1. What were Alabama’s nodosaurs like and what was their diet, mode of defense,
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1. What were Alabama’s nodosaurs like and what was their diet, mode of defense, and habitat?
2. What were Alabama’s ornithomimids like and what was their diet, mode of defense, and habitat?
3. What were Alabama’s dromaeosaurids like and what was their diet, mode of defense, and habitat?
4. Why do you suppose there were relatively few dinosaur species (in other words, low species diversity) in Alabama during the age of dinosaurs ... or is it that we just do not have a good fossil record?
5. What is known about dinosaur age feathers as fossils in Alabama?
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Answer to 1: Alabama’s nodosaurs ate plant. They were herbivorous. They lived in the late jurrasic era in the marine deposits of Alabama. Nodosaurs had short limbs, and skull in their back. They also had and long tail which was covered with skull and teeth from their upper jaws. These helped to protect athemselves and used for defense.
Answer to 2 : Alabama’s ornithomimids mostly were herbivorous. They roamed through asia, north america and to the whole contitent. They lived approx 145 to 65 milion years ago. Because of their length and presence of their slender bones help them move quickly . And by moving quickly they defense themselves.
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