BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Pollination, Flowering Plant, Pollen Tube

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Jon Houseman

Document Summary

Phanerozoic - mesozoic era (mesozoic: era containing triassic, jurassic, and. Cretaceous periods dominated by reptiles, with appearance of flowering plants) Mass extinction does occur in triassic period (late/end triassic extinction) - makes reptiles dominant form on planet (age of reptiles) Jurassic (jurassic: 2nd period of mesozoic era - pangea break apart; appearance of birds): Gondwana pulled away from northern part of pangea. Pangea breaks into 2 components - laurasia & gondwana. Cretaceous (cretaceous: last period of mesozoic era - period of flowering plants; ends with. Animals - perfect what amphibians didn"t do getting up on land. Vertebrate: animal of a large group distinguished by possession of backbone or spinal column - including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, & fishes. Amniota autapomorphies: (amniote animals: includes reptiles, birds & mammals - have eggs with amnion (water-filled sac) surrounding the developing embryo, waterproof skin, use lungs as respiratory surface)