
Q What bone divides dinosaurs into two main groups?
- A The skull bone
- B The hip bone
- C The tail bone
B The hip bone
Dinosaurs are divided into two main groups—Saurischia and Ornithischia—based on the shape of their hip bones. From there, they are further categorized into five smaller groups: theropods, sauropods, marginocephalians, thyreophorans, and ornithopods.














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