Chordate. Vertebrates are a type of advanced chordates. Chordate definition, belonging or pertaining to the phylum chordata, comprising animals having a notochord, as the lancelets and tunicates, as well as all the true vertebrates, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Vertebrates are a type of advanced chordates. Primitive chordates are kent frae at least as early as the cambrian explosion. The larvae undergo metamorphosis and.