List of North American dinosaurs - Quiz
A) The genus must appear on the List of dinosaur genera. B) The genus must have complete cranial remains available. C) The genus must be dated exclusively to the Cretaceous period. D) The genus must be discovered by a North American paleontologist.
A) The holotype must be housed in a North American museum. B) The genus must have been named within the last fifty years. C) The creature must be larger than an average horse. D) At least one named species of the creature must have been found in North America.
A) A painting by Charles R. Knight. B) A complete skeletal mount in a Washington museum. C) A single tooth found in Wyoming. D) A controversial television documentary.
A) It lacks cranial remains. B) It is dated to the wrong geological era. C) The original holotype was destroyed in a fire. D) It was discovered in Europe instead of North America.
A) Triceratops B) Allosaurus C) Stegosaurus D) Camarasaurus
A) Dacentrurus B) Miragaia C) Gryposaurus D) Styracosaurus
A) Camarasaurus B) Stegosaurus C) Allosaurus D) Tyrannosaurus
A) The remains consist solely of skin impressions. B) It was found outside of North America. C) The fossil was stolen before it could be studied. D) It is based on undiagnostic remains of uncertain provenance.
A) A fish spine. B) The jawbone of a Mesozoic pig. C) A crocodile tooth. D) A turtle shell fragment.
A) As a pterosaur wing bone. B) As a marine reptile rib. C) As a dinosaur vertebra. D) As an ancient mammal claw.
A) Ten B) One C) Four D) Two
A) "Capitalsaurus" B) "Beelemodon" C) "Microcephale" D) "Orcomimus"
A) Fifth and G Streets N.W. B) Pennsylvania and Independence Avenues C) First and F Streets S.E. D) Second and Constitution Avenue
A) "Dinosaur Way" B) "Mesozoic Lane" C) "Capitalsaurus Court" D) "Fossil Circle"
A) Camarasaurus B) Diplodocus C) Brachiosaurus D) Apatosaurus
A) A long-necked sauropod B) An indeterminate cerapod C) An armored ankylosaur D) A basal theropod
A) Stegosaurus B) Allosaurus C) Tyrannosaurus D) Triceratops
A) In a popular dinosaur book B) In a peer-reviewed scientific journal C) In a museum catalog D) In a dissertation
A) Footprints B) Skulls C) Tail vertebrae D) Teeth
A) Gorgosaurus B) Tyrannosaurus C) Velociraptor D) Allosaurus
A) As a plated thyreophoran B) As a small, flat-headed pachycephalosaur C) As a feathered dromaeosaurid D) As a giant horned ceratopsian
A) Gravitholus B) Stegoceras C) Pachycephalosaurus D) Stygimoloch
A) Dryosaurus B) Camptosaurus C) Nanosaurus D) Othnielia
A) Cretaceous B) Triassic C) Paleogene D) Jurassic
A) Falcarius B) Stenonychosaurus C) Latenivenatrix D) Troodon
A) Dracorex B) Stegoceras C) Stygimoloch D) Pachycephalosaurus
A) Geminiraptor suarezarum B) Troodon formosus C) Stenonychosaurus D) Latenivenatrix mcmasterae
A) A nodosaurid ankylosaur B) A dromaeosaurid theropod C) A sauropod dinosaur D) A basal ceratopsian
A) It is an extremely small pachycephalosaur with skull caps only 5 centimetres long. B) It is the largest known horned dinosaur in North America. C) It is a massive sauropod known from tiny teeth. D) It is a medium-sized theropod with a long tail.
