Introduction to mammals

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how many living vertebrate species are alive? and how many mammals?
>50000 with ~5488 mammals
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what body type did pelycosaurs retain?
lizard-like (limbs to side)
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list anatomical developments of mammals and their functions
skull and jaws= more muscle = more food, lengthen tooth rows/specialisation/differentiation = herbivory, secondary palate = breathe & eat, pelvics, spine, limbs = more flexible, ectothermy to endothermy
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what groups went extinct during the Permian, when? how many?
Pelycosaurs & non-cynodont therapsids, 248MA, 96% extinct
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when was the Cenozoic?
65MA to current Holocene
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what body type did pelycosaurs retain?

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list anatomical developments of mammals and their functions

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what groups went extinct during the Permian, when? how many?

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when was the Cenozoic?

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