Michael Benton classifies all dinosaurs within the Series Amniota,
Class Sauropsida, Subclass Diapsida, Infraclass Archosauromorpha, Division Archosauria, Subdivision Avemetatarsalia, Infradivision Ornithodira, and Superorder Dinosauria
.
What are the 7 types of dinosaur?
- Apatosaurus.
- Brachiosaurus.
- Diplodocus.
- Giraffatitan.
- Jobaria.
- Macrurosaurus.
- Mamenchisaurus.
- Seismosaurus.
How many types of dinosaur are there?
How many types of dinosaur were there? At present
over 700 different species
of dinosaurs have been identified and named.
What are the dinosaur families?
In the old family tree, there are two major groups of dinosaurs: the bird-hipped ornithischian dinosaurs (such as duck-billed dinosaurs and stegosaurs) and the
reptile-hipped saurischians
, which include the theropods (such as Tyrannosaurus rex) and the sauropods (the long-necked, long-tailed herbivorous giants).
What are the main groups of dinosaurs?
With the discovery of many new species since the 1840s, the Dinosauria now contains two major groups of dinosaurs:
the Ornithischia, or “bird-hipped” dinosaurs, and the Saurischia, or “lizard-hipped” dinosaurs
. The division between the two groups was made by H.G.
What are the 3 types of dinosaurs?
While scientists have complex ways of classifying dinosaurs, most people separate them into three groups:
carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores
.
What is a group of Velociraptors called?
The dromaeosaurs
were what are popularly known as (especially in Jurassic Park) the “raptors”; a group of fascinating creatures.
What was the first dinosaur?
For the past twenty years,
Eoraptor
has represented the beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs. This controversial little creature–found in the roughly 231-million-year-old rock of Argentina–has often been cited as the earliest known dinosaur.
Did dinosaurs have hips?
Most dinosaurs had one of two types of hip structures: the
bird-hipped or the lizard-hipped
. The hip structure allowed the dinos to move in certain ways and supported the type of eating it did. It could be that the hips were the start of it all.
Are dinosaurs still alive today?
Other than birds, however,
there is no scientific evidence that any dinosaurs
, such as Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, or Triceratops, are still alive. These, and all other non-avian dinosaurs became extinct at least 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
What was the smartest dinosaur?
Troodon
had a large brain for its relatively small size and was probably among the smartest dinosaurs. Its brain is proportionally larger than those found in living reptiles, so the animal may have been as intelligent as modern birds, which are more similar in brain size.
What is the longest dinosaur name?
The longest dinosaur name of all is “
micropachycephalosaurus
” which means “little thick-headed lizard.” Its a dome-headed little dinosaur. The shortest dinosaur name is Minmi an Australian armored dinosaur named for Minmi Crossing where it was found. These are all GENUS names, the group to which the dinosaurs belong.
What are two legged dinosaurs called?
Theropods
moved on two legs and include a number of scary looking but popular dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Velociraptor.
What are small dinosaurs called?
The Compsognathidae
are a group of mostly small dinosaurs from the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods of China, Europe and South America. For many years, Compsognathus was the only member known, but in recent decades paleontologists have discovered several related genera.
What dinosaurs had 500 teeth?
Bizarre
500
-toothed
dinosaur
Nigersaurus, you might remember, we named for bones collected on the last expedition here three years ago. This sauropod (long-necked
dinosaur
)
has
an unusual skull containing as many as
500
slender
teeth
.
