the chordate clade based on a comparison of the genomes of several species within the clade. The field...
- notochord. It is a paraphyletic grouping including all animals excluding the chordate subphylum Vertebrata, i.e. vertebrates. Well-known phyla of invertebrates...
- their close relationship to the vertebrates is certain. Both groups are chordates, as evidenced by the fact that during their mobile larval stage, tunicates...
- "joint", in turn from Latin vertere to turn. Vertebrates belong to the chordates, a phylum characterised by a notochord, a hollow nerve cord along the...
- hollow nerve cord of chordates. Both the hemichordates and the chordates have a thickening of the aorta, homologous to the chordate heart, which contracts...
- Emmonsaspis is a Cambrian chordate, and its fossils were found in the Cambrian-age Parker Slate of Vermont in the late 19th century. Emmonsaspis is described...
- anatomy is a potential result of speciation and habitat variation. The five chordate synapomorphies are present in chondrichthyes as follows. The five synapomorphies...
- The notochord is an elastic, rod-like structure found in chordates. In chordate vertebrates the notochord is an embryonic structure that disintegrates...