you know, with the excellent 3D re-release of the classic Jurassic Park movie, it's dino-hysteria time all over again (well, not really, but at least the franchise has returned from the freezer, and the near future will bring us Part IV and God knows what else )

let's see if you're all dino-fans, here's the exam folks, don't cheat with google/wiki or an F will welcome you

1) Which was the biggest carnosaur of all time?

2) Which was the tyrannosaurid asian equivalent of the american T.Rex?

3) Did the T.Rex species exist for a long number of million of years? Or did they live for a relatively short amount of million of years? Why do you think the T.Rex is so popular, anyway?

4) Were dinosaurs cold or hot-blooded? and did they have feathers or not? what does that mean?

5) Are there actually fossils of Velociraptors in Montana, USA (as the JP franchise says)?

6) Could you name THREE african dinosaurs of the Jurassic/Cretaceous periods?

7) Which were the two major continents on which dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic period?

8) Please, indicate how was a real Dilophosaurus (the movie version was cool but painfully innacurate), basic traits:

9) What do the Edmontosaurus, the Parasaurolophus and the Corythousaurus have in common?

10) Which were the FIRST and the LAST (so far) dinosaurs discovered?

god burried them in the ground about 2 weeks ago to confuse the stoopid people

RicoN said:

god burried them in the ground about 2 weeks ago to confuse the stoopid people

F !

JoeTyler said:

you know, with the excellent 3D re-release of the classic Jurassic Park movie, it's dino-hysteria time all over again (well, not really, but at least the franchise has returned from the freezer, and the near future will bring us Part IV and God knows what else )

let's see if you're all dino-fans, here's the exam folks, don't cheat with google/wiki or an F will welcome you

1) Which was the biggest carnosaur of all time?

shit if I know. Spinosaurus?

2) Which was the tyrannosaurid asian equivalent of the american T.Rex?

Alosuarus?

3) Did the T.Rex species exist for a long number of million of years? Or did they live for a relatively short amount of million of years? Why do you think the T.Rex is so popular, anyway?

My guess is they were around for about 5 million years?

4) Were dinosaurs cold or hot-blooded? and did they have feathers or not? what does that mean?

Warm blooded, I think. The duck billed incubated its eggs.

5) Are there actually fossils of Velociraptors in Montana, USA (as the JP franchise says)?

One can only hope. Montana needs SOMETHING to attrack tourists.

6) Could you name THREE african dinosaurs of the Jurassic/Cretaceous periods?

um, Tricerotops, Duck billed, and Velociraptors?

7) Which were the two major continents on which dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic period?

Pangea, Africa or (Asia/Africa)?

8) Please, indicate how was a real Dilophosaurus (the movie version was cool but painfully innacurate), basic traits:

It had a nice tail and enjoyed long walks on the beach?

9) What do the Edmontosaurus, the Parasaurolophus and the Corythousaurus have in common?

First one was the duck billed. I don't know the last.

imago said:

JoeTyler said:

you know, with the excellent 3D re-release of the classic Jurassic Park movie, it's dino-hysteria time all over again (well, not really, but at least the franchise has returned from the freezer, and the near future will bring us Part IV and God knows what else )

let's see if you're all dino-fans, here's the exam folks, don't cheat with google/wiki or an F will welcome you

1) Which was the biggest carnosaur of all time?

shit if I know. Spinosaurus?

2) Which was the tyrannosaurid asian equivalent of the american T.Rex?

Alosuarus?

3) Did the T.Rex species exist for a long number of million of years? Or did they live for a relatively short amount of million of years? Why do you think the T.Rex is so popular, anyway?

My guess is they were around for about 5 million years?

4) Were dinosaurs cold or hot-blooded? and did they have feathers or not? what does that mean?

Warm blooded, I think. The duck billed incubated its eggs.

5) Are there actually fossils of Velociraptors in Montana, USA (as the JP franchise says)?

One can only hope. Montana needs SOMETHING to attrack tourists.

I'm gonna give you an extra point for that answer

6) Could you name THREE african dinosaurs of the Jurassic/Cretaceous periods?

um, Tricerotops, Duck billed, and Velociraptors? WRONG WRONG WRONG!

7) Which were the two major continents on which dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic period?

