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in the topology and structure
feathers are more unlikely
what i mean is the exact structure
this is not a lizard
its the only remaining line of a sister group of lizards
its also a single genus
it is also the only surviving TRUE diapsid
Yeah I know Henry the Tuatara
ye
I've got a zoology degree from NZ so I know my native species quite well
tuatara scull
clearly a diapsid
(diapsid means it has 2 temporal holes on each side)
Yes
I know
komoto dragon
it lost the bottom bridge of the bottom apsid
true
As well as a change in gait
And tooth changes
turtles are strictly anapsids but they evolved from diapsids
the 2 apsids closed
in the fossil records of turtles we see signs of one of the apsids
But you can't use a single retained feature to classify the species as being one thing or the other
You can use them to trace origins
wich is the point i made
turtles arent strictly diapsids but are still clasified as one in phylogenic clasification
You said birds are reptiles, that's not true. Birds are birds, birds evolved from dinos, but they are birds.
yes
they are also reptiles
They are reptiles in the same way we are
false
not in phylogenic clasifification
it was a few more branches earlier where you get mamals and a goup that has reptiles
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