Vertebrate Classes

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Vertebrate Classes

This gist contains all classes that occur in phylum Chordata for each data source, and whether these classes would be classified as vertebrates for the purpose of analysis.

Catalogue of Life

Class	Vertebrate?	Category
Actinopterygii	Yes	Fishes
Amphibia	Yes	Amphibians and Reptiles
Appendicularia	No
Ascidiacea	No
Aves	Yes	Birds
Cephalaspidomorphi	Yes	Fishes
Elasmobranchii	Yes	Fishes
Holocephali	Yes	Fishes
Leptocardii	No
Mammalia	Yes	Mammals
Myxini	Yes	Fishes
Reptilia	Yes	Amphibians and Reptiles
Sarcopterygii	Yes	Fishes
Thaliacea	No

GenBank Barcodes

Class	Vertebrate?	Category
Actinopteri	Yes	Fishes
Amphibia	Yes	Amphibians and Reptiles
Ascidiacea	No
Aves	Yes	Birds
Chondrichthyes	Yes	Fishes
Cladistia	Yes	Fishes
Mammalia	Yes	Mammals

Some GenBank vertebrate orders are not categorized into any monophyletic class.

Order	Vertebrate?	Category
Crocodylia	Yes	Amphibians and Reptiles
Lepidosireniformes	Yes	Fishes
Myxiniformes	Yes	Fishes
Petromyzontiformes	Yes	Fishes
Squamata	Yes	Amphibians and Reptiles
Testudines	Yes	Amphibians and Reptiles

Global Genome Biodiversity Network

Class	Vertebrate?	Category
Actinopteri	Yes	Fishes
Actinopterygii	Yes	Fishes
Amphibia	Yes	Amphibians and Reptiles
Appendicularia	No
Ascidiacea	No
Aves	Yes	Birds
Cephalaspidomorphi	Yes	Fishes
Cephalochordata	No
Chondrichthyes	Yes	Fishes
Elasmobranchii	Yes	Fishes
Holocephali	Yes	Fishes
Leptocardii	No
Mammalia	Yes	Mammals
Mammalia, Aves	No
Myxini	Yes	Fishes
N/A	No
Osteichthyes	Yes	Fishes
Petromyzonti	Yes	Fishes
Reptilia	Yes	Amphibians and Reptiles
Sarcopterygii	Yes	Fishes
Sarcopterygii, Mammalia	No
Thaliacea	No
Vertebrata	Yes
null	No

WoRMS

Class	Vertebrate?	Category
Actinopterygii	Yes	Fishes
Appendicularia	No
Ascidiacea	No
Aves	Yes	Birds
Elasmobranchii	Yes	Fishes
Holocephali	Yes	Fishes
Leptocardii	No
Mammalia	Yes	Mammals
Myxini	Yes	Fishes
Petromyzonti	Yes	Fishes
Reptilia	Yes	Amphibians and Reptiles
Thaliacea	No