Paleontology Trivia Questions
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Scientists who study fossils and ancient life are called this.
Difficulty: Easy- Archaeologists
- Paleontologists
- Geologists
- Biologists
This 19th-century English fossil hunter discovered the first ichthyosaur and plesiosaur skeletons along the Jurassic Coast.
Difficulty: Medium- Mary Anning
- William Buckland
- Gideon Mantell
- Richard Owen
This wrist bone, allowing the wing-folding motion in birds, is found in maniraptorian dinosaurs and is called this.
Difficulty: Hard- Semilunate carpal
- Radiale
- Ulnare
- Pisiform
This three-horned herbivore had a large bony frill and is one of the most recognizable dinosaurs.
Difficulty: Easy- Stegosaurus
- Ankylosaurus
- Triceratops
- Pachycephalosaurus
This hypothesis suggests the dinosaur extinction was caused by massive volcanic eruptions in present-day India.
Difficulty: Medium- Pangaea Rifting hypothesis
- Snowball Earth hypothesis
- Deccan Traps hypothesis
- Siberian Traps hypothesis
This phylogenetic method groups organisms based on shared derived characteristics rather than overall similarity.
Difficulty: Hard- Phenetics
- Evolutionary taxonomy
- Cladistics
- Numerical taxonomy
The preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms found in rock are called this.
Difficulty: Easy- Fossils
- Minerals
- Crystals
- Sediments
This fossil site in British Columbia preserves soft-bodied Cambrian organisms in exceptional detail.
Difficulty: Medium- La Brea Tar Pits
- Burgess Shale
- Solnhofen Limestone
- Messel Pit
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