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