BISC 316 Lecture Notes - Amniote, Thoracic Cavity, Mandible

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May 20/11 lecture 3 bisc 316 vertebrate biology: class reptilia - first vertebrates well adapted to land. Amniotic egg with a shell (with extraembryonic membranes = membranes outside embryo). Heart - 2 atria, ventricles are partially or fully divided - 3/4 chambers. Endothermic - regulate own body temp within a narrow range. Loss of teeth (except for embryo and some parrots) Viviparous (live bearing) - except monotremes (platypus) Other jaw bones lost or moved into middle ear (definitely feature of being a mammal) Muscular diaphragm: separates abdominal and thoracic cavity. Major influence in the evolutionary success of an organism. ~31% of the earth"s surface is covered by large land masses climate influenced by: latitudinal position, proximity to ocean, presence of barriers i. e mountains. Vegetation out the tip of s. a was very familiar to that of australia and new zealand. Alfred wagner (1912) continents positions have moved. Geological formations continuous from one continent to the other.

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