GLY1102 Quiz 10 Test Questions with Verified
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Early in the Mesozoic, landmass was concentrated in a large supercontinent called:
Pangea
The landmasses of the Mid Jurassic were:
divided primarily into two continents - Laurasia and Gondwana.
Epicontinental Seas are:
shallow oceans on continental crust.
The climate in much of what is now North America during the Early - Mid Jurassic was:
arid (dry) with a vast desert.
The climate for most continental areas during the Triassic are best described as:
monsoonal
The crocodile-like phytosaurs went extinct at the end of the Triassic, but crocodiloforms:
had some extinctions, but survive to the modern day.
Sarchosuchus is:
a giant extinct crocodyliform
The earliest known mammal with a neocortex - the part of the brain required for advanced
brain function - was an ancestor of which modern animal?
platypus
The earliest known angiosperm (flowering plant) may have been a palm-like plant from the
Late Triassic called Sammiguelia. But true flowers don't appear in the fossil record until the:
Early Cretaceous
Dragonflies are a commonly used insect in paleo-art of dinosaurs because they give us a
familiar reference point to convey a sense of scale. This is problematic because:
Correct Answers
Early in the Mesozoic, landmass was concentrated in a large supercontinent called:
Pangea
The landmasses of the Mid Jurassic were:
divided primarily into two continents - Laurasia and Gondwana.
Epicontinental Seas are:
shallow oceans on continental crust.
The climate in much of what is now North America during the Early - Mid Jurassic was:
arid (dry) with a vast desert.
The climate for most continental areas during the Triassic are best described as:
monsoonal
The crocodile-like phytosaurs went extinct at the end of the Triassic, but crocodiloforms:
had some extinctions, but survive to the modern day.
Sarchosuchus is:
a giant extinct crocodyliform
The earliest known mammal with a neocortex - the part of the brain required for advanced
brain function - was an ancestor of which modern animal?
platypus
The earliest known angiosperm (flowering plant) may have been a palm-like plant from the
Late Triassic called Sammiguelia. But true flowers don't appear in the fossil record until the:
Early Cretaceous
Dragonflies are a commonly used insect in paleo-art of dinosaurs because they give us a
familiar reference point to convey a sense of scale. This is problematic because:
