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chordate family - any family in the phylum Chordata

Chordata, phylum Chordata - comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord

Amphioxidae, Branchiostomidae, family Amphioxidae, family Branchiostomidae - lancelets

family Salpidae, Salpidae - a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea

Doliolidae, family Doliolidae - oceanic tunicates

family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"

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It is a member of the chordate family, a group that today includes fish, amphibians, birds, reptiles and mammals.

THE WORM THAT TURNED.. INTO US; Scientists find our 500m-year-old ancestor

The extinct Pikaia gracilens has been confirmed as the oldest known member of the chordate family, which includes all modern vertebrates including humans.

Worm that turned ... into you and me; Expert view of life confirmed by new study

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