See a recovery after the Late Devonian extinction of tabulate ... by the placoderms, the stethacanthids exploded into a riot of bizarre forms and lifestyles. ...
They are names that are used for convenience in discussing vertebrate evolution. ... Salientia (Anura) 'Frogs' Urodela (Caudata) 'Salamanders' Tetrapoda: Amniota ...
Common North American painted turtle 'Amphibia' Amniota ... 'Horny-toads' are not toads. Komodo dragon largest living lizard. Meditteranean chaemelon ...
Ovis aries. Q-A vs. D-S jaw joint- the defining key character' for 80 years ~250 MYA ... Traits evolve at multiple locations on phylogeny. Reptilia. Archosauria ...
Herpetology. Ornithology. Mammalogy. Ichthyology. Class Chondrichthyes. Class Agnatha. Class Amphibia ... Lateral skeletal elements in appendage. fin rays in appendage ...
Class Chondrichthyes Herpetology is study of: Class Osteichthyes Class Mammalia Dinosauria Crocodilia Testudines Class Amphibia Class Agnatha Class Aves
... armadillo 2 Pholidata Schubdieren Pangolin: schubdier 4 soorten in Africa 3 soorten in ZO Azie 3 Lagomorpha Haasvormigen hazen, konijnen, fluithazen, ...
... armadillo 2 Pholidata Schubdieren Pangolin: schubdier 4 soorten in Africa 3 soorten in ZO Azie 3 Lagomorpha Haasvormigen hazen, konijnen, fluithazen, ...
Triassic - North America and Gondwanaland rift apart; ... Africa and Antarctica/Australia rift apart. End of Jurassic - Eurasia rotates, closing off Tethys, ...
Archosauria (crocodiles, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, birds) Late Triassic ... Dinosaurs first appear as do mammals, turtles, and pterosaurs. Shallow warm seas ...
Mam feros A paleomastozoologia a divis o da paleontologia dedicada ao estudo dos mam feros. Eles aparecerem pela primeira vez no registro f ssil do Tri ssico ...
... having a single cavity in their skulls through which muscles from the jaw pass. ... aethiopicus - 2.6-2.3 Ma - known from one skull plus some other bits. ...
Mesozoic Era (Jurassic Period)- Age of Reptiles ... Labyrinthodont amphibians led to stem ... Figure 5.14: (a) Archaeopteryx (b) pigeon. Literature Cited ...
Multituberculates - now extinct - rodent-like mammals who lived from Jurassic to ... marsupial dogs, cats, rodents, even a lion-like marsupial with retractable claws ...
characterized chiefly by a vertebral column. Earliest known was the conodont ... sharing a more recent common ancestor with Allosaurus than with modern birds) ...
Lots of claws and teeth, including huge talon on one digit of forelimbs ... Dinosaurs were huge - could have been effectively homeothermic w/o endothermy ...
Vertebrate Biology Lecture Notes The Phylum Chordata Vertebrates belong to the Phylum Chordata - these are animals that, at one stage or another of their life ...
Chapter 22: Specialized Teeth, Hair, Endothermy, and Viviparity Usual Fertilization Occurs in upper third of the oviduct within hours of copulation Delayed ...
Class Reptilia Chapter 20 Class Reptilia Reptilia - to creep Turtles, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, worm lizards, and tuatarans Class Reptilia First vertebrates to ...
... infernalis (Big Bend National Park, Texas, photo:H.W.Greene) ... Longhorns (Bos taurinus, Wichita Mountains, OK; photos:H.W.Greene) What is a mammal? ...
Gila Monster. Coral Snake. Most lizards small (to 16 mm), though Komodo Dragon to. 3 m ... this evolutionary remodeling are evident in a succession of fossils. ...
Algunos con paladar secundario que separa el sistema respiratorio del digestivo ... Estructura interna de un cocodrilo macho. Crocodylus niloticus. Alligator ...
Class Reptilia Chapter 20 Class Reptilia Reptilia - to creep Turtles, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, worm lizards, and tuatarans Class Reptilia First vertebrates to ...
Random Permutation. Random permutation destroys any correlation among ... A permutation tail probability (PTP) is the proportion of data sets with as good ...
no urinary, cardiovascular, respiratory or nervous system. cellular grade of ... legs have two branches (biramous appendages) outer branch are flattened gills ...
Animal Evolution Porifera sponges 5,000 living sponge species Three Main Groups: hexactineuida (glass sponges) demospangia calcarea (calcareous sponges) no coelom ...
... among the resulting trees is summarized with a majority-rule consensus tree ... sets are analysed and the results summarised with a majority-rule consensus tree ...