Phylum

• Vertebrata

  Fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals.

• Urochordata

  Tunicates.

• Cephalochordata

  Lancelets.

Also contains

• chordate genus

  Any genus in the phylum Chordata.

• chordate family

  Any family in the phylum Chordata.

• chordate

  Any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column.