Pupils could be asked to compare the characteristics of reptiles against other animal ... What are the different types of mammals? videoWhat are the different types of mammals?

A brief audio slideshow explaining the characteristics of reptiles and how they are different to other animal types. What are the different types of mammals? videoWhat are the different types of ...

The initial split was into synapsids (mammals and their relatives) and sauropsids (reptiles and birds). Mammals branched off from other amniotes very early. Several mammalian characteristics are ...

Beneath the soil of Majorca, a treasure from the Permian era has emerged. The remains of the oldest gorgonopsian ever ...

It was thought the key characteristics of mammals, including their warm-bloodedness ... longer life akin to those of small reptiles like lizards." The idea of using powerful X-rays to determine the ...

and synapsids (leading to mammal-like reptiles). These small early mammals developed hair, homeothermy, and lactation (red lines). Monotremes diverged from the therian mammal lineage 166 Myr ago ...

A Survey of the Fauna of Iraq: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, etc. Made by Members of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force “D,” 1915–1919. Pp. xx + 404 + 20 plates. (Bombay: Bombay Natural History ...

The oldest known ancestor of mammals lived at least 270 million years ago in what is now Mallorca. About one meter long, it ...