dinosaur
di·no·saur
D0232900 (dī′nə-sôr′)dinosaur
(ˈdaɪnəˌsɔː)di•no•saur
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di·no·saur
(dī′nə-sôr′)| Noun | 1. |  dinosaur - any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era |
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| 释义 | dinosaurdi·no·saurD0232900 (dī′nə-sôr′)dinosaur(ˈdaɪnəˌsɔː)di•no•saurn. di·no·saur(dī′nə-sôr′)
dinosaurDinosaursallosaur(us), ankylosaur(us), apatosaur(us), atlantosaur(us), brachiosaur(us), brontosaur(us), ceratosaur(us), compsognathus, dimetrodon, diplodocus, dolichosaur(us), dromiosaur(us), elasmosaur(us), hadrosaur(us), ichthyosaur(us), iguanodon or iguanodont, megalosaur(us), mosasaur(us), oviraptor, plesiosaur(us), pteranodon, pterodactyl or pterosaur, protoceratops, stegodon or stegodont, stegosaur(us), theropod, titanosaur(us), trachodon, triceratops, tyrannosaur(us), velociraptordinosaur(ˈdainəsoː) noundinosaur→ 恐龙zhCNdinosaurdinosaur(dī`nəsôr) [Gr., = terrible lizard], extinct land reptile of the Mesozoic eraMesozoic era[Gr.,=middle life], major division of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale, table) from 65 to 225 million years ago. Great crustal disturbances that marked the close of the Paleozoic and the beginning of the Mesozoic eras brought about drastic changes in the ..... Click the link for more information. . The dinosaurs, which were egg-laying animals, ranged in length from 2 1-2 ft (91 cm) to about 127 ft (39 m). Recognized discoveries of fossilized dinosaur bones date only to the 1820s; Sir Richard OwenOwen, Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and comparative anatomist. He studied medicine in Edinburgh and in 1827 joined the staff of the Hunterian museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, where he was first Hunterian professor of comparative anatomy and physiology ..... Click the link for more information. , a Victorian anatomist, coined the term dinosaur. Dinosaur Traits and ClassificationFossil remains of dinosaurs have been found in rock strata of every continent, indicating that they differed widely in structure, habitat, and diet. Their brain sizes varied, with some predators having brain-to-body ratios equivalent to those of some modern birds and animals. Many species built nests. Many theories regarding dinosaurs and their behavior have been hotly debated by the experts. These include the debate over the grouping of birds with dinosaurs, the question of whether nonavian dinosaurs were cold-blooded (ectothermic) or warm-blooded (endothermic), the question of whether dinosaurs protected and nurtured their young in the nest after hatching or whether the young were mobile and self-sufficient at birth, and the reason for the disappearance of nonavian dinosaurs. No complete fossil dinosaur has ever been discovered. Inferences often must be made from fragments or pieces that have been compressed and distorted. Information about the diet has been gleaned from stomach contents and coprolites (fossilized dinosaur feces) and by comparing the teeth to those of living animals, for example, relating the large grinding teeth of hadrosaurs to those of living herbivores. Fossilized dinosaur footprints, such as the trackways found at Davenport Ranch in Texas, have been interpreted as evidence that some dinosaurs traveled in herds; bonebeds containing large numbers of certain dinosaurs, as have been found in Alberta, Canada, have also been seen as evidence of this. What is known about dinosaurs is that, far from being evolutionary failures, they dominated their habitats for much of their 160 million years of existence (the human species Homo sapiens has existed for approximately 150,000–200,000 years). Although all dinosaurs were originally classified in a single order, they were later reclassified into two distinct types distinguished by structural differences. The pelvis in the saurischian (lizard-hipped) dinosaurs resembles that of still-extant reptiles, but in the ornithischian (bird-hipped) dinosaurs the pubic bone of the pelvis has forward and backward extensions that resemble those found in birds. (The backward-tilting hips of ornithischian dinosaurs and birds, however, have been determined to be the result of convergent evolution and not inheritance.) Many other shared characteristics have been noted between birds and saurischians, and it has come to be accepted by most paleontologists that modern birds are in fact extant dinosaurs, descended from the theropods of the saurischian order. The jaws and teeth of the two dinosaur orders also differ. The saurischian order, which includes both herbivores and carnivores, has teeth around the entire jaw or confined to the front of the mouth. Ornithischians have "cheek teeth" along the sides of the jaw, but never in the front; the bones at the front of the mouth sometimes developed into the horny beaks typical of modern turtles. All known ornithischians were herbivores. Dinosaurs have been further classified into some common groupings. In the saurischian dinosaurs, some were theropods [Gr., = beast feet], a group sharing hind feet with only three functional toes (e.g., the carnivorous bipeds TyrannosaurusTyrannosaurus A study published in 2017 called into question a number of aspects concerning the dinosaur family tree. Relying on several hundred diagnostic anatomical features and including information based on new fossil discoveries in the late 20th and early 21st cent., the study compiled on a large statistical database concerning dinosaurs, which was analyzed by computer. The results suggested that the theropods share a common ancestor with the ornithischians, and the two groups have a common ancestor with the saurischians and the herrerasaurids, a group often considered to be theropods. Similarities of dinosaurs found on what are now different continents have given scientists clues to the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea, which began about 170 million years ago. For example, the discovery of a 130-million-year-old African dinosaur similar to the North American Allosaurus suggests that the African plate was connected to the northern continents (Laurasia) longer than had been believed previously. The Extinction of the DinosaursMany explanations have been offered for the worldwide extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Mesozoic after 160 million years of existence. One widely accepted theory is that one or more asteroids or comets hit the earth, lifting massive amounts of debris and sulfur in the air and blocking the sunlight from reaching the earth's surface. The 1991 discovery of the Chicxulub crater on the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico lent support to this idea. Another widely accepted theory is that the extinctions followed the huge volcanic eruptions that created the lava flows of the Deccan Traps in what is now India. It also has been suggested that both an impact or impacts and the eruptions may be responsible for the extinctions. (See mass extinctionmass extinction, BibliographySee R. Bakker, The Dinosaur Heresies (1986); D. Lambert, The Ultimate Dinosaur Book (1993); D. Lessem and D. Glut, The Dinosaur Encyclopedia (1993); P. Taquet, Dinosaur Impressions (1994, tr. 1998); M. A. Norell et al., Discovering Dinosaurs in the American Museum of Natural History (1995); J. R. Horner, Dinosaur Lives (1997); D. B. Weishampel et al., ed., The Dinosauria (2d ed. 2004); D. Nash, The Great Dinosaur Discoveries (2009); S. D. Sampson, Dinosaur Odyssey (2009). What does it mean when you dream about dinosaurs?In a dream, any creature can symbolize the animal self. As a long-extinct creature, a dinosaur can represent the sense that, at some level, we are the products of a very ancient process. dinosaur[′dī·nə‚sȯr]dinosaurdinosaurdinosaur(1)In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, Bill Joy comparedthe liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display witha grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodilyfluids through it". IBM was not amused. Compare big iron; see also dinosaurs mating. dinosaur(2)Dinosaurs(dreams)dinosaurdinosaurany extinct reptile of the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia. Dinosaurs (the name means ‘fearful lizard’) were the dominant form of land vertebrates during the JURASSIC and CRETACEOUS periods.DinosaurDinosaur2. A slang term for obsolete technology. dinosaur
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