Reportiles Flashcards

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Embryonic membranes of the gg

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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

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Orders of reptilia

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Tetudines- turtles

Crocadilia- crocodilians

Aves- birds

shepnoodntina- tautaras

Squamata-
Suborder- lacertina- lizards
Suborder- serpetnes- serpents

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Fenestration

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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

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Lepidosaurs characteristics

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Tranvers cloaca with a paired hemipenes stores at the base of the tail

Developed regualar ecdysis(shedding)

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