Section 2.1 Test

1: Theropod dinosaur diet is considered:

Herbivorous

Carnivorous

Omnivorous

All of the above

2: This dinosaur is one of the earliest known dinosaurs, with specimens dating back to 228 Ma.

Majungasaurus

Acrocanthosaurus

Herrerasaurus

Dilophosaurus

3: This dinosaur was famous for its role in the first Jurassic Park movie. Unlike in the movie, there is no fossil evidence that it could spit poison. Name this dinosaur:

4: Unique among theropods, this dinosaur possessed dermal armor, in the form of small osteoderms running down the middle of its back.

Ceratosaurus

Spinosaurus

Majungasaurus

Coelophysis

5: This small carnivorous dinosaur lived during the Late Triassic, and is known for its hollow bones.

Dilophosaurus

Ceratosaurus

Coelophysis

Spinosaurus

6: This dinosaur is known by its distinctice horns that resemble a bull's horns.

Ceratosaurus

Carnotaurus

Allosaurus

Spinosaurus

7: The remains of this medium-sized theropod have been found in Madagascar. Reaching 23+ feet, this dinosaur lived from 70 to 65.5 Ma.

Dilophosaurus

Majungasaurus

Allosaurus

Spinosaurus

8: This dinosaur sported two crests on the top of its skull, and it was named after this feature.

Herrerasaurus

Dilophosaurus

Giganotosaurus

Ceratosaurus

9: This dinosaur had a long, narrow skull that lacked nearly all the specializations that characterized later dinosaurs. Its fossils are found in northwestern Argentina.

Utahraptor

Carnotaurus

Dilophosaurus

Herrerrasaurus

10: Theropods that have feathers have usually retained scales only on their feet.

True

False

11: This theropod lived from 216 to 205 Ma, and reached almost 10 feet in length. Who is he?

12: This dinosaur is the only known dinosaur to have eaten its own species. This cannible dinosaur is:

Majungasaurus

Dilophosaurus

Ceratosaurus

Herrerasaurus

13: This dinosaur lived about 100 million years ago in what is now Argentina. It reached lengths of up to 25 feet.

Dilophosaurus

Ceratosaurus

Carnotaurus

Majungasaurus

14: This dinosaur reached lengths up to 30 feet, and its fossils have been found in rocks dating to 153 to 148 Ma, during the Jurassic Period.

Ceratosaurus

Carnotaurus

Majungasaurus

Herrerrasaurus

15: Coprolites most likely from _________ indicate that this dinosaur was able to digest bone.

16: ____________ reached up to 20 feet in length, was 5 feet tall at the hips, and weighed up to 1,000 pounds. Its fossils have been found in rocks dating from 197 to 183 Ma.