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