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Mammal-like Reptiles
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Amniotes (tetrapod vertebrate animals with a terrestrially adapted eggs)
are traditionally divided into three categories:
- Anapsids - Animals with a box-like skull without openings.
This group includes the early reptiles of the Carboniferous and Permian
periods (and to a limited extent the
Triassic period),
and includes animals such Scutosaurus.
This group may also include turtles, however many scientists believe
that turtles are actually descended from Diapsid reptiles which lost
their skull openings.
- Diapsids - Reptiles with two temporal holes (fenestra) in their skulls,
and their descendents. This group includes archosaurs (including
crocodilians, dinosaur species
and birds), as well as lepidosaurs such as lizards, snakes, and sphenodonts
- even though many of these groups have lost one hole (lizards), both holes (snakes),
or have heavily modified skulls (birds).
- Synapsids (also sometimes known as "Theropsids") -
Animals with a single temporal opening (fenestra) in theirn skull
behind each eye. This group includes many reptiles, known as "mammal-like reptiles",
as well as mammals.
Some examples of mammal-like reptiles include
Cynodonts,
Dicynodonts,
Gorgonopsians (including Lystrosaurs),
Dinocephalians like
Estemmenosuchus,
Moschops and
Struthiocephalus,
as well as
Pelycosaurs like
Dimetrodon,
Edaphosaurus,
Sphenacodon, and
Varanosaurus.
Mammal-like Reptiles Timeline:
Mammal-like Reptiles were one of the main groups of amniotes, including the ancestors of all modern mammals, and lived between 324 and 100 million years ago
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Brand: Smithsonian
Released: December 17th, 1986
Hardcover (326 pages)
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The Ecology and Biology of Mammal-Like Reptiles- Manufacturer: Smithsonian
- Brand: Brand: Smithsonian
- ISBN: 0874745241
- EAN: 9780874745245
Details:- Hardcover
- Edition: First Edition
- Number of Pages: 326
- Publication Date: December 17th, 1986
- Release Date: December 17th, 1986
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Indiana University Press
Released: November 18th, 2011
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Forerunners of Mammals: Radiation • Histology • Biology (Life of the Past)- Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
- Brand: Indiana University Press
- ISBN: 0253356970
- EAN: 9780253356970
Details:- Hardcover
- Formats: Download: Adobe Reader, Illustrated
- Edition: Illustrated
- Number of Pages: 352
- Publication Date: November 18th, 2011
- Release Date: November 18th, 2011
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By J.J. Johnson & Christin Simms
Mango
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Dino Dana: Dino Field Guide (Dinosaurs for Kids, Fossils, Prehistoric)- Manufacturer: Mango
- Brand: Mango
- ISBN: 1642502847
- EAN: 9781642502848
Details:- Hardcover
- Format: Picture Book
- Edition: Illustrated
- Number of Pages: 230
- Authors: J.J. Johnson, Colleen Russo Johnson, Christin Simms
- Publication Date: May 19th, 2020
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By David Burnie
DK Children
Released: August 19th, 2013
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The Animal Book: A Visual Encyclopedia of Life on Earth- Manufacturer: DK Children
- Brand: DK Children
- ISBN: 1465414576
- EANs: 9781465414571, 8601400586259
- PartNumber: colour illustrations, colour illustratio
Details:- Hardcover
- Format: Illustrated
- Edition: Illustrated
- Number of Pages: 304
- Author: David Burnie
- Publication Date: August 19th, 2013
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By T. S. Kemp
Academic Pr
Released: January 1st, 1983
Hardcover (363 pages)
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Mammal-Like Reptiles and the Origin of Mammals- Manufacturer: Academic Pr
- ISBN: 0124041205
- EAN: 9780124041202
Details:- Hardcover
- Number of Pages: 363
- Author: T. S. Kemp
- Publication Date: January 1st, 1983
- Release Date: January 1st, 1983
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