Historical Geology Test 3
list 3 things that distinguish the difference between dinosaur reptiles and synapsid reptiles.
1. reptiles lived in the sea, dinosaurs didn't 2. synapsids lived before dinosaurs 3. dinosaurs couldn't fly like the Pterosaurs.
Approximately, how many millions of years did dinosaurs live?
165 million years.
Cretaceous period
2 continents kept moving apart, seasons, flowers.
Dinosaur remains can be found in regions around the world, except for what region?
Antarctica.
what name is given to the oldest dinosaur known ever found?
Eoraptor.
__________ one of two paleontologists who discovered eoraptor.
Fernando Novas.
______ was the period of time for Gondwana and Laurasia.
Jurassic
what era of time did the dinosaurs rule?
Mesozoic era.
where in the US is a large global warming project being conducted which releases high levels of CO2 into the atmosphere?
North Carolina.
Jurassic period
Pangaea broke apart, thick forests, new dinosaurs.
what stretched from the north to the south during the early Triassic period?
Pangaea.
what type of hip bone structure had the pubis bone pointing forward?
Pubis
__________ was a man who coined the term "dinosaur".
Sir Richard Owen.
____________ was a slow, low lying and armored plant eating dinosaur.
Stegosaurus
T-rex lived during what period of time?
Triassic
What period of time did the first dinosaurs appear?
Triassic era.
what period of time did the Supercontinent Pangaea begin breaking apart?
Triassic period.
__________ was the first period of the Mesozoic era.
Triassic.
Cretaceous extinction
all dinosaurs died, asteroid, 70% of all dinosaurs died.
__________ was the largest known subgroup for dinosaurs.
allosaurus.
What kind of dinosaur was a ankylosaurus?
ankylosaur
scientists have found scales in the stomach of _________.
baryonyx
evidence that the t-rex is a scavenger by the appearance and vocal cords?
big and loud, enough to intimidate other dinosaurs.
evidence that the t-rex is a scavenger by the legs?
bigger thighs than shins. slow runners or walkers which meant they weren't able to kill.
these dinosaurs had teeth that looked like chisels which were used for stripping leaves from tall trees.
braciosaurus
herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore? dilophosaurus.
carnivore
What kind of dinosaur was a nasutoceratop?
ceratopsian
What kind of dinosaur was a styracosaurus?
ceratopsian
_____ was a possible cannibal dinosaur.
coelophysis.
__________ was a swift predator like a tiger.
coelophysis.
therapods like ______ were no longer than a chicken.
compsognathus
hadrosaurs such as ___________ had rows of teeth and strong chewing muscles.
corythosaurus
__________ had the ability to spit venom.
dilophosaurus.
__________ was a small plant eater that lived in forests as many deer do today.
dryosaurus
____________ lived in herds and migrated across the continents the same way antelopes do.
edmontosaurus
T/F: according to Dr. Jack Horner, t-rex ruled the age of the dinosaurs and was a top, apex predator of its time.
false.
T/F: all dinosaurs had feathers.
false.
T/F: in the ocean, some fishes survived at the end of the Cretaceous period, but all the marine reptiles die except the plesiosaurs.
false.
Triassic period
first dinosaurs appeared , Pangaea, hot and dry with some forests.
_________ probably snapped up insects, small animals, or eggs that it could swallow in one gulp.
gallimimus
the long necked sauropods could not break up their food with their teeth, so they swallowed stones, called ____________, which did the job in their stomachs.
gastroliths.
What ranch found in the US contains an abundance of Coelophysis' skeletal remains?
ghost ranch.
South America saw the arrival of possibly the largest meat eater of all _________, at the end of the age of the dinosaurs.
giganotosaurus.
Name a dinosaur that could glide back and forth moving downward from one tree to the next hunting for flying insects and lizards, but could also climb with ease up the trees hunting for slugs and tree bugs.
gliding microraptor
What kind of dinosaur was a lambeosaurus?
hadrosaur
What kind of dinosaur was a parasaurolophus?
hadrosaur
herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore? ankylosaurus?
herbivore
herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore? brachiosaurus?
herbivore
herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore? pachycephalosaurus?
herbivore
herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore? stegosaurus?
herbivore
herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore? maiosaurus
herbivore.
what kind of diet did the oldest known dinosaurs have?
herbivores.
overall there were more ________ than ________ on the earth during the Mesozoic era.
herbivores; carnivores.
__________ had different kinds of teeth (omnivore): small cutting teeth at the front of its mouth, 2 sets of stabbing, fang-like teeth, and chopping teeth in the back.
heterndontosaurus
_________ means poor, nutritious leaves.
high CO2 levels.
evidence that the t-rex is a scavenger by the offactory lobe?
huge, smell things from long distances.
_________ had a good sense of smell and taste, so it might have sniffed out hidden predators or distant plants.
iguanodon
what hip bone was connected to the tail muscle?
ischium
_________ was a close relative to Stegosaurus.
kentrosaurus.
difference between bone structure of lizard hipped and bird hipped?
lizard hipped has the thicker ilium.
___________ was one of the first flowers to bloom during the cretaceous period.
lotus.
_________ built their egg nests close together but allowed enough space for the parents to move about, guard the nest, and not squash anything.
maiasaura.
