Hint | Answer |
Reptilian ancestors of mammals | |
When did they split from sauropsids | |
Basal synapsid group | |
Derived group | |
Sister groups within the above | |
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When did the latter originate | |
Jaw joint in mammal-like reptiles | |
Jaw joint in mammals | |
Jaw joint in transitional forms | |
Tooth type in mammals | |
What does this allow | |
Other masticatory adaptations | |
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What permits simultaneous breathing and chewing | |
What separate digestion and breathing | |
Structure of the mammal heart | |
What do all of the above give | |
What does the above permit | |
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Earliest mammals | |
Ecological niche | |
Large Triassic mammal group | |
Ecological niches in the above | |
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First large carnivores | |
Example of the above | |
Earliest swimming mammal | |
What adaptation did they have | |
What niche did it allow them to act like | |
Earliest monotreme | |
Age of the above | |
Where does a single unusual monotreme fossil occur | |
Age of the above | |
Where did marsupials radiate | |
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What permitted these radiations | |
Why have they been less successful otherwise | |
Oldest placental | |
Age of the above | |
What has contributed to placental success | |
What drove KTR mammal radiation | |
Author of the above | |
Cenozoic driver of diversity | |
Author of the above | |
Other major Cenozoic event | |
What shiift did it drive | |
Modern mammal biogeographic regions | |
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What do the above reflect | |
Phenomenon seen in European bats | |
What identified the above | |
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Author of the above | |
What aids kin selection in horseshoe bats | |
What identified the above | |
Author of the above | |
What allowed species survival during the LGM | |
What predicted the location of the above | |
What matched the above prediction | |
Technique to infer the above | |
Bat species in refugium | |
Location of the refugium | |
What threatens its genetic diversity | |
Author of the above | |
Anthropogenic influence on ecosystems | |
What may this trigger | |
Where was bat activity higher | |
Author of the above | |
What is parental dare | |
What is parental investment | |
What is parental expenditure | |
Examples of parental care | |
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What is seen in long lived vertebrates | |
Example of the above | |
Author of the above | |
Frequency of direct male care | |
What is male care linked to | |
Groups in which biparental care mostly occurs | |
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