Evolution of reptiles

id: evolution-of-reptiles-205-17787541
title: Evolution of reptiles
text: Reptiles arose about 320 million years ago during the Carboniferous period. Reptiles, in the traditional sense of the term, are defined as animals that have scales or scutes, lay land-based hard-shelled eggs, and possess ectothermic metabolisms. So defined, the group is paraphyletic, excluding endothermic animals like birds that are descended from early traditionally-defined reptiles. A definition in accordance with phylogenetic nomenclature, which rejects paraphyletic groups, includes birds whi
brand slug: wiki
category slug: encyclopedia
description: Origin and diversification of reptiles through geologic time
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_reptiles
date created: 2011-01-23T23:02:47Z
date modified: 2024-09-10T14:03:35Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q4380257","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4380257"}
image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Casineria_kiddi.jpg","width":1146,"height":1600}
fields total: 13
integrity: 16

Related Entries

Explore Next Part