Pangea, Africa or (Asia/Africa)?

8) Please, indicate how was a real Dilophosaurus (the movie version was cool but painfully innacurate), basic traits:

It had a nice tail and enjoyed long walks on the beach? I guess that's accurate...

9) What do the Edmontosaurus, the Parasaurolophus and the Corythousaurus have in common?

First one was the duck billed. I don't know the last.

being one of my fav students, I'll give you a C+, don't ask for more

All I know is that brontosaurus is no longer considered dinosaurically correct.

As for biggest carnosaur it's something like Gigantasourus and it made Tyrannosaurus Rex look like a teacup Yorkie.

JoeTyler said:

you know, with the excellent 3D re-release of the classic Jurassic Park movie, it's dino-hysteria time all over again (well, not really, but at least the franchise has returned from the freezer, and the near future will bring us Part IV and God knows what else )

let's see if you're all dino-fans, here's the exam folks, don't cheat with google/wiki or an F will welcome you

1) Which was the biggest carnosaur of all time?

2) Which was the tyrannosaurid asian equivalent of the american T.Rex?

3) Did the T.Rex species exist for a long number of million of years? Or did they live for a relatively short amount of million of years? Why do you think the T.Rex is so popular, anyway?

4) Were dinosaurs cold or hot-blooded? and did they have feathers or not? what does that mean?

5) Are there actually fossils of Velociraptors in Montana, USA (as the JP franchise says)?

6) Could you name THREE african dinosaurs of the Jurassic/Cretaceous periods?

7) Which were the two major continents on which dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic period?

8) Please, indicate how was a real Dilophosaurus (the movie version was cool but painfully innacurate), basic traits:

9) What do the Edmontosaurus, the Parasaurolophus and the Corythousaurus have in common?

10) Which were the FIRST and the LAST (so far) dinosaurs discovered?

1) Which was the biggest carnosaur of all time?

t-rex. or maybe that huge super shark thing

2) Which was the tyrannosaurid asian equivalent of the american T.Rex?

velociraptor

3) Did the T.Rex species exist for a long number of million of years? Or did they live for a relatively short amount of million of years? Why do you think the T.Rex is so popular, anyway?

dinosaurs in general were around for 65 million years, during which t-rex evolved greatly. started out small, got real big.

4) Were dinosaurs cold or hot-blooded? and did they have feathers or not? what does that mean?

cold blooded. some had feathers, were the ancestors of modern day birds

5) Are there actually fossils of Velociraptors in Montana, USA (as the JP franchise says)?

i think so. and other dinosaurs were here too. north america was a dinosaur hotbed

6) Could you name THREE african dinosaurs of the Jurassic/Cretaceous periods?

nope, probably not, triceratops, diplodocus, brontosaurus?

7) Which were the two major continents on which dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic period?

north america and china

8) Please, indicate how was a real Dilophosaurus (the movie version was cool but painfully innacurate), basic traits:

ummm.....

9) What do the Edmontosaurus, the Parasaurolophus and the Corythousaurus have in common?

i think i slept through this part of the documentary - hazarding a guess, they all laid eggs?

10) Which were the FIRST and the LAST (so far) dinosaurs discovered?

iccyasaurs (those fishy ones) and.. a new bird ancestor in china i think

^ crap guess i dont know that about archosaurs

JoeTyler said:

you know, with the excellent 3D re-release of the classic Jurassic Park movie, it's dino-hysteria time all over again (well, not really, but at least the franchise has returned from the freezer, and the near future will bring us Part IV and God knows what else )

let's see if you're all dino-fans, here's the exam folks, don't cheat with google/wiki or an F will welcome you

1) Which was the biggest carnosaur of all time? Jesusaurus

2) Which was the tyrannosaurid asian equivalent of the american T.Rex? Godzilla?

3) Did the T.Rex species exist for a long number of million of years? No He Smoked and got the Cancer Or did they live for a relatively short amount of million of years? Again Cancer Why do you think the T.Rex is so popular, anyway? Smoking is cool!

4) Were dinosaurs cold or hot-blooded? and did they have feathers or not? what does that mean? I would say *oh a serious answer but only becasue i can not think of anthing funny... not that stopped me in 1-3)* Warm blooded like birds... some had feathers...but birds are warm blooded... what it means is they needed to eat a LOT of food to keep up their blood sugar.

