Early Reptiles:
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- Reptiles came during the Carboniferous period about 315 million years ago
- They evolved from the amphibians
- The first reptiles looked like a combination of a lizard and a crocodile
- The first reptiles were the first type of animals to live completely on land
- They started having shelled eggs, lungs and legs as well as an increase in the size of the brain
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Evolving Reptiles:
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- During the Mesozoic era, the reptiles became the dominant land phylum
- The first reptiles during this era was called the archosaurs
- They were characterized by an elongated hind leg and an erect pose. These animals evolved into the dinosaurs
- Later on, during the late Jurassic period, the reptiles slowly evolved into birds
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