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What are Ornithopods?

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Answer 1

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Ornithopod, any member of the group of ornithischian dinosaurs characterized by a two-legged (bipedal) stance, from which the group’s name, meaning “bird-foot,” is derived.

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• Ornithopods, along with pachycephalosaurs and ceratopsians, make up the cerapod suborder of the ornithischians.

• Ornithopods, along with pachycephalosaurs and ceratopsians, make up the cerapod suborder of the ornithischians

• .It is likely that the latter two groups evolved from early ornithopods. Ornithopods were the dinosaur equivalent of present-day ruminants such as cattle and deer;

• Ornithopods, along with pachycephalosaurs and ceratopsians, make up the cerapod suborder of the ornithischians.It is likely that the latter two groups evolved from early ornithopods. .

• Ornithopods were the dinosaur equivalent of present-day ruminants such as cattle and deer;their horny beaks were designed for cropping vegetation, which they ground up with their molarlike cheek teeth.

• The ornithopods flourished from the Late Triassic Period to the Late Cretaceous Period (about 229 million to 65.5 million years ago) and were one of the most successful and enduring dinosaur lineages.

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• dinosaur is best example of ornithopods.

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Answer 2

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• What are Ornithopods ?

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• Ornithopods were a group of ornithischian ( " bird-hipped ") dinosaurs. These bipedal and quadrupedal herbivores had a horny beak, plant - cutting or grinding cheek teeth, and a pelvic and tail Region stiffened by bony tendons. They evolved teeth and jaws adapted to pulping vegetation and flourished from the middle Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous period ( 165 -67 million years ago ) in North America , Europe, Africa, China etc.. Some Ornithopods were No larger than a dog. while others were immense creature up-to 15 m ( 49ft ) Long. They had very heavy tail.. Iguanodon and some other iguanodonts had large thumb spikes that were strong enough to stab attackers.

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