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Dinosaur
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
01/30/2011

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T.Rex lived to what age?
Definition
30 years
Term
T.Rex was sometimes a ________ & __________
Definition
scavanger and predator
Term
T.Rex was a _________, it ate it's own kind.
Definition
Cannibal
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T.Rex speed
Definition
was amble, could sprint around 21 miles per hour
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T.Rex sense of smell
Definition
was excellent (see page 91 for brain cast)
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Did T.Rex drag their tails?
Definition
No, We have trace evidence that it did not drag, and the tail bones interlock creating a stiffness
Term
The T.Rex picture is incorrect because?
Definition
The tail is dragging and there was not enough fingers
Term
Encephalization Quotient.
Definition
EQ is the relation of your weight to your brain size. The amount of brains relative to body size.
Term
Deinonychus
Definition
was seven to ten feet long. This told us that dinosaurs were more agile and intellegent than we thought. This dinosaur fueled the dinosaur reinsance.
Term
Page 78 picture "Where is the mouth?"
Definition
Lower right corner
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How to tell if a dinosaur is plant eating?
Definition
long claws (there will be a picture of a therapod)
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Over spiliting
Definition
naming more species than actually exists
Term
Who was a griffin?
Definition
a ceratopsia (horned dinosaur)
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Oviraptor (egg stealers)?
Definition
were found dead on top many egg nests however people thought they were a different species inside the egg. Recently people found out in the egg was an oviraptor. The mothers would die on top the nests.
Term
Sexual dimorphism
Definition
is the systematic difference in form between individuals of different sex in the same species.
Term
Fine-element models
Definition
making a computer renditions of something. Dissipations of force can be assessed
(A team of paleontologists and engineers have been working to model and test the utility of the domes for head and flank butting)
Term
What were the two main theories for the knee cap skulls on the head of Pachycephalosaurs dinosaurs?
Definition
-for fighting each other? (head butting) (reasonable theory)
-spikes to poke (for flank butting)
Term
dental batteries
Definition
They also had dental batteries, stacks of hundreds of teeth, used up one after the other (unusual feature)
Igunandonts
Term
All dinosaurs were ____________.
Definition
Terestrail, meaning they didn't live in the ocean or in trees.
Term
What are the three key features of a dinosaur
Definition
-3+ sacral vertebrae
-3 main fingers
-Perforate acetabulae
Term
We cannot tell the difference between ________ in dinosaurs?
Definition
The sex. Male or female.
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