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