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Amniotes are
tetrapod vertebrate animals belonging to the
clade Amniota, a
large group that
comprises the vast
majority of
living terrestrial and semiaquatic...
- Pan-Amniota) is a
clade containing the
amniotes and
those tetrapods that
share a more
recent common ancestor with
amniotes than with
living amphibians (lissamphibians)...
- (/tɛˈtræpədə/).
Tetrapods include all
extant and
extinct amphibians and
amniotes, with the
latter in turn
evolving into two
major clades, the sauropsids...
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advanced reptiliomorphs (transitional
between "amphibians"
sensu lato and
amniotes)
positioned close to, but
outside of the
clade Amniota,
though some recent...
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Sauropsida (Gr**** for "lizard faces") is a
clade of
amniotes,
broadly equivalent to the
class Reptilia,
though typically used in a
broader sense to also...
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water in. Hence,
amniotes can lay eggs on dry land,
while amphibians generally need to lay
their eggs in water. The
first amniotes apparently arose in...
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ancestral to
living tetrapods such as
lissamphibians (modern amphibians) and
amniotes (reptiles, mammals, and kin). "Labyrinthodont"-grade
vertebrates evolved...
- lay
their eggs in
aquatic environments. They are
distinguished from the
amniotes (reptiles,
birds and mammals),
which can
reproduce on dry land
either by...
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outermost fetal membrane around the
embryo in mammals,
birds and
reptiles (
amniotes). It is also
present around the
embryo of
other animals, like
insects and...
- An
anapsid is an
amniote whose skull lacks one or more
skull openings (fenestra, or fossae) near the temples. Traditionally, the
Anapsida are considered...