5) Are there actually fossils of Velociraptors in Montana, USA (as the JP franchise says)? I am sure there are. I do not know if any have been found, but since you asked I assume they have not....but then again since to did ask... i will say YES they have found some there.

6) Could you name THREE african dinosaurs of the Jurassic/Cretaceous periods? Mike, Bob, and Bill... but their dinosour names were "Gruur" "Grrow" and "grummble"

7) Which were the two major continents on which dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic period?

L and K? oh continats i read that as conscnets.

8) Please, indicate how was a real Dilophosaurus (the movie version was cool but painfully innacurate), basic traits: Big slow and actually amazing dancers ...for their size.

9) What do the Edmontosaurus, the Parasaurolophus and the Corythousaurus have in common?

The have long sicency sounding names!

10) Which were the FIRST and the LAST (so far) dinosaurs discovered?

no one knows: the first one found was likly not even documanted.... and i am sure someday they will find more..

XxAxX said:

1) Which was the biggest carnosaur of all time?

t-rex.

2) Which was the tyrannosaurid asian equivalent of the american T.Rex?

velociraptor

3) Did the T.Rex species exist for a long number of million of years? Or did they live for a relatively short amount of million of years? Why do you think the T.Rex is so popular, anyway?

dinosaurs in general were around for 65 million years, during which t-rex evolved greatly. started out small, got real big.

4) Were dinosaurs cold or hot-blooded? and did they have feathers or not? what does that mean?

cold blooded. some had feathers, were the ancestors of modern day birds

5) Are there actually fossils of Velociraptors in Montana, USA (as the JP franchise says)?

i think so.

6) Could you name THREE african dinosaurs of the Jurassic/Cretaceous periods?

nope, probably not, triceratops, diplodocus, brontosaurus?

7) Which were the two major continents on which dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic period?

north america and china

8) Please, indicate how was a real Dilophosaurus (the movie version was cool but painfully innacurate), basic traits:

ummm.....

9) What do the Edmontosaurus, the Parasaurolophus and the Corythousaurus have in common?

i think i slept through this part of the documentary - hazarding a guess, they all laid eggs? )yes, but that's not wat the question asked)

10) Which were the FIRST and the LAST (so far) dinosaurs discovered?

iccyasaurs (those fishy ones) and.. a new bird ancestor in china i think

F+ !!

I don't even get points for playing?

OnlyNDaUsa said:

JoeTyler said:

you know, with the excellent 3D re-release of the classic Jurassic Park movie, it's dino-hysteria time all over again (well, not really, but at least the franchise has returned from the freezer, and the near future will bring us Part IV and God knows what else )

let's see if you're all dino-fans, here's the exam folks, don't cheat with google/wiki or an F will welcome you

1) Which was the biggest carnosaur of all time? Jesusaurus (more like Godsaurus?) lol

2) Which was the tyrannosaurid asian equivalent of the american T.Rex? Godzilla? (close)

3) Did the T.Rex species exist for a long number of million of years? No He Smoked and got the Cancer Or did they live for a relatively short amount of million of years? Again Cancer Why do you think the T.Rex is so popular, anyway? Smoking is cool! I'm sure the T.Rex would have smoked if tobacco had appeared in the mesozoic...

4) Were dinosaurs cold or hot-blooded? and did they have feathers or not? what does that mean? I would say *oh a serious answer but only becasue i can not think of anthing funny... not that stopped me in 1-3)* Warm blooded like birds... some had feathers...but birds are warm blooded... what it means is they needed to eat a LOT of food to keep up their blood sugar.

5) Are there actually fossils of Velociraptors in Montana, USA (as the JP franchise says)? I am sure there are. I do not know if any have been found, but since you asked I assume they have not....but then again since to did ask... i will say YES they have found some there.

6) Could you name THREE african dinosaurs of the Jurassic/Cretaceous periods? Mike, Bob, and Bill... but their dinosour names were "Gruur" "Grrow" and "grummble" those are not african names! lol

7) Which were the two major continents on which dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic period?

L and K? oh continats i read that as conscnets.

