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27 Cards in this Set
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Early Prototherians |
O. Triconodonta O. Multituberculata |
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Early Therians |
Small, carnivorous/insectivorous Tribosphenic Molars- three cusps in a triangle Trigon Trigonid Talonid Significant for grinding |
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Trigon |
Upper molar cusp pattern |
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Trigonid |
Lower molar cusp pattern |
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Talonid |
Open space on lower molar |
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O. Triconodonta |
Tritubercular molars arranged in a row |
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O. Multituberculata |
Gigantic cheeckteeth, large incisors Longest lived lineage of mammals |
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Carolus Linnaeus |
Systema Naturae, KPCOFGS, Binomial Nomenclature |
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Lewis and Clark |
Western Exploration, Natural history, Sent by Thomas Jefferson St. Louise to Oregon coast |
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Spencer Fullerton Baird |
First curator at Smithsonian |
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Joseph Grinnell |
First director for the museum of vertebrate zoology at UC Berkeley |
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Thomas Bewick |
First published work on mammalogy. The General Quadrapeds of N. America |
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When was the American Society of Mammalogists founded? |
1919 |
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Louise Kellogg |
First woman to publish a paper on mammalogy |
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Homoplasy |
Shared trait in different species but not present in a common ancestor |
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Apomorphy |
Derived trait unique to specific species and all its descendants |
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Synapomorphy |
Trait present in an ancestral species and shared exclusively by its evolutionary descendants |
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Plesiomorphy |
Evolutionary trait homologous to a taxon but is not unique. |
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Symplesiomorphy |
Ancestral trait shared by two or more modern groups |
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Don't Puke Man! |
Ameridelphia |
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Don't Doubt Neon Puke |
Australidelphia |
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Teenage Mutant Tiny Panda High School |
Afrotheria |
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Prince Charming |
Xenarthra |
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Stand Down Private Lame Ryan |
Eaurchontoglires |
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Slap Eskimos So Carefully Peaceful Pimp Aron Carter |
Laurasiatheria |
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Mesaxonic |
Odd-toed ungulates- Perissodactyla |
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Paraxonic |
Even-toed ungulates- Artiodactyla |
