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