GEOL 305 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chasmosaurus, Beak, Stegosauria
30 Jul 2018
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Know the characteristics of each of the families within the ankylosauria, Midterm 2 pt 2 and be able to assign those characteristics, when presented, to the proper family, whether nodosauridae or ankylosauridae, or polecanthids, within the. Ankylosauria. (in-class sheet # 6 can help you with this. : nodosauridae: Well-muscled shoulders, with a large knob of bone on the shoulder blade (acromial process, which served as an attachment site for those muscles) Many had tall spines at the shoulder (parascapular spines) Known principally from north america and europe with recent finds in australia and. All dinosaurs in the second clade of ankylosauria were well armored, but they had fewer tall spines along the body than many of the nodosauridae. species had several paired knobs, or triangular spikes along its length. The tail in the ankylosauridae ends in a massive, bony club which in some. The actual size and configuration of that bone can vary, but in every dinosaur in the.
