Glossary of Terms
| Amphibian | 'Double Life'. A creature that can live in both water and on land
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| Ankylosaur | 'Stiff Reptile'. A group of four-legged armoured dinosaurs
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| Archosaur | 'Ruling Reptile'. The group of animals that included dinosaurs, crocodiles, birds, and pterosaurs
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| Articulated | Bones that are still joined together as they would have been in life
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| Astragalus | An bone found in the ankle
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| Ausktribosphenid | 'Southern Cretaceous Tribosphenic Mammal'. The family of mammals that includes Ausktribosphenos and Bishops
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| Biped | A creature that walks on two legs
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| Bolide | A meteor, asteroid or comet that collides explosively with the earth
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| Carnivore | A creature that eats meat
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| Caudal | Of the tail
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| Ceratopian | 'Horned Face'. The horned dinosaurs, including Psittacosaurus, Protoceratops, Triceratops, etc
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| Cervical | Of the neck
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| Coracoid | The 'collar' bone
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| Cretaceous | The last of the Mezosoic Ages. From 144 to 65 million years ago
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| Denticles | 'Tooth-like'. Serrations found on some dinosaur teeth. Also describes the tiny tooth-like structures in shark skin
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| Dermal Ossicle | Small pieces of bone that occur in the skin. Present in many types of dinosaurs, and crocodiles
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| Dromaeosaur | 'Running Reptile'. The family that includes the velociraptors
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| Fauna | Animals
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| Femora | The Plural of Femur
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| Femur | Thigh bone
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| Furcula | The fused 'collar' bones of birds and some Theropods
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| Fibula | One of the lower leg bones. See also Tibia
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| Flora | Plants
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| Genera | Plural of Genus
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| Genus | The first of the two names that define a species (Eg. Tyrannosaurus rex, of the genus Tyrannosaurus)
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| Gondwana | 'Land of the Gonds'. One of the ancient supercontinents before it broke up into Australia, Africa, South America and India
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| Herbivore | Plant eater
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| Holotype | See also Type Specimen. A fossil on which a new species is based.
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| Humerus | Upper arm bone
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| Hypsilophodontid | 'High Crested Tooth'. A family of small herbivorous dinosaurs, including Hypsilophodon and Leaellynasaura
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| Ichnogenus | A Genus based on footprint types. A separate classification technique to that based on skeletal remains
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| Ichthyosaur | 'Fish Reptile'. A type of marine reptile that resembles a dolphin or a shark.
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| Illium | Part of the Pelvis
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| Ischium | Part of the Pelvis
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| Jurassic | The second of the Mesozoic Ages. From 206 to 144 million years ago
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| Labyrinthodont | Giant carnivorous amphibians resembling large salamanders with teeth
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| Mandible | Lower jaw
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| Marsupial | A mammal that gives birth to under-developed young and rears them in a pouch
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| Maxilla | Part of the upper jaw from which the teeth grow
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| Mesozoic | The Age of Reptiles. Includes the Triassic, the Jurassic and the Cretaceous
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| Monotreme | A mammal that lays eggs. The platypus and the echidna are the only living forms
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| Mosasaur | A type of marine reptile related to monitor lizards
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| MYA | Abbreviation for "Million Years Ago"
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| Neoceratopian | 'New Horned Face'. The Ceratopians including Protoceratops and Triceratops.
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| Olecranon | The 'funny bone'. An extension of the Ulna at the elbow joint
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| Ornithomimid | 'Bird Mimic'. A group of bird-like Theropod dinosaurs including Ornithomimus and Gallimimus
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| Ornithopod | 'Bird Foot'. The mostly Bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs
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| Osteomyelitis | A disease of the bone, caused by infection
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| Oviraptorosaur | The group of strange toothless Theropod dinosaurs that includes Oviraptor and Caenagnathus
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| Pelvis | The 'hip' bone, to which the legs attach
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| Plesiosaur | A type of long-necked marine reptile
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| Pliosaur | Similar to a Plesiosaur, but with a shorter neck and larger head
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| Prosauropod | A group of long-necked herbivores from the Triassic. Thought to have given rise to the Sauropods
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| Pterosaur | A type of flying reptile, only distantly related to Dinosaurs
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| Pubis | Part of the pelvis
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| Quadruped | A creature that walks on four legs
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| Radius | One of the lower arm bones. See also Ulna
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| Sauropod | 'Reptile Foot'. The largest of the dinosaurs, with long necks and tails and elephant-like limbs
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| Scapula | The shoulder blade
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| Scapulocoracoid | The fused Scapula and Coracoid of Pterosaurs
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| Scute | A type of bony armour in the skin of dinosaurs and crocodiles
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| Sediments | Layers of soil or rock
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| Surangular | A bone in the lower jaw (Mandible) of dinosaurs
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| Taxa | Plural of Taxon
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| Taxon | Animal or plant group having natural relations
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| Terrestrial | Living on the land
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| Thecodont | 'Socket Tooth'. A group of quadrupedal carnivores that
dominated the Triassic Period. Perhaps the ancestors of dinosaurs
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| Theropod | 'Beast Foot'. The Bipedal Carnivorous dinosaurs
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| Thorasic | Of the ribs
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| Tibia | The main bone of the lower leg. The 'shin' bone
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| Triassic | The first of the Mesozoic Ages. From 248 to 206 million years ago
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| Trochanter | A muscle attachment site found on the Femur of some dinosaurs
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| Type Specimen | See also Type Specimen. A fossil on which a new species is based.
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| Ulna | One of the lower arm bones. See also Radius
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| Vertebra | A back bone
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| Vertebrae | Plural of Vertebra
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