What was the main focus of the Bone Wars between Marsh and Cope?

The Bone Wars: A Paleontological Feud

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To find and name new dinosaur species
To discover new species of plants
To study the stars and planets
To explore the depths of the ocean
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first to scientifically describe a dinosaur, and what was it called?
William Buckland, Megalosaurus
Edward Cope, Elasmosaurus
Othniel Marsh, Apatosaurus
Joseph Leidy, Hadrosaurus
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did Marsh and Cope initially meet?
While studying in Berlin
During a dig site visit in America
At a museum exhibition in London
At a paleontology conference in New York
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What mistake did Cope make when describing Elasmosaurus?
He published the wrong fossil images
He placed its head on the wrong end of the spine
He confused it with a different marine reptile
He named it after a wrong continent
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the academic that corrected Cope's mistake with Elasmosaurus?
SR Foxley
Othniel Marsh
Joseph Leidy
William Buckland
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What tactics did Marsh and Cope use during the Bone Wars?
Ignoring each other's work
Sharing fossils freely
Spying and bribing workers
Collaborating with each other
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was one of the major naming mistakes made by Marsh?
Naming a dinosaur after Cope
Naming a dinosaur twice as Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus
Naming a marine reptile as a dinosaur
Naming a dinosaur after himself
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