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