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Extinct Animals - Statistics
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- The average score is 15 of 60
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Famous sail-backed synapsid from the Permian. | Dimetrodon | 69%
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| The largest saber-toothed cat of all time. | Smilodon | 56%
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| Large carnivorous marsupial that probably died out in the 20th century. | Thylacine | 50%
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| The largest carnivorous dinosaur of all time. | Spinosaurus | 48%
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| The tallest bird of all time. | Moa | 46%
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| The Torosaurus might simply be a mature form of this well-known dinosaur. | Triceratops | 40%
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| Ancient predatory whale initially believed to have been a sea serpent. | Basilosaurus | 39%
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| Mesozoic marine reptiles known for their very long necks. | Plesiosaurs | 38%
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| The human species that first learned to control fire. | Homo erectus | 37%
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| Powerful canid that lived in the Americas until about 10000 years ago. | Dire wolf | 36%
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| Mesozoic marine reptiles with dolphin-like shapes. | Ichthyosaurs | 36%
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| Once the most abundant bird in the world, it died out in 1914. | Passenger pigeon | 36%
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| Huge sirenian hunted to extinction by Europeans. | Steller's sea cow | 36%
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| Small theropod known for its large brain; binocular vision and nimble fingers. | Troodon | 36%
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| The "Velociraptors" of Jurassic Park were modeled after this dinosaur. | Deinonychus | 35%
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| Group of carnivorous flightless bird of South America. | Terror birds | 35%
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| The largest snake of all time. | Titanoboa | 35%
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| Hoofed Eocene predator; one of the largest carnivorous land mammals ever. | Andrewsarchus | 33%
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| Large armored mammal from pleistocene South America. | Glyptodon | 33%
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| The largest land mammal of all time. | Paraceratherium | 33%
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| The largest bear of all time. | Short-faced bear | 33%
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| Monstrous pig-like creatures; have been called "hell pigs". | Entelodonts | 32%
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| Dominant late Cretaceous marine reptiles. | Mosasaurs | 31%
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| This theropod dinosaur had the longest claws of any animal ever. | Therizinosaurus | 29%
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| The largest cartilaginous fish of all time. | Megalodon | 27%
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| The largest ape of all time. | Gigantopithecus | 26%
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| Diverse group of marine arthropods known throughout the Paleozoic. | Trilobites | 26%
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| The largest turtle of all time. | Archelon | 25%
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| Miocene sperm whale relative; owner of largest teeth ever. | Livyatan | 25%
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| The former's short-necked relatives; powerful apex predators. | Pliosaurs | 25%
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| Giant crocodilian from the early Cretaceous; possibly the largest ever. | Sarcosuchus | 25%
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| A prime rival in size to the former, this time from the late Cretaceous. | Deinosuchus | 24%
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| The earliest known dinosaur. | Eoraptor | 24%
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| The largest of that group; a powerful apex predator. | Dunkleosteus | 23%
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| Penguin-like aquatic toothed bird of the Cretaceous. | Hesperornis | 21%
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| Huge proboscidean with downward-curving tusks on the lower jaw. | Deinotherium | 20%
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| The largest pterosaur of all time. | Quetzalcouatlus | 20%
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| Giant raptor relative; possibly the largest flying bird ever. | Argentavis | 19%
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| The largest terrestrial lizard of all time. | Megalania | 19%
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| This Pinta Island tortoise was for years the "rarest creature in the world". | Lonesome George | 18%
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| The largest eagle of all time. | Haast's Eagle | 15%
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| The largest known gorgonopsid. | Inostrancevia | 15%
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| Shelled cephalopods extremely common in the Mesozoic. | Ammonites | 14%
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| Recently discovered hominin that interbred with us and Neanderthals. | Denisovan | 14%
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| This suborder of therapsids gave rise to mammals. | Cynodontia | 13%
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| This smallish therapsid was the dominant land animal in the early Triassic. | Lystrosaurus | 12%
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| The largest bony fish of all time. | Leedsichthys | 11%
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| Class of armored fish from the Paleozoic. | Placodermi | 10%
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| Group of extremely large seabirds with tooth-like points in their beaks. | Pseudotooth birds | 10%
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| Predatory arthropod relative; possibly the largest creature of the Cambrian. | Anomalocaris | 8%
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| The largest land invertebrate of all time. | Arthropleura | 7%
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| Cambrian creature of unclear morphology; named for its dreamlike looks. | Hallucigenia | 7%
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| Carboniferous dragonfly relative with a huge wingspan. | Meganeura | 7%
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| Cephalopods with long, straight shells; abundant in the Paleozoic. | Orthocerida | 7%
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| Supposed largest dinosaur of all time; known only from a single bone. | Amphicoelias | 6%
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| Order of Paleozoic aquatic arthropods; some grew to gigantic sizes. | Eurypterida | 6%
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| A famous Devonian fish with many tetrapod features. | Tiktaalik | 6%
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| Order of rodent-like mammals that thrived from Jurassic to Oligocene. | Multituberculata | 5%
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| Group of amphibians named after their peculiar tooth structure. | Labyrinthodontia | 2%
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| This locust formed the largest swarms known; died out in early 20th century. | Rocky Mountain locust | 2%
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