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