8) Please, indicate how was a real Dilophosaurus (the movie version was cool but painfully innacurate), basic traits: Big slow and actually amazing dancers ...for their size.

9) What do the Edmontosaurus, the Parasaurolophus and the Corythousaurus have in common?

The have long sicency sounding names!

10) Which were the FIRST and the LAST (so far) dinosaurs discovered?

no one knows: the first one found was likly not even documanted.... and i am sure someday they will find more.. (kinda correct but...no)

E- !!

Nothinbutjoy said:

All I know is that brontosaurus is no longer considered dinosaurically correct.

that's true

As for biggest carnosaur it's something like Gigantasourus and it made Tyrannosaurus Rex look like a teacup Yorkie.

Giga is biiger than Rexie, but NOT the BIGGEST

D-

Momma says that Dinosaurs are the work of the Devil!!!!

lazycrockett said:

Momma says that Dinosaurs are the work of the Devil!!!!

the carnosaurs sure were!

F

JoeTyler said:

XxAxX said:

1) Which was the biggest carnosaur of all time?

t-rex.

2) Which was the tyrannosaurid asian equivalent of the american T.Rex?

velociraptor

3) Did the T.Rex species exist for a long number of million of years? Or did they live for a relatively short amount of million of years? Why do you think the T.Rex is so popular, anyway?

dinosaurs in general were around for 65 million years, during which t-rex evolved greatly. started out small, got real big.

4) Were dinosaurs cold or hot-blooded? and did they have feathers or not? what does that mean?

cold blooded. some had feathers, were the ancestors of modern day birds

5) Are there actually fossils of Velociraptors in Montana, USA (as the JP franchise says)?

i think so.

6) Could you name THREE african dinosaurs of the Jurassic/Cretaceous periods?

nope, probably not, triceratops, diplodocus, brontosaurus?

7) Which were the two major continents on which dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic period?

north america and china

8) Please, indicate how was a real Dilophosaurus (the movie version was cool but painfully innacurate), basic traits:

ummm.....

9) What do the Edmontosaurus, the Parasaurolophus and the Corythousaurus have in common?

i think i slept through this part of the documentary - hazarding a guess, they all laid eggs? )yes, but that's not wat the question asked)

10) Which were the FIRST and the LAST (so far) dinosaurs discovered?

iccyasaurs (those fishy ones) and.. a new bird ancestor in china i think

F+ !!

:megalodon:

EXAM:

Provide the questions which match the answers that are listed below.

1. Patagonian titanosaurian.

2. Ammosaurus and Iquanodon.

3. Archosaurs.

4. Argentinian Middle Triassic.

5. China.

6. Hadrosaurids, ceratopsians, and ankylosaurids.

7. Paloegene period.

8. Gastrolith.

9. Inner Mongolia.

[Edited 5/9/13 17:57pm]

XxAxX said:

EXAM:

Provide the questions which match the answers that are listed below.

1. Patagonian titanosaurian.

2. Ammosaurus and Iquanodon.

3. Archosaurs.

4. Argentinian Middle Triassic.

5. Where does my favourite takeout come from? China.

6. Hadrosaurids, ceratopsians, and ankylosaurids.

7. Paloegene period.

8. Gastrolith.

9. Inner Mongolia.

[Edited 5/9/13 17:57pm]

I only know the answer to that one.

^ well, i failed the exam. so i'm not an expert.

JoeTyler said:

XxAxX said:

EXAM:

Provide the questions which match the answers are listed below.

1. Patagonian titanosaurian.

2. Ammosaurus and Iquanodon.

3. Archosaurs.

4. Argentinian Middle Triassic.

5. China.

6. Hadrosaurids, ceratopsians, and ankylosaurids.

7. Paloegene period.

8. Gastrolith.

9. Inner Mongolia.

wtf? that's a lot more difficult, but I'll try it:

1. uh, huge sauropods?

2. Ammosaurus? te amo? lol and I don't know what's its relation with the Iguanodon

3.doesn't ring a bell!

4.what about it?

5.Mamenchisaurus?

6.from the cretaceous?

7.the first cenozoic period, right after the end of the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian era)

8.stomach stones!

9.lots of fossils, velociraptor?

