Dinosaur trivia

F-14 Ace · **on:** February 08, 2006, 09:36:23 PM

Alright, post trivia about dinosaurs here. I'll start us off.

What town in England has an Iguanodon on its coat of arms?

F-14 Ace · **Reply #1 on:** February 09, 2006, 08:21:19 AM

Anyone need a hint? Look up Iguanodon in Wikipedia. It talks about the town in the article.

Petrie. · **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2006, 09:47:20 AM

ooc: I don't have an answer, but really people are really putting too much faith in wikipedia. I could write the sky is green and put that up there.

Malte279 · **Reply #3 on:** February 09, 2006, 11:53:21 AM

Yet the answer Wikipedia provides is correct in this case. Maidstone, where a fairly well preserved Iguanodon fossile was found adopted it for it's coat of arms (at a time by the way when they had figured out that Iguanodon had no horns, as "a horn" had been the first interpretation of Iguanodons thumb).

Nice idea to come up with the dinosaur quiz F-14

Let's keep up the rule to await the confirmation of an answer before putting up the next question to prevent complications.

F-14 Ace · **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2006, 06:02:17 PM

Yes, Malte. Your turn.

Malte279 · **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2006, 06:12:20 PM

There is a prehistoric creature whose name translated to modern English means: "hairy devil". What kind of creature was it, and what is its untranslated name?

NewOrder · **Reply #6 on:** February 10, 2006, 12:57:42 PM

Is it Sordes pilosus? I think it was a Pterosaur.. but this is a dino trivia right?

Malte279 · **Reply #7 on:** February 10, 2006, 01:36:49 PM

Correct. Well, strictly speaking Sordes pilosus was a Pterosaur, not a Dinosaur, but I hope that it is still close enough to be accepted.
Your turn NewOrder

NewOrder · **Reply #8 on:** February 10, 2006, 06:52:23 PM

Hmm... I can't think of anything, so here's a simple one:

Which dinosaur has the smallest name? (Just first name)

Malte279 · **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2006, 07:25:48 PM

Minmi?

NewOrder · **Reply #10 on:** February 11, 2006, 11:33:17 AM

Yup, your turn Malte

Malte279 · **Reply #11 on:** February 13, 2006, 05:40:48 PM

What dinosaur was the ancestor of the Ceratopsians (horned and frill necked dinosaurs)?

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #12 on:** February 13, 2006, 07:39:36 PM

My first thought would be the protoceratops, but it may be farther back.

NewOrder · **Reply #13 on:** February 13, 2006, 08:07:09 PM

Hmm.. I would be more keen on dino's like Psitacosaurus (don't know if the spelling is correct). I believe they started as biped small creatures that eventually evolved into the four leged ceratops that we're all fond of =p

Malte279 · **Reply #14 on:** February 14, 2006, 03:42:51 AM

Psittacosaurus is correct. It didn't have horns or a frill yet, and it apparently walked on two legs (I wonder why evolution decided to make it's descendants
quadrubed again), but it already had the parrot-like beak the later Ceratopsians sported. Your turn New Order.

NewOrder · **Reply #15 on:** February 14, 2006, 01:43:50 PM

Okay... let's see...

Some years back, a pair of huge forearms were found in the Gobi desert. It is believed that they belong to a dinosaur of the Therizinosauroidae family. Which was the name given to the species that those arms belonged to? (Just first name)

Malte279 · **Reply #16 on:** February 14, 2006, 01:52:42 PM

Deinocheirus?

NewOrder · **Reply #17 on:** February 15, 2006, 03:19:46 PM

Yup.. your turn Malte (It doesn't seem that a lot of people are interested in this game =x)

Malte279 · **Reply #18 on:** February 15, 2006, 03:50:19 PM

Please name at least two cases (one is very famous) in which a "new" kind of dinosaur was discovered and named until it turned out at last that the very same species had been discovered and named before (so the result were two names for the same dinosaur species).

NewOrder · **Reply #19 on:** February 16, 2006, 10:08:55 AM

Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus and Avalonia with Camelotia? Actually I think the latter pair were even considered to be another dino or not a dino at all... I'll check on it