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  1. Question 1 of 10

    What does the name for the Late Jurassic dinosaur Diplodocus mean in reference to its chevron bones?

  2. Question 2 of 10

    Paleontologist Jack Horner is credited with describing which dinosaur that provided the first clear evidence of dinosaurs caring for their young?

  3. Question 3 of 10

    According to the archival records of Allosaurus, what other genus name was it commonly known by for over half of the 20th century?

  4. Question 4 of 10

    Which specific species of the genus Plateosaurus was ruled as the new type species by the ICZN in 2019?

  5. Question 5 of 10

    What is the name of the second recognized species of Velociraptor, named in 2008 for skull material found in China?

  6. Question 6 of 10

    Stegosaurus lived during the Late Jurassic alongside which of these dinosaurs, known to have potentially preyed upon it?

  7. Question 7 of 10

    Where were the first remains of the gigantic-clawed Therizinosaurus discovered during a 1948 field expedition?

  8. Question 8 of 10

    Which genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs is primarily known from the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning, China?

  9. Question 9 of 10

    The genus Tyrannosaurus lived on which island continent during the Late Cretaceous period?

  10. Question 10 of 10

    Which paleontologist described the first remains of Spinosaurus in 1915, which were later destroyed in World War II?

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