Dinosaurs, pterosaurs & marine reptiles of Isla Sorna

My favourite Aussie dino:


Name: Minmi
Pronunciation: Min-me.
Meaning of name: Named after Minmi Crossing in Queensland, Australia, near where its fossils were discovered.
Species: M. paravertebra
Size: Between 2 and 3 metres long, 1 metre high and weighing around 300kgs.
Family: Uncertain. Likely a Nodosaurid.
Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.
First fossils found: Known from two specimens, one of which is almost complete. First discovered by Australian palaeontologist, Alan Bartholomai, in the Bungil Formation of Queensland, Australia, in 1964. Named by Australian palaeontologist, Ralph Molnar, in 1980.
Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Queensland, Australia.

First thing I thought was turtle too but sure is taller and no shell. But the silhouette sure looks like one.

This dino holds a very important place in the history of palaeontology as it was the very first dinosaur to be officially named:


Name: Megalosaurus
Pronunciation: Meg-ah-low-sore-us.
Meaning of name: "Great lizard".
Species: M. bucklandii
Size: Estimated to have measured around 9 metres long, 3 metres tall and weighing around 1 metric tonne.
Family: Megalosauridae.
Diet: Carnivore.
First fossils found: Known only from partial specimens. First discovered in a limestone quarry in Oxfordshire, southeast England, in 1676. Named by English palaeontologist, William Buckland, in 1824. Megalosaurus was the first non-avian dinosaur to be scientifically recognized. Seventeen years