PPT-Reptiles: Nonavian Diapsid Amniotes

Justify the statement that the amniotic egg provided solutions that made development apart from external watery environments possible Compare amniote taxonomy before and after the application of cladistic methods. Jessica Brown. Miila. Hall. Cold-blooded. Tetrapods. , four appendages. Considered as the first animals on land with the ability to live and multiply on land (amniotic egg). Amniotic egg- . a shelled, water-like sac that enables reptiles to complete their life cycles on dry land.. Vocabulary. Scaly. : . covered in scales.. Extinct. : . (of a species, family, or other larger group) having no living members.. Flee. : . Run away from a place or situation of danger.. Elongated. : . Phylum: . Chordata. . Subphylum:Vertebrata. Order. Testudines. Rhynchocephailia. Squamata. Crocodilia. Common . example. Turtles and tortoises. Tuataras-found only in New Zealand. Lizards, snakes, and worm lizards. Reptiles. First to move to land. Then some came back to water . 4 orders:. Snakes & Lizards. Crocodiles, etc. Tuataras. Turtles and tortoises . Reptiles. Adapated to life on land:. Lungs. Skin--hard, prevents dessication, some have slimy coating. 2. Amniotic eggs have . membranes that protect the embryo from . desiccation, cushion the embryo, help with gas exchange, and store waste material.. 3. The amniotic eggs of reptiles and birds also have leathery or hard shells that protect the developing embryo, and a yolk that supplies food to them.. Click Here!. Can any of you . name. these three reptiles?. Objective: Today we are going to learn how to describe three basic characteristics of reptiles. . Click to Check out REPTILES!. Menu. Crocodiles. History of Reptiles. Reptiles arose from amphibians. Earliest fossils 359 . m.y.a. Small, four – legged vertebrates w/small teeth. Pangaea. Drier climate. Mass extinction during Paleozoic era. Diversified to fill niches left by extinct species. Who are they. ?. Reptiles. Birds. Mammals. Keratin . is a protein. that binds to a lipid(fat). to form a water repellent. layer that keeps water . inside the animal from. reaching its skin.. A vertebrate that has a thin,. Fully adapted for life on land. All Amniotes – produce Amniotic Eggs. Dry, Scaly Skin. Ectothermic . More Efficient Circulatory and Respiratory Systems. Cloaca . Except for snakes, Reptiles have Paired limbs, most ending in 5 clawed toes . Reptiles have a well-developed skull, a backbone and tail, four limbs.. Snakes will be limbless and turtles have hard shells that are fused with their vertebrae.. All reptiles have dry, scaly skin, lungs, and eggs on land.. Fully adapted for life on land. All Amniotes – produce Amniotic Eggs. Dry, Scaly Skin. Ectothermic . More Efficient Circulatory and Respiratory Systems. Cloaca . Except for snakes, Reptiles have Paired limbs, most ending in 5 clawed toes . Chapter 26 Reptiles and Birds Reptiles Skin is smooth and dry, covered in scales Helps prevent the evaporation of water from its body. First vertebrates with adaptations that enabled them to survive on land only. 26.1 Amniotes. The amniotic sac contains everything an embryo needs to grow.. some develop inside mother’s body. some develop inside a tough, . semipermeable. . shell. The amniotic egg allowed vertebrates to reproduce on land. chiridium. = muscular limb with digits. Derived . from Crossopterygian ancestors; . Tetrapods. . first appear in the fossil record toward the end of the Devonian (. ~. 360 mya. ).. First . Tetrapods.