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Diapsids ("two arches") are a
clade of sauropsids,
distinguished from more
primitive eureptiles by the
presence of two holes,
known as
temporal fenestrae...
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though not
diapsids in a
purely anatomical sense,
qualify as
members of the
clade Diapsida due to
their likely diapsid ancestry. Some
diapsids, particularly...
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Sauropterygia ("lizard flippers") is an
extinct taxon of diverse,
aquatic diapsid reptiles that
developed from
terrestrial ancestors soon
after the end-Permian...
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Sauria is the
clade of
diapsids containing the most
recent common ancestor of
Archosauria (which
includes crocodilians and birds) and
Lepidosauria (which...
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Araeoscelida is a
clade of
extinct tetrapods (traditionally
classified as
diapsid reptiles)
superficially resembling lizards,
extending from the Late Carboniferous...
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found turtles to
either be
descendants of parareptiles, early-diverging
diapsids outside of Sauria, or
close relatives of
lepidosaurs within the
clade Ankylopoda...
- "anapsid" clade.
Analysis of
fossil data has
shown that
turtles are
likely diapsid reptiles, most
closely related either to the
archosaurs (crocodiles, bird...
- in
synapsids (mammals and
their extinct relatives)
there is one; and in
diapsids (including birds, crocodilians, squamates, and tuataras),
there are two...
- lizard-like
gliding diapsids known from the Tri****ic
period of
Europe and
North America. They are
distinguished from
other diapsids by
their 'wings' formed...
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located higher on the skull. The
function of the
holes in both
synapsids and
diapsids was to
lighten the
skull and give room for the jaw
muscles to move, allowing...
