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