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Prehistoric Life - Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs
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Archaeology
Undergraduate 1
12/15/2009

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Saurischia
Definition
Tri Radiate Pelvis, no predentary bone
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Sauropodamorpha
Definition
herbivorous, tall rake like teeth, rigid mandible, long neck
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Dinosauria
Definition
Double Roller Joint Ankle, long I II III digits, long scapula
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Prosauropoda
Definition
twisted knife like thumb, facultative bipeds, small delicate skull, blade like teeth
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Sauropoda
Definition
columnar limbs, obligate quadrupeds, wrinkled tooth enamel
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Neosauropoda
Definition
pre antorbital fenestra, closed external mandibular fenestra
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Diplocoidea
Definition
external nares above eye sockets, Y shaped neural spines on neck/trunk vertebrae
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Macronaria
Definition
posterior neck neural spines have transversely flared ends
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Plesion Camarasaurus
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Plesion Brachiosaurus
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Titanosauria
Definition
stocky limbs, no carpals or phalanges
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Theropoda
Definition
Every meat eating dino. Very light, hollow bones, joint in middle of mandible
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Plesion Herrarasaurus
Definition
Only 2 sacral vertebrae, lacks elaborate craniofacial spaces
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Neotheropoda
Definition
hollow long bones
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Ceratosauria
Definition
flexible tail, sexually dimorphic femur
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Tetanurae
Definition
upper tooth row short and forward, tail evolves towards rigidity
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Plesion Spinosaurus
Definition
no rigid tail, semi lunate carpal, conical teeth
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Neotetanurae
Definition
rigid tail, semi lunate carpal
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Allosauridea
Definition
articular bone with ventral projection
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Coelurosauria
Definition
long sacrum with 6 vertebrae
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Plesion Compsognathus
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Maniraptorformes
Definition
long raptorial hands
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Ornithomimosauria
Definition
small head, small teeth, long hands. Not bird ancestors.
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Theriznosaurids
Definition
Giant ground sloth-like. Huge arms
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Ornithomimids
Definition
shorter fingers
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Tyrannoraptora
Definition
teeny parietal fenestra separation bone
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Tyrannosaurs
Definition
Pinched 3rd metatarsal, stabbing/crushing teeth
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Maniraptora
Definition
curved ulna, veined feathers
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Plesion Oviraptor
Definition
beak, modern bird skull, no teeth
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Paraves
Definition
Almost birds. Shortened torso, very stiff tail
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Deinonychosaurs
Definition
sickle shaped ungual on foot digit II
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Troodontids
Definition
Intelligent for a dinosaur, moderately large 2nd ungual
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Dromaeosaurids
Definition
rigid tail, very long sickled digit II
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Aves
Definition
Snout elongated anterior to nares, reversed I foot digit
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Plesion Archaeopteryx
Definition
Boomerang shaped fercula (wishbone), retains long hands
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Enantornithes
Definition
"opposite birds", leg bones fuse at opposite end. large curved pedal claws for tree perching, Mesozoic only
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Euornithes
Definition
Modern birds. Not common in the Cretaceous, shorter tail than Enantiornithes.
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Ornisthicia
Definition
Herbivores only, rod shaped pubis bone, bill covered predentary
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Genasauria/Thyreophora
Definition
medially inset crude slicing upper teeth, quadrupedal, lateral row of dorsal scutes
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Stegosauria
Definition
prominant row of plates grading posterierally into spines
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Ankylosauria
Definition
2 rows of large plates over neck region
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Neornisthichia
Definition
no body armor, very mobile and pack living, significant diastema between premaxillary and maxillary teeth. Thicker enamel on inner side of dentary teeth to retain sharpness over time.
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Ornithopoda
Definition
premaxillary teeth offset ventral to maxillary teeth
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Plesion Heterodontosaurus
Definition
Differentiated canine and molar teeth
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Euornithopoda
Definition
long anterior extension of pubis bone
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Plesion Hypsilophodon
Definition
high crowned teeth
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Marginocephalia
Definition
parietal squamosal shelf, projecting jugal bones
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Pachycephalosauria
Definition
thickened skull dome, reinforced neck, bigedal, small parietal squamosal shelf, skullcap has vessels
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Ceratopsia
Definition
larger parietal squamosal shelf, bipedal or quadrupedal
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Plesion Psittacosaurus
Definition
obligate biped
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Plesion Psittacosaurus
Definition
obligate biped
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Neoceratopsia
Definition
Obligate quadrupeds
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