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Explain why the reptiles are represented by more than one evolutionary lineage.

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In the classical reptile evolution (the more commonly known view), reptiles were represented by two evolutionary lineages based on the differences in their skull anatomy: 1) the anapsids (turtles) which lack a hole behind their eye sockets, and 2) the diapsids (all other reptiles and birds) with two holes behind eye sockets.

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