dinosaur knowledge
What makes dinosaurs different from other reptiles
hole in their hips/can walk upright
what is a prehistoric shark?
megalodon
A supercontinent formed during the Triassic period, what was it called?
Pangea
The ancestors of whales lived where?
on land/along coastlines
Movies featuring "dinosaur" creature
Jurassic Park and Jurassic World series
Which group of animals living today are considered "living dinosaurs"?
Birds
Stomach stones found inside the plesiosaur used for crushing shells that it ate. What is it called?
gastroliths
What are two hard parts of a squid?
Pen and Beak
We know very little about prehistoric sharks, including Megalodon, because only one part of their skeleton fossilizes, what part of a shark skeleton fossilizes?
Teeth
Name three adaptations that dinosaurs had (one)
ickle claw, tail spikes, tail club, body armor, head crests, long necks, etc.
The most famous fossil of an ichthyosaur is a______.
Mom and a baby.
What are the two main types of fossils?
Body and Trace fossils
Which prehistoric marine reptile's closest living relative is snakes?
Mosasaurs
For how long did dinosaurs exist on Earth? (+/- 20 million years)
160 million years
How is an Ichthyosaur different than a fish?
It has finger, toes, and arms bones.
Name three herbivorous dinosaurs and three carnivorous dinosaurs (specify which are which)
Herbivorous: Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Triceratops, Iguanodon, etc.
Carnivorous: Tyrannosaurus, Spinosaurus, Velociraptor, Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Giganotosaurus, etc.
The Western Interior Seaway cut through the middle of which continent during the Cretaceous Period?
North America
Ichthyosaurs are Often mistaken for?
dolphins or sharks
Who found the first fossil of a giant sea monster?
Marry and Joseph
Name three geologic time periods (not including Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous)
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian, Neogene, Paleogene, Quaternary
Name three specific species of marine reptile
Mixosaurus, Elasmosaurus, Tylosaurus, Archelon, Cymbospondylus, Geosaurus, Plesiosaurus and Mosasaurus etc.