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Paleontology General Knowledge - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 223 times
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- The average score is 19 of 30
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Did Dilophosaurus really have a frill, as seen in Jurassic Park? | No | 92%
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| What is the name of the largest theropod of North America? | Tyrannosaurus rex | 91%
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| What is the name of the dromaeosaur most prominently featured in the Jurassic Park movies? | Velociraptor | 88%
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| What evolved first, trees or sharks? | sharks | 85%
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| What evolved first, mammals or flowers? | mammals | 84%
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| In which era did life "explode", resulting in lifeforms like fish, trilobites and radiodonts? | Cambrian | 80%
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| What can most modern birds do that Hesperornis couldn't? | fly | 74%
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| Which dinosaur is known for its thumb spike? | Iguanodon | 72%
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| What type of rock are fossils only found in? | Sedimentary | 72%
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| What extinct species is the closest relative of Homo sapiens? | Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthals) | 70%
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| What did Ankylosaurus and its relatives have that they could use for defense? | tail club | 70%
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| In which era did vertebrates first step foot on land? | Devonian | 69%
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| What species of pterosaur is though to be the largest creature ever to have taken flight? | Quetzalcoatlus | 67%
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| Which dinosaur is known for its incredibly long claws? | Therizinosaurus | 67%
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| What was the first dinosaur to be named? | Megalosaurus | 65%
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| Name one of the dinosaurs that could be considered the heaviest terrestrial animal ever. (6 possible answers) | Patagotitan, Giraffatitan, Argentinosaurus, Supersaurus, Bruhathkayosaurus, Maraapunisaurus | 64%
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| Which dinosaur has a name that means "roofed lizard"? | Stegosaurus | 63%
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| What did the extinct bird Hesperornis have that modern birds lack? | teeth | 63%
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| What was the first dinosaur fossil ever found with clear evidence of feathers? | Archaeopteryx | 56%
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| What is the name of the "giant millipede" that lived during the Carboniferous? | Arthropleura | 54%
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| What is the shark-like fish genus most well known for having a "tooth whorl" instead of a normal jaw? | Helicoprion | 53%
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| What group of cephalopods had incredible diversity during the Mesozoic, but went completely extinct at the end of the Cretaceous. | Ammonites | 51%
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| Which extinct whale relative was thought to be a reptile when first discovered. | Basilosaurus | 51%
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| What extinct animal has a name that means "unusual shrimp"? | Anomalocaris | 50%
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| Which extinct perissodactyl mammal is thought to be the largest terrestrial mammal ever? | Paraceratherium | 42%
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| Who invented the word Dinosaur? | Richard Owen | 41%
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| Name a well known extinct proboscidean genus. (6 possible answers) | Deinotherium, Mammut, Gomphotherium, Palaeoloxodon, Mammuthus, Platybelodon | 39%
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| What is the species name of Spinosaurus? | aegyptiacus | 38%
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| What kind of lifeform is the oldest fossil on earth? | stromatolites (cyanobacteria) | 31%
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| What ancient lineage of echinoderms is nicknamed "sea lilies"? | Crinoids | 27%
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