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Paleontology General Trivia #1 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 188 times
- The average score is 7 of 30
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What is the genus name of the Saber Toothed Tiger? | Smilodon | 90%
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| Which came first, dinosaurs or snakes? | Dinosaurs | 64%
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| Is Ankylosaurus magniventris technically bulletproof? | No | 61%
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| Is Dimetrodon closer related to Tyrannosaurus or humans? | Humans | 50%
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| Yutyrannus is the largest theropod to have these. | Feathers | 40%
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| Is Helicoprion a shark? | No | 40%
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| Scientists are currently trying to bring back this keystone species of the Mammoth Steppe. | Woolly Mammoth | 36%
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| What time period did Procompsognathus live in? | Triassic | 33%
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| What city in China is Chungkingosaurus named after? | Chongqing | 28%
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| Many depictions of Brachiosaurus, such as that in Jurassic Park, are retroactively based on this genus. | Giraffatitan | 27%
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| How many dinosaur fossils have been found in Pennsylvania? | 0 | 25%
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| This was the first pterosaur ever discovered, and as such had been wrongly interpreted as a bat or even an aquatic animal. | Pterodactylus | 25%
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| What is the above’s closest living relative? | Clouded Leopard | 21%
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| Name the dinosaur whose name means “near crested lizard” | Parasaurolophus | 20%
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| Which paleontologist named Tyrannosaurus rex? | Barnum Brown | 15%
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| Give the third dinosaur to be named. | Hylaeosaurus | 15%
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| Buitreraptor fed on what? | Insects | 14%
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| What did the plesiosaur Aristonectes eat? | Krill | 14%
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| Archaeopteryx has a common name. What is it? | Urvogel | 14%
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| What is Troodon’s current status? | Nomen dubium | 13%
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| About how long was a fully grown Tyrannosaurus in feet? | 40 ft | 11%
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| Give the species name for the above. | antiquus | 11%
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| How were the Coelophysis in Ghost Ranch believed to have died? | A flood. | 9%
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| The tree-like Lepidodendron is closer related to what? | Moss | 8%
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| Psephoderma was not a turtle but one of these. | Placodonts | 8%
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| Where were Dilophosaurus’ fossils found? | Kayenta Formation | 7%
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| Many pterosaurs such as Tapejara, and the spinosaur Irritator, were found in this Brazilian formation. | Romualdo Formation | 7%
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| This pterosaur’s species name comes from the director of the first two Jurassic Park films. | Maaradactylus | 6%
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| This extinct Ailurid is also known as Bristol’s Panda. | Pristinailurus | 6%
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| Speaking of common names, whose common name is the True-Star Ammonite? | Asteroceras stellare | 5%
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