Dinosaur Glossary

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*Amniote-Amniotes are Clades of Tetrapod vertebrates comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals that lay their eggs on land or retain the fertilized egg within the mother. They are distinguished from the Anamniotes, which typically lay their eggs in water.
*Amphibian-A creature that are cold-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) that don't have scales. They live part of their lives in water and part on land.
*Amphibious-relating to, living in, or suited for both land and water, ‬although this term is not exclusive to amphibians.
*Apex Predator - An apex predator is also known as an alpha predator or apical predator, is a predator residing at the top of a food chain upon which no other creature prey.
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*Bipedal-‭A dinosaur that walks on two legs which is mostly found in Theropods.
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*Carnivore-‭ ‬A animal that feeds on meat from another animal.
*Cannibalism- when one animal eats another of its own species.
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*Dinosaurs-Any Clade of animals that is classified to the Dinosaur group.
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*Herbivore-An animal which has a strict diet of only plants and not meat.
*Hypercarnivore-An animal which has a diet that is more than 70% meat, with the balance consisting of non-animal foods such as fungi, fruits or other plant material making it 30% plants.
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*Phylogenetic Bracketing-is a method of inference used in biological sciences. It is to infer the likelihood of unknown traits in organisms based on their position in a phylogenetic tree. One of the main applications of phylogenetic bracketing is on extinct animals, known only from fossils.
*Prey-an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
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