A-Z of prehistoric facts

A) What type of animal is an Archelon?

• Bird

• Dinosaur

• Whale

• Turtle

Answer explanation

Its name means 'Ruler Turtle'

it is the biggest turtle ever found

B) What animal is Basilosaurus related to?

(a)  

Answer explanation

When they first found the Basilosaurus remains they thought it might be a sea serpent.

Its name means 'King Lizard'

C) Castoroides, how big was it?

• 0.5 meters long

• 1 meter long

• 2.5 meters long

• 4 meters long

Answer explanation

It was a giant beaver.

the longest beaver alive today is 1.5 meters long

D) Is Dimetrodon a dinosaur

• True

• False

Answer explanation

it existed before dinosaurs.

it is a type of Pelycosaur

it is the largest Pelycosaur discovered

E) what does Edestus name mean

• Devil shark

• King shark

• Saw toothed shark

• Scissor toothed shark

Answer explanation

The name Edestus means 'Scissor toothed shark', making it the correct choice.

F) Where was the Feilongus discovered?

• America

• China

• France

• Russia

Answer explanation

Its name means 'Flying Dragon'

Its wing span was 2.4 meters

Its skull is 40cm long

G) Was Gigantopithecus a dinosaur?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

They discovered the Gigantopithecus fossil in a drug shop in Vietnam.

it is the largest ape currently known.

H) When was Harryasaurus discovered

• 1920

• 1996

• 2006

• Not a real fossil, yet

Answer explanation

This Quizizz was made by Harry!

I) What time period was the Iguanodon about?

• All of them

• Cretaceous

• Jurassic

• Triassic

Answer explanation

Iguanodon is one of the only fossils to be found everywhere.

Iguanodon has a sharp thumb spike that it uses to defend itself.

J) Which period was the Jurassic period?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

Answer explanation

The Jurassic period was the 2nd period in the dinosilogical timescale.

It goes Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.