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Any animal that walks on four legs is called quadrupedal. Quadrupedal dinosaurs include sauropods, stegosaurs, ceratopsians, and ankylosaurs. Hadrosaurs could were usually quadrupedal, but could walk, stand, or run on two legs.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoAny animal that walks on four legs is called a quadruped. Quadrupedal dinosaurs include ceratopsians (like Triceratops), sauropods (like Brontosaurus [correctly called Apatosaurus], stegosaurs (dinosaurs with triangular "plates" on their back), ankylosaurs (armored herbivorous dinosaurs), and hadrosaurs (although they could also walk on two legs. An animal that walks on two legs is called a biped).
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∙ 15y agoThe triceratops. All the long neck dinosaurs such as Brachiosaurus
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∙ 14y agoBronasaurus, or long neck.The most common called name for that dinosaur is long neck.
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∙ 7y agoThere is no particular classification for 4-legged dinosaurs. Any 4-legged animal is a quadruped.
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∙ 9y agoNo carnivorous dinosaurs walked on four legs. Some famous carnivorous reptiles that predate dinosaurs are often mistakenly called dinosaurs. An example is the Dimetrodon.
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∙ 12y agoSwagosaurus rex
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Are there any carnivores that walk on 4 legs?
No carnivorous dinosaurs walked on four legs. Some famous carnivorous reptiles that predate dinosaurs are often mistakenly called dinosaurs. An example is the Dimetrodon.
How many legs did your dinosaur stand on?
Mos species of dinosaur walked on 4 legs, but some, including all carnivorous dinosaurs, walked on 2 legs.
How many legs did dinosaurs have?
All dinosaurs had four limbs. Some dinosaurs, like Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus, were bipeds, which means that they only walked using their two hind limbs. Other dinosaurs, like Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus, and Diplodocus, always walked on all four limbs, making them quadrupeds. And some dinosaurs walked on all fours, but ran on their two hind legs. Examples of such dinosaurs include Igaunodon and Parasaurolophus.
Does a velociraptor walk on four legs?
No, it possessed two massive legs and two small arms.
Do dinosorious have four knees?
No. Actually, the elephant is the only animal with four knees.
What do you call a dinosaur that walks on two legs?
Since the Triassic period was the time of the first dinosaurs, herbivores and carnivores were known to walk on 2 legs. Examples are:CorythosaurusCaseosaurusTechnosaurusShuvosaurus
What were the first dinosaurs to walk upright?
The ancestors of dinosaurs walked upright before they evolved into true dinosaurs. The earliest known dinosaur, Eoraptor, walked with upright legs underneath its body.
What is another for a dinosaurs with two legs?
Dinosaurs that walk on two legs are called "bipeds". The term applies to all animals that walk on two legs.
How did Dinosaurs move?
with there legs or wings depending on what dinasour they were (Y)
Are There Four Legged Dinosaurs That Eat Meat?
There were no four legged, meat eating dinosaurs. However, some large, carnivorous reptiles that had four legs existed before dinosaurs. Examples include the gorgonopsids and Dimetrodon.
How many legs did the earliest dinosaurs walk on?
The Oldest Dinosaur fossil ever found was a omniraptor, and it walked on two legs.
Does a reptile have 4 limbs?
Although lizard, which are related to snakes, do have four legs; snakes, even though they have no legs at all, are able to move in a wide variety ways. It could even be debatable that they could actually have more mobility and be able to do additional things a four legged animal, such as the lizard, couldn't.
