Who discovered the Iguanadon?
Mary Ann (and her husband Gideon) Mantell
Who coined the term "Dinosauria"?
Sir Richard Owen
The Bone Wars are known mainly for this phenomenon.
What two main events led to the creation of these "Dark Ages" of paleontology?
The Great Depression and World War II
Ancient civilizations knew that these were basic remains of life, many of which formed myths and legends.
Fossils
This ditinguished lady was known as the "Fossil Hunter," after being the first to discover some Ichthyosaurs and Plesiosaurs, along the English coast. She also found some pterosaurs.
Mary Anning
Who was considered the "Father of Vertebrate Paleontology?"
Georges Cuvier.
Explain why. Comparative anatomy.
Sir Richard Owen
In World War II, many different scholarly institutions were targeted to destroy countries' intellectual centers. The fossils in this German Museum suffered the most casualties.
Natural History Museum in Berlin
What was the first fossilized animal known and recognized by science? Who discovered it?
"The Great Animal," found in Holland, also known as the Megalosaurus, discovered and displayed by Rev. William Buckland.
Who are the three ladies we should study?
Annie Alexander
Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska
Tilly Edinger
What geological theory created by Nicolas Steno, is akin to a "birthday cake"?
Superposition theory.
Which meaaannns what??
Known for clashing against eachother, who were the two leading paleontologists in this time?
Edward Cope and Othanial Marsh
In which period of time did the Dinosaur Renaissance happen?
The mid 20th century.
Charles Lyell was one of the first scholars to hypothesize about the earth and its ancient beginnings. Which of these theories were true: gradualism, uniformitarianism, geological change, and "dang, the earth must be really old."
Uniformitarianism: the present must be the key to the past, especially by analyzing all the geologic processes.
The earth is old: because of all the layers, all the old things that are found in the ground, just by looking at bones.