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Dinosaurs - A Short History

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A short overview of dinosaur evolution and biology, covering their family relationships, anatomy, feeding, movement, reproduction, and extinction. It draws on fossil evidence, including trackways, bite marks, and Chicxulub Crater.

Syllabus

Dinosaurs: Terrible Lizard
Cladograms
Instead what is Reptilia?
Mammals also lay eggs
Humans use a modified amniotic egg
A real distinction
Dinosauromorpha
Family Tree
Surface Temperature
Triangular crowns
Occlusion, not just for mammals
Cute cheeks!
But this leads to problems for mammals
So how about Ornithischians?
Cutting and Pushing
Crushing and Chewing
Saurischia
Classic dinosaur?
Eoraptor sp.
Food and Feeding
Speed, or lack thereof
Theropoda
The Definition of Cool
Running for Life
Smith, S. D., Persons, W. S., & Xing, L. (2016). A tyrannosaur trackway at Glenrock, Lance Formation (Maastrichtian), Wyoming. Cretaceous Research, 61:1-4.
Tearing and Sharing
Bite Marks
Brooding
Shocked Quartz
Chicxulub Crater
So what happened?

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