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tetrapods
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4 limbs
evolved from lobe finned fish in the paleozoic fist one were stocky predators w/ short limbs lots of transitional species in fossil record |
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tetrapod specific adaptations
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four limbs and feet with digits, neck which allows separate movement of the head
fusion of the pelvic girdle to the backbone absence of gills ears for detecting airborne sounds |
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origin of limbs
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some ray finned fishes use limb- like fins for walking on
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reptiles
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clade includes the tuataras, lizards, snakes, turtles, crocodilians, birds, and some extinct groups
reptile have scale that create a waterproof barrier |
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amniotes
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group of tetrapods whose living members are the reptilesl including birds, and mammals
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evolution of feathers
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early feathers might have helped dinosaurs
by 150 mya feathered theropods had evolved into birds |
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what is the oldest bird known
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archaeopteryx***
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summery progression: tissue layers and shape
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sponges have no symmetry no tissues,
organisms with radial symmetry and diploblastic organisms with bilateral symmetry have 3 tissues/ triploblastic bilateral symmetry confirms a head |
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