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The Dinosauria
The "not that easy" dinosaur quiz you wanted
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Last updated: July 3, 2022
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1.
What are the most important traits used to identify a Dinosaur?
An odd number of toes and pachyostotic pelvises
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Fused cervical vertebrae and enlongated chevron bones
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A hole in the acetabulum and the extent of the deltopectoral crest
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Long, muscular tail and hypertophied necks
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Only dinosaurus pocess these
2.
What is a commonly agreed estimated weight for the largest Sauropods?
70 tons
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130 tons
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20 tons
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100 tons
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3.
What bones give the two major dinosaur clades their names?
The tail
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The legs
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The skull
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The hips
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4.
Which of the following animals is NOT a dinosaur?
Qianzhousaurus sinensis
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Basilosaurus cetoides
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Stegosaurus armatus
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Astrodon johnstoni
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5.
What clade of dinosaurs evolved a long snout?
Baryonychinae
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Lessemsauridae
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Longirostra
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Panankylosauria
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6.
What dinosaur seems to have been able to "Honk" like a big wind instrument?
Tyrannosaurus rex
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Velociraptor mongoliensis
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Ankylosaurus magniventris
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Parasaurolophus tubicen
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7.
How far back would you have to travel to see the first dinosaurs?
65 million years
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90 thousand years
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230 million years
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150 million years
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8.
Which discovery triggered the Dinosaur Renaisance in the late 60s?
Deinonychus antirrhopus
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Maiasaura peeblesorum
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Feathers in dinosaurs
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Crocodiles are warm blooded
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9.
What is a hotly debated topic in dinosaur paleobiology?
Parental care
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Integument in Hadrosaurs
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Velociraptor hunting strategies
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The ecology of Spinosaurus
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10.
What is the evidence for swimming dinosaurs?
Claw marks ichnofossils in shallow water sediments
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Neutral buoyancy of dinosaurs
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Fish scales among the preserved stomach contents
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All of the above
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11.
Defines the Tyrannosaurs (T. rex and friends)
Two fingered hands and reduced arms
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Fused nasals and "D" shaped cross section of the incisors
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Big heads and muscular necks
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An ascending process in the Astragalus and serrated teeth
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12.
What two species are used to define Dinosaurs as "The least inclussive group that contains..."?
Homo erectus and Homo naledi
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Kaikaifilu hervei and Deltadromeus agilis
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Triceratops horridus and Passer domesticus
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Megalosaurus bucklandii and Iguanodon bernissartensis
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13.
Which bird species is more closely related to a Tyrannosaurus rex?
Gallus gallus (Chicken)
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Anas platyrhinchos (Duck)
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Struthio camellus (Ostrich)
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All of the above
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14.
Which of these dinosaur groups was allegedly adapted to highlands and is found far from paleoshores?
Ceratopsidae
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Lambeosaurinae
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Titanosauridae
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Dilophosauridae
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15.
What is a "thagomizer"?
The tail club found in Ankylosaurus
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The array of tail spikes found in Stegosaurus
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The claws of Therizinosaurus
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The dome head of Pachycephalosaurus
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