History of Palaeontology

Who discovered T-REX?

• Joseph B Tyrrell

• Othniel Marth

• Barnum Brown

• Charles Sternberg

Who discovered Albertosaurus?

• Joseph B Tyrrell

• Barnum Brown

• Lawrence Lambe

• Gideon Mantell

Who was the first professional palaeontologist to visit the Alberta badlands?

• Joseph B Tyrrell

• Barnum Brown

• Lawrence Lambe

• William Buckland

Who coined the word 'Dinosaur' in 1842?

• Richard Owen

• William Buckland

• Edward Cope

• Charles Darwin

Who scientifically presented the concept of 'extinction'.

• Richard Owen

• Charles Darwin

• George Cuvier

• Mary Anning

Her discoveries, such as pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, & ichthyosaurs provided important evidence for Cuvier's theories about the history of life on Earth and laid the groundwork for palaeontology

as a scientific discipline.

• Mary Buckland

• Mary-Ann Mantell

• Mary Anning

• Charlotte Murchinson

These dinosaurs are the 'Original Three' classified by Richard Owen in 1842.

• Megalosaurus

• Iguanodon

• Hylaeosaurus

• Brontosaurus

The discovery of fossils by ancient peoples led to the

• science of palaeontology

• bone wars

• creation of mythological creatures

Who discovered dinosaurs eggs and nests while looking for human fossils in Mongolia.

• Charles Sternberg

• Barnum Brown

• Roy Chapman Andrews

• Othniel Marsh

Which two individuals had a feud over fossils in what is now known as the 'Bone Wars'.

• Othniel Marsh

• Edward Drinker Cope

• William Buckland

• Gideon Mantell