A) The lowermost member of the Oldman Formation B) The uppermost member of the Belly River Group C) A low-rank coal mine in southern Saskatchewan D) A marine shale above the Bearpaw Formation
A) Judith River Group B) Western Interior Seaway C) Bearpaw Group D) Oldman Group
A) Albian B) Campanian C) Maastrichtian D) Turonian
A) Between 76.5 and 74.4 million years ago B) Between 90.5 and 88.0 million years ago C) Between 70.1 and 65.5 million years ago D) Between 85.0 and 80.2 million years ago
A) Deep marine and abyssal environments B) Volcanic caldera environments C) Alluvial and coastal plain environments D) Glacial and periglacial environments
A) Bearpaw Formation B) Judith River Formation C) Lethbridge Coal Zone D) Oldman Formation
A) Bearpaw Formation B) Belly River Formation C) Milk River Formation D) Oldman Formation
A) Pterosaur wings exclusively B) Dinosaur skeletons C) Mammalian teeth only D) Ammonite shells
A) Pure amber deposits B) Preserved remains of soft tissues C) Meteorite fragments D) Volcanic glass shards
A) Amphibians and trilobites B) Whales and dolphins C) Birds and bats D) Fish, turtles, and crocodilians
A) Dinosaur Provincial Park B) Berry Creek C) Deadlodge Canyon D) Red Deer River Park
A) UNESCO World Heritage Site B) National Marine Sanctuary C) International Geological Monument D) Protected Biosphere Reserve
A) In the mountains to the west B) Beneath the Bearpaw Sea C) Along the shores of the Milk River D) In the badlands that flank the Red Deer River
A) George Mercer Dawson B) Joseph Burr Tyrrell C) Jean-Baptiste L'Heureux D) Lawrence Lambe
A) A giant prehistoric bear B) The "grandfather of the buffalo" C) A duck-billed dinosaur D) A woolly mammoth
A) Henry Fairfield Osborn B) George Mercer Dawson C) Jean-Baptiste L'Heureux D) Thomas Chesmer Weston
A) Berry Creek B) Red Deer River C) Deadlodge Canyon D) Milk River
A) Edward Drinker Cope B) Lawrence Lambe C) George Mercer Dawson D) Joseph Burr Tyrrell
A) Albertosaurus B) Tyrannosaurus C) Gorgosaurus D) Laelaps
A) Lawrence Lambe B) Henry Fairfield Osborn C) Joseph Burr Tyrrell D) Thomas Chesmer Weston
A) George Mercer Dawson B) Jean-Baptiste L'Heureux C) Thomas Chesmer Weston D) Henry Fairfield Osborn
A) Bow River B) Red Deer River C) Milk River D) South Saskatchewan River
A) Edward Drinker Cope B) Lawrence Lambe C) Thomas Chesmer Weston D) Joseph Burr Tyrrell
A) Oldman Formation B) Belly River Formation C) Judith River Formation D) Bearpaw Formation
A) Late Permian B) Early Triassic C) Mid-Cretaceous D) Early Jurassic
A) Erosion of the Canadian Shield to the east B) Volcanic ash from northern plains C) Erosion of the mountains to the west D) Glacial deposits from the north
A) Northward and northwestward B) Westward and southwestward C) Strictly southward D) Eastward and southeastward
A) Bearpaw Sea B) Hudson Sea C) Tethys Sea D) Sundance Sea
A) Panthalassa Seaway B) Western Interior Seaway C) Atlantic Seaway D) Boreal Seaway
A) Limestone reefs of the Milk River Formation B) Coal beds of the Lethbridge Zone C) Marine shales of the Bearpaw Formation D) Sandstones of the Oldman Formation
A) About 70 metres (230 ft) B) About 300 metres (980 ft) C) About 150 metres (490 ft) D) About 30 metres (100 ft)
A) Glacial moraine environments B) Aeolian dune environments C) Deep marine shelf environments D) Fluvial channel environments
A) Fine- to medium-grained, crossbedded sandstones B) Pure white chalk and limestone C) Massive to laminated organic-rich mudstones D) Low-rank coal seams and siltstones
A) Subglacial trench environments B) Offshore marine environments C) Overbank and floodplain environments D) Estuarine and deltaic environments
A) Thick beds of massive granite B) Massive to laminated, organic-rich mudstones C) Red chalk and marl D) Coarse-grained conglomerate sandstones
A) Fossilized marine shells and amber B) Volcanic pumice and quartz veins C) Root traces and thin beds of bentonite D) Coprolites and sulfur nodules
A) Red Deer Coal Seam B) Lethbridge Coal Zone C) Berry Creek Coal Member D) Deadlodge Coal Horizon
A) Lignite beds alternating with marine shales B) Pure anthracite coal layers with thick sandstone caps C) Bituminous coal mixed exclusively with limestone D) Several seams of low-rank coal interbedded with mudstones and siltstones
A) A regional disconformity B) A massive layer of pure volcanic ash C) A thick bed of marine limestone D) An angular unconformity caused by major mountain building
A) By petrographic and sedimentologic differences B) By differences in their overall geological age of 20 million years C) By the complete absence of rocks in the Oldman Formation D) By their fossilized marine invertebrate content
