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The head of Coelophysis is crowned with 2 bony crests that give it its name (2 crest).

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false

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Dinosaurs inhabited all continents.

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true

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This theropod has only 2 digits on the manus.

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tyrannosaurus

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Theropods had the largest brain (relative to body size) among dinosaurs.

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true

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Allosaurus has a distinctive ridge above and in front of the eyes.

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true

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Velociraptor had an elongated skull, a flat nose and long, functional arms.

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true

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Dromaeosaurs have an enlarged second toe-claw on each foot that it used in making slashing attacks.

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true

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Coelurosaurs have a greater heightening of the ascending process of the astragalus, a splint of bone that originates at the main articulating joint of the astragalus and covering the lower quarter of the shin (tibia).

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true

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The name "Ceratosauria" means horned lizard.

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true

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Theropods have solid bones.

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false

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To John Ostrom, the anatomy of Deinonychus was one of an agile, active and intelligent hunter, and thus he began a reevaluation of the nature of dinosaur behavior and metabolism that continues to today.

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true

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There is some evidence that raptors were pack hunters.

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true

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which of the following is true about theropods

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(all of the above.)They have hollow bones. Their tail was stiff and acted as a body balance. They have claws on all fingers and toes. Their teeth (most of them) were generally sharp, large, serrated, and recurved.

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Tyrannosaurus evolved only a few million years before the extinction of the dinosaurs.

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true

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Carcharodontosaurus has extremely long neural spines along the top of the vertebrate of the back, hips, and tail.

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false

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Tetanurae were the most primitive theropods.

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false

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Dromaeosaurs or raptors diversified during this period.

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Cretaceous

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The signiture characteristic of (blank) is that it has extremely long neural spines (43 cm, 17 inches) along the top of the vertebrate of the back, hips, and tail.

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Acrocanthosaurus

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Ornithomimosaurus had no teeth and is known as the "bird mimic lizard."

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true

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The Ghost Ranch video was taken in the quarry where this dinosaur is found.

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Coelophysis

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The Sauropoda were all bipedal herbivores.

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false

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The Brachiosauridae have longer forelimbs than hind limbs.

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true

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The teeth of Apatosaurus are

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peg-like.

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Prosauropods and sauropods evolved from a common unknown ancestor.

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true

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Diplodocidae had relatively short tails.

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false

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This sauropod was the ultimate tree-top browser.

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Brachiosaurus

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Sauropod feet had big fleshy pads.

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true

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which of the following statements about the sauropoda is false?

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None of the above Have massive solid limbs. Most have lightly-built vertebrate with struts and buttresses and pleurocoels. they have 12 or more cervical vertebrate. They have 4 or more sacral vertebrate.

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The Titanosauridae were more common in the Gondwana (Southern) continents than in the Northern Hemisphere.

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true

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The Sauropoda are found on all continents except Antarctica.

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true

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Sauropods with a humerus-to-femur ratio of less than one have front limbs longer than hind limbs.

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false

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The humerus-to-femur ratio of the Diplodocidae is greater than 1.

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false

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The saurodmorpha evolved during the Early Triassic and survived to the end of the Cretaceous.

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false

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The maximum number of caudal vertebrae among the Diplodocidae is

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>70

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The Sauropoda is a small clade of plant-eaters containing no more than 10 genera.

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false

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Apatosaurus was formerly known as Brontosaurus (the latter is a jr. synonym.)

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true

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Which of these is not considered a prosauropod?

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apatosaurus (yes: plateosaurus, thecodontosaurus)

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Some sauropods significantly exceeded 100 ft in length.

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true

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_______ was a sauropod covered with a protective pavement of globular or button-like plates covering its back.

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Saltasaurus

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_________is the only sauropod found in North America above the "Sauropod Hiatus," an approx. 20-25 million year interval of the Upper Cretaceous without sauropods.

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Alamosaurus

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The crests of lambeosaurines varied in species according to age and sex.

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true

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Saurolophus and Prosaurolophus are two examples of members of the Hadrosaurinae which includes those hadrosaurids with a fairly flat skull roof or head crest of solid bone.

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true

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What is false about hadrosaurs?

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They have a single row of large teeth on each side of the jaw. (True: They have elongated external nostrils. Some digits had hoof-like pads. They have toothless beaks.)

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which of the following hadrosaurs was named after a Canadian city

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Edmontosaurus

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Ossified or bony tendons in the tails of many ornithopods served to

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stiffen the tail.

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All ornithopods were quadrupedal.

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false

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The so-called duck-billed hadrosaurs were restricted to the Jurassic Period.

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false

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The Iguanoodontia have closely packed batteries of teeth.

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true

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Ornithopods are not known to have been herding animals.

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false

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Hadrosaurs may have had inflatable air sacs over the flat dorsal portion of the skull surrounding the external nostrils.

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true

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Lambeosaurus was a large, duck-billed dinosaur with a bony head crest shaped like a hatchet.

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true

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Hadrosaurs are differentiated into 2 subfamilies based upon their skull characteristics, the flat-roofed or solid crested Hadrosaurinae and the hollow-crested Lambeosaurinae.

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true

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Ornithopods were remarkably diverse and distributed throughout the world.

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true

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Othniela, a small member of the Hypsilophodontidae family of ornithopods, was named in honor of a famous dinosaur paleotologist, being named for the first name of

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Marsh.

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This genus from the large Euornithopoda clade was bipedal, only 2-5 meters long, and exhibited the specialized chewing arrangement of more advanced ornithopods.

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hypsilophodon

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This genus of ornithopods is the type genus of an early family and clade of ornithopods and derives its name from the fact that it has different types of teeth.

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heterodontosaurus

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which of the following dinosaurs had batteries of large numbers of teeth organized into large rasping surfaces

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hadrosauridae

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which statement about the iguandodontia is false?

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They had small external nostrils. (True: They have hoof-like tips on their toes. They were robustly built. They have heavy shoulders and forelimbs. They lack premaxillary teeth.)

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This member of the Iguanodontia is intermediate in size between Dryosaurus and Iguanodon.

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Camptosaurus

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Computer simulations have been made of the sound once produced by the long hollow crest of this hadrosaur.

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parasaurolophus

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