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