AGE OF DINOSAURS 2
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- The rear legs of dinosaurs:
- HAVE OFFSET HEAD OF THE FEMUR
- A clade is considered to be a biological group consisting of:
- AN ANCESTOR AND ITS DECENDANTS
- Darwin argued that most organic evolution was due to:
- GRADUALISM
- You can tell when you have discovered a dinosaur pelvis because it will have:
- AN OPEN ACETABULUM
- What dinosaur is not an early dinosaur:
- DIMETREDON
- A character that is added later in the evolution of a group and can be used to separate members of that group from earlier ancestors is called a:
- SECONDARY CHARACTER
- Which of the following taphonomic processes does not diminish the chance of a land vertebrate becoming an excellent fossil:
- RAPID BURIAL
- Two organisms are placed together in the same clade because they share a type of character described as:
- PRIMARY
- Delicate fossils such as skulls and eggs are often distorted after burial by the process of:
- COMPRESSION AND COMPACTION
- No vertebrates in the clade recognized as the amniota:
- LAY SHELL-LESS EGGS
- Dinosaurs share a primary character of a skull with two post-orbital fenestra with this group:
- CROCODILES
- The relative stride length of a bipedal dinosaur is:
- STRIDE LENGTH/ LEG LENGTH
- These two scientists are famous for the discovery of the first dinosaur known to science:
- MANTELL AND BUCKLAND
- ONe of the most important factors in preserving vertebrate animals as fossils is:
- RAPID BURIAL
- An Archosaur skull can be quickly recognizedbecause it will have:
- an antorbital opening