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- proper noun A taxonomic
subclass within theclass Reptilia — thedinosaurs ,pterosaurs andmodern crocodiles .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And I read a good deal of the latest issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, including "Redescription and Phylogenetic Relationships of Doswellia kaltenbachi (Diapsida: Archosauriformes) from the Upper Triassic of Virginia," "Utility and Validity of Middle and Late Triassic 'Land Vertebrate Faunachrons,'" and "The Skull of Teleosaurus cadomensis (Crocodylomorpha; Thalattosuchia), and Phylogenetic Analysis of Thalattosuchia."
"A forest's son, a river's daughter..." greygirlbeast 2009
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We further hypothesize that the descendents of the common ancestor of the Sauropsids form two groups: Testudina and Diapsida.
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In cladistics, Aves is nested in Reptilia through Diapsida.
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Sauropsida = {common ancestor, Testudina, Diapsida}
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(Btw, Lenny (I think?) let me know that turtles and their relatives should also be put in the Diapsida branch rather than the Anapsida.)
Drawing a Line in the Academic Sand - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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The Tree of Life page plays with Diapsida a bit too, juggling two minor clades to place them outside Diapsida where Major Features of Vertebrate Evolution places them within Diapsida.
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(Btw, Lenny (I think?) let me know that turtles and their relatives should also be put in the Diapsida branch rather than the Anapsida.)
Drawing a Line in the Academic Sand - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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From the “containing group” link on the Diapsida page:
Drawing a Line in the Academic Sand - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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The taxonomy and paleobiology of the Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian: Adamanian-Apachean) drepanosaurs (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha: Drepanosauromorpha).
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OLSON (1903) The reptilian subclasses Diapsida and Synapsida and the early history of the Diaptosauria.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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