Lecture 1

Question 1

Saurischia Dinosaur Group is composed of:

Answer 1

-Theropoda
&
(Sauropodomorpha)
-Prosauropoda
-Sauropoda

Question 2

Primitive ornithischians belong to which dinosaur group:

Answer 2

Ornithischia

Question 3

From the subclass Thyreophora, Ankylosauria and Stegosauria belong to which dinosaur group?

Answer 3

Ornithischia

Question 4

From the subclass Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Pachycephalosauria, and Ornithopoda belong to which dinosaur group?

Answer 4

Ornithischia

Question 5

Which term did Richard Owen coin in 1842?

Answer 5

Dinosauria which is Greek for:

Deinos “terrible” (as in ‘fearfully great’)

Sauros “Lizard”

Question 6

___________ was the first dinosaur described and named.

Answer 6

Megalosaurus “Great lizard”

Question 7

Part of Owen’s dinosauria was based on this discovery from the Early cretaceous of England (126-113 million years ago)

Answer 7

Iguanodon

Question 8

Dinosaurs can be defined as

Answer 8

Reptiles with upright postures that reproduce by laying hard-shelled eggs

Question 9

Which animals coexisted with Dinosaurs but are not dinosaurs

Answer 9

large marine reptiles and flying reptiles (pterosaurs)

Question 10

Another reptile commonly mistaken as a dinosaur is

Answer 10

Dimetrodon, this reptile pre-dates the earliest dinosaurs by about 40 million years in the Permian (pre-Mesozoic)