I am a high school student that wants to be a paleontologist. However I have a question: is it even possible to know every single prehistoric animal name? There are so many of them, not just dinosaurs, but other prehistoric creatures as well! In my case I am mainly interested in dinosaurs, so how much should I know about, for example prehistoric sharks, or animals from the Permian (when there were no dinosaurs), ammonites, prehistoric mammals, amphibians, etc etc... I suppose I must know basics about them, but every single species? Should I know that as well? And any tips on how to more easily memorize dinosaur names would be much welcomed.