EXAM: Practical Knowledge of Dinosaurs

1. When Megalodon approaches your fishing boat, you had best:

a. row hard and get away.

b. toss the bait overboard and swim in the other direction.

c. tame the Megalodon.

2. If you are camping with friends and T-Rex swings by it is wise to:

a. bang on pots and pans to scare Rex away.

b. curl up in a ball and play dead.

c. light some firecrackers and flee into the night.

3. When are you most likely to encounter a Paraceratherium?

a. early morning.

b. midday.

c. evening.

d. night.

4. If you frighten a Paraceratherium, it will most likely:

a. run away.

b. faint.

c. other: please describe

5. When Scansoriopterygidae travel, do they:

a. walk.

b. fly.

c. take the bus.

6. If, while climbing a tree, you come upon the nest of a Hesperornithine, you should:

a. back away quickly.

b. scream like a baby and drop to the ground.

c. swing to the branch of a nearby tree.

7. The best way to avoid an being attacked by an angry Mamenchisaurus is to:

a. hide.

b. bribe it with snacks.

c. play a prince song for it.

8. A Crocodilian is blocking the road and you need to go somewhere in a hurry. You:

a. blow the horn loudly.

b. inch toward it threateningly.

c. leave the car in the road and proceed on foot around the Crocodilian.

9. If you were to accidentally sit upon a baby Anchiornis Huxleyi, you could expect its parents to:

a. turn a blind eye.

b. call the cops.

c. hoot a warning, then charge.

10. Your outdoor wedding is interrupted by the approach of a mature Charcharodontosaurus. Should the priest:

a. include Charchy in the ceremony.

b. use the bagpipe band to scare the beast away.

c. hide in the pavilion.

JoeTyler said:

XxAxX said:

EXAM:

Provide the questions which match the answers are listed below.

1. Patagonian titanosaurian.

2. Ammosaurus and Iquanodon.

3. Archosaurs.

4. Argentinian Middle Triassic.

5. China.

6. Hadrosaurids, ceratopsians, and ankylosaurids.

7. Paloegene period.

8. Gastrolith.

9. Inner Mongolia.

wtf? that's a lot more difficult, but I'll try it:

1. uh, huge sauropods?

2. Ammosaurus? te amo? lol and I don't know what's its relation with the Iguanodon

3.doesn't ring a bell!

4.what about it?

5.Mamenchisaurus?

6.from the cretaceous?

7.the first cenozoic period, right after the end of the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian era)

8.stomach stones!

9.lots of fossils, velociraptor?

72 out of 100. not bad!

XxAxX said:

EXAM: Practical Knowledge of Dinosaurs

1. When Megalodon approaches your fishing boat, you had best:

take a photo or video and then press "Return" on your time machine!

2. If you are camping with friends and T-Rex swings by it is wise to:

tell him a joke and offer a light for his smoke and say Man what are you doing here?

3. When are you most likely to encounter a Paraceratherium?

in a book

4. If you frighten a Paraceratherium, it will most likely:

freak out as he would think "holy crap humans are real!"

5. When Scansoriopterygidae travel, do they:

they walk like an Egyptian oh we oh way oh

6. If, while climbing a tree, you come upon the nest of a Hesperornithine, you should:

make omelets?

7. The best way to avoid an being attacked by an angry Mamenchisaurus is to:

Not travel back in time?

8. A Crocodilian is blocking the road and you need to go somewhere in a hurry. You:

Play it a prince song

9. If you were to accidentally sit upon a baby Anchiornis Huxleyi, you could expect its parents to:

report it to the local news and end up on youtube with an auto tuned song

10. Your outdoor wedding is interrupted by the approach of a mature Charcharodontosaurus. Should the priest:

now you are just being ridiculous!

XxAxX said:

EXAM: Practical Knowledge of Dinosaurs

1. When Megalodon approaches your fishing boat, you had best:

a. row hard and get away.

b. toss the bait overboard and swim in the other direction.

c. tame the Megalodon.

2. If you are camping with friends and T-Rex swings by it is wise to:

a. bang on pots and pans to scare Rex away.

b. curl up in a ball and play dead.

c. light some firecrackers and flee into the night.

3. When are you most likely to encounter a Paraceratherium?

a. early morning.

b. midday.

c. evening.

d. night.

