BIOL385 REPTILES EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++

BIOL385 REPTILES EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++ Are the vast majority of reptiles extinct yes when is it assumed that amniotic eggs evolved or developed in early reptiles very early on what are the only remaining synapsids Mammals what types of mechanisms did mammals achieve? flight, bipedalism Are reptilian characteristics actually unique to reptiles? no. there is convergence all over the place in other groups that are related to reptiles why did jaw muscles differentiate and get bigger - it differed among amniote lineages - big jaw muscles need space -fenestrations accommodate bulging jaw muscles - the holes allow them to bulge and have more jaw power how many fenestra do euryapsids have appear to have only one what are euryapsids ancestral to the diapsid condition What groups are apart of protorothyrids hylonomus captorhinus What was thought to be along the lines of close to being the earliest ancestor of diapsid reptiles Hylonomus were hylonomus thought to have an amniotic eggs yes what do hylonomus resemble? modern day reptiles how many holes did hylonomus have in thei