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