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Part 8. Diapsida. Non-Avian Reptiles. Diapsida (living). Parareptiles. Turtles. Crocodilians. Reptiles. Pterosaurs. Archosaurs. Ornithischian dinosaurs. Dinosaurs. Saurischian dinosaurs other than birds. Diapsids. Saurischians. Birds. Plesiosaurs. ANCESTRAL AMNIOTE.
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Part 8 Diapsida Non-Avian Reptiles
Parareptiles Turtles Crocodilians Reptiles Pterosaurs Archosaurs Ornithischian dinosaurs Dinosaurs Saurischian dinosaurs other than birds Diapsids Saurischians Birds Plesiosaurs ANCESTRAL AMNIOTE Ichthyosaurs Tuataras Lepidosaurs Squamates Diapsida (all)
Mesozoic Age of Reptiles (diapsids)
Diapsida Turtles Lepidosaurs Archosaurs †Other
Diapsida(living) Turtles
Turtles Order Testudines (Chelonia)
Turtles Diapsida (living)
Triassic Turtle – 220 mya Odontochelys
What’s unique about the turtle line? Loss of temporal fossae Primitive Diapsid Fossil turtle Anapsid condition
What’s unique about the turtle line? Shell derived from dermal bone
What’s unique about the turtle line? Shell derived from dermal bone
What’s unique about the turtle line? Shell derived from dermal bone
What’s unique about the turtle line? Loss of teeth (living forms)
Pets Trachemys scripta elegans
A Ventura County Native Actinemysmarmorata
Diapsida(living) Lepidosaurs
Lepidosaurs Diapsida (living)
What’s unique about lepidosaurs? Transverse cloaca
What’s unique about lepidosaurs? skin shed in one piece
Lizards and Snakes Order Squamata
Squamata Diapsida (living)
Order Squamata Lizards and Snakes Is it really this simple?
Order Squamata two living lineages Snakes, monitors True lizards
What is unique about Squamates? Hemipeneson males
Suborder Sauria lizards
Australia Convergent Evolution Moloch N. America Phrynosoma
Ophisaurus “Glass snakes”