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Three skull patterns are evident in the reptilian lineage. The Anapsid line has only one living representative group, the turtles. The Synapsid line diverged early from the Anapsid line and let to the evolution of the mammals. The Diapsid line is represented by all other living amniotes, including birds and all living groups of reptiles.
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Order: Testudines (Turtles)
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Saddlebacks / Chelonians
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Superorder Lepidosauria all living orders of reptiles except turtles and crocs Superorder: Ichthyosauria (fish lizards) Mostly marine-dolphin shaped ( extinct) Superorder: Sauropterygia (ancient lizards) Order: Plesiosauria (“Nessie”) (extinct) Superorder Archosauria (ruling lizards)Order Crocodilia only living order ◦ Order saurischia, order pterosaura, order ornithischia, and order Thecodontia all extinct
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Order: Squamata (Scaly lizards) (95% of all living reptiles) Suborder: Lacertilia (Lizards) Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes) Suborder Amphisbaenia (Worm Lizards)
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Komodo Dragons
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Gila Monster Beaded Lizard
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King Snake Rat Snake
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Boa Constrictor Burmese Python
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Python with Deer / Prey
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Coral Snake
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Cobra
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Black Mamba
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Rattlesnakes
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Copperheads
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Water Moccasins
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Sea Krait
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African boom-slang
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Twig Snake
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Tuatara (sphenodon)
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SuperOrder Archosauria Order Saurichia Lizard hipped dinosaurs
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SuperOrder Archosauria Order Saurichia suborder Sauropodomorpha
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SuperOrder Archosauria Order Saurichia suborder Therapoda
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SuperOrder Archosauria Order Pterosauria All flying dinosaurs
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SuperOrder Archosauria Order Ornithischia Bird hipped dinosaurs-not the ancestors of birds
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Later age dinosaurs, teeth set in sockets
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Order: Pelycosauria (sail fin dinosaurs) Order: Theraspida (placental mammal-like
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Order: Pelycosauria (sail fin dinosaurs)
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Subclass Synapsida 1 Temporal Opening
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