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1-feathers!
2- cranial features:
single occipital condyle
quadrate-articular jaw hinge
single ear ossicle
bill formed from premaxillary
cranial kinesis
large brain case
fusion of bones
3- reduction of skeletal weight
4- nucleated red blood cells (similar to amphibians, reptiles, and fish)
5- embryology- with egg and yolk

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