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The saurischian, or "lizard-hipped" dinosaurs, like all other tetrapods, had pelves (hips) composed of three elements: the ilium, ischium, and pubis. What distinguishes saurischians (among other major characteristics; including a grasping hand, asymmetrical fingers, and a long, mobile neck) is the pubis that points downward and forward at an angle to the ischium. The saurischians form two major groups. The Sauropoda were large herbivores such as Apatosaurus and Diplodocus. The Theropoda were bipedal carnivores (meat eaters), ranging from the chicken-sized Compsognathus and the fearsome Deinonychus and Velociraptor to the crested Dilophosaurus and the gigantic Tyrannosaurus. The oldest known dinosaurs, from the middle Triassic of South America, were saurischians. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/saurischia/saurischia.html RD |
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