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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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definition of this
clade varies between authors.
Others prioritize the
clade Sauropsida,
which typically refers to all
amniotes more
closely related to modern...
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reptile lineage called either Reptilia or
Sauropsida. In fact, the
study of
Gauthier (1994)
defined Sauropsida as all
amniotes more
closely related to reptiles...
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clades of
vertebrate animals in the
group Amniota, the
other being the
Sauropsida (which
includes reptiles and birds). The
synapsids were the
dominant land...
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various extinct groups.
Sauria lies
within the
larger total group Sauropsida,
which also
contains various stem-reptiles
which are more
closely related...
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Eureptilia ("true reptiles") is one of the two
major subgroups of the
clade Sauropsida, the
other one
being Parareptilia.
Eureptilia includes Diapsida (the clade...
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higher taxonomic rank.)
class Amphibia (amphibians; 8,100+ species)
class Sauropsida (reptiles (including birds); 21,300+
species – 10,000+
species of birds...
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ancestors back to the
phylogenetic split from the
remaining amniotes (the
Sauropsida). Pan-Mammalia is thus an
alternative name for Synapsida. A stem group...
- "Reptilian-transcriptome v1.0, a
glimpse in the
brain transcriptome of five
divergent Sauropsida lineages and the
phylogenetic position of turtles". EvoDevo. 2 (1): 19...
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mammals and
their synapsid ancestors. So defined,
Reptilia is
identical to
Sauropsida.
Though few
reptiles today are apex predators, many
examples of apex reptiles...