Sentence examples for term reptiles from inspiring English sources

Likewise, that birds are an advanced group of dinosaurs a part of the old "Reptilia"—while the extinct mammal-like "reptiles" are most closely related to the true Mammalia meant that the old familiar term "reptiles" had to go.

So either we cannot use the term reptile as a scientific name or we need to start thinking of birds as reptiles.

Cladistics also emphasises the concept of a monophyletic group, in other words one that consists only of a common ancestor and all its descendants – for example it regards the traditional term "reptile" as useless, since mammals and birds are descendants of different groups of "reptiles", but are not considered "reptiles".

In particular, we removed the terms "tetrapods" and reptiles from the text and use terms such as sauropsids or synapsids.

It was long thought that the most likely ancestry of dinosaurs could be found within a poorly understood group of Triassic reptiles termed thecodontians ("socket-toothed reptiles").

Studies have already linked such toxins to serious harm in bees, but the long-term effect on reptiles and mammals is unknown.

This misconception is reinforced by the fact that these animals are often referred to as "mammal-like reptiles," a term reflecting outdated methods for classifying organisms.

In non-mammalian four-legged animals, the bone homologous to the stapes is usually called the columella; however, in reptiles, either term may be used.

The vast savanna is one of the richest biological regions in the world, in terms of bird, reptile, fish and insect species.

A long-term analysis of amphibians and reptiles in a Costa Rican nature reserve designed to protect them reveals an alarming fall in numbers.

Dimetrodon belongs to a group traditionally called "mammal-like reptiles", more recently termed "stem-mammals" or "non-mammalian synapsids" because many vertebrate paleontologists today group Dimetrodon together with mammals in an evolutionary group or clade called Synapsida, while dinosaurs go together with living reptiles and birds in a separate group, Sauropsida.