Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Moving right along with our chordate cladogram, we arrive at the sister group to the amphibians, the amniotes. The defining characteristic within this clade is the amniotic egg. Let's learn more about this important clade to which so many different animals belong!

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