Saurischian quiz

Question 1

saurischia synapomorphies

Answer 1

forward facing pubis

twisted thumb

Question 2

Sauropodomorpha

Answer 2

herbivorous dinosaurs with elongated necks

Question 3

Sauropodomorpha synapomorphies

Answer 3

tall leaf-shaped teeth

Question 4

basal sauropodomorphs

Answer 4

panphagia

eoraptor

Question 5

prosauropods

Answer 5

group of dinos originally considered to be the ancestors of sauropods

Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic

now a paraphyletic group of basal sauropodomorphs

Question 6

sauropoda

Answer 6

incredibly long necks

column-like legs

skulls are often shorter and rounder

only dinos with five toes touching the ground

upper triassic-Upper cretaceous

Question 7

neosauropoda

Answer 7

diplocoidea

macronia

Question 8

neosauropoda synapomorphies

Answer 8

teeth are all concentrated at the front of the mouth

nares high up on the skull metacarpals are column-like

Question 9

theropoda synapomorphies

Answer 9

hollow bones

enlarged hand

pronograde bipeds