Dinosaur trivia

NewOrder · **Reply #40 on:** May 31, 2006, 05:57:38 AM

Correct!

Your Turn Tinysaurus

Tinysaurus · **Reply #41 on:** May 31, 2006, 06:52:59 AM

Which dinosaur's name means "deceptive lizard"?

Malte279 · **Reply #42 on:** May 31, 2006, 05:12:26 PM

That would be Apatosaurus, wouldn't it? I wonder though what the paleontologists considered so very deceptive about it (other than the fact that bones of this species were on a later occasion, but soon after the first discovery, falsely identified as a new species which was named "Brontosaurus" while such a species never existed. Of course they couldn't anticipate that by the time they first named Apatosaurus).

Tinysaurus · **Reply #43 on:** June 01, 2006, 06:12:42 AM

Correct.

Malte279 · **Reply #44 on:** June 01, 2006, 03:10:59 PM

A spectacular pair of fossils was found in Mongolia. Spectacular because there were two dinosaurs who had apparently died while they were fighting each other. Which two species did the dinosaurs belong to?

DarkHououmon · **Reply #45 on:** June 01, 2006, 03:27:29 PM

I'll have to say... protoceratops and velociraptor.

Malte279 · **Reply #46 on:** June 01, 2006, 03:51:52 PM

That's correct

Your turn Kacie

DarkHououmon · **Reply #47 on:** June 01, 2006, 05:23:38 PM

Tyrannosaurus Rex was long considered the largest meat-eating dinosaur ever to live on Earth until this dinosaur was discovered. What dinosaur was it and where was it discovered?

Malte279 · **Reply #48 on:** June 01, 2006, 05:30:47 PM

Giganotosaurus in Argentinia?

DarkHououmon · **Reply #49 on:** June 01, 2006, 05:31:21 PM

Correct. You're turn. ^^

Malte279 · **Reply #50 on:** June 01, 2006, 05:53:32 PM

One famous dinosaur species has the name of a famous Scotish billonaire (who made his money in the USA and paid for the expedition which discovered that dinosaur's fossils) included in the full species name. Which species is it and what's that billionaires name?

Tinysaurus · **Reply #51 on:** June 02, 2006, 03:45:24 PM

Apatosaurus carnegei, Andrew Carnegie?

Malte279 · **Reply #52 on:** June 02, 2006, 04:15:22 PM

The billionaire is correct. Only try another sauropod to get the one that has Carnegie's name in it's full scientific description.

NewOrder · **Reply #53 on:** June 04, 2006, 07:22:06 AM

Diplodocus carnegei?

Malte279 · **Reply #54 on:** June 04, 2006, 08:04:22 AM

That's it

Now Tinysaur already provided the billionaire while you provided the dinosaur. I suggest that the one of you who comes up with a question first may post it.

NewOrder · **Reply #55 on:** June 04, 2006, 09:27:12 AM

I'm not very inspired at the moment, you can choose a question Tinysaur

Stitch · **Reply #56 on:** December 04, 2006, 11:31:45 PM

You there, Tinysaur?

Malte279 · **Reply #57 on:** December 05, 2006, 02:39:23 PM

I suppose this one is old enough so the first one to think of a good question may just post it here to restart this thread.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #58 on:** December 05, 2006, 07:16:15 PM

I'll have a shot at it.

According to the BBC program "The Mystery of the Jurassic", two key factors helped the dinosaurs spread into such variety of shapes and diversity. What were these 2 dramatic changes?

Malte279 · **Reply #59 on:** December 12, 2006, 05:39:51 PM

I didn't see that program.

Did anyone else so anyone can answer the question?