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Evolutionary History of Mammals Flashcards

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The study of animals constituting Class Mammalia/Synapsida

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Mammalogy

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Man whose evolutionary taxonomy classification informs our classification today, uses Neo-Darwinian Synthesis

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George Gaylord Simpson

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Combination of Mendelian genetics and Darwinian theory (natural selection)

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Neo-Darwinian Synthesis

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Two subclasses of Mammalia

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  1. Prototheria

2. Theria

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Subclass of egg-laying mammals

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Prototheria

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One order of Subclass Prototheria

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Monotremata

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Subclass of mammals that give live birth

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Theria

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Two infraclasses of Subclass Theria

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  1. Metatheria

2. Eutheria

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Infraclass of marsupials

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Metatheria

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Infraclass of placental mammals

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Eutheria

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Four superorders of Infraclass Eutheria

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  1. Afrotheria
  2. Xenarthra
  3. Euarchotoglires
  4. Laurasiatheria
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Superorder of tenrecs, aardvarks, elephants, manatees

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Afrotheria

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Superorder of armadillos, sloths, anteaters

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Xenarthra

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Two grandorders of Superorder Euarchoglires

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  1. Archonta

2. Glires

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Grandorder of primates, colugos, treeshrews

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Archonta

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Grandorder of rabbits, rodents

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Glires

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Four grandorders of Superorder Laurasiatheria

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  1. Lipotyphla
  2. Ferae
  3. Euugulata
  4. Chiroptera
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Grandorder of shrews, hedgehogs

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Lipotyphla

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Grandorder of carnivores, anteaters

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Ferae

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Grandorder of horses, pigs, deer, whales

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Euungulata

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Grandorder of bats

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Chiroptera

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Mammals are part of a group called

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Synapsids

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Era with oldest fossils of synapsids

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Late Paleozoic

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No openings in skull behind eye

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Anapsid

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Examples of anapsids

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Turtles, amphibians

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Single opening in the skull behind each eye

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Synapsid

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Two openings in skull behind each eye

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Diapsid

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Examples of diapsids

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Reptiles, birds

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Openings in the skull mean more space for increased

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Brain size

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Mammals and reptiles both arose from the

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Ammniotes

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Early mammal-like amniotes; large-bodied synapsids with sail supported by vertebrae

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Pelycosaurs

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Late mammal-like amniotes; mid- to large-bodied, synapsid skull, differentiated teeth (canines)

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Therapsids

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Two suborders of Therapsids

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  1. Anomodontia

2. Theriodontia

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Suborder of Therapsids that tended to be herbivorous

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Anomodontia

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Suborder of Therapsids that tended to be carnivorous

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Theriodontia

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Members of suborder Theriodontia, secondary palate arises, premolars and molar arise

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Cynodonts

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Three early true mammals

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  1. Triconodonts
  2. Docodonts
  3. Multituberculates
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Early true mammals, small carnivores with 3-cusp molars

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Triconodonts

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Early true mammals, omnivores, lower molars rectangular with prominent cusps

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Docodonts

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Early true mammals, small-bodied synapsids with differentiated teeth, multicusp molariform teeth, and procumbent lower incisors

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Multituberculates

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Teeth sticking out of lower jaw and pointing forward

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Procumbent

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Three lines produced by synapsids

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  1. Steropodon
  2. Sinodelphys
  3. Juramaia
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Ancestral monotreme, Australia

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Steropodon

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Ancestral marsupial, China

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Sinodelphys

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Ancestral eutherian, China

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Juramaia

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Point where dinosaurs go extinct and mammals start diversifying

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KT Boundary

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Four examples of soft anatomy mammalian synapomorphies

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  1. Hair
  2. Endothermy
  3. Mammary glands
  4. Acute sense of smell
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Four examples of hard anatomy mammalian synapomorphies

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  1. Synapsid skull
  2. Diphyodonty and heterodonty
  3. Large brain
  4. Three middle ear ossicles

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