Definitions for craniate
ˈkreɪ ni ɪt, -ˌeɪtcra·ni·ate

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1. vertebrate, craniatenoun

   animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

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1. craniatenoun

   Any member of the clade Craniata bearing bony skulls.

2. Etymology: From cranium.

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1. Craniate

   A craniate is a member of the Craniata (sometimes called the Craniota), a proposed clade of chordate animals with a skull of hard bone or cartilage. Living representatives are the Myxini (hagfishes), Hyperoartia (including lampreys), and the much more numerous Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates). Formerly distinct from vertebrates by including hagfish, molecular and anatomical research in the 21st century has led to the reinclusion of hagfish as vertebrates, making living craniates synonymous with living vertebrates. The clade was conceived largely on the basis of the Hyperoartia (lampreys and kin) being more closely related to the Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) than the Myxini (hagfishes). This, combined with an apparent lack of vertebral elements within the Myxini, suggested that the Myxini were descended from a more ancient lineage than the vertebrates, and that the skull developed before the vertebral column. The clade was thus composed of the Myxini and the vertebrates, and any extinct chordates with skulls. However recent studies using molecular phylogenetics have contradicted this view, with evidence that the Cyclostomata (Hyperoartia and Myxini) is monophyletic; this suggests that the Myxini are degenerate vertebrates, and therefore the vertebrates and craniates are cladistically equivalent, at least for the living representatives. The placement of the Myxini within the vertebrates has been further strengthened by recent anatomical analysis, with vestiges of a vertebral column being discovered in the Myxini.

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1. craniate

   A craniate is an animal that possesses a skull, either cartilaginous or bony, that encloses and protects the brain. This group includes all vertebrates (animals with a backbone), such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.

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1. • Chordate

Anagrams for craniate »

1. arcanite

2. carinate

3. anaretic

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of craniate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of craniate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Craniate
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craniate
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