A) They have never been found in either formation B) They are rare in the Oldman Formation but abundant in the Dinosaur Park Formation C) They are abundant in the Oldman Formation and absent in the Dinosaur Park Formation D) They are equally abundant in both formations
A) Alberta B) Manitoba C) British Columbia D) Saskatchewan
A) Jean-Baptiste L'Heureux and the Blackfoot Confederacy B) Edward Drinker Cope and Henry Fairfield Osborn C) Thomas Chesmer Weston and Lawrence Lambe exclusively D) George Mercer Dawson and his colleagues
A) Two B) Three C) Four D) One
A) The extinction of all dinosaurs B) Volcanic activity C) A return to the lower fauna D) A third distinct fauna
A) Corythosaurus B) Centrosaurus C) Vagaceratops irvinensis D) Euoplocephalus tutus
A) Lambeosaurus magnicristatus B) Lambeosaurus altidens C) Lambeosaurus ornatissimus D) Lambeosaurus lambei
A) Penalski B) Mallon C) Eberth D) Coombs
A) Penalski B) Eberth C) Coombs D) Mallon
A) 2018 B) 2010 C) 2023 D) 2019
A) ~0m B) ~16-30m C) ~40m D) ~3-8m
A) ~40m B) ~27-31m C) ~3-8m D) ~0m
A) ~16-30m B) ~40m C) ~3-8m D) ~0m
A) ~3-8m B) ~0m C) ~27-31m D) ~16-30m
A) ~3-8m B) ~0m C) ~27-31m D) ~40m
A) Centrosaurus apertus B) Styracosaurus albertensis C) Euoplocephalus tutus D) Corythosaurus casuarius
A) Pterosaur B) Corythosaurus C) Sauropod D) Theropod
A) Megaherbivores B) Omnivores C) Microscopic plankton D) Carnivores
A) A fully named Triceratops horridus B) An adult Chasmosaurus belli C) An unnamed Pachyrhinosaurus-like taxon D) A well-defined Centrosaurus apertus
A) No ornithopod remains at all B) Dozens of complete Thescelosaurus skeletons C) At least one indeterminate thescelosaurid specimen D) Only adult Iguanodon bones
A) Only juvenile hadrosaurs B) The most abundant adult Edmontosaurus C) Exclusively lambeosaurines D) Less common hadrosaurs like Brachylophosaurus or Parasaurolophus
A) Sub-centimeter fragments B) Giant meters-wide pieces C) Microscopic dust particles D) Exactly five inches across
A) Cypress Hills B) Writing-on-Stone C) Royal Tyrrell Museum grounds D) Devil's Coulee
A) Trilobites B) Brachiopods C) Pisidiid clams D) Giant ammonites
A) Sodium chloride B) Iron oxide C) Basic calcium carbonate D) Hydrochloric acid
A) Artificial industrial acids B) Sulfuric acid from rainfall C) Naturally occurring acids D) Citric acid from native fruits
A) Bonebed 99 B) Bonebed 12 C) Bonebed 1 D) Bonebed 50
A) Yes B) In every single bonebed C) Always D) No
A) Tooth marks B) Bite punctures from insects C) Pathological bone growths D) Claw marks
A) Avimimid B) Hadrosaurid C) Ceratopsian D) Tyrannosaurid
A) Skulls B) Teeth C) Footprints D) Tail feathers
A) Aquatic B) Arboreal C) fossorial D) Terrestrial
A) Frogs B) Lizards C) Snakes D) Turtles
A) Sharks B) Large birds C) Whales D) Crocodylians
A) Cretorectolobus olsoni B) Leidyosuchus C) Cteniogenys sp. cf. antiquus D) Albertochampsa
A) Cteniogenys B) Champsosaurus C) Albertochampsa D) Ischyrhiza
A) Parasaniwa B) Estesesox C) Leidyosuchus D) Belonostomus
A) Helodermatids B) Champsosaurus C) Albertochampsa D) Leidyosuchus
A) Yes B) No, it is a fish C) No, it is a mammal D) No, it is a turtle
A) Necrosaurids B) Nannosaurs C) Nautiloids D) Newts
A) Stegosaurus B) Saurophaganax C) Spinosaurus D) Socognathus
A) ?Helodermatids B) ?Exostinus C) ?Varanids D) ?Teiids
A) Hammerhead shark B) Mackerel shark C) Bull shark D) Carpet shark
A) Sclerorhynchid B) Sturgeon C) Carpet shark D) Gar
A) Sclerorhynchid B) Carpet shark C) Hybodont shark D) Chimaera
A) Ray B) Gar C) Sturgeon D) Chimaera
A) Guitarfish B) Salmon C) Pike D) Carpet shark
A) Ray B) Sturgeon C) Chimaera D) Gar
A) A sturgeon B) A chimaera C) A guitarfish D) A shark
A) Electric ray B) Sawfish C) Rhino Ray D) Carpet shark
A) Acipenseriformes B) Holostean fish C) Chondrichthyans D) Teleost fish
A) "Acipenser albertensis" B) Lepisosteus occidentalis C) Anchiacipenser acanthaspis D) Arotus hieroglyphus
A) Lepisosteus occidentalis B) Anchiacipenser acanthaspis C) Acipenser albertensis D) Arotus hieroglyphus
A) Myledaphus bipartitus B) Ischyrhiza mira C) Arotus hieroglyphus D) Enchodus petrosus
A) The pike B) The tarpon C) The salmon D) The gar
A) A characin B) An elopomorph C) A chimaera D) A pike
A) A sturgeon B) A gar C) A characin D) A pike
A) An osteoglossomorph B) An otophysan C) A guitarfish D) A salmonid
A) Paratarpon apogerontus B) Cretophareodus alberticus C) Acronichthys sp. D) Estesesox foxi
A) Arotus hieroglyphus B) Lepisosteus occidentalis C) Enchodus gladiolus D) Oldmanesox canadensis |