chordate
C18290
concept
A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata, characterized at some stage of its life cycle by the presence of a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle or thyroid gland, and a post-anal tail.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| chordate canonical | 13 |
| synapsid | 3 |
| stem-gnathostome | 2 |
| early chordate | 1 |
| extinct jawless fish clade | 1 |
| jawless vertebrate clade | 1 |
| ostracoderm | 1 |
| stem-group chordate | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: chordate
Generated description
A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata, characterized at some stage of its life cycle by the presence of a notochord, a dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle or thyroid gland, and a post-anal tail.
Instances (20)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Ammospiza maritima | — |
| Oryzoborus funereus | — |
| Penelope jacquacu | — |
| Penelope bridgesi | — |
| Kadavu musk parrot | — |
| Anaspida | extinct jawless fish clade |
| Thelodonti | jawless vertebrate clade |
| Osteostraci | ostracoderm |
| white-necked rockfowl | — |
| Lystrosaurus | synapsid |
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Therapsids
linked to:
therapsids
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synapsid |
| Geospiza fortis | — |
| Chauna torquata | — |
| Prunella fulvescens | — |
| Dimetrodon | synapsid |
| Cotinga nattererii | — |
| Mirafra africana | — |
| Phrygilus patagonicus | — |
| Pikaia | early chordate |
| Nyctibius grandis | — |