ORNITHOPODS Flashcards
how did these differ from other ornithiscians?
DID NOT HAVE BODY ARMOUR
characteristics of all ornithopods
3 digits on feet (flat)
DENTAL BATTERY
joints in skull (cranial kinesis)
offset premaxillary tooth row
close/reduced external mandibular fenestra
SLENDER ISCHIUM
Iguanodontian characteristics
advanced ornithopods
widened premaxillary, no teeth
long snouts
Iguanodon
quadraped stance (longer forelimbs)
conical thumb spikes (5 digits, thumb spiked, pinky slender, in between ended in hooves)
10M long
Hadrosaurid characteristics (5)
duck billed
long snouts, broad beaks
intricate dental batteries (side to side motion)
NO THUMBS
facultative biped
two clades of Hadrosaurid
Hadrosaurines
Lameosaurines
Hadrosaurines
no crest
eg Edmontosaurus
Lameosaurines (Lambeosaurs)
crested
convoluted tubes with crest on skull
modified nasal passages