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Apparently the ancient Chinese knew about dinosaur bones, although they referred to them as “dragon bones.”

              Although they referred to them as “dragon bones,” apparently the ancient Chinese knew about dinosaur bones.

 

Paleontologists did not find dinosaur eggshell fragments until the early 20th Century.

              It was not until the early 20th Century that paleontologists found dinosaur eggshell fragments.

 

The Reverend William Buckland discovered Argentinosaurus.

                 The paleontologist who discovered Argentinosaurus is the Reverend William Buckland.

 

The 3 genera that Sir Richard Owen used to define Dinosauria are Hylaeosaurus, Iguanodon, and Megalosaurus.

              Hylaeosaurus, Iguanodon, and Megalosaurus are the 3 genera that Sir Richard Owen used to define Dinosauria.

 

The Reverend Edward Hitchcock interpreted dinosaur tracks in the Connecticut River Valley as those of large, prehistoric birds during the 1800’s.

              Dinosaur tracks in the Connecticut River Valley were interpreted during the 1800’s as those of large, prehistoric birds by the Reverend Edward Hitchcock.

 

Hadrosaurus, the first duck-billed dinosaur, was named by Joseph Leidy, who reconstructed it as a bipedal dinosaur.

              Joseph Leidy named the first duck-billed dinosaur, Hadrosaurus, which he reconstructed it as a bipedal dinosaur.

 

Employees of E. D. Cope of Philadelphia and O. C. Marsh of the Yale Peabody Museum engaged in a bone war over recovery of dinosaur remains in the American West during the 1870’s, 1880’s and 1890’s.

         A bone war over recovery of dinosaur remains in the American West during the 1870’s, 1880’s and 1890’s was engaged in by employees of O. C. Marsh of the Yale Peabody Museum and E. D. Cope of Philadelphia.

 

Barnum Brown, a protégé of Henry Fairfield Osborn, discovered Tyrannosaurus rex.

              Tyrannosaurus rex was discovered by Barnum Brown, a protégé of Henry Fairfield Osborn.

 

The Jurassic sauropods recovered from a site now preserved as Dinosaur National Monument were reconstructed with an upright stance by Earl Douglass of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh.

         Earl Douglass of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh reconstructed the Jurassic sauropods recovered from a site now preserved as Dinosaur National Monument with an upright stance.

 

Tendaguru, Tanzania, in Africa, and the Howe and Cleveland-Lloyd Quarries in Wyoming and Utah would be good places to find skeletons of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs.

              Good places to find skeletons of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs would be Tendaguru, Tanzania, in Africa, and the Howe and Cleveland-Lloyd Quarries in Wyoming and Utah.

 

One of the most significant finds of the great Central Asian Expedition led by Roy Chapman Andrews during the 1920’s in Mongolia was that of dinosaur tracks, found near Flaming Cliffs on July 13, 1923.

              Discovery of dinosaur tracks, found near Flaming Cliffs on July 13, 1923, was one of the most significant finds of the great Central Asian Expedition led by Roy Chapman Andrews during the 1920’s in Mongolia.

 

Roland T. Bird found dinosaur tracks, including those of a meat-eating dinosaur stalking a sauropod, in Glenrose, Texas, in the bed of the Paluxy River in 1938, and confirmed the upright stance for the large Jurassic sauropods.

              Dinosaur tracks, including those of a meat-eating dinosaur stalking a sauropod, were found by Roland T. Bird in Glenrose, Texas, in the bed of the Paluxy River in 1938, which confirmed the upright stance for the large Jurassic sauropods.

 

In 1947, at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, Edwin C. Colbert discovered the prolific site of the Late Triassic dinosaur, Coelophysis.

              Edwin C. Colbert discovered the prolific site of the Late Triassic dinosaur, Coelophysis, at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, in 1947.

 

Because of his work with the Early Cretaceous dinosaur, Deinonychus, first reported in 1969, and his suggestion that some dinosaurs were more active and birdlike in their behavior than reptilian, John Ostrom is credited with sparking the “Dinosaur Renaissance”.

              John Ostrom is credited with sparking the “Dinosaur Renaissance” by his work with the Early Cretaceous dinosaur, Deinonychus, first reported in 1969, and argued that some dinosaurs were more active and birdlike in their behavior than reptilian.

 

Multiple Choice

________________ is the South American paleontologist who discovered Argentinosaurus.

A.  Bob Bakker               B.  Jack Horner               C.  Paul Sereno               D.  José F. Bonaparte E.      Gideon Mantell

         ________________ is the South American paleontologist who discovered Argentinosaurus.

A.  Gideon Mantell          B.  Bob Bakker               C.  Jack Horner               D.  Paul Sereno         E.      José F. Bonaparte

 

Which of the following statements is true about Dr. Gideon Mantell.

A.  Dr. Gideon Mantell was the scientist that gave the name “DINOSAURIA” to the extinct group of large unusual reptiles we are studying this semester in this class.

B.  Dr. Gideon Mantell found dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia in 1923.

C.  Gideon Mantell had been wrong about the location of Iguanodon’s large conical shaped bone: it didn’t go on its nose but was instead its thumb, as shown by the more than 30 complete Iguanodon skeletons found in a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium, in 1878, and catalogued and restored by Louis Dollo.                     D.                                                                                       all of these                             E.                                                                                       none of these

              Which of the following statements is true about Dr. Gideon Mantell.

A.  Dr. Gideon Mantell was the scientist that gave the name “DINOSAURIA” to the extinct group of large unusual reptiles we are studying this semester in this class.

B.  Dr. Gideon Mantell found dinosaur eggs in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia in 1923.

C.  Gideon Mantell had been wrong about the location of Iguanodon’s large conical shaped bone: it didn’t go on its nose but was instead its thumb, as shown by the more than 30 complete Iguanodon skeletons found in a coal mine in Bernissart, Belgium, in 1878, and catalogued and restored by Louis Dollo.                     D.                                                                                       all of these                             E.                                                                                       none of these

 

Fill in the Blank

Dinosaur tracks in the Connecticut River Valley were interpreted by the Reverend Edward Hitchcock during the 1800’s as those

of large, prehistoric ___________________________.

         The Reverend Edward Hitchcock interpreted dinosaur tracks in the Connecticut River Valley as those of large, prehistoric

___________________________ during the 1800’s.

 

The Jurassic sauropods recovered from a site now preserved as Dinosaur National Monument were reconstructed with a/an

___________________________ stance by Earl Douglass of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh.

         Earl Douglass of the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh reconstructed the Jurassic sauropods recovered from a site now preserved

as Dinosaur National Monument with a/an ___________________________ stance.