| Fenestrae | Crocodilians | Birds | Orders and Families | Species Representatives |
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What is Anapsida?
Condition of no cranial fenestrae
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What is the tail?
Primary means of propulsion.
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What are feathers?
Unique external covering of birds.
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What is Order Crocodilia?
large, heavily armored, elongate snouts
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What are the crocodilians?
Spectacled Caiman
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What is Diapsida
Condition of 2 temporal fenestrae
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What is thecodont?
Type of teeth.
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What is diurnal?
Type of day they are normally active.
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What is Order Gaviiformes (loons)?
heavy bodies, dense feathers, mainly eat fish
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What is Order Anseriformes (ducks, geese, swans)?
Snow Goose
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What is Synapsida?
Condition of 1 temporal fenestrae.
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What is 4?
Number of chambers in the heart?
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What is the lack of teeth or have a beak?
One weight saving measure in the digestive system.
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What is Order Ciconiiformes (herons, egrets, bitterns)?
wading birds with long legs and s-shaped necks
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What is Order Ciconiiformes (herons, egrets, bitterns, and New World Vultures)?
California Condor
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What is a derived diapsid?
Condition of 2 temporal fenestrae and 1 antorbital fenestra.
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What is the right aorta allows some mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood, which slows metabolism, prevents oxygen deprivation in tissues, and aids in stomach acid formation?
Why have both a right and left aorta?
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What is the ability to fly?
Method for escaping predation and exploiting new areas for food and reproduction.
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What is Order Falconiformes (hawks, eagles, and allies), specifically the hawks?
reversed sexual size dimorphism
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What is Order Gaviiformes (grouse, turkeys, & allies)?
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
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What is a mandibular fenestra?
Name of a fenestra in the lower jaw.
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What is alveoli with muscular partition separating thoracic from abdominal cavities?
Type of lungs?
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What is lots of fusion in the bones of the extremities and girdles?
A weight saving measure and also ensures bones don't break under the stresses of flying and landing.
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What is Order Strigiformes (the owls)?
asymmetrical ears, immovable eyes, nocturnal
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What is Order Passeriformes (perching birds), specifically the cardinalids?
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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