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Coelomati from the Acoelomi. Mantled Animals (Tunicata) and 

 Chorda- Animals (Chordonia) .Seventh Stage: Soft-Worms (Scale, 

 cida). A Side Branch of the latter : the Acorn-Worm (Balano- 

 glossus). Differentiation of the Intestinal Tube into Gill-intes- 

 tine and Stomach-intestine. Eighth Stage : Chorda-Animals (Chor- 

 donia). Ascidian Larva exhibits the Outline of a Chorda-Animal. 

 Construction of the Notochord. Mantled Animals and Verte- 

 brates as Diverging Branches of Chorda-Animals. Separation of 

 Vertebrates from the other Higher Animal Tribes (Articulated 

 Animals, Star-Animals, Soft-bodied Animals). Significance of tho 

 Metameric Formation. Skull-less Animals (Acrania) and Skulled 

 Animals (Craniotd) . Ninth Ancestral Stage : Skull-less Animals. 

 Amphioxus and Primitive Vertebrate. Development of Skulled 

 Animals (Construction of the Head, Skull, and Brain). Tenth 

 Ancestral Stage : Skulled Animals, allied to the Cyclostomi (Myxi- 

 noidce and Fetromyzonidee) ... ... ... ... ... 71 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



THE PEDIGREE OF MAN. 

 III. FROM THE PRIMITIVE FISH TO THE AMNIOTIO ANIMAL. 



Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates. The Characteristic Qualities 

 of the Double-nostrilled and Jaw-mouthed : the Double-Nostrils, 

 the Gill-arch Apparatus, with the Jaw-arches, the Swimming- 

 bladder, the Two Pairs of Limbs. Relationship of the Three 

 Groups of Fishes : the Primitive Fishes (Selachii), the Ganoids 

 (Ganoides), the Osseous Fishes (Teleostei) . Dawn of Terrestrial 

 Life on the Earth. Modification of the Swimming-bladder into 

 the Lungs. Intermediate Position of the Dipnensta between the 

 Primitive Fishes and Amphibia. The Three Extant Dipneusta 

 (Prctcpterus, Lepidosiren, Ceratodus). Modification of the Many- 

 toed Fin of the Fish into the Five-toed Foot. Causes and Effects 

 of the latter. Descent of all Higher Vertebrates from a Five-toed 

 Amphibian. Intermediate Position of the Amphibians between the 

 Lower and Higher Vertebrates. Modification or Metamorphosis of 

 Frogs. Different Stages in Amphibian Metamorphosis. The 

 Gilled Batrachians (Proteus and Axolotl) . The Tailed Batrachians 

 (Salamanders and Mud-fish). Frog Batrachians (Frogs and 

 Toads). Chief Group of the Amnion Animals, or Amniota (Reptiles, 

 Birds, and Mammals). Descent of all the Amniota from a Common 



