Colobops, the Glossary
Colobops is a genus of reptile from the Late Triassic of Connecticut.[1]
Table of Contents
71 relations: Archosauriformes, Archosauromorpha, Avicranium, Azendohsaurus, Boreopricea, Carnivore, Clevosaurs, Clevosaurus, Connecticut, Convergent evolution, Coronoid process of the mandible, Diphydontosaurus, Drepanosaur, Eohyosaurus, Fontanelle, Frontal bone, Genus, Gephyrosaurus, Hans-Dieter Sues, Herbivore, Holotype, Howesia, Iguanomorpha, Kuehneosauridae, Lacrimal bone, Late Triassic, Latinisation of names, Lepidosauria, Lepidosauromorpha, Lizard, Maxilla, Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics), Meriden, Connecticut, Mesosuchus, Middletown, Connecticut, Nasal bone, Neurocranium, New Haven, Connecticut, Newark Supergroup, Norian, Northern caiman lizard, Occam's razor, Orbit (anatomy), Ossification, Palatine bone, Pamelaria, Parasphenoid, Parietal bone, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Phylogenetics, ... Expand index (21 more) »
- Norian life
- Rhynchosaurs
Archosauriformes
Archosauriformes (Greek for 'ruling lizards', and Latin for 'form') is a clade of diapsid reptiles encompassing archosaurs and some of their close relatives.
See Colobops and Archosauriformes
Archosauromorpha
Archosauromorpha (Greek for "ruling lizard forms") is a clade of diapsid reptiles containing all reptiles more closely related to archosaurs (such as crocodilians and dinosaurs, including birds) rather than lepidosaurs (such as tuataras, lizards, and snakes).
See Colobops and Archosauromorpha
Avicranium
Avicranium is a genus of extinct drepanosaur reptile known from the Chinle Formation of the late Triassic. Colobops and Avicranium are late Triassic reptiles of North America and Prehistoric reptile genera.
Azendohsaurus
Azendohsaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous archosauromorph reptile from roughly the late Middle to early Late Triassic Period of Morocco and Madagascar. Colobops and Azendohsaurus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
See Colobops and Azendohsaurus
Boreopricea
Boreopricea is an extinct genus of archosauromorph reptile from the Early Triassic of arctic Russia. Colobops and Boreopricea are Prehistoric reptile genera.
Carnivore
A carnivore, or meat-eater (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning meat or "flesh" and vorare meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements are met by the consumption of animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other soft tissues) whether through hunting or scavenging.
Clevosaurs
Clevosaurs are an extinct group of rhynchocephalian reptiles from the Triassic and Jurassic periods.
Clevosaurus
Clevosaurus (meaning "Gloucester lizard") is an extinct genus of rhynchocephalian reptile from the Late Triassic and the Early Jurassic periods. Colobops and Clevosaurus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
Connecticut
Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.
See Colobops and Convergent evolution
Coronoid process of the mandible
In human anatomy, the mandible's coronoid process (from Greek korōnē, denoting something hooked) is a thin, triangular eminence, which is flattened from side to side and varies in shape and size.
See Colobops and Coronoid process of the mandible
Diphydontosaurus
Diphydontosaurus is an extinct genus of small rhynchocephalian reptile from the Late Triassic of Europe. Colobops and Diphydontosaurus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
See Colobops and Diphydontosaurus
Drepanosaur
Drepanosaurs (members of the clade Drepanosauromorpha) are a group of extinct reptiles that lived between the Carnian and Rhaetian stages of the late Triassic Period, approximately between 230 and 210 million years ago.
Eohyosaurus
Eohyosaurus is an extinct genus of basal rhynchosaur known from the early Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) Burgersdorp Formation of Free State, South Africa. Colobops and Eohyosaurus are Prehistoric reptile genera and rhynchosaurs.
Fontanelle
A fontanelle (or fontanel) (colloquially, soft spot) is an anatomical feature of the infant human skull comprising soft membranous gaps (sutures) between the cranial bones that make up the calvaria of a fetus or an infant.
Frontal bone
In the human skull, the frontal bone or sincipital bone is a unpaired bone which consists of two portions.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Gephyrosaurus
Gephyrosaurus is an extinct genus of lepidosaurian reptile known from the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic of the United Kingdom. Colobops and Gephyrosaurus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
See Colobops and Gephyrosaurus
Hans-Dieter Sues
Hans-Dieter Sues (born January 13, 1956) is a German-born American paleontologist who is Senior Scientist and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
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Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.
Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.
