Evolution of reptiles
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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
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Origin and diversification of reptiles through geologic time
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_reptiles
date created:
2011-01-23T23:02:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T14:03:35Z
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