Question

There are limitations to applying the Biological Species Concepts, based on its criteria, so in some cases it is actually better to use the Morphospecies Concept. Which of the following would require being defined using the Morphospecies Concept instead of the Biological Species Concept?

a. Birds
b. Dinosaurs
c. Insects
d. Mammals
e. Flowering plants

Answer 1

Dinosaurs, because they are extinct so it is impossible to determine if two individuals could have produced fertile offspring (biological species concept). Instead, scientists have to use morphological differences to determine species.