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Answer
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Who invented the word Dinosaur?
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Richard Owen
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What was the first dinosaur to be named?
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Megalosaurus
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In which era did life "explode", resulting in lifeforms like fish, trilobites and radiodonts?
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Cambrian
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In which era did vertebrates first step foot on land?
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Devonian
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What is the name of the largest theropod of North America?
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Tyrannosaurus rex
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What is the name of the dromaeosaur most prominently featured in the Jurassic Park movies?
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Velociraptor
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Did Dilophosaurus really have a frill, as seen in Jurassic Park?
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No
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Which dinosaur has a name that means "roofed lizard"?
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Stegosaurus
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What type of rock are fossils only found in?
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Sedimentary
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What was the first dinosaur fossil ever found with clear evidence of feathers?
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Archaeopteryx
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What is the shark genus most well known for having a "tooth whorl" instead of a normal jaw?
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Helicoprion
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Name a well known extinct proboscidean genus. (6 possible answers)
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Deinotherium, Mammut, Gomphotherium, Palaeoloxodon, Mammuthus, Platybelodon
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Which dinosaur is known for its thumb spike?
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Iguanodon
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What extinct species is the closest relative of Homo sapiens?
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Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals)
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What is the name of the "giant millipede" that lived during the Carboniferous?
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Arthropleura
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What extinct animal has a name that means "unusual shrimp"?
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Anomalocaris
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What is the species name of Spinosaurus?
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aegyptiacus
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What did Ankylosaurus and its relatives have that they could use for defense?
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tail club
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What did the extinct bird Hesperornis have that modern birds lack?
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teeth
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What can most modern birds do that Hesperornis couldn't?
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fly
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What kind of lifeform is the oldest fossil on earth?
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stromatolites (cyanobacteria)
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What evolved first, trees or sharks?
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sharks
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What evolved first, mammals or flowers?
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mammals
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Which extinct mammal is the largest terrestrial mammal ever?
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Paraceratherium
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What dinosaur is estimated to be the heaviest terrestrial animal ever?
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Patagotitan
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Which dinosaur is known for its incredibly long claws?
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Therizinosaurus
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What group of cephalopods had incredible diversity during the Mesozoic, but went completely extinct at the end of the Cretaceous.
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Ammonites
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Which extinct whale relative was thought to be a reptile when first discovered.
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Basilosaurus
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What ancient lineage of echinoderms is nicknamed "sea lilies"?
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Crinoids
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What species of pterosaur is though to be the largest creature ever to have taken flight?
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Quetzalcoatlus
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