AGE OF DINOSAURS
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- Tyrannosaurus and other theropods in the coelurosaur clade all have this derived character:
- PINCHED MIDDLE METATARSAL
- An evaluation of sauropod dinosaur trackways suggest that these animals:
- PLACE THE LEFT FOOT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE LEFT FRONT FORE FOOT
- Dinosaurs from the Morrison foundation were first studied extensively by:
- COPE AND MARSH
- The age of the Morrison Formation is:
- LATE JURASSIC
- The following factor is not important in preserving excellent dinosaur tracks:
- VERY HEAVY DINOSAURS
- The name of the dinosaur Brontosaurus was changed to Apatosaurus because of the rule of:
- PRIORITY
- The sedimentary facies that is not present in the Morisson Formation is:
- MARINE LIMESTONE
- The long neck of sauropod dinosaurs was supported in part by a structure called the:
- NUCCAL LIGAMENT
- THe dinosaur Stegasaurus is distinctive because it has remarkably large:
- BONY PLATES ALONG THE BACK
- This geologist was the first to study dinosaur tracks in detail:
- HITCHCOCK
- Dinosaur footprints were first studied in detail in:
- MASSACHUSETTS