A) Triassic B) Cretaceous C) Jurassic D) Paleogene
A) Stegosaurus B) Tyrannosaurus Rex C) Argentinosaurus D) Triceratops
A) Ankylosaurus B) Brachiosaurus C) Velociraptor D) Pteranodon
A) Ankylosaurus B) Diplodocus C) Triceratops D) Brachiosaurus
A) Velociraptor B) Stegosaurus C) Tyrannosaurus Rex D) Parasaurolophus
A) Climate change B) Human hunting C) Asteroid impact D) Volcanic eruptions
A) Megalosaurus B) Archaeopteryx C) Iguanodon D) Diplodocus
A) Dimetrodon B) Pterosaurs C) Plesiosaurs D) Ichthyosaurs
A) Tyrannosaurus Rex B) Iguanodon C) Velociraptor D) Apatosaurus
A) Archaeology B) Paleontology C) Geology D) Biology
A) Dilophosaurus B) Stegosaurus C) Parasaurolophus D) Triceratops
A) Ankylosaurus B) Dilophosaurus C) Triceratops D) Spinosaurus
A) Ancient beast B) Giant reptile C) Terrible lizard D) Roaming creature
A) Pachycephalosaurus B) Parasaurolophus C) Stegosaurus D) Brachiosaurus
A) Birds B) Hadrosaurs C) Tyrannosaurs D) Sauropods
A) Elevated metabolisms B) Low metabolisms C) Cold-blooded metabolisms D) Variable metabolisms
A) Horizontal legs B) Vertical legs C) Erect legs D) Sprawling legs
A) Sauropod dinosaurs B) Carnosaurs C) Ankylosaurs D) Theropods
A) Charles Darwin, 1859 B) Mary Anning, 1824 C) Gideon Mantell, 1833 D) Sir Richard Owen, 1842
A) Antlers B) Webbed feet C) Elaborate display structures like horns or crests D) Gills
A) Their extinction B) Their aquatic lifestyle C) Their large sizes and seemingly monstrous nature D) Their small size
A) About 5,000 B) Approximately 20,000 C) Less than 1,000 D) Over 11,000
A) Egg-laying B) Fragmentation C) Live birth D) Spore dispersal
A) Quadrupedal B) Bipedal only C) Tripodal D) Aerial
A) Numerous adaptations B) Minimal adaptations C) No adaptations D) Isolated adaptations
A) Only avian dinosaurs B) All non-avian dinosaurs C) No dinosaur groups D) Some extinct groups
A) Omnivorous only B) Herbivorous or carnivorous C) Piscivorous only D) Insectivorous only
A) Persistent public enthusiasm B) Private investments only C) Lack of interest D) Government mandate
A) Theropods B) Sauropodomorphs C) Ornithischia + Saurischia D) Maniraptora
A) Maniraptora B) Sauropodomorphs C) Ornithischia D) Theropods
A) Recovering Ornithischia as closer to Theropoda than Sauropodomorpha B) Separating birds from dinosaurs C) Classifying sauropods outside of traditional dinosaurs D) Defining Dinosauria with respect to Megalosaurus and Iguanodon
A) Pachycephalosaurians B) Theropods C) Sauropodomorphs D) Stegosaurians
A) Theropods B) Ceratopsians C) Ankylosaurians D) Ornithopods
A) Ceratopsians B) Theropods C) Sauropodomorphs D) Pachycephalosaurians
A) It proposed that birds should be classified outside of dinosaurs. B) It confirmed the traditional union of theropods with sauropodomorphs. C) It suggested a radical revision, placing Ornithischia closer to Theropoda than Sauropodomorpha. D) It suggested that sauropods are not true dinosaurs.
