diapsid in English

noun
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a reptile of a large group characterized by the presence of two temporal openings in the skull, including the lizards, snakes, crocodiles, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs.
It would not be safe to assume that the synapsid temporal fenestra is strictly homologous to the lower temporal fenestra of diapsids .

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1. Synonyms: Archosaur; Archosaurian; Archosaurian reptile Hypernyms ("Archosaur" is a kind of): diapsid; diapsid reptile (reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye)

2. Start studying Zoology Unit 6 compare and contrast Anapsid, diapsid, and synapsid skull types (obj 2)

3. Anapsid, synapsid, and diapsid reptiles pursued very different paths toward the start of the Mesozoic Era

4. Archosaurs, one type of diapsid, are the group most famously known for having dinosaurs as its members

5. Archosaurs (Greek for 'ruling lizards') are a group of diapsid reptiles that is represented today by birds and crocodiles and which also included the dinosaurs

6. Archosaurs are a group of diapsid amniotes whose living representatives consist of birds and crocodilians.This group also includes all extinct dinosaurs, extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs

7. Archosaurs are a group of diapsid amniotes whose living representatives consist of birds and crocodilians.This group also includes all extinct dinosaurs, extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs

8. Archosaurs are a group o diapsid amniotes whase livin representatives consist o birds an crocodilians.This group includes aw extinct dinosaurs an aa, extinct crocodilian relatives, an pterosaurs

9. Archosaurs are a group of diapsid amniotes whose living representatives consist of birds and crocodilians.This group also includes all extinct non-avian dinosaurs, many extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs

10. Traces attributed to Apterygote insects, arthropleurid myriapods, bivalved arthropods and vermiform animals occur in lake-margin sediments in association with those of temnospondyl amphibians and early diapsid reptiles, and belong to the Scoyenia ichnofacies.

11. Archosaurs (Archosauria) (meaning "leading reptiles" or "ruling reptiles") are a group of diapsid sauropsids /"reptiles" that includes modern birds and crocodilians and their common ancestor plus other grops that descend from that ancestor but are now extinct, like …

12. Archosaurs ([Greek for 'ruling lizards') are a group of diapsid reptiles that first evolved from Archosauriform ancestors during the Olenekian (Lower Triassic Period).They are represented today by birds and crocodiles.Archosaurs are set apart by having socketed teeth (a feature that inspired the traditional name, 'thecodonts', for the Triassic forms) and four-chambered hearts, among other