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Stages of Gnathostome Evolution

Gnathostome Jaw Types

Groups within Chondrichthyes
Minor group including ratfish
Sharks and Rays
Modern sharks
Extinct with large spines

Groups of Osteichthyes
Group including sturgeons
Group including gars
Big group of bony fish
Lobe-finned fishes

Famous transition to land fossils

Groups of Mesozoic Marine Reptiles
Main Group 1
Main Group 2
Main Group 3
Main Group 4
Sub-group of Main Group 1
Sub-group of Main Group 1
Sub-group of Main Group 1
Sub-group of Main Group 1

Grades of Ichthyosaurs
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3

Major Groups of Dinosaurs
Lizard-Hipped
Bird-Hipped
Long Necked Saurischians
Carnivorous Saurischians

Sauropod Groups
Stout Skulls eg Camarasaurus
Slender Skulls eg Diplodicus

Ornithischia Groups
Includes Ankylosaurs & Stegosaurs
Includes all groups below
Includes the Hadrosaurs
Includes Triceratops
Dome headed herbivores
Includes the two groups above

Theropod Groups
Basal group including Ceolophysis
Include Carnotaurus
Long snouts and sometimes sails (A)
Includes Allosaurus
Includes T-rex (B)
Includes Compsognathus
Includes Gallimimus
Previously thought of as egg theives (C)
The sickle clawed raptors
Possibly most intelligent dinosaurs
Flying feathered things (D)
Everything from A - D
Everything from B - D
Everything from C - D

Avian Anatomy
Specialised fused hip for landing
Fused Tail
Large bone ridge for muscle attachment
Wishbone
Downstroke Muscle
Upstroke Muscle
Wing flap, function unsure

Pre Mesozoic Synapsids
Synapsid group including Dimetrodon
Dominant group in the Permian (A)
Subgroup of A including Moschops
Successful burrowers including Lystrosaurs
Sabre toothed predators

Components of DMME
Connects to eardrum (A)
Middle bone (B)
End Bone
Jaw Bone that formed A
Jaw Bone that formed B

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