Lab Unit 6 Vertebrate Skulls

 

Terminology used with Amniote Vertebrate Skulls

Top: Synapsid skull structure compared to others, image by CNX OpenStax; Bottom left: More details of the synapsid skull, image by CNX OpenStax; Bottom rightDimetrodon skull, image by Daderot. Images from Wikimedia Commons.

 

Indicate what type of skull is seen in the following vertebrate animals

Amphibia, Mammalia, Reptilia (Crocodillians, Turtles, Lizards/Snakes, and Birds)

Necturus

Gorilla

Alligator

Snapping turtle

Tuatara lizard

Great horned owl

 

Further reading on Vertebrate skull types in the amniotes – Scroll down

 

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