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Definition of Amniota

Amniota
Amniota Am`ni*o"ta, n. pl. [NL. See Amnion.] (Zo["o]l.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

Meaning of Amniota from wikipedia

- Amniotes are tetrapod vertebrate animals belonging to the clade Amniota, a large group that comprises the vast majority of living terrestrial and semiaquatic...
- outside of the clade Amniota, though some recent research has recovered them as the sister group to the traditional Synapsida within Amniota, based on inner...
- Reptiliomorpha (meaning reptile-shaped; in PhyloCode known as Pan-Amniota) is a clade containing the amniotes and those tetrapods that share a more recent...
- Araeoscelidia as sister groups that split off before the formation of crown amniota (synapsids and sauropsids). The same study also considers parareptiles...
- their extinct relatives. It is one of the two major clades of the group Amniota, the other being the more diverse group Sauropsida (which includes all...
- together with Sauropsida (reptiles and birds), constitutes the larger Amniota clade. Early synapsids are referred to as "pelycosaurs." The more advanced...
- enclosed in a uterus. The amnion is a feature of the vertebrate clade Amniota, which includes reptiles, birds, and mammals. Amphibians and fish lack...
- amphibian and primitive reptilian features, and its placement relative to Amniota has significant implications regarding the origins of the first amniotes...
- various †extinct clades Lissamphibia Reptiliomorpha / Pan-Amniota various †extinct clades Amniota Synapsida (includes mammals) Sauropsida (includes reptiles)...
- in Milner 1988), living tetrapods are ranked as Divisions Amphibia and Amniota within the clade of vertebrates with fleshy limbs (Sarcopterygii). In 1978...