Dinosaur trivia

Malte279 · **Reply #20 on:** February 16, 2006, 04:52:33 PM

Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus are the famous example that made me ask for two examples. I confess I didn't know about Avalonia and Camelotia before. I wonder why there are two names for the same dinosaur both of which refer to the Arthurs saga. Couldn't they decide for one or did they actually think there were two species. Either way, you gave the answer and can proceed with the next question.

PS: Another example would have been Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus.

NewOrder · **Reply #21 on:** February 17, 2006, 10:13:11 AM

Beets me either. Anyway I don't feel a just winner because Avalonia ended up not being a dino at all, it was one big mess-up. It's a hard life being a paleontologist. But here it goes:

What's the name of a dinosaur discovered in a sulfur mine, near some gas chambers (gas... as in butane, propane, that sort of stuff)? (Just first name will do)

Tinysaurus · **Reply #22 on:** May 19, 2006, 07:43:07 PM

Is it Iguanodon? I seem to remember a ton of them were discovered in the late 1800s, but I forget what type of mine it was.

Malte279 · **Reply #23 on:** May 21, 2006, 04:19:57 AM

I checked it out, sadly it was a coal mine where those Iguanodons were found (dozens of them). They were not the first Iguanodons ever to be discovered though. Most of the mines related to dinosaurs seem to be coal mines. There are many articles on dinosaur footprints being found in coal mines.
I have to admit that inspite of long search I didn't find the dinosaur species being asked for.

NewOrder · **Reply #24 on:** May 21, 2006, 04:32:47 PM

I thought this was an easy one =x Should I give out the answer?

Malte279 · **Reply #25 on:** May 21, 2006, 04:47:52 PM

Maybe you could give some more hints before solving it up. For example where is the sulfur mine we are talking about? We may yet be able to answer the question.

NewOrder · **Reply #26 on:** May 22, 2006, 02:19:44 PM

The sulfur mine was in China, and the dinosaur is a member of the coelurosaurus family

Tinysaurus · **Reply #27 on:** May 22, 2006, 04:22:48 PM

All right... Is it Sinornithoides, or Sinornithosaurus? Or Gasosaurus? Thoe are the only three I can think of.

NewOrder · **Reply #28 on:** May 23, 2006, 07:08:15 PM

Correct!

It's Gasosaurus, your turn Tinysaurus

Tinysaurus · **Reply #29 on:** May 24, 2006, 03:24:53 PM

Aucasaurus majevensis, a member of the ______ family of dinosaurs, has a name that means _________. Fill in the blanks!

Malte279 · **Reply #30 on:** May 24, 2006, 03:39:45 PM

Aucasaurus majevensis, a member of the Abelisauridae family of dinosaurs, has a name that means Auca Lizard. ?

Tinysaurus · **Reply #31 on:** May 24, 2006, 04:24:48 PM

Well, you got half right. Aucasaurus means 'Lizard from Auca Majevo'. Your turn, Malte.

Malte279 · **Reply #32 on:** May 26, 2006, 09:40:01 AM

Please name at least three dinosaur species of whom fossils in nowadays Australia were found.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #33 on:** May 26, 2006, 02:08:32 PM

What about Muttaburrasaurus, Rhoetosaurus, and Ozraptor?

Malte279 · **Reply #34 on:** May 26, 2006, 02:20:44 PM

All correct

Your turn.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #35 on:** May 26, 2006, 04:42:04 PM

This question might be a little tough, but I dunno. ^^;

What is the name of a group of dinosaurs that went from meat-eating to plant-eating and are descendents of the Raptor Family?

NewOrder · **Reply #36 on:** May 29, 2006, 06:14:01 AM

Therizinosauridae? I don't think they are descendents from the raptors.. but they did go from meat-eating to plant eating

DarkHououmon · **Reply #37 on:** May 29, 2006, 11:42:32 PM

Correct. And yes, Therizinosaurs did descend from the raptors.

Your turn!

NewOrder · **Reply #38 on:** May 30, 2006, 01:07:21 PM

Here it goes:

Which dinosaur's first name means "Slow Lizard"?
Hint: Look at the previous questions, the name isn't there but there are some clues

Tinysaurus · **Reply #39 on:** May 30, 2006, 03:28:25 PM

Segnosaurus?