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The ancestral mode of locomotion of dinosaurs is thought to be bipedalism. This is supported by the fossil finds of early, basal dinosaurs such as Eoraptor, which lived during the Middle Triassic, over 230 million years ago, and which are clearly bipedal. In fact, bipedalism evolved in the archosaurian ancestors of dinosaurs, and dinosaurs simply inherited it, as did their close relatives. Later on, some dinosaurs evolved quadrupedalism, and this happened independently in several lineages of dinosaurs, such as the ceratopsians (i.e. Triceratops) and sauropods (i.e. Apatosaurus). Some were mostly quadrupedal, but could occasionally assume a bipedal posture (it is believed that hadrosaurids were facultatively bipedal while running, for example). Finally, some retained their ancestral bipedalism - this includes the theropods, and their modern descendants, the birds.
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What is the difference between a quadruped and a biped?
A biped walks on two limbs and a quadruped walks on four.
Horse is to quadruped as human is to?
Horse is to quadruped as human is to biped.
What is the difference between biped and quadruped skeleton?
biped is for 2 legged (humans) quadruped is for for legged (animals such as cats and dogs etc
Horse is to quadruped as human is to what?
Biped.
A sentence using the word quadruped?
A quadruped naturally outruns a biped. Even a sloth is a quadruped. A cheetah is also a quadruped.
Is a cow as example of an animal that is a biped or a quadruped?
Biped means two legged. (Bi=2) Quadruped is four legged. ( Quad=4) So a pig is a quadruped.
A horse is quadruped what is a human?
All four-legged animals are called quadrupeds.The word quadruped comes from the Latin words quad (four) and ped (foot).
What did the Australopithecus discovere or invented?
they were the first to be biped
A biped is an animal that walks on 2 legs so what is an animal that walks on 4 legs called?
Quadruped.
What are some words that have as suffix-ped?
biped,centipede,impediment,millipede,pedal,peddler,pedestrain,pedicure,quadruped,tripod
Is a rabbit a biped or a quadruped?
A cow is a quadruped, which means she is able to or can only stand on four feet. Bipedal animals are those that stand on two feet. These include humans and all bird species such as ostriches and eagles.
Why is a kangaroo called a biped and a horse called a quadruped?
one uses two limbs to move, the oher uses fourquad=fourbi=two