Howesia
Howesia is an extinct genus of basal rhynchosaur from early Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) deposits of Eastern Cape, South Africa. Colobops and Howesia are Prehistoric reptile genera and rhynchosaurs.
Iguanomorpha
Iguania is an infraorder of squamate reptiles that includes iguanas, chameleons, agamids, and New World lizards like anoles and phrynosomatids.
Kuehneosauridae
Kuehneosauridae is an extinct family of small, lizard-like gliding diapsids known from the Triassic period of Europe and North America.
See Colobops and Kuehneosauridae
Lacrimal bone
The lacrimal bones are two small and fragile bones of the facial skeleton; they are roughly the size of the little fingernail and situated at the front part of the medial wall of the orbit.
See Colobops and Lacrimal bone
Late Triassic
The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch of the Triassic Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between Ma and Ma (million years ago).
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Latinisation of names
Latinisation (or Latinization) of names, also known as onomastic Latinisation, is the practice of rendering a non-Latin name in a modern Latin style.
See Colobops and Latinisation of names
Lepidosauria
The Lepidosauria (from Greek meaning scaled lizards) is a subclass or superorder of reptiles, containing the orders Squamata and Rhynchocephalia.
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauromorpha (in PhyloCode known as Pan-Lepidosauria) is a group of reptiles comprising all diapsids closer to lizards than to archosaurs (which include crocodiles and birds).
See Colobops and Lepidosauromorpha
Lizard
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
Maxilla
In vertebrates, the maxilla (maxillae) is the upper fixed (not fixed in Neopterygii) bone of the jaw formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones.
Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics and computational phylogenetics, maximum parsimony is an optimality criterion under which the phylogenetic tree that minimizes the total number of character-state changes (or minimizes the cost of differentially weighted character-state changes).
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Meriden, Connecticut
Meriden is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, located halfway between the regional cities of New Haven and Hartford.
See Colobops and Meriden, Connecticut
Mesosuchus
Mesosuchus ("middle crocodile") is an extinct genus of basal rhynchosaur from early Middle Triassic (early Anisian stage) deposits of Eastern Cape, South Africa. Colobops and Mesosuchus are Prehistoric reptile genera and rhynchosaurs.
Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown is a city in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.
See Colobops and Middletown, Connecticut
Nasal bone
The nasal bones are two small oblong bones, varying in size and form in different individuals; they are placed side by side at the middle and upper part of the face and by their junction, form the bridge of the upper one third of the nose.
Neurocranium
In human anatomy, the neurocranium, also known as the braincase, brainpan, or brain-pan, is the upper and back part of the skull, which forms a protective case around the brain.
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
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Newark Supergroup
The Newark Supergroup, also known as the Newark Group, is an assemblage of Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic sedimentary and volcanic rocks which outcrop intermittently along the east coast of North America.
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Norian
The Norian is a division of the Triassic Period.
Northern caiman lizard
The northern caiman lizard (Dracaena guianensis) is a species of lizard found in northern South America.
See Colobops and Northern caiman lizard
Occam's razor
In philosophy, Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; novacula Occami) is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements.
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Orbit (anatomy)
In anatomy, the orbit is the cavity or socket/hole of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.
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Ossification
Ossification (also called osteogenesis or bone mineralization) in bone remodeling is the process of laying down new bone material by cells named osteoblasts.
Palatine bone
In anatomy, the palatine bones (derived from the Latin palatum) are two irregular bones of the facial skeleton in many animal species, located above the uvula in the throat.
See Colobops and Palatine bone
Pamelaria
Pamelaria is an extinct genus of allokotosaurian archosauromorph reptile known from a single species, Pamelaria dolichotrachela, from the Middle Triassic of India. Colobops and Pamelaria are Prehistoric reptile genera.
Parasphenoid
The parasphenoid is a bone which can be found in the cranium of many vertebrates.
Parietal bone
The parietal bones are two bones in the skull which, when joined at a fibrous joint known as a cranial suture, form the sides and roof of the neurocranium.
See Colobops and Parietal bone
Peabody Museum of Natural History
The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University (also known as the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History or the Yale Peabody Museum) is one of the oldest, largest, and most prolific university natural history museums in the world.
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Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.
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Planocephalosaurus
Planocephalosaurus is an extinct genus of basal rhynchocephalian. Colobops and Planocephalosaurus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
See Colobops and Planocephalosaurus
Polytomy
An internal node of a phylogenetic tree is described as a polytomy or multifurcation if (i) it is in a rooted tree and is linked to three or more child subtrees or (ii) it is in an unrooted tree and is attached to four or more branches.
