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33 Cards in this Set
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Flavors of Dinosaurs
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Theropods, Sauropods, Ornithopods, Stegosauria, Ankylosauria, Pachycephalosauria, Ceratopsia
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Thyreophorans
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Ankylosaurs, Stegosaurs
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Marginocephalians
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Pachycephalosaurs, Ceratopsians
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Subcategories and features of Sauropods
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Diplodocids- more horizontal posture, longer skulls, thin teeth
Macronarians- front legs longer than back legs, rounder skulls, thicker teeth |
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Subcategories and features of Ankylosaurs
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Ankylosaurids- tail club, heavily armored head
Nodosaurids- no tail club, shoulder spikes |
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Subcategories and features of Ceratopsians
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Chasmosaurs- two long eye horns, broad frill
Centrosaurs- shorter horned frills, huge nose thorn, smaller eye horns |
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Subcategories and features of Hadrosaurids
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Hadrosaurs- no crest off back of head, broader nose
Lambeosaurs- long crest off back of head |
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Other Mesozoic Creatures
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Pterosaurs, Mosasaurs, Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs
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Subcategories and features of Pterosaurs
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Pterodactyloid- no tail
Rhamphorhynchoid- long tail, crest off back of head |
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Features of Mosasaurs
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long tail use for propulsion, fins for navigation not movement
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Subcategories and features of Plesiosaurs
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Pliosaurs- lizard like head, big flippers for propulsion, short neck
Plesiosaurs- long neck |
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Features of Ichthyosaurs
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dolphin like marine lizard
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Five Shared Features Between Birds and Dinosaurs
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Wishbone, Semilunate Carpal, Hollow bones, Feathers, Three Toed Foot
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Origin of Flights Hypotheses
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Trees down model (arboreal hypothesis)- ancestors of birds climbing and gliding from trees
Ground up Model (terrestrial hypothesis)- running on ground to pick up speed and working into a glide Compromise Hypothesis- running up trees and hills, flapping arms to get extra lift |
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Skull Architecture and Animals with Various Skull Types
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Anapsid- no holes in skull (turtles and amphibians)
Synapsid- one hole (mammals) Diapsid- two holes (dinosaurs, reptiles, birds) |
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Allosaurus
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Apatosaurus
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Ankylosaurus
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Archaeopteryx
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Brachiosaurus
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Camarasaurus
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Centrosaurus
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Coelophysis
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Deinonychus
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Diplodocus
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Herrarasaurus
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Heterodontosaurus
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Hypsilophodon
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Iguanodon
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Oviraptor
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Pachycephalosaurus
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Pachycephalosaurus
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Stegosaurus
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