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Amie Pearce • The longevity of the Greenland shark
their amniotic eggs, with membranes to nourish, protect, and keep their embryos moist. They moved freely across the land, establishing connections between regions that were previously isolated, and in doing so, evolving new species, new body types, larger size, new diets, new behaviors.
Steve Brusatte • The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Each vertebral body has four flattened surfaces, called facets, on the posterior side, which are covered with cartilage to facilitate fluid movement and to protect the bony surfaces.
Judith Hanson Lasater Ph.D. P.T. • Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana
amniotes, more specialized tetrapods named for their amniotic eggs, whose internal membranes surround the embryo to protect it and prevent it from drying out. These new eggs unlocked a great new potential: the amniotes no longer were handcuffed to the water but could lay their eggs inland, giving them access to new frontiers.
Steve Brusatte • The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
Whatever they were, they weren’t unique to us. Later anatomists identified this same three-bone set in other mammals—but only mammals.