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- Question 1 of 10
What does the name for the Late Jurassic dinosaur Diplodocus mean in reference to its chevron bones?
- 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?
- 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?
- Question 4 of 10
Which specific species of the genus Plateosaurus was ruled as the new type species by the ICZN in 2019?
- Question 5 of 10
What is the name of the second recognized species of Velociraptor, named in 2008 for skull material found in China?
- Question 6 of 10
Stegosaurus lived during the Late Jurassic alongside which of these dinosaurs, known to have potentially preyed upon it?
- Question 7 of 10
Where were the first remains of the gigantic-clawed Therizinosaurus discovered during a 1948 field expedition?
- Question 8 of 10
Which genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs is primarily known from the Jiufotang Formation in Liaoning, China?
- Question 9 of 10
The genus Tyrannosaurus lived on which island continent during the Late Cretaceous period?
- 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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