Reptiles and Amniotes Flashcards
What are the layers of the amniotic egg?
Chorion, allantois, amnion and yolk sac
Phylogenic tree?
Reptiles=Anapsids and diapsids
What were the early major group of reptiles?
Parareptiles
What were the first flapping amniotes?
Pterosaurs
What was the age of reptiles?
Mesozoic
How do reptiles do respiration?
Breathe with ribcage and folded lungs
What are lepidosaurs?
Lizards, snakes and amphisbaenians
Name a few organisms that belong to the reptiles
Snakes, turtles (chelonia), tortoises and crocodilians
Name the roles of the extraembryonic membranes
“Private pond”, protection, shock absorber, nourish, porous shell allows O in and CO2 out.
What are the two main dinosaur groups?
Ornithischians and Saurischians
What fossil gave evidence of parental care?
Psittacosaurus