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