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Tetrapod. A tetrapod ( / ˈtɛtrəˌpɒd /; [5] from Ancient Greek τετρα- (tetra-) 'four', and πούς (poús) 'foot') is any four- limbed vertebrate animal of the superclass Tetrapoda ( / tɛˈtræpədə / ). [6] Tetrapods include all extant and extinct amphibians and amniotes, with the latter in turn evolving into two major clades, the ...
- Amniota
Amniotes are tetrapod vertebrate animals belonging to the...
- Sauropsids
Sauropsida (Greek for "lizard faces") is a clade of...
- Lobe-Finned Fishes
Sarcopterygii (/ ˌ s ɑːr k ɒ p t ə ˈ r ɪ dʒ i. aɪ /; from...
- Dermophis Mexicanus
Dermophis mexicanus, also known commonly as the Mexican...
- Evolution of tetrapods
The evolution of tetrapods began about 400 million years ago...
- Tetrapod (Structure)
A tetrapod is a form of wave-dissipating concrete block used...
- List of tetrapod families
Contents. hide. (Top) Amphibia. Aves. Reptilia. Mammalia....
- Amniota
Tetrapods ( Greek tetrapoda = four feet) are vertebrate four-legged land animals. This kind of locomotion is called quadrupedal. Amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs (including their direct descendants, the birds ), and mammals are all tetrapods. Even though snakes do not have limbs, they are tetrapods because they evolved from animals with four limbs.
- Tetrapoda, Broili, 1913
- Animalia
Tetrapod phylogeny from The Tangled Bank, used with permission of the author, Carl Zimmer, and publisher, Roberts & Company, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Tetrapods evolved from a finned organism that lived in the water. However, this ancestor was not like most of the fish we are familiar with today. Most animals we call fishes today are ray ...
Tetrapods ( Greek tetrapoda = four feet) are vertebrate four-legged land animals. This kind of locomotion is called quadrupedal. Quick Facts Tetrapoda Temporal range: Middle Devonian to Recent, Scientific classification ... Close. Amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs (including their direct descendants, the birds ), and mammals are all tetrapods.
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