BSC 1005 Unit 4 questions with verified answers
(FSU research) How old are the oldest T. rex's? Ans✓✓✓ ~30 years
(FSU research) What is the estimated maximal adult bite force of T. rex?
Ans✓✓✓ 8000 lbs
Coelophysis is a famous dinosaur — long thought to be cannibalistic
based on stomach contents. Columbia University and FSU researchers
"Myth Busted" the story. What did it really eat? Ans✓✓✓ crocodiles
FSU researchers determined the bite force of the American alligator.
Those data were used to model bite forces in giant fossil crocs and
ultimately dinosaurs
What was the value for the alligator? Ans✓✓✓ 3,000 lbs
How long were the longest dinosaurs (diplodosids) Ans✓✓✓ 140+ feet
Most dinosaur fossils are found in what kind of rocks? Ans✓✓✓
sedimentary
One of the biggest mysteries with regard to dinosaur biology that Dr.
Erickson talked about is? Ans✓✓✓ what is the sex of the individual
, Regarding the great predator scavenger debate ‚ —T. rex was:
Ans✓✓✓ both a predator and a scavenger at times
The "Loch Ness Monster" is supposed to be a living Ans✓✓✓
plesiosaur
The first written accounts of what turned out to be dinosaur bones
came from where? Ans✓✓✓ China
Theropod dinosaurs are for the most part carnivorous dinosaurs. What
did therizinosaurs (aka segnosaurs) eat? Ans✓✓✓ plants
These dinosaurs may have had trunks Ans✓✓✓ sauropods
What are the three theories as to what most likely killed off the
dinosaurs 65.5 million years ago? Ans✓✓✓ volcanism, lowering of sea
levels and an asteroid impact
What are the two theories that are still debated by paleontologists as
to what pachycephalosaurs did with their bony skull caps? Ans✓✓✓
head butting or flank butting
What characterizes a member of the Thyreophora? Ans✓✓✓
osteoderms (= skin armor)
(FSU research) How old are the oldest T. rex's? Ans✓✓✓ ~30 years
(FSU research) What is the estimated maximal adult bite force of T. rex?
Ans✓✓✓ 8000 lbs
Coelophysis is a famous dinosaur — long thought to be cannibalistic
based on stomach contents. Columbia University and FSU researchers
"Myth Busted" the story. What did it really eat? Ans✓✓✓ crocodiles
FSU researchers determined the bite force of the American alligator.
Those data were used to model bite forces in giant fossil crocs and
ultimately dinosaurs
What was the value for the alligator? Ans✓✓✓ 3,000 lbs
How long were the longest dinosaurs (diplodosids) Ans✓✓✓ 140+ feet
Most dinosaur fossils are found in what kind of rocks? Ans✓✓✓
sedimentary
One of the biggest mysteries with regard to dinosaur biology that Dr.
Erickson talked about is? Ans✓✓✓ what is the sex of the individual
, Regarding the great predator scavenger debate ‚ —T. rex was:
Ans✓✓✓ both a predator and a scavenger at times
The "Loch Ness Monster" is supposed to be a living Ans✓✓✓
plesiosaur
The first written accounts of what turned out to be dinosaur bones
came from where? Ans✓✓✓ China
Theropod dinosaurs are for the most part carnivorous dinosaurs. What
did therizinosaurs (aka segnosaurs) eat? Ans✓✓✓ plants
These dinosaurs may have had trunks Ans✓✓✓ sauropods
What are the three theories as to what most likely killed off the
dinosaurs 65.5 million years ago? Ans✓✓✓ volcanism, lowering of sea
levels and an asteroid impact
What are the two theories that are still debated by paleontologists as
to what pachycephalosaurs did with their bony skull caps? Ans✓✓✓
head butting or flank butting
What characterizes a member of the Thyreophora? Ans✓✓✓
osteoderms (= skin armor)
