BIO 113 — Dinosaurs

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Lab 9
Prehistoric Animal Teeth & Diets

Dinosaur & Prehistoric Reptile Teeth

Use your knowledge of modern animal diets to determine the diets and feeding styles of marine reptiles and dinosaurs

Mosasaur (Marine Reptile) Teeth Teeth are oriented with the tip up and root down
Halisaurus arambourgi tooth:	Platecarpus ptychodon tooth with root:	Prognathodon sp. tooth:	Globidens aegypticus tooth:

Other Prehistoric Reptile Teeth Teeth are oriented with the tip down and root up
Elosuchus cherifiensis Crocodile tooth:	Crocodilian (Amphicotylus sp.?) tooth:	Zarafasaura oceanis (plesiosaur marine reptile) tooth:	Phytosaur (Machaeroprosopus sp.?) tooth:	Coloborhynchus moroccensis (flying reptile) tooth:
Brachychampsa (Crocodile) Tooth:			Revueltosaurus Tooth:

Theropod Dinosaur Teeth Teeth are oriented with the tip down and root up. Not to scale.
Spinosaurus Tooth:	Carcharodontosaurus Tooth:	Giganotosaurus Tooth:	Allosaurus Tooth:
Tyrannosaurus Tooth:	African Dromeosaur Tooth:	Saurornitholestes Tooth:	Acheroraptor Tooth:

Dental Batteries Teeth are oriented with grinding surface up and roots down
Individual Hadrosaur Tooth:	Edmontosaurus (a type of Hadrosaur) Dental Battery:
Juvenile Triceratops Jaw (top view):		Triceratops Tooth:

Other Dinosaur Teeth Teeth are oriented with tips down and roots up
Sauropod Teeth			Ornithischian Teeth
Camarasaurus Tooth:	Rebbachisaurus Tooth:	Titanosaur Tooth:	Ankylosaurus Tooth:	Thescelosaurus Teeth (anterior & posterior):