Stegosaurus is a(n)
Ornithischian
Identify each dinosaur that belongs to the Stegosaur group of ornithischians
Spinosaurus, Stegosaurus, Anodontosaurus
Which of the following dinosaurs in the Jurassic Period had a feeding niche similar to that of modern elk and deer?
Pachycephalosaurus, Stegosaurus
What was the main method of predator defense Sauropelta had?
armor
What information do we need to figure out what Euoplocephalus used its tail club for?
how far the tail could swing from side to side, how hard the tail could hit things, could the tail break if it hit things to hard
Have we proven that Euoplocephalus used its tail club to defend itself against predators?
no
Which of the following does a paleontologist not need to know in order to calculate the force with which an ankylosaur could swing its tail.
the adaptive function of the tail
A broad and plate-like flange on the forward surface of the shoulder blade
acromial process
Bone plates embedded in the skin
scutes
Contact between upper and lower teeth; necessary for chewing
occlusion
Flowering plants
angiosperms
Highly socialized;regularly moving in flocks or herds.
gregarious
In locomotion, the rate at which the feet hit the ground
cadence
One of the two monophyletic groups comprising Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Paired elongate bones in the throat that form a support for the tongue
hyoid bones
Size, shape, and behavioral differences between sexes
sexual dimorphism
Teeth that lie against the cheeks
cheek teeth
I have a huge head and three horns. I can grow to over 6000 kg, I am a herbivore.
Triceratops
What is a shared derived character of pachycephalosaurs?
thick, domed skull
Which of these sets of dinosaurs lived in the same place at the same time?
Triceratops and pachycephalosaurs
Was Pachyrhinosaurus a ceratopsian?
yes
Which of these animals had a dental battery?
Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Corythosaurus
As baby Triceratops grew up, its horns became longer relative to the other proportions of its body. This is an example of what biological phenomenon?
ontogenetic change
A bony central part of a horn, covered by a layer of keratin.
horn cores
Beaked dinosaurs of Asia and North America who, together with Pachycephalosauria, make up Marginocephalia.
Ceratopsia
Dome-headed ornithischians of North America and Asia who, together with Ceratopsia, make up Marginocephalia.
Pachycephalosauria
Grinding food in the mouth with teeth
chewing
In ceratopsians, a sheet of bone extending dorsally and rearward from the back of the skull, made up of the parietal and squamosal bones.
frill
Pertaining to the distribution of organisms in space.
biogeography
Relatively dense accumulation of bones of many individuals, generally composed of a very few kinds of organisms.
bonebeds
Selection not between all of the individuals within a species, but between members of a single sex.
sexual selection
The back of the skull
occiput
Within the same species
intraspecific
A cluster of closely packed cheek teeth in the upper and lower jaws, whose shearing or grinding motion is used to masticate plant matter.
dental battery
Biological development of the individual; the growth trajectory from embryo to adult.
ontogeny
Which of these animals are ornithopods?
Edmontosaurus, Iguanodon
How many teeth did a large hadrosaur have in its jaws at one time?
1000
A cluster of closely packed cheek teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
Dental battery
A diverse clade of Ornithopods that includes Iguanodon and hadrosaurids.
Iguanodontia
A group of Ornithischians that are among the best known of all dinosaurs, with an extensive fossil record.
hadrosaurids
A ring of bony plates that support the eyeball within the skull
sclerotic ring
Biped and quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs.
Ornithopoda
Burrowing.
fossorial
Elements that interlaced along the spine to stiffen the tail.
ossified tendons
Mobility of the upper jaw.
pleurokinesis
Not having movement between bones of the skull.
akinetic
Of one type; generally, composed of one species.
monotypic
Pertaining to organisms that are born relatively underdeveloped, requiring significant parental attention for survival.
altricial
Reference to skull anatomy, movement between bones of the skull.
kinetic
The condition in which the young are rather adult-like in their behavior.
precocial
The evolutionary strategy of having few offspring, which are cared for by the parents.
k-strategy
The evolutionary strategy where organisms have lots of offspring and no parental care.
r-strategy