Reportiles Flashcards
Embryonic membranes of the gg
Amnion- the “extraembryonic memebrane “ that prevents the embryo from drying out in terrestrial situations
Yolk- contains nutrients
Allantois- a sac that contains the digestive waste
Chorion- the membrane underneth the shell, mainy used for gas exchange
Orders of reptilia
Tetudines- turtles
Crocadilia- crocodilians
Aves- birds
shepnoodntina- tautaras
Squamata-
Suborder- lacertina- lizards
Suborder- serpetnes- serpents
Fenestration
Anapsid condition- anapsida had no fenestration, which was present in all the ancerstal reptiles
Diapsin condition- all living reptiles are derived from diapsid condition
Synapsid condition- will lead to the condition of the mammal like reptile
Euyrapsid condition- non monophyletic, derived independently from the diapsin state. Evolutional y dead end, (plrsiosaurs, ichthyosaurs) no living representatives
Lepidosaurs characteristics
Tranvers cloaca with a paired hemipenes stores at the base of the tail
Developed regualar ecdysis(shedding)