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As a palaentologist, I have to know lots about dinosaurs. Do you know lots about them too?
Studying the shape of a dinosaur’s skull tells us...
how well dinosaurs could see and smell
how fast they could run
what type of hats they liked to wear
which country they lived in
What might you find in a fossilised dinosaur egg?
a live dinosaur baby
a plain rock
a fossilised dinosaur baby
an egg flip
What has not taught us about the diets of dinosaurs?
The contents of their stomachs
Their faeces
Their teeth and jaws
A study of their skin
As a dinosaur's teeth wore out...
it had to chew on its gums
it starved to death
new ones grew in from underneath
it developed distinct markings on its skin
How many years ago did dinosaurs live?
between 1 and 10 million
between 10 and 65 million
between 65 and 200 million
between 200 and 1,000 million
The best place to find fossils are...
in places which used to be floodplains, ponds or lakes
In volcanoes
near volcanoes
all of the above
Scientists have discovered dinosaur teeth...
came in many different shapes
were sometimes replaced by a beak
were continually replaced as they wore out
all of the above
The teeth of Parasaurolophus suggest it ate...
small animals
large animals
a variety of plants
plants and large animals
Which animals belong to the Archosauria group?
pterosaurs
crocodiles
dinosaurs
all of the above
Coprolites are the most commonly found fossils. They are...
fossilised faeces
large opals found near dinosaur fossils
plants found in rocks where dinosaur fossils are found
stones from the stomachs of dinosaurs
You're done! A good palaentologist would get most of them right on the first guess. Did you?
Learn more about dinosaurs when you visit
Terrorsaurus
or
try the Quizasaurus again
.