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COMPUTER ANALYSIS
OF FOSSIL SPECIMEN
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Dinosaur:   ARCHAEOPTERYX
Body Part:  VERTEBRAE (NECK)
Age:        120 MILLION YEARS
            UPPER JURASSIC
Classification:
    Phylum: CHORDATA
    Class:  AVES
    Order:  ARCHAEOPTERYGIFORMES
    Family: ARCHAEOPTERYGIDAE
Notes:  THE LONG FLEXIBLE NECK ALLOWED THE ARCHAEOPTERYX TO HUNT FOR
FOR SMALL INSECTS.
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COMPUTER ANALYSIS
OF FOSSIL SPECIMEN
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Dinosaur:    STEGOSAURUS
Body Part:   VERTEBRAE (NECK)
Age:         120 MILLION YEARS
             UPPER JURASSIC
Classification:
    Phylum:  CHORDATA
    Class :  REPTILIA
    Order:   ORNITHISCHIA
    Family:  STEGOSAURIDAE
Notes: THE VERTEBRAE OF THE STEGOSAURUS, USED TO SUPPORT THE SMALL HEAD OF 
THE HERBIVORE, WERE FAIRLY WEAK.  
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COMPUTER ANALYSIS
OF FOSSIL SPECIMEN
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Dinosaur:      BRONTOSAURUS
               (APATOSAURUS)
Body Part:     VERTEBRAE (NECK)
Age:           165 MILLION YEARS
               UPPER JURASSIC
Classification:
      Phylum:  CHORDATA
      Class :  REPTILIA
      Order:   SAURISCHIA
      Family:  BRACHIOSAURIDAE
Notes: OVER ONE-THIRD OF A BRONTOSAURUS' 58-1/2 FEET LENGTH WAS ITS LONG 
NECK WHICH WAS USED FOR FEEDING.  WHEN A BRONTOSAURUS WAS IN THE TRIPEDAL 
FEEDING POSITION (REARED UP AND SUPPORTED BY TAIL AND TWO HIND LEGS) IT 
COULD BROWSE ON TREES UP TO FORTY FEET IN HEIGHT.                          

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COMPUTER ANALYSIS
OF FOSSIL SPECIMEN
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Dinosaur:    TYRANNOSAURUS REX
Body Part:   VERTEBRAE (NECK)
Age:         75 MILLION YEARS
             UPPER CRETACEOUS
Classification:
    Phylum:  CHORDATA
    Class :  REPTILIA
    Order:   SAURISCHIA
    Family:  TYRANNOSAURIDAE
Notes: THE SKIN ABOUT THE THROAT WAS VERY LOOSE AND ALLOWED FOR THE
PASSAGE OF LARGE CHUNKS OF MEAT WHILE FEEDING. THE NECK NEEDED TO BE
VERY STRONG TO SUPPORT AND MANEUVER THE CRANIUM (SKULL) DURING ATTACKS.

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COMPUTER ANALYSIS
OF FOSSIL SPECIMEN
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Dinosaur:   TRICERATOPS
Body Part:  VERTEBRAE (NECK)
Age:        60 MILLION YEARS
            UPPER CRETACEOUS
Classification:
    Phylum: CHORDATA
    Class:  REPTILIA
    Order:  ORNITHISCHIA
    Family: CERATOPSIDAE
Notes:  THE TRICERATOPS POSSIBLY POSSESSED THE STRONGEST NECK.  IT
WAS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE MASSIVE CRANIUM AND HORNS.

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