Featured Article Quiz #111
Ornithoprion
#1 Ornithoprion is known from which species?
Ornithoprion hertwigi
Ornithoprion maximus
Caseodus hertwigi
#2 During which geologic stage and period did Ornithoprion live?
Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian period
Late Jurassic of the Mesozoic era
Cretaceous of the Cenozoic era
#3 What does the name Ornithoprion (“bird saw”) refer to?
Saw-like teeth and a beaked, bird-like skull shape
Feathers and a hummingbird-like beak
A saw-shaped fin used for swimming