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* 1. Which group of dinosaurs has a formal name that means “hand snatcher”?

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* 2. The small theropod Podokesaurus holyokensis from Massachusetts is most closely related to which one of the following dinosaurs?

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* 3. The best evidence yet for the hypothesis that sauropod dinosaurs such as Camarasaurus engaged in seasonal migrations is what?

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* 4. What was the name of the young person, who around 1802, accidentally discovered dinosaur footprints while plowing land on his parent’s farm in Massachusetts?

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* 5. Yale’s first vertebrate paleontologist named Brontosaurus, Triceratops, Stegosaurus and many other prehistoric animals. Who is this well-known Yale scientist from the 19th Century?

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* 6. Like conifers still do today, the Cycadeoidea, a cycad-like tree growing in flood plains during the Cretaceous, reproduced by what means?

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* 7. Trilobite fossils from Emu Bay, Australia show possible evidence for cannibalism from more than 500 million years ago. Which of the following are most closely related to the now extinct trilobites?

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* 8. Abelisaurs, a late Cretaceous carnivore, lacked which body feature?

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* 9. Giant marine reptiles—like ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and mosasaurs—once ruled the oceans. The most famous of these sea monsters died out with the dinosaurs, but there are still giant marine reptiles roaming beneath the waves. Which of the following is the largest marine reptile in the world today?

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* 10. This coming October 27th marks the sesquicentennial of the discovery of the Peabody Museum’s most famous specimen of the fossil bird Hesperornis regalis.  In what year was this important discovery made?

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