Ornithischia - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Ornithischia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ornithischia - Characteristics
The Dinosauria superorder was divided into the two orders Ornithischia and Saurischia by Harry Seeley in 1887. The division is based on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ornithischia: Encyclopedia Ii - Ornithischia - Characteristics
The Dinosauria superorder was divided into the two orders Ornithischia and Saurischia by Harry Seeley in 1887. The division is based on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reptile: Encyclopedia - Reptile
 Testudines - Turtles  Rhynchocephalia - Tuataras  Squamata   Suborder Sauria- Lizards   Suborder Serp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia - Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are vertebrate animals that range from reptile-like to bird-like.[1] Dinosaurs dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 160...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaurs Of The Isle Of Wight: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaurs Of The Isle Of Wight - List Of Dinosaur Species
Unless otherwise specified, the follow is a list of dinosaurs for which almost complete skeletons have been found on the island. There ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sauropodomorpha: Encyclopedia Ii - Sauropodomorpha - Description
Sauropodomorphs were adapted to browsing high among the trees, and most of their defining characteristics support this feeding strategy. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euoplocephalus: Encyclopedia Ii - Euoplocephalus - Description
Among the ankylosaurids, Euoplocephalus, was exceeded in size by only Tarchia and Ankylosaurus. Euoplocephalus was 6 meters long, and wei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - What Is A Dinosaur?
Dinosaur - Definition. The superorder or clade "Dinosauria" was formally named by the English scientist Richard Owen in 1842. The term ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur Classification: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur Classification - Another Scheme
Dinosaurs are divided into two major orders, the Saurischia and the Ornithischia, on the basis of hip structure. Cladograms and phylogene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reptile: Encyclopedia Ii - Reptile - Systems
Reptile - Circulatory. Most reptiles have closed circulation via a three-chamber heart consisting of two atria and one, variably-partit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sauropsid: Encyclopedia Ii - Sauropsid - History Of The Term Sauropsida
The terms Sauropsida ("Lizard Faces") and Theropsida ("Beast Faces") were coined in 1916 by E.S. Goodrich to distinguish between lizards,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sauropodomorpha: Encyclopedia Ii - Sauropodomorpha - Description
Sauropodomorphs were adapted to browsing high among the trees, and most of their defining characteristics support this feeding strategy. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euoplocephalus: Encyclopedia Ii - Euoplocephalus - Environment
Euoplocephalus lived between 65 and 70 million years ago, in the Campanian and Maastrichian ages of the late Cretaceous period. Euoplocep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sauropodomorpha: Encyclopedia Ii - Sauropodomorpha - Range
Among the very first dinosaurs to evolve in the late Triassic, about 230 million years ago (Mya), they became the dominant herbivores by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaurs Of The Isle Of Wight: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaurs Of The Isle Of Wight - The Cretaceous Habitat
The Island's dinosaurs come from the Wessex formation, which dates from between 125 and 110 million years go. During this time the Isle o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sauropodomorpha: Encyclopedia Ii - Sauropodomorpha - Range
Among the very first dinosaurs to evolve in the late Triassic, about 230 million years ago (Mya), they became the dominant herbivores by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - Extinction Theories
The sudden mass extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs, which occurred around 65 million years ago, is one of the most intriguing mysterie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reptile: Encyclopedia Ii - Reptile - Evolution Of The Reptiles
Several thousand fossil species showing a clear smooth transition from the ancestors of reptiles to present-day reptiles exist. Hylonomus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reptile: Encyclopedia Ii - Reptile - Classification Of Reptiles
From the classical standpoint, reptiles included all the amniotes except birds and mammals. Thus reptiles were defined as the set of anim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - History Of Discovery
Dinosaur fossils have been known of for millennia, although their true nature was not recognized; the Chinese considered them to be drago...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - Areas Of Debate
Dinosaur - Warm-blooded?. A vigorous debate on the subject of temperature regulation in dinosaurs has been ongoing since the 1960s. Ori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - Study Of Dinosaurs
Information on dinosaurs is obtained from a widely varying fields of study which include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and the Earth Scien...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dinosaur: Encyclopedia Ii - Dinosaur - In Popular Culture
Dinosaurs were highly successful creatures; they were the dominant land animals on Earth for over 150 million years. However, it is their...   » Read the article