ERTH 2401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gideon Mantell, Joseph Leidy, Hadrosaurus

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Earth Sciences
• Course: ERTH 2401
• Professor: Claudia Schröder-Adams

Document Summary

Thescelosauridae: some lived in burrows (oryctodromeus, behaviour that is not widely known for any dinosaurs, thescelosaurus (thescelosauridae) late cretaceous, na. Peninsula: global distribution of iguanadontia, found in many more spots, really started to spread around the world, suggested dispersal routes for hadrosauroids from eurasia to the late. Cretaceous north-east arabian archipelago of the sultanate of oman: when looking at paleo passages, must have an understanding of the paleogeography of the time, at time did not have a north atlantic leading to other potential migration passages. As north atlantic formed, these passages were no longer accessible: also at the time patagonia was connected to the antarctic pennisula and. Iguanodon capable of both bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion: strong frontlimbs support weight, strong hindlimbs, tail is strengthened by ossified tendons and served as counterbalance, for feeding positions and dangerous positions when getting away from predators.