From Chris McGowan's handout:
Reptile Features Mammal Feature
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undiferentiated teeth specialized teeth
teeth lack cusps cusps in teeth
multiple bones in lower jaw one lower jaw bone (dentary)
joint between articular and joint between dentary and
quadrate bones squamosal bones
jaw a ball-and-socket affair glenoid attachment
shallow lower jaw posterioral lower jaw deeply posterior
relative small cranium relative large cranium
single condyle dual condyle
does not have odontoid odontoid
ribs in neck region no ribs in neck region
ribs from shoulder to pelvis ribs in chest
legs USUALLY side-mounted legs beneith body
finger/toe bones USUALLY greater fingers/toe bones 2,3,3,3,3
than 2,3,3,3,3
ilium vertical ilium slopes forward
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