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| Biped |
An animal that walks on two legs |
| Carnivore |
An organisms that feed on the flesh of other animals |
| Cretaceous |
The last period of the Mesozoic about 135-65 million years ago. |
| Ectothermic |
Cold blooded |
| Endothermic |
Warm blooded |
| Extinction |
The disappearance of any species or group of organisms. |
| Fossil | Remain, impression or trace of an ancient animal or plant that has been preserved and is older than about 10,000 years |
| Herbivore |
An organism that eats plants |
| Jurassic |
The second period of the Mesozoic Era, about 190-135 million years ago. |
| Mesozoic |
The middle period of Earth’s history, 248-65 million years ago, dominated by dinosaurs |
| Omnivore |
An organism that both plants and animals |
| Ornithischia |
The group of bird-hipped dinosaurs |
| Paleontology |
The study of ancient life |
| Pangea |
A supercontinent existing about 245 million years ago when all of the Earth’s continents were joined together. |
| Quadruped |
an animal that walks on four feet |
| Saurischia |
the group of lizard-hipped dinosaurs |
| Triassic |
The first (earliest) period of the Mesozoic Era, about 225-190 million years ago. |
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