[dinoquiz] slip back a few million years

Carnotaurus

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1. The term "dinosaur" was coined in 1842 by _______ .

2. Which of these were not dinosaurs: the pelycosaur Dimetrodon, the winged pterosaurs, and the aquatic ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and mosasaurs.

3. There is an almost universal consensus among paleontologists that birds are the descendants of _______ dinosaurs.

4. Which came first - the Triassic or Jurassic period?

5. The tallest and heaviest dinosaur known from good skeletons is _______ (also known as Giraffatitan). Its remains were discovered in Tanzania between 1907–12.

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