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What were the first truly terrestrial vertebrates?

Reptiles

What term means that the teeth are set in sockets?

Thecodont

The first animal with a four chambered heart is the :

Crocodile

Loose attachment of mandibles, absence of a sternum, and forward placement of the glottis are adaptations that allow the snake to:

Swallow large prey

What is considered a theropod?

Tyrannosaurus

Apatosaurus belongs to a group of dinosaurs known as:

Sauropodomorphs

The first fossil dinosaur that was discovered was:

Iguanodon

The teeth of the alligator can described as:

Thecodont and Homodont

An egg that can be laid on dry land is called:

An amniotic egg

Reptiles sexes are :

Separate , fertilization internal

Eggs were covered in :

Calcareous or leathery shells

_________ are the most primitive reptiles known

Turtles

The _______ is composed of fused bony pieces

Plastron

What term means "hidden neck"?

Cryptodires

The __________ included lizards , snakes , and a group of tropical limbless reptiles, the amphisbaenids

Squamates

Composed of fused ribs and vertebrae and surface skin plates

Carapace

_______ are lizard like animals that lived in New Zealand

Tuatara

Tuatara also bear on the top of the head a primitive parietal eye, referred to as a :

A third eye

_________are a pair of pit like organs located in the roof of the mouth

Jacobson's organs

Snakes known as pit vipers have a special ___________ on their heads , between the nostrils and the eyes . It is used to track warm blooded prey.

Heat sensitive pits

All pit vipers have a paired of teeth on the maxillary bones modified as :

Fangs

Male snakes have two penises called :

Hemipenes

___________ means development takes place outside of female body and is supported entirely by yolk

Oviparous

__________means that they hatch their eggs within their bodies

Ovoviviparous

__________means that they hatch their eggs within their bodies

Ovoviviparous

In these snakes a primitive placenta forms , permitting exchange of material between embryonic and maternal bloodstreams

Viviparous

__________means that they hatch their eggs within their bodies

Ovoviviparous

In these snakes a primitive placenta forms , permitting exchange of material between embryonic and maternal bloodstreams

Viviparous

The world's heaviest snake is the :

Anaconda

The world's longest snake is the :

Reticulated Python

Dinosaurs were members of a group known as :

Archosaurs

Dinosaurs were members of a group known as :

Archosaurs

The term "archosaurs" means :

Ruling lizards

Flying reptiles are known as :

Pterosaurs

The _________ are carnivorous bipeds , including Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus

Theropods

The _________ are carnivorous bipeds , including Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus

Theropods

The __________ was a gigantic and fearsome predator

Tyrannosaurus

Velociraptor means ________

Speedy predator

_________ were saurischian dinosaurs with enormous bodies , long necks , and small heads

Sauropodomorphs

Diplodocus is an _______ sauropod dinosaur

Herbivorous

Apatosaurus is the correct name for :

Brontosaurus

Apatosaurus is the correct name for :

Brontosaurus

The ________ were the last surviving sauropods

Titanosauridae

Armored dinosaurs ; quadrupedal forms including stegosaurs and ankylosaurs

Thyreophora

Armored dinosaurs ; quadrupedal forms including stegosaurs and ankylosaurs

Thyreophora

Bipedal forms ; including the duck billed dinosaurs

Ornithopoda

Armored dinosaurs ; quadrupedal herbivorous forms including stegosaurs and ankylosaurs

Thyreophora

Bipedal forms ; including the duck billed dinosaurs

Ornithopoda

The pachycephalosaurs (bipedal dinosaurs with huge thick skulls

Marginocephalia

The ________ were the duck billed dinosaurs

Hadrosaurs

The ________ were horned dinosaurs

Ceratopsians

The ________ were horned dinosaurs

Ceratopsians

True crocodilians appeared in the _________

Triassic

What are the distinguishing features between an alligator and a crocodile ?

A crocodile has a narrow snout while a alligator has a broader snout

The crocodile and alligator scales are made of :

Keratin

Alligators have ________, which are pebbles that are purposely swallowed and lodge in the stomach where they are used for grinding food.

Gastroliths

Alligators have ________, which are pebbles that are purposely swallowed and lodge in the stomach where they are used for grinding food.

Gastroliths

The excretory system consisted of paired :

Kidneys