Hank introduces us to ourselves by taking us on a journey through the fascinatingly diverse phyla known as chordata. And the next time someone asks you who you are, you can give them the facts: you're a mammalian amniotic tetrapodal sarcopterygian osteichthyen gnathostomal vertebrate cranial chordate. Table of Contents: 1) Chordate Synapomorphies 1:04 2) Cephalachordata 1:20 3) Urochordata 3:16 4) Vertebrata 3:49 a) Myxini 4:30 b) Petromyzontida 4:51 c) Chondrichthyes 5:32 d) Osteichthyes 6:05 5) Biolography 7:29 6) Amphibia 9:02 7) Reptilia 9:47 8) Mammalia 10:57 References for this episode can be found in the Google document here: dft.ba/-31eh This video contains the following sounds from Freesound.org: "Moog_woodenBlocks.aiff" by Feenixx biology, crashcourse, crash course, phyla, animal, ancestry, chordates, chordata, evolution, mammal, synapomorphy, lancelet, cephalochordata, spinal chord, notochord, vertebrate, nerve chord, pharyngeal slit, urochordata, backbone, vertebrata, brain, myxini, hagfish, craniate, skull, agnathan, shark, gnathostome, cartilage, bone, skeleton, endoskeleton, osteichthyes, fish, coelacanth, biolography, hendrick goosen, fisherman, tetrapod, fins, limbs, frog, amphibian, amniote, amniotic egg, reptilia, ectotherm, endotherm, heart, bird Support CrashCourse on Subbable: subbable.com/crashcourse