Tetrapoda

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tetrapoda

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	superclass
gptkbp:characteristic	four limbs lungs for breathing air
gptkbp:commonName	gptkb:tetrapods
gptkbp:containsGenus	gptkb:Aves gptkb:Mammalia gptkb:Amphibia gptkb:Reptilia
gptkbp:descendedFrom	lobe-finned fishes
gptkbp:describedBy	gptkb:Edward_Drinker_Cope
gptkbp:describedYear	1888
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature	neck with at least one vertebra paired limbs with digits absence of gills in adults (except some amphibians)
gptkbp:evolutionarySignificance	first vertebrates to colonize land
gptkbp:firstAppearance	gptkb:Devonian_period
gptkbp:fossilRange	Devonian to present
gptkbp:habitat	aquatic terrestrial
gptkbp:hasSubgroup	gptkb:Amphibia gptkb:Synapsida gptkb:Sauropsida
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Tetrapoda
gptkbp:kingdom	gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:notableMember	birds humans snakes frogs crocodiles
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies	~30,000
gptkbp:phylum	gptkb:Chordata
gptkbp:scientificName	gptkb:Tetrapoda
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Vertebrata
gptkbp:taxonRank	superclass
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Gnathostomata gptkb:Tetrapodomorpha gptkb:Tetrapods gptkb:Lepidosireniformes gptkb:Osteolepiformes gptkb:tetrapods gptkb:Lissamphibia
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6