1. Reptile Slap-It: A Review Game
A ECL 365 SI
Ben white

2. Amniote Classification
The purpose of this game is to review and test yourself on the way that amniotes are classified
There are two sections:
Anapsid vs. Synapsid vs. Diapsid
Lepidosauria vs. Archelosauria
Play by yourself or get a big group together!

3. How to Play Split your group into teams or play as individuals
Each slide will have a picture of an amniote and the taxonomic groups for that round.
Have two people stand by the board before changing slides.
As soon as the slide changes, the two players want to slap the category that the amniote on that slide belongs to.
Whoever slaps the correct category first wins a point.

4. Anapsid vs. Synapsid vs. Diapsid
Amniotes can first be split into three different categories based on the number of holes in their skull:
Anapsid: No temporal fenestrae
Example: Stem amniotes, turtles*
Synapsid: One temporal fenestrae
Example: Mammals and their ancestors
Diapsid: Two temporal fenestrae
Example: All extant reptiles and birds
*while turtles are morphologically anapsid, they are genetically nested within diapsids

5. Anapsid vs. Synapsid vs. Diapsid Players Get Ready
Round 1

6. Bald Eagle
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

7. Bald Eagle – Diapsid
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

8. Anapsid vs. Synapsid vs. Diapsid Players Get Ready
Round 2

9. Human
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

10. Human – Synapsid
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

11. Anapsid vs. Synapsid vs. Diapsid Players Get Ready
Round 3

12. Tuatara
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

13. Tuatara - Diapsid
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

14. Anapsid vs. Synapsid vs. Diapsid Players Get Ready
Round 4

15. Elephant
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

16. Elephant - Synapsid
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

17. Anapsid vs. Synapsid vs. Diapsid Players Get Ready
Round 5

18. Pterosaur
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

19. Pterosaur – Diapsid
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

20. Anapsid vs. Synapsid vs. Diapsid Players Get Ready
Round 6

21. Tyrannosaurus
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

22. Tyrannosaurus - Diapsid
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

23. Anapsid vs. Synapsid vs. Diapsid Players Get Ready
Round 7

24. Sea Turtle
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

25. Sea Turtle – Anapsid AND Diapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

26. Anapsid vs. Synapsid vs. Diapsid Players Get Ready
Round 8

27. Cotylosaur (Stem Amniote)
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

28. Cotylosaur (Stem Amniote) - Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

29. Anapsid vs. Synapsid vs. Diapsid Players Get Ready
Round 9

30. Dimetrodon
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

31. Dimetrodon - Synapsid
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

32. Anapsid vs. Synapsid vs. Diapsid Players Get Ready
Final Round

33. Crocodile
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

34. Crocodile – Diapsid
Anapsid
Synapsid
Diapsid

35. Archelosauria vs Lepidosauria
Diapsids can be broken down into two groups: Archelosauria and Lepidosauria
Archelosauria: Thecodonts, pterosaurs, non-avian dinosaurs, birds, and crocodilians
Lepidosauria: Plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, tuataras, lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians

36. Archelosauria vs. Lepidosauria Players Get Ready
Round 1

37. Pterosaur
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

38. Pterosaur – Archelosaur
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

39. Archelosauria vs. Lepidosauria Players Get Ready
Round 2

40. Komodo Dragon
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

41. Komodo Dragon – Lepidosauria
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

42. Archelosauria vs. Lepidosauria Players Get Ready
Round 3

43. Plesiosaur
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

44. Plesiosaur - Lepidosauria
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

45. Archelosauria vs. Lepidosauria Players Get Ready
Round 4

46. Hummingbird
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

47. Hummingbird – Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

48. Archelosauria vs. Lepidosauria Players Get Ready
Round 5

49. Triceratops
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

50. Triceratops - Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

51. Archelosauria vs. Lepidosauria Players Get Ready
Round 6

52. Alligator
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

53. Alligator – Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

54. Archelosauria vs. Lepidosauria Players Get Ready
Round 7

55. Tuatara
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

56. Tuatara - Lepidosauria
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

57. Archelosauria vs. Lepidosauria Players Get Ready
Round 8

58. Rattlesnake
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

59. Rattlesnake - Lepidosauria
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

60. Archelosauria vs. Lepidosauria Players Get Ready
Round 9

61. Velociraptor
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

62. Velociraptor – Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

63. Archelosauria vs. Lepidosauria Players Get Ready
Final Round

64. Ichthyosaur
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria

65. Ichthyosaur – Lepidosauria (we think)
Archelosauria
Lepidosauria