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Why were reptiles are the first vertebrate group to live on land?
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no. amphibians were
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What is leif erickson known for?
He lead a group of Vikings, who became the first Europeans to land in America.
What did Leif Erikson discover?
he was properly the first European to land on north America.
Who was leif erikson and why was he impt?
He lead a group of Vikings, who became the first Europeans to land in America.
Why is leif ericson renembered?
He lead a group of Vikings, who became the first Europeans to land in America.
Why is leif ericson imortant?
He lead a group of Vikings, who became the first Europeans to land in America.
Is a reptile land vertebrate?
Yes. Most reptiles have backbones, which makes them vertebrates.
What animal group was among first to inhabit land and were ancestors of reptiles?
Anthropoda
How reptiles and amnphibians are alike?
While people think that reptiles and amphibians are very similar, they are not. They did evolve from the first vertebrate, but that is their closest relation. Amphibians' origin started with the first vertebrate to step on land from the water. Reptiles, on the other hand, evolved much later, and frogs and dinosaurs were around at the same time, if that gives you an idea of how far back it was. But many differences are obvious- skin, eggs, mating habits, and anatomy.
What are the first vertebrate to live on the land?
Amphibia .
What type of animals is amphibians?
Frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts are all amphibians. They are a group of vertebrate animals that spend part of their time on land and part in the water; so they are considered an intermediate form between fishes and reptiles.
What is the first vertebrate to live on land?
In late Paleozoic Era .
What is the most common group of vertebrate animals?
There are seven classes of vertebrates. Three of these are considered fish, and they are the jawless fish, bony fish, and cartilaginous fish. Four live on land, and they are amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Did land reptiles appear in the triassic?
No. Land reptiles were well estiablished by the time the Triassic period began. They first appeared in the Carboniferous.
Which animal group has skin with scales and lay eggs on land?
Reptiles have scaly skin, and those that lay eggs do so on land. (Some reptiles give live birth.)
Why are reptiles the first true land vertabrates?
They do not need water to reproduce.
If the Cretaceous mass extinction had not occurred which group of animals would today probably include the largest land animals?
If the Cretaceous mass extinction had not occurred, reptiles would today be the largest land animal in the world. At the time, reptiles were the largest animal group on Earth.
Did reptiles evolve from amphibians?
No, they did not.
