Parent Group

Tetrapoda (Tetrapods)

Sister Groups

Amphibians

Daughter Groups

Sauropsida (Sauropsids)
Synapsida (Synapsids)

Articles

Evolution: Reptiles to Mammals
The evolutionary transition from synapsid reptiles to mammals.

Convergence or Introgression?
Could the mosaic of characteristics seen in fossil and extant hominids be evidence of past hybridization?

“Through a Glass, Darkly”
Dinosaurian hominids.

Subsections

Mammarama
It’s lactastic.

The Primatorium
Go primal.

The Hominid Homepage
For all your filthy monkey-man needs.

The Hive
About the ethology of the human animal.

Religion & Spirituality
Humans and their imaginary friends.

Lists

Fossil Hominid Specimens

D. Jon Scott’s Website ► Science ► Physics ► Chemistry ► Biology ► Eukaryology ► Zoology ► Ichthyology ► Herpetology

Introduction

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Classes

Class Amphibia (“amphibians”)
Class Reptilia (“reptiles”)
Class Aves (“birds”)
Class Mammalia (“mammals”)

Class Actinopterygii (“ray-finned fish”)
Class Sarcopterygii (“Lobe-finned Fish”)
Class Amphibia (“amphibians”)
Class Synapsida (“mammals”)
Class Sauropsida (“reptiles”)