Amniote Classification Flashcards
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Q: What are amniotes?
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A: Vertebrates that lay hard-shelled eggs.
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Q: What are anapsids, and what is a key feature?
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A: Amniotes with no extra skull openings behind the orbit.
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Q: What are synapsids, and what is a key feature?
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A: Amniotes with one temporal fenestra on each side of the skull.
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Q: What are diapsids, and what is a key feature?
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A: Amniotes with two temporal fenestrae on each side of the skull.