A) Chasmosaurus B) Styracosaurus C) Triceratops D) Centrosaurus
A) Because it had two horns on its frill B) Because its teeth had two roots C) Due to its lack of a nasal horn D) Because it was discovered by two brothers
A) A fish B) A mammal C) An insect D) A bird
A) Chasmosaurus B) Torosaurus C) Mojoceratops D) Eotriceratops
A) Ferris Formation B) Judith River Formation C) Morrison Formation D) Hell Creek Formation
A) A humerus B) A tooth C) A skull cap D) A femur
A) A flying pterosaur B) A small crocodilian C) An early mammal D) A small bird-like dinosaur
A) A chimera consisting of elements from various unrelated tetrapods B) A genuine ancestor of modern ostriches C) A fully preserved dromaeosaurid skeleton D) A hoax created in the twentieth century
A) Parasaurolophus B) Gryposaurus C) Edmontosaurus D) Hadrosaurus
A) perifania B) albertensis C) longispinus D) fowleri
A) A massive nasal horn like a rhinoceros B) Long trailing feathers on its head C) A broad bony frill with spikes D) Long horns jutting out from behind it
A) Ferris Formation B) Morrison Formation C) Hell Creek Formation D) Judith River Formation
A) Allosaurus B) Gorgosaurus C) Albertosaurus D) Nanotyrannus
A) Ma, megaannum B) Years C) Centuries D) Ka, kiloannum
A) Complete stegosaur skeletons B) Hadrosaur eggshells C) Fragmentary saurischian fossils D) Ankylosaur armor plates
A) Tyrannosaurus B) Coelophysis C) Triceratops D) Allosaurus
A) Sauropelta B) Scutellosaurus C) Stegosaurus D) Ankylosaurus
A) Diplodocus B) Astrodon C) Alamosaurus D) Sauroposeidon
A) Five B) Three C) Seven D) One
A) Thescelosaurus B) Tenontosaurus C) Camptosaurus D) Leptoceratops
A) Sauropods B) Ornithopods C) Ceratopsians D) Ankylosaurs
A) Dromaeosaurus B) Deinonychus C) Atrociraptor D) Bambiraptor
A) Tyrannosaurus B) Siats C) Acrocanthosaurus D) Allosaurus
A) Sauroposeidon B) Brachiosaurus C) Diplodocus D) Apatosaurus
A) Ankylosaurus B) Edmontonia C) Gastonia D) Denversaurus
A) Ceratopsians B) Sauropods C) Stegosaurs D) Ornithopods
A) Albertosaurus B) Tyrannosaurus rex C) Gorgosaurus D) Moros intrepidus
A) Zuniceratops B) Triceratops C) Pentaceratops D) Torosaurus
A) Maastrichtian B) Cenomanian C) Turonian D) Campanian
A) Tyrannosaurus B) Albertosaurus C) Nanotyrannus D) Moros intrepidus
A) Bravoceratops B) Triceratops C) Styracosaurus D) Torosaurus
A) Edmontosaurus B) Saurolophus C) Augustynolophus D) Parasaurolophus
A) Turonian B) Hettangian C) Cenomanian D) Maastrichtian
A) Alamosaurus B) Diplodocus C) Brachiosaurus D) Apatosaurus
A) Tenontosaurus B) Sphaerotholus C) Stygimoloch D) Thescelosaurus
A) Acrocanthosaurus B) Dryptosaurus C) Allosaurus D) Ceratosaurus
A) Guatemala B) Nicaragua C) Honduras D) Costa Rica
A) USNM LAT 123456 B) USNM PAL 500210 C) USNM DIN 998221 D) USNM PAL 181339
A) Barnum Brown B) Gregory Horne C) George Mason D) Bruce Simonson
A) Alamosaurus B) Barosaurus C) Astrodon D) Sauroposeidon
A) Deinonychus B) Albertosaurus C) Tyrannosaurus D) Ornitholestes
A) Camptosaurus B) Tenontosaurus C) Edmontosaurus D) Dryosaurus
A) Nanotyrannus B) Daspletosaurus C) Tyrannosaurus D) Moros intrepidus
A) Styracosaurus B) Regaliceratops C) Zuniceratops D) Centrosaurus
A) Microvenator B) Struthiomimus C) Coelurus D) Ornitholestes
A) Troodon B) Deinonychus C) Atrociraptor D) Bambiraptor
A) Sauropelta B) Gastonia C) Edmontonia D) Ankylosaurus
A) Gastonia B) Edmontonia C) Sauropelta D) Ankylosaurus
A) Troodon B) Ornithomimus C) Anzu D) Richardoestesia
A) Utahraptor B) Velociraptor C) Dakotaraptor D) Deinonychus |
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