The PEDIGREE of
Order Gymnophiona (Limbless Caecilians)

     (caecilians look like worms or small snakes, but are mote closely related to frogs and salamanders)

 "Child(ren)":       Clade Apoda   ;   2 extinct genera
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/-- Branch Bilateria   +====> [ 74]
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates
/   / or: prob. Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Deuterostomia (Chordates, Echinoderms, & kin)
/-- Phylum Chordata (Vertebrates, tunicates, and lancelets)
/-- Clade Craniata
/-- Subphylum Vertebrata  (510 M BC - ?)
/-- Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed Vertebrates)
/-- Microphylum Teleostomi (Bony fishes & Spiny sharks)
/-- Superclass Osteichthyes (Bony fishes)
/-- Class Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned Fishes)
/-- Clade of Rhipidistia
/-- Subclass Tetrapodamorpha
/-- Infraphylum Tetrapoda
/-- Class Amphibia
/-- Subclass Lissamphibia
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- Order Gymnophiona (Limbless Caecilians)
 

 
  ``2-Great Grandchild:''       Ringed Caecilian
 

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