Mesozoic Era - Dinosaurs, Flying Reptiles, and Marine Reptiles

Question 1

Group of reptiles that include crocodiles, pterosaurs, dinosaurs, and birds

Answer 1

Archosaurs

Question 2

A term proposed in 1842 that means “fearfully great lizard”

Answer 2

Dinosaur

Question 3

Who proposed the term dinosaur?

Answer 3

Sir Richard Owen

Question 4

An order of dinosaurs that have lizard-like pelvis

Answer 4

Saurischian Dinosaurs

Question 5

An order of dinosaurs that have bird-like pelvis

Answer 5

Ornithischians Dinosaurs

Question 6

A group of Saurischians that were bipedal carnivores

Answer 6

Theropods

Question 7

An example of a small Theropod

Answer 7

Compsognathuis

Question 8

An example of a large/giant Theropods

Answer 8

Tyrannosaurus

Question 9

A group of Saurischian that includes the truly giant, quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs.

Answer 9

Sauropods

Question 10

What is the name of the Sauropod displayed in the main central hall of the Natural History Museum in London UK

Answer 10

Dippy the Diplodocus

Question 11

True or False

Ornitischian have no teeth in the front of the mouth, while Saurischians do.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Saurischians have _________ tendons in the back region of their mouth

Answer 12

Ossified (Bone-like)

Question 13

The world’s most complete specimen at the London’s Natural History Museum

Answer 13

Sophie the Stegosaurus

Question 14

What are the first animals to achieve flight?

Answer 14

Insects

Question 15

What were the first vertebrates to achieve flight? a.k.a Flying Reptiles

Answer 15

Pterosaurs

Question 16

Pterosaurs were common in the skies during?

Answer 16

Late Triassic - End of Cretaceous

Question 17

What was the largest Pterosaur?

Answer 17

Quetzalcoatlus

Question 18

What is the Triassic mollusk-crushing reptile?

Answer 18

Placodonts

Question 19

A porpoise-like Marine reptile that used their powerful tail for propulsion and maneuvered with their flipperlike forelimbs.

Answer 19

Icthyosaurs

Question 20

Marine reptiles that were modest-sized (3.6-6 m long) that had two subgroups: short-necked and long-necked.

Answer 20

Plesiosaurs

Question 21

Late Cretaceous marine lizards related to the present-day Komodo dragon and Monitor Lizard.

Answer 21

Mosasaurs

Question 22

The most common freshwater predators during the Jurassic. Their evolution has been conservative, involving changes mostly in size.

Answer 22

Crocodiles

Question 23

Reptiles that have been evolutionary conservative too and have heavy, bony armor; they are more thoroughly armored than any other vertebrates, living or fossil.

Answer 23

Turtles

Question 24

When did Turtles appear?

Answer 24

Triassic

Question 25

When did snakes first appear?

Answer 25

Cretaceous

Question 26

The families of living snakes belong differentiated since the ___________

Answer 26

Early Miocene