A) Ceratopsians B) Theropods C) Ankylosaurians D) Sauropodomorphs
A) Anatomical similarity-based taxonomy B) Molecular phylogeny C) Phylogenetic taxonomy D) Cladistics
A) Armored herbivorous quadrupeds B) Bipedal herbivores with thick skulls C) Large herbivorous quadrupeds with long necks D) Plated herbivorous quadrupeds
A) Ceratopsians B) Pachycephalosaurians C) Ankylosaurians D) Theropods
A) Dinosauria B) Synapsids C) Ornithodira D) Sauropsida
A) Manda Formation B) Chañares Formation C) Carnian formations D) Pebbly Arkose Formation
A) Megalosaurus femur B) Rutellum impicatum C) Iguanodon tooth D) Saurian tooth
A) Taxonomy B) Systematics C) Cladistics D) Phylogenetics
A) World War II B) The Great Depression C) The Industrial Revolution D) The Cold War
A) Brachiosaurus B) Pteranodon C) Triceratops D) Spinosaurids
A) 1986 B) 1990 C) 1975 D) 1969
A) Lysosomes B) Ribosomes C) Melanosomes D) Mitochondria
A) 3000 B) 1124 C) 1850 D) 900
A) Theropods B) Pterosaurs C) Rauisuchians D) Sauropods
A) Paul Sereno B) John Ostrom C) David B. Weishampel D) Robert T. Bakker
A) They form a complete circle B) No, they do not meet C) Yes, they meet at the center D) They partially overlap
A) Old English B) Ancient Greek C) French D) Latin
A) In 1834, in Maidstone, England B) In 1877, in Colorado C) In 1858, in Haddonfield, New Jersey D) In 1897, in Montana
A) Ankylosaurus B) Diplodocus C) Allosaurus D) Microraptor
A) Prehistoric Excitement B) Dinosaur Mania C) Fossil Fever D) Bone Wars
A) 100 million years B) 20 million years C) 10 million years D) 50 million years
A) 96% B) 30% C) 50% D) 70%
A) Ornithischian B) Sauropodomorph C) Pterosaur D) Theropod
A) Dynamite B) Pickaxes C) Chisels D) Shovels
A) He designed the museum B) He discovered dinosaur fossils for it C) He provided backing for its establishment D) He funded the entire project
A) Sauropodomorph B) Ceratopsian C) Theropod D) Ornithischian
A) 86 B) 100 C) 56 D) 142
A) Eoraptor B) Herrerasaurus C) Chromogisaurus D) Sanjuansaurus
A) Robert Plot B) Gideon Mantell C) William Buckland D) Edward Lhuyd
A) Late Cretaceous epoch B) Early Jurassic epoch C) Permian epoch D) Triassic epoch
A) Edmontosaurus B) Sinosauropteryx C) Brachylophosaurus D) Tyrannosaurus
A) The Permian–Triassic extinction event B) The Triassic–Jurassic extinction event C) An event around 215 million years ago D) Carnian pluvial event
A) Santa Maria Formation B) Manda Formation C) Chañares Formation D) Pebbly Arkose Formation
A) Giant bones B) Prehistoric fossils C) Ancient relics D) Dragon bones
A) Aetosaurs B) Phytosaurs C) Rhynchosaurs D) Ornithosuchids
A) 2005 B) 1991 C) 2015 D) 2009
A) 1858 B) 1877 C) 1834 D) 1897
A) Conifers B) Mosses C) Grasses D) Ferns
A) 233.23 million years old B) 243 million years old C) 201 million years old D) 231–230 million years old
A) Pangaea B) Rodinia C) Laurasia D) Gondwana
A) Ichthyosaurs B) Mosasaurs C) Dimetrodon D) Plesiosaurs
A) Keratin-based B) Feather-like C) Bony D) Scales
A) 3,400 B) 500–1,000 C) 10,806 D) 1,543–2,468
A) Hadrosaurids B) Theropods C) Ornithischians D) Sauropods
A) A distinct proximodistally oriented (vertical) ridge B) A horizontal groove C) No distinctive features D) A circular hole
A) A cranial ridge B) An infratemporal fossa C) A supratemporal fossa D) A temporal crest
A) 17th century B) 18th century C) 16th century D) 19th century
A) Iguanodon B) Tyrannosaurus rex C) Velociraptor D) Stegosaurus
A) Xing Xu B) Mary Higby Schweitzer C) Reginald Hooley D) Jack Horner
A) David B. Weishampel B) John Ostrom C) Paul Sereno D) Robert T. Bakker
A) Mosses B) Angiosperms C) Gymnosperms, particularly conifers D) Ferns
A) American Museum of Natural History B) Marl pits in Haddonfield, New Jersey C) Yale University D) Maidstone, England
A) 2010 B) 2004 C) 1990 D) 1986
A) Stegosaurians B) Maniraptoran coelurosaurians C) Ankylosaurians D) Ceratosaurians
A) Edward Lhuyd B) Gideon Mantell C) Rev William Buckland D) Sir Richard Owen
A) Marsh; mammal B) Owen; lizard C) Samuel Beckles; crocodile D) Hooley; fish
A) Edward Lhuyd B) Gideon Mantell C) William Buckland D) Robert Plot
A) Cladistic analysis B) Carbon dating C) Stratigraphy D) Radiometric dating
A) 9.3 B) 5.6 C) 15.7 D) 12.4
A) Anisian epoch event B) Triassic–Jurassic extinction event C) The Carnian pluvial event D) Permian–Triassic extinction event
A) Life Before Man B) The Dinosauria C) Prehistoric Life D) Dinosaurs of the World
A) Comparable to large dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex B) Rarely exceeded the size of a domestic cat C) Often larger than modern elephants D) Typically as large as modern horses
A) Theropods B) Pterosaurs C) Silesaurids D) Rauisuchians
A) Psittacosaurus B) Scipionyx C) Sinosauropteryx D) Hypacrosaurus
A) Ceratopsians B) Crocodilians C) Tyrannosaurids D) Stegosaurians |