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Marginocephalia
Dinosaurs Exam 2
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 2
05/29/2013

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Term
Marginocephalia
Definition
Name means “margin head”
Sister group to Ornithopoda
Most live during the Cretaceous (Only one from Jurassic)
Well-known (many complete skeletons)
Term
Diagnosis of Marginocephalia
Definition
Shelf of bone extending back over occipital portion of skull

Shortened pubis

Widely-spaced acetabula (hip sockets)
Term
Shelf of bone extending back over occipital portion of skull
Definition
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Term
Marginocephalia Clades
Definition
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Term
Pachycephalosauria
Divided into two clades, which are?
Definition
"Bone heads"
Homocephalidae
and
Pachycephalosauridae
Term
(Pachycephalosauria) Homocephalidae
Definition
Generally small

Flat, very bony heads

(Includes:
Micropachycephalosaurus
One of the smallest dinosaurs
One of the longest dinosaur names )
Term
(Pachycephalosauria) Pachycephalosauridae
Definition
Domed heads

Extremely thick, boney skull
Term
Diagnosis of CERATOPSIA
Definition
keratinous beak

frill formed by parietals

triangular shaped skull (when viewed dorsally)

high palate
Term
Psittacosauridae
Definition
Parrot-like, toothless beak
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