Basic Physical Info
How large is Big John?
26ft long by 10ft tall
What does the word Triceratops mean in Greek?
Three-horned Face
In true Jeopardy fashion: the answer is a question:
Discovered Big John on a ranch in South Dakota.
Who is Walter Stein?
In true jeopardy fashion, answer is a question:
These are remnants, impression, or traces of past geological ages
In true jeopardy fashion, answer is a question:
This natural process causes fossils to become revealed over time.
What is erosion?
5-10%
What kind of foods do Triceratops eat?
Plants, they are herbivores.
What part of Big John did Walter Stein recognize when he first discovered the fossil?
He saw the horn.
In true jeopardy fashion, the answer is a question:
People who study the history of life on Earth through the fossil record.
What is a Paleontologist?
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Big John was assembled by the Zoic team in this country.
How heavy do scientists believe Big John weighed in real life?
About 6 tons! or 6 Giraffes
In true jeopardy fashion, answer is a question:
This bony area was lined with spikes called epoccipitals.
What is a frill?
Why is the fossil named Big John?
That was the name of the owner of the ranch where he was discovered.
In true jeopardy fashion, answer is a question:
These are the oldest known fossils in Florida.
What are Marine Invertebrates?
In true Jeopardy fashion, the answer is a question:
Plaster casts that protect fossils from the elements in the field and during transport from the field to the lab.
What is a Field Jacket?
What percentage of the entire fossil is cast vs fossil?
60% complete fossil 40% cast
Triceratops lived during what time period?
Late Cretaceous Period
When was Big John Discovered?
in 2014
Trace Fossils and Body Fossils
In true jeopardy fashion, the answer is a question:
Big John was on display for a short time in a shopping mall named Galeries Lafayette located in this city.
What is Paris?
Where is Big John's injury, and what do scientists think happened?
In true Jeopardy Fashion the answer is a question:
They grow in columns and fall out frequently. Some say they are like Pez dispensers.
Triceratops Teeth
How long did it take for Big John to be assembled by the Zoic team?
7 months
How are fossils made?
When an organism (such as a plant or animal) dies and is quickly buried by sediment, then over time layers of dirt, sand, mud, water compress the bones and turn them into rock.
In true jeopardy fashion, the answer is a question:
People who study disease and infections from bones, fossils, tissue, etc
What is a Paleopathologist?