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1. ID down to the most specific classification given by the rules.
2. What body part is this, and what was the purpose of the body part?
3. Were they carnivorous, omnivorous, insectivorous, herbivorous, or phototropic?
4. What was the mode of life and was it terrestrial or aquatic?
5. What does the genus name mean?
6. How many species are there in this genus?
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1. ID down to the most specific classification given by the rules.
2. Were they carnivorous, omnivorous, insectivorous, herbivorous, or phototropic?
3. What was the mode of life and was it terrestrial or aquatic?
4. What was the unique feature of this organism, and what could have been it's purpose?
5. Did they display sexual dimorphism? If so, how?

Answers:
1. Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Family: Ankylosauridae
Tribe: Ankylosaurini
Genus: Ankylosaurus
2. Horn? Self-defense?
3. Herbivorous
4. It's not aquatic... Terrestrial. Did I get this entire thing wrong? Phoey
5. "Fused Lizard"
6. One!

1. Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Family:Sphenacodontidae
Subfamily:Sphenacodontinae
Genus:Dimetrodon
2. Carnivorous
3. Again... not aquatic, terrestrial
4. They had a sail, thermoregulation.
5. Yes, difference in size
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1. ID down to the most specific classification given by the rules.
2. What body part is this, and what was the purpose of the body part?
3. Were they carnivorous, omnivorous, insectivorous, herbivorous, or phototropic?
4. What was the mode of life and was it terrestrial or aquatic?
5. What does the genus name mean?
6. How many species are there in this genus?
[img]https://c8.alamy.com/comp/ABWMDA/replica-pelycosaur-dimetrodon-limbatus-skull-from-early-permian-period-ABWMDA.jpg[/img]
1. ID down to the most specific classification given by the rules.
2. Were they carnivorous, omnivorous, insectivorous, herbivorous, or phototropic?
3. What was the mode of life and was it terrestrial or aquatic?
4. What was the unique feature of this organism, and what could have been it's purpose?
5. Did they display sexual dimorphism? If so, how?

Answers:
1. Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Family: Ankylosauridae
Tribe: Ankylosaurini
Genus: Ankylosaurus
2. Horn? Self-defense?
3. Herbivorous
4. It's not aquatic... Terrestrial. Did I get this entire thing wrong? Phoey
5. "Fused Lizard"
6. One!

1. Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Family:Sphenacodontidae
Subfamily:Sphenacodontinae
Genus:Dimetrodon
2. Carnivorous
3. Again... not aquatic, terrestrial
4. They had a sail, thermoregulation.
5. Yes, difference in size
Well, I tried!

Nice, you got both of them! For number 2. on Ankylosaurus, more specifically you could say that they are scutes for defense, but in essence you got it. Also, Dimetrodon's sails could have been for mating as well.

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2. What period was this specimen from?
3. What is the clade of this specimen?
4. How did this specimen move about shallow water?
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2. What period was this specimen from?
3. What is the clade of this specimen?
4. How did this specimen move about shallow water?
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[answer]1. Tiktaalik
2. Late Devonian
3. Clade Stegocephalia
4. By flexing its proto-limbs[/answer]
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