4. If you frighten a Paraceratherium, it will most likely:

a. run away.

b. faint.

c. other: please describe pee

5. When Scansoriopterygidae travel, do they:

a. walk.

b. fly.

c. take the bus.

6. If, while climbing a tree, you come upon the nest of a Hesperornithine, you should:

a. back away quickly.

b. scream like a baby and drop to the ground.

c. swing to the branch of a nearby tree.

7. The best way to avoid an being attacked by an angry Mamenchisaurus is to:

a. hide.

b. bribe it with snacks.

c. play a prince song for it.

8. A Crocodilian is blocking the road and you need to go somewhere in a hurry. You:

a. blow the horn loudly.

b. inch toward it threateningly.

c. leave the car in the road and proceed on foot around the Crocodilian.

9. If you were to accidentally sit upon a baby Anchiornis Huxleyi, you could expect its parents to:

a. turn a blind eye.

b. call the cops.

c. hoot a warning, then charge.

10. Your outdoor wedding is interrupted by the approach of a mature Charcharodontosaurus. Should the priest:

a. include Charchy in the ceremony.

b. use the bagpipe band to scare the beast away.

c. hide in the pavilion.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

XxAxX said:

EXAM: Practical Knowledge of Dinosaurs

1. When Megalodon approaches your fishing boat, you had best:

take a photo or video and then press "Return" on your time machine!

2. If you are camping with friends and T-Rex swings by it is wise to:

tell him a joke and offer a light for his smoke and say Man what are you doing here?

3. When are you most likely to encounter a Paraceratherium?

in a book

4. If you frighten a Paraceratherium, it will most likely:

freak out as he would think "holy crap humans are real!"

5. When Scansoriopterygidae travel, do they:

they walk like an Egyptian oh we oh way oh

6. If, while climbing a tree, you come upon the nest of a Hesperornithine, you should:

make omelets?

7. The best way to avoid an being attacked by an angry Mamenchisaurus is to:

Not travel back in time?

8. A Crocodilian is blocking the road and you need to go somewhere in a hurry. You:

Play it a prince song

9. If you were to accidentally sit upon a baby Anchiornis Huxleyi, you could expect its parents to:

report it to the local news and end up on youtube with an auto tuned song

10. Your outdoor wedding is interrupted by the approach of a mature Charcharodontosaurus. Should the priest:

now you are just being ridiculous!

A

JoeTyler said:

XxAxX said:

EXAM: Practical Knowledge of Dinosaurs

1. When Megalodon approaches your fishing boat, you had best:

a. row hard and get away.

b. toss the bait overboard and swim in the other direction.

c. tame the Megalodon.

2. If you are camping with friends and T-Rex swings by it is wise to:

a. bang on pots and pans to scare Rex away.

b. curl up in a ball and play dead.

c. light some firecrackers and flee into the night.

3. When are you most likely to encounter a Paraceratherium?

a. early morning.

b. midday.

c. evening.

d. night.

4. If you frighten a Paraceratherium, it will most likely:

a. run away.

b. faint.

c. other: please describe pee

5. When Scansoriopterygidae travel, do they:

a. walk.

b. fly.

c. take the bus.

6. If, while climbing a tree, you come upon the nest of a Hesperornithine, you should:

a. back away quickly.

b. scream like a baby and drop to the ground.

c. swing to the branch of a nearby tree.

7. The best way to avoid an being attacked by an angry Mamenchisaurus is to:

a. hide.

b. bribe it with snacks.

c. play a prince song for it.

8. A Crocodilian is blocking the road and you need to go somewhere in a hurry. You:

a. blow the horn loudly.

b. inch toward it threateningly.

c. leave the car in the road and proceed on foot around the Crocodilian.

9. If you were to accidentally sit upon a baby Anchiornis Huxleyi, you could expect its parents to:

a. turn a blind eye.

b. call the cops.

c. hoot a warning, then charge.

10. Your outdoor wedding is interrupted by the approach of a mature Charcharodontosaurus. Should the priest:

a. include Charchy in the ceremony.

b. use the bagpipe band to scare the beast away.

c. hide in the pavilion.

100%

JURASSIC PARK!! IN 3D!!!!

