The name Diapsida means "two arches", and diapsids are traditionally classified based on their two ancestral skull openings (temporal fenestrae) posteriorly above and below the eye. This …

The skull of a champsosaur, an extinct diapsid related to the archosaurs. It is an example of convergent evolution with the crocodilians, as it is not directly related to them.

Diapsida was named after the two fenestrae (holes) found in the temporal region of the skull of most early and some extant diapsids. The lower temporal fenestra is between the jugal, …

The meaning of DIAPSIDA is a subclass of reptiles having two pairs of temporal openings in the skull and including the extinct dinosaurs and pterosaurs, the crocodiles and …

2016年8月18日 · (c) Diapsid Skull: Perhaps the most famous diapsids are the dinosaurs, but diapsid also covers snakes, crocodiles, lizards and birds.There are two temporal fenestrae …

The Diapsida are divided into two important groups, the lepidosaurs (Lepidosauromorpha) and the archosaurs (Archosauromorpha). There are also a number of different lineages of early, …

2023年8月31日 · The term “Diapsida” is derived from the Greek words meaning “two arches,” aptly named for the distinctive pair of holes, or temporal fenestrae, found on each side of their …

2018年5月29日 · Diapsida The name formerly given to a subclass of reptiles whose skulls are of the diapsid type. Today that classification has been abandoned as the more primitive and …

(2003): At the feet of the dinosaurs: the origin, evolution and early diversification of squamate reptiles (Lepidosauria: Diapsida). First report of a Late Jurassic lizard-like footprint (Asturias, …

Sauropsids are lizard-like amniotes that are considered as a sister group to the synapsids. They were once the largest animals on water, air and land. Most of them died out in mass extinction. …