Statistics for The Dinosauria

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What dinosaur seems to have been able to "Honk" like a big wind instrument?	Parasaurolophus tubicen	100%
What clade of dinosaurs evolved a long snout?	Baryonychinae	77%
What bones give the two major dinosaur clades their names?	The hips	77%
Which of the following animals is NOT a dinosaur?	Basilosaurus cetoides	69%
What is a "thagomizer"?	The array of tail spikes found in Stegosaurus	69%
What is a hotly debated topic in dinosaur paleobiology?	The ecology of Spinosaurus	69%
Which discovery triggered the Dinosaur Renaisance in the late 60s?	Deinonychus antirrhopus	62%
What two species are used to define Dinosaurs as "The least inclussive group that contains..."?	Triceratops horridus and Passer domesticus	62%
How far back would you have to travel to see the first dinosaurs?	230 million years	54%
What are the most important traits used to identify a Dinosaur?	A hole in the acetabulum and the extent of the deltopectoral crest	54%
What is a commonly agreed estimated weight for the largest Sauropods?	70 tons	31%
Which bird species is more closely related to a Tyrannosaurus rex?	All of the above	31%
Defines the Tyrannosaurs (T. rex and friends)	Fused nasals and "D" shaped cross section of the incisors	31%
Which of these dinosaur groups was allegedly adapted to highlands and is found far from paleoshores?	Ceratopsidae	23%
What is the evidence for swimming dinosaurs?	Claw marks ichnofossils in shallow water sediments	23%