By Natural Philosopher Michael Alan Prestwood

By Natural Philosopher Michael Alan Prestwood

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TST Evolution Timeline: Reptiles

By Michael Alan Prestwood

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TST Evolution Timeline: Reptiles

Topics: Evolution, H1-Prehistory
Tags: Darwin, Timeline
Last Updated: 10 months ago

Evolution TL: March to Life > Evolution > Great Apes > Human > Consciousness > All to Us

(Plants | Animals > Cephlapods | Insects | Fish > Amphibians > Reptiles > Dinosaurs & Birds | Synapsids & Mammals)

Evolution

Reptile Amniotic Eggs

Corn snake hatching, Pantherophis guttatus guttatus, also know as red rat snake

318 Million BCE

After about 320 million years, the next significant leap in egg evolution came with reptiles, which developed amniotic eggs. These eggs have a protective shell and specialized membranes to support development outside of water, enabling reptiles to lay eggs in terrestrial environments.

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