Postorbital bone
The postorbital is one of the bones in vertebrate skulls which forms a portion of the dermal skull roof and, sometimes, a ring about the orbit.
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Prefrontal bone
The prefrontal bone is a bone separating the lacrimal and frontal bones in many tetrapod skulls.
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Premaxilla
The premaxilla (or praemaxilla) is one of a pair of small cranial bones at the very tip of the upper jaw of many animals, usually, but not always, bearing teeth.
Prolacerta
Prolacerta is a genus of archosauromorph from the lower Triassic of South Africa and Antarctica. Colobops and Prolacerta are Prehistoric reptile genera.
Protorosaurus
Protorosaurus (from πρότερος, 'earlier' and σαῦρος, 'lizard') is an extinct genus of reptile. Colobops and Protorosaurus are Prehistoric reptile genera.
See Colobops and Protorosaurus
Pterygoid bone
The pterygoid is a paired bone forming part of the palate of many vertebrates, behind the palatine bones.
See Colobops and Pterygoid bone
Reptile
Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with usually an ectothermic ('cold-blooded') metabolism and amniotic development.
Rhynchocephalia
Rhynchocephalia is an order of lizard-like reptiles that includes only one living species, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) of New Zealand.
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Rhynchosaur
Rhynchosaurs are a group of extinct herbivorous Triassic archosauromorph reptiles, belonging to the order Rhynchosauria. Colobops and Rhynchosaur are Norian life and rhynchosaurs.
Sagittal crest
A sagittal crest is a ridge of bone running lengthwise along the midline of the top of the skull (at the sagittal suture) of many mammalian and reptilian skulls, among others.
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Sauria
Sauria is the clade containing the most recent common ancestor of Archosauria (which includes crocodilians and birds) and Lepidosauria (which includes squamates and the tuatara), and all its descendants.
Specific name (zoology)
In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).
See Colobops and Specific name (zoology)
Squamata
Squamata (Latin squamatus, 'scaly, having scales') is the largest order of reptiles, comprising lizards and snakes.
Squamosal bone
The squamosal is a skull bone found in most reptiles, amphibians, and birds.
See Colobops and Squamosal bone
Tanystropheidae
Tanystropheidae is an extinct family of archosauromorph reptiles that lived throughout the Triassic Period, often considered to be "protorosaurs".
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Trilophosauridae
Trilophosaurs are lizard-like Triassic allokotosaur reptiles related to the archosaurs.
See Colobops and Trilophosauridae
Tuatara
The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) is a species of reptile endemic to New Zealand.
Turtle
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs.
Uranium–lead dating
Uranium–lead dating, abbreviated U–Pb dating, is one of the oldest and most refined of the radiometric dating schemes.
See Colobops and Uranium–lead dating
See also
Norian life
- Agnosphitys
- Apatosuchus
- Argoides
- Austriadraco
- Blikanasaurus
- Colobops
- Dolabrosaurus
- Dolichosuchus
- Efraasia
- Fasolasuchus
- Funcusvermis
- Glyphidites
- Gunakadeit
- Halticosaurus
- Hemiprotosuchus
- Isanosaurus
- Jaklapallisaurus
- Kalaallitkigun
- Kuehneosaurus
- Kwanasaurus
- Mendozachorista
- Nambalia
- Neoaetosauroides
- Poposaurus
- Powellvenator
- Procompsognathus
- Pseudhesperosuchus
- Pterospondylus
- Rhynchosaur
- Riojasaurus
- Riojasuchus
- Ruehleia
- Tanystrosuchus
- Turseodus
- Zupaysaurus
Rhynchosaurs
- Ammorhynchus
- Beesiiwo
- Bentonyx
- Brasinorhynchus
- Colobops
- Elorhynchus
- Eohyosaurus
- Fodonyx
- Howesia
- Hyperodapedon
- Hyperodapedontinae
- Isalorhynchus
- Langeronyx
- Macrocephalosaurus
- Mesodapedon
- Mesosuchus
- Noteosuchus
- Oryctorhynchus
- Rhynchosaur
- Rhynchosaurus
- Stenaulorhynchus
- Supradapedon
- Teyumbaita
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colobops
, Planocephalosaurus, Polytomy, Postorbital bone, Prefrontal bone, Premaxilla, Prolacerta, Protorosaurus, Pterygoid bone, Reptile, Rhynchocephalia, Rhynchosaur, Sagittal crest, Sauria, Specific name (zoology), Squamata, Squamosal bone, Tanystropheidae, Trilophosauridae, Tuatara, Turtle, Uranium–lead dating.