THE ANSWERS

1) Which was the biggest carnosaur of all time?

SPINOSAURUS

2) Which was the tyrannosaurid asian equivalent of the american T.Rex?

TARBOSAURUS BATAAR

3) Did the T.Rex species exist for a long number of million of years? Or did they live for a relatively short amount of million of years? Why do you think the T.Rex is so popular, anyway?

They lived for aprox. 2 and a half million of years (yeah, that's almost NOTHING considering the dinosaurs as a whole lived for more than 160 million years!). They existed during the last period of the Cretaceous (Maastrichtian era, 67 to 65.5 millions years ago) in what is now the Northern territories of the USA. The T-Rex was among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction theories.

What makes it so popular then? a) the fact that is "american", a powerful symbol of the USA exported to the rest of the world; b) it was the APEX predator of its era, only a furious Triceratops or the strong Ankylosaurus may had a chance against a hungry Rex; c) it was named in 1905, at that time it was THE biggest carnosaur ever discovered worldwide; they concluded that its reign, though short, was absolute, hence the title "Rex", king of the lizards. For the early 20th Century society, the T-Rex was like a legendary dragon brought to the real world.

4) Were dinosaurs cold or hot-blooded? and did they have feathers or not? what does that mean?

"Birds are endotherms, so dinosaurs must have been too. Many biologists consider birds to be “living dinosaurs,” and reason that the warm-bloodedness of modern birds is direct evidence for the warm-blooded metabolism of their dinosaur ancestors."

"The fact is, we don’t know enough yet about how metabolism works, or how it can potentially evolve, to draw any definite conclusions about dinosaurs. It’s possible that dinosaurs were neither warm-blooded nor cold-blooded, but had an “intermediate” type of metabolism that has yet to be pinned down. It’s also possible that all dinosaurs were warm-blooded or cold-blooded, but some individual species developed adaptations in the other direction.

http://dinosaurs.about.co...oded_2.htm

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5) Are there actually fossils of Velociraptors in Montana, USA (as the JP franchise says)?

NO, fossils of this species have only been found in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia (China). The JP velociraptors were actually an innacurate (and featherless, until part III) mix of the bigger Deinonychus and Utahraptors...both found in America

Nevertheless, all three are from the family of the dromaeosaurids (hence the similarities)

6) Could you name THREE african dinosaurs of the Jurassic/Cretaceous periods?

Three of the biggest and most popular theropods (bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs) of all time were african : ALLOSAURUS (Jurassic, also found in America), SPINOSAURUS (Cretaceous) and CARCHARODONTOSAURUS (Cretaceous)

7) Which were the two major continents on which dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic period?

LAURASIA and GONDWANA

8) Please, indicate how was a real Dilophosaurus (the movie version was cool but painfully innacurate), basic traits:

9) What do the Edmontosaurus, the Parasaurolophus and the Corythousaurus have in common?

They were all HADROSAURS (duck-billed)

10) Which were the FIRST and the LAST (so far) dinosaurs discovered?

FIRST: "People have been finding dinosaur fossils for hundreds of years, probably even thousands of years. The Greeks and Romans may have found fossils, giving rise to their many ogre and griffin legends. There are references to "dragon" bones found in Wucheng, Sichuan, China (written by Chang Qu) over 2,000 years ago; these were probably dinosaur fossils.

Much later, in 1676, a huge thigh bone (femur) was found in England by Reverend Plot. It was thought that the bone belonged to a "giant," but was probably from a dinosaur. A report of this find was published by R. Brookes in 1763"

The first dinosaur to be described scientifically was Megalosaurus. This genus was named in 1824, by William Buckland; Gideon Mantell (not Ferdinand August von Ritgen) assigned the scientific type species name, Megalosaurus bucklandii. Buckland (1784-1856) was a British fossil hunter and clergyman who discovered collected fossils. (Note: the first dinosaur found was Iguanodon, but it was named and described later than Megalodon.)

Outdated, UGLY early rendition of a Megalosaurus (Crystal Palace, London):

The "real" thing:

LAST: WHO GIVES A SHIT??

anyway, this amazing-scary-huge creature was discovered-named-and described between 2001 and 2007: GIGANTORAPTOR (Mongolia)

oh JT.