Paleontology Trivia

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Hint	Answer
The era that non-avian dinosaurs lived in	Mesozoic
The man who coined the term "dinosaur"	Richard Owen
The literal translation of "dinosaur"	Terrible lizard
The name for the conflict between Marsh and Cope	Bone Wars
The taxonomic term for organisms that don't fit other classifications	Wastebasket taxon
The term for a taxon that disappears and reappears in the fossil record	Lazarus taxon

Hint	Answer
A genus of fish previously believed to be extinct, an example of the above	Coelacanth
Despite frequent speculation, this enormous shark is not an example of the above	Megalodon
Some people theorize that the Loch Ness Monster is a surviving member of this clade	Plesiosauria
This prehistoric whale was initially believed to be a reptile, hence its name	Basilosaurus
The colloquial term for the Permian-Triassic extinction	The Great Dying