Statistics for Paleontology General Trivia #1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What is the genus name of the Saber Toothed Tiger?	Smilodon	91%
Which came first, dinosaurs or snakes?	Dinosaurs	70%
Is Ankylosaurus magniventris technically bulletproof?	No	57%
Is Dimetrodon closer related to Tyrannosaurus or humans?	Humans	52%
Yutyrannus is the largest theropod to have these.	Feathers	43%
Is Helicoprion a shark?	No	43%
What time period did Procompsognathus live in?	Triassic	43%
This was the first pterosaur ever discovered, and as such had been wrongly interpreted as a bat or even an aquatic animal.	Pterodactylus	39%
Scientists are currently trying to bring back this keystone species of the Mammoth Steppe.	Woolly Mammoth	39%
What city in China is Chungkingosaurus named after?	Chongqing	35%
Name the dinosaur whose name means “near crested lizard”	Parasaurolophus	35%
Give the species name for the above.	antiquus	30%
Many depictions of Brachiosaurus, such as that in Jurassic Park, are retroactively based on this genus.	Giraffatitan	30%
Give the third dinosaur to be named.	Hylaeosaurus	30%
What did the plesiosaur Aristonectes eat?	Krill	30%
What is Troodon’s current status?	Nomen dubium	30%
How many dinosaur fossils have been found in Pennsylvania?	0	26%
How were the Coelophysis in Ghost Ranch believed to have died?	A flood.	26%
Which paleontologist named Tyrannosaurus rex?	Barnum Brown	26%
What is the above’s closest living relative?	Clouded Leopard	26%
Buitreraptor fed on what?	Insects	26%
Where were Dilophosaurus’ fossils found?	Kayenta Formation	26%
Psephoderma was not a turtle but one of these.	Placodonts	26%
Many pterosaurs such as Tapejara, and the spinosaur Irritator, were found in this Brazilian formation.	Romualdo Formation	26%
Archaeopteryx has a common name. What is it?	Urvogel	26%
About how long was a fully grown Tyrannosaurus in feet?	40 ft	22%
The tree-like Lepidodendron is closer related to what?	Moss	22%
This extinct Ailurid is also known as Bristol’s Panda.	Pristinailurus	22%
Speaking of common names, whose common name is the True-Star Ammonite?	Asteroceras stellare	17%
This pterosaur’s species name comes from the director of the first two Jurassic Park films.	Maaradactylus	13%