amniote

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They are considered stem amniotes, meaning they are closely related to the group of tetrapods that later evolved eggs capable of surviving outside water.

From Science Daily

The researchers say that this skin may represent the ancestral skin structure for terrestrial vertebrates in early amniotes that allowed for the eventual evolution of bird feathers and mammalian hair follicles.

From Science Daily

Some of the earliest bones of amniotes were found in Nova Scotia around the same time the creatures would have been in what’s now northern Arizona, Rowland said.

From Seattle Times

Dinosaurs, birds, reptiles and even mammals are known as amniotes, a branch of the vertebrate family tree that evolved approximately 300 million years ago, Wiemann said.

From Washington Post

If their finding is confirmed, that would make E. carrolldongi the earliest known example of an amniote — the group that includes mammals, reptiles and birds — that uses touch over sight to hunt.

From New York Times