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5 giorni fa · American crocodile. reptile. Also known as: Crocodilus acutus, Crocodylus acutus. Written by. John P. Rafferty writes about Earth processes and the environment. He serves currently as the editor of Earth and life sciences, covering climatology, geology, zoology, and other topics that relate to... John P. Rafferty. Fact-checked by.
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2 giorni fa · Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development. Living reptiles comprise four orders: Testudines , Crocodilia (crocodilians), Squamata (lizards and snakes), and Rhynchocephalia (the tuatara).
5 giorni fa · Gila monster. reptile. Also known as: Heloderma suspectum. Written by. George R. Zug. Curator Emeritus, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. George R. Zug. Fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
3 giorni fa · Crocodilians are amphibious reptiles, spending part of their time in water and part on land. The last surviving fully terrestrial genus, Mekosuchus, became extinct about 3000 years ago after humans had arrived on its Pacific islands, making the extinction possibly anthropogenic.
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3 giorni fa · Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles that were the dominant terrestrial life form on Earth during the Mesozoic Era, about 245 million years ago. Dinosaurs went into decline near the end of the Cretaceous Period , about 66 million years ago.
1 giorno fa · Archaeopteryx ( / ˌɑːrkiːˈɒptərɪks /; lit. 'old-wing' ), sometimes referred to by its German name, " Urvogel " ( lit. Primeval Bird) is a genus of bird -like dinosaurs. The name derives from the ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος ( archaīos ), meaning "ancient", and πτέρυξ ( ptéryx ), meaning "feather" or "wing".
