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The photo below is one of the best-preserved dinosaur fossils ever found.  Which statement(s) is/are applicable?  Select all that apply.

The presence of an enlarged optic lobe (e.g., shown in Leaellynasaura) most likely means the animal has a more acute sense of ________.

Which of the following is a characteristic NOT shared by stegosaurs and ankylosaurs?

Which of the following taxa belong to the clade Euornithopoda? Select all that apply:

There are many signs in bonebed discoveries that hint at the establishment of parental care. In the case of ornithopods, which is NOT one of them?

Which of the following is NOT a true statement regarding the basic characteristics of ornithopods?

The picture below shows the morphological change in Triceratops through growth.  1) Describe their morphological changes using your own words, and 2) do these changes potentially raise difficulty in paleontological research?

What does a big and commodious abdomen most likely mean for an ankylosaur?

Which of the following taxa belong to the clade Euornithopoda? Select all that apply: 

There are two clades within the group ankylosauria: Ankylosauridae and Nodosauridae. Nodosaurs can be diagnosed by the distinctive acromial process (large knob of bone on the shoulder blade) and parascapular spines (shoulder spines). Below, label the nodosaurid and the ankylosaurid: