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