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Anapsid

An anapsid is an amniote whose skull lacks one or more skull openings (fenestra, or fossae) near the temples. Traditionally, the Anapsida are considered the most primitive subclass of amniotes, the ancestral stock from which Synapsida and Diapsida evolved, making anapsids paraphyletic. It is, however, doubtful that all anapsids lack temporal fenestra as…

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Phylogenetic position of turtles

MolecularArchosauriaLepidosauromorphLepidosaursLizards
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Anapsids and the turtles

MonophyleticCarboniferousPermianTestudinesTurtles
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Temporal openings in traditional anapsids

SynapsidsParareptiliaLanthanosuchoidsBolosauridsMesosaurs
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Anapsida in modern taxonomy

Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe (1988)Captorhinidae
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Anapsids and the turtles

Phylogenetic position of turtles

Anapsida in modern taxonomy

Temporal openings in traditional anapsids

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Anapsid

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples38
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
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Anapsid

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related to Anapsids and the turtles · 10
Anapsid → Anapsida, Archelosauria, Carboniferous, However, More, Permian, Scientists, Testudines, The, While
related to Phylogenetic position of turtles · 10
Anapsid → All, Although, Archosauria, However, Late Permian, One, Permian-Triassic, Reanalysis, Testudines, Triassic
related to Anapsida in modern taxonomy · 9
Anapsid → Amniota, Anapsida, Anapsids, Captorhinidae, Gauthier, Indeed, Kluge, Rowe, This
related to Temporal openings in traditional anapsids · 5
Anapsid → Anapsida, Müller, Parareptilia, The, Tsuji
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Anapsid → Anapsida, Introduction, UCMP
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Anapsid → amniote whose skull lacks one or more skull openings

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turtles anapsida anapsids traditionally temporal reptiles skull openings group testudines skulls taxa primitive phylogenetic diapsida diapsids however fenestra paraphyletic clade

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Anapsidis aamniote whose skull lacks one or more skull openings0.90text
Anapsidrelated to Anapsida in modern taxonomyAnapsida0.60section
Anapsidrelated to Anapsida in modern taxonomyAnapsids0.60section
Anapsidrelated to Anapsida in modern taxonomyGauthier0.60section
Anapsidrelated to Anapsida in modern taxonomyKluge0.60section
Anapsidrelated to Anapsida in modern taxonomyRowe0.60section
Anapsidrelated to Anapsida in modern taxonomyThis0.60section
Anapsidrelated to Anapsida in modern taxonomyAmniota0.60section
Anapsidrelated to Anapsida in modern taxonomyIndeed0.60section
Anapsidrelated to Anapsida in modern taxonomyCaptorhinidae0.60section
Anapsidrelated to Anapsids and the turtlesWhile0.60section
Anapsidrelated to Anapsids and the turtlesAnapsida0.60section

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