How To Use synapsid In A Sentence
- Dimetrodon is neither a reptile nor a mammal, but a basal synapsid - that is, an early relative of the ancestors of mammals.
- In the dry late Permian environment many types of synapsids and reptiles flourished.
- By the way, nothing cladistically out-of-line with the term reptile, so long as we agree that Reptilia is a clade in which case it includes Aves and excludes Synapsida of which mammals are part. Around the Web
- I was under the impression that “therapsid” always referred to a kind of synapsid reptile and was distinct from “pelycosaur” another kind of synapsid think dimetrodon. Controversies in Evolution: 'Jurassic beaver' unearthed in China - The Panda's Thumb
- I think i’ve got this now: basal anapsid reptiles (which presumably gave rise to synapsid and sauropsid lineages) died out leaving no descendants. turtles, full diapsid reptiles closely allied to crocodiles, secondarily developed a seemingly (but not osteogenically identical) anapsid skull structure subsequently. Report on the 2005 Creation Mega Conference, Part Four - The Panda's Thumb
- The second major group of reptiles, the synapsids, have only a single temporal opening.
- The tall neural spines of early synapsids, which in life would have been connected to neighboring spines by equally tall interspinous ligaments, may have served to prevent hyper-rotation of the vertebral column during locomotion.
- It would not be safe to assume that the synapsid temporal fenestra is strictly homologous to the lower temporal fenestra of diapsids.
- Conversely, if the fossil record does not accurately portray the first appearances of synapsids because preservation rates vary widely, then phylogenetic measures might yield a more reliable sequence of branching events.
- I think i’ve got this now: basal anapsid reptiles (which presumably gave rise to synapsid and sauropsid lineages) died out leaving no descendants. turtles, full diapsid reptiles closely allied to crocodiles, secondarily developed a seemingly (but not osteogenically identical) anapsid skull structure subsequently. Report on the 2005 Creation Mega Conference, Part Four - The Panda's Thumb