Saurischian or ornithischian? dryosaurus
ornithischian ornithopods
Saurischian or ornithischian? heterodontosaurus
ornithischian ornithopods
Saurischian or ornithischian? hypsilophodon
ornithischian ornithopods
Saurischian or ornithischian? kentrosaurus.
ornithischian stegosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? stegosaurus
ornithischian stegosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? tuojiangosaurus
ornithischian stegosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? dracorex
ornithischians pachycephalosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? micropachycephalosaurus
ornithischians pachycephalosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? pachycephalosaurus
ornithischians pachycephalosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? ankylosaurus
ornithiscian ankylosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? euoplocephalus
ornithiscian ankylosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? minmi
ornithiscian ankylosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? corythosaurus
ornithiscian hadrosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? edmontosaurus
ornithiscian hadrosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? hadrosaurus
ornithiscian hadrosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? iguanodon
ornithiscian hadrosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? lambeosaurus
ornithiscian hadrosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? maisosaurus
ornithiscian hadrosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? parasaurolophus
ornithiscian hadrosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? saurolophus
ornithiscian hadrosaurs
Saurischian or ornithischian? therizinosaurus
ornithiscian therizonosauria
Saurischian or ornithischian? koreacraptors
ornithiscian ceratopsians
Saurischian or ornithischian? styracosaurus
ornithiscian ceratopsians
Saurischian or ornithischian? torosaurus
ornithiscian ceratopsians
Saurischian or ornithischian? triceratops
ornithiscian ceratopsians
What kind of dinosaur was a micropachycephalosaurus?
pachycephalosaur
_________ was a boneheaded dinosaur that had a very thick dome of solid bone on its skull and used it as a helmet.
pachycephalosaurus
after many months of court hearings in SD, the t-rex skeleton informally named sue was handed over to the ___________.
paleontologists.
___________ had a parrot-like beak at the front of its mouth for nipping off leaves.
protoceratops
what two hip bones were connected to the leg muscle?
pubis ilium
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? Apatosaurus (brontosaurus).
saurischian sauropods
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? argentinosaurus
saurischian sauropods
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? barosaurus
saurischian sauropods
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? brachiosaurus
saurischian sauropods
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? diplocodus
saurischian sauropods
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? plateosaurus
saurischian sauropods
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? sauroposeidon
saurischian sauropods
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? seismosaurus
saurischian sauropods
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? supersaurus
saurischian sauropods
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? ornithompimus.
saurischian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? oviraptor.
saurischian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? spinosaurus.
saurischian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? albertosaurus.
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? allosaurus.
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? baryonyx.
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? composognathus.
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? deinomychus.
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? dilophosaurus.
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? eoraptor.
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? gallimimus
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? gigantotosaurus.
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? microraptor.
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? t-rex
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? troodon.
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? velociraptor.
sauriscian theropod
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? acrocanthosaurus.
sauriscian theropod
What kind of dinosaur was a brachiosaurus?
sauropod
What kind of dinosaur was a seismosaurus?
sauropod
which of the following dinosaurs probably did not live in herds?
sauropods
_________ was an Apex predator of the Jurassic.
sauropods.
__________ used their sheer size and their whip-like tail to keep predators at a distance.
sauropods.
Saurischian or ornithischian? theropod or sauropod? coelophysis.
saurscian theropod
_________ definitely made the earth shake.
seismosaurus.
evidence that the t-rex is a scavenger by the arms?
short and out of proportion meaning they couldn't fight.
Approx how large are ornithopods?
size of a dog.
evidence that the t-rex is a scavenger by the optic lobe?
small, bad vision esp at night.
________ had back plates full of blood vessels.
stegosaurus.
_______ teeth were stabbing pegs up to 6 inches long.
t-rex
if an animal has a high metabolism, how will that affect the lifespan?
the higher the metabolism, the shorter the lifespan.
What kind of dinosaur was a Diplodocus?
therapod
What kind of dinosaur was a t-rex?
therapod
What kind of dinosaur was a troodon?
therapod
t-rex was a large ____________.
therapod.
What kind of dinosaur was a spinosaurus?
theropod
scientists believed that _________ may have been the smartest of them all.
troodon
T/F: dinosaurs were very successful during their reign because they had legs directly beneath their bodies.
true
T/F: large mammals survived the late cretaceous asteroid impact and later evolved to some of the smaller animals.
true
T/F: more than likely, small warm blooded dinosaurs had downy feathers.
true
T/F: some dinosaurs could give live birth.
true
T/F: some dinosaurs were semi-warm blooded while others were warm blooded.
true
T/F: dinosaurs were not the only ones to die out at the end of the Cretaceous period.
true.
T/F: the main theory of the terminal cretaceous period is that huge meteorite collided with the earth, causing environmental chaos around the world.
true.
evidence that the t-rex is a scavenger by the teeth?
used to crush, not kill prey.
_________ is a basset hound sized dinosaur.
velociraptor.
______ worked together as team members chasing or trapping their prey.
velociraptors.
_________ is responsible for high CO2 levels.
volcanic activity.
what kind of rock can be radioactively dated to determine the age of any type of fossilized remains, particularly bones?
volcanic rock
