JIPMER2014BotanyAnimal Kingdom
Which one of the following in birds indicates their reptilian ancestry?
Options
- AScales on their hindlimbs
- BFour-chambered heart
- CTwo special chambers crop and gizzards in their digestive tract
- DEgg with a calcareous shell
Correct answer
D. Egg with a calcareous shell
Step-by-step solution
The birds have evolved from reptiles. Both birds and reptiles lay eggs which are large and telo lecithal with thick hard calcarious shell i.e., cleiodic eggs.