Exam 2 Flashcards
Some of the first thyreophoran armored dinosaurs were bipedal (walked on two legs). [t/f]
true
Of these dinosaurs, the dome-headed Pachycephalosaurus is most closely related to:
Triceratops
an anatomical feature thought to be used for intraspecific combat
the horns and frill
What are the most common fossils found at Edelman Fossil Park?
oysters
Edelman Fossil Park scientific importance
one of only 2 places in the world that preserves fossils of animals which died in the mass extinction event
When dinosaurs first evolved, all land on Earth was united into this supercontinent:
Pangaea
The most successful, diverse, and abundant marine vertebrates during the time of dinosaurs were:
Teleost fish
Birds lived at the same time as Tyrannosaurus rex. [t/f]
true
Paleontologists name new dinosaur species based on what kinds of characters?
autapomorphies
In phylogenetic cladistics, what is a clade?
a clade is all descendants of a common ancestor
The state dinosaur of New Jersey, discovered in 1858 in nearby Haddonfield, is:
Hadrosaurus foulkii
What is a synapomorphy?
a shared derived character
What does it mean to be a facultative biped?
It means that they usually walk on four legs, but they could also walk/jog on two legs
pangea splits up into what?
top Laurasia and bottom Gondwana
what era encapsulates the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Period
mesozoic era