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THE HISTORY OF CREATION. 



SYSTEMATIC SURVEY 



Of the 4 Main-classes, 9 Glasses, and 26 Sub-classes of Vertebrata. 

 Gen. Morph. vol. ii. Plate VII. pp. 116-160. 



I. SfeulIsUss (Acrania), or '^E^ubt-ijcaxttts (leptocardia). 

 Vertebrata without head, without skull and brain, without centralized heart. 



1. Skull4css I. Tube-hearted f j_ L^ncelet 

 Acrania Leptocardia (. 



1. Amphioxus 



II. Animals iritfj skulls (Craniota) and with tfjicksinallEti {jtarts (Pachycardia). 

 Vertebrata with head, with skull and brain, with centralized heart. 



Jtlain-classes 



ef the Skulled 



Anintals. 



Classes 



of the 



Skulled Animals. 



Sub-classes 



of the 



Skulled Animals. 



Systematic Name 



of the 



Sub-classes. 



2. Stntflc^ 

 i^'OstrikJ 

 Monorrhina 



3. |^on=am= 



ntonatc 



Anamnion- 



ata 



II. Round mouths 



Cyclostoma 



III. Fish 

 Pisces 



IV. Mud-fish 



Dijpneusta 



V. Sea-dragons 

 Halisauri 



VI. Batrachians 



Amphihia 



\ 

 { 



4. amninit 



animals / 

 Amnionata 



Vri. Reptiles 



Rcptilia 



VIII. Birds 



Aves 



IX. Mammals 

 Mammalia 



2. Hags, or Mucous 



Pish 



3. Lampreys, or 



Pride 



4. Primaeval fish 



5. Ganoid fish 



6. Osseous fish 



7. Mud-fish 



8. Primaeval 



dragons 



9. Snake-dragons 



10. Fish-dragons 



11. Mailed Batra- 



chians 

 1 12. Naked Batra- 



chians 

 I. Primary reptiles 

 !. Lizards 

 1. Serpents 

 1. Crocodiles 

 '. Tortoises 

 \. Flying reptiles 

 I. Dragons 

 I. Beaked reptiles 

 . Long-tailed 

 ;. Fan-tailed 

 . Bush-taUed 



2. Hyperotreta 

 (Myxinoida) 



3. Hyperoartia 



(Petromyzontia ) 



4. Selachii 



5. Ganoides 



6. Teleostei 



7. Protopteri 



8. Simosanria 



9. Plesiosauria 



10. Ichthyosauria 



11. Phractamphibia 



12. Lissamphibia 



13. Tocosauria 



14. Lacertilia 



15. Ophidia 



16. Crocodilia 



17. Chelonia 



18. Pterosaur ia 



19. Dinosauria 



20. Anomodontia 



21. Saururas 



22. Carinatae 



23. Ratitaj 



24. Cloacal animals 24. Monotrema 



25. Pouched animals 25. Marsupialia 



26. Placental animals 26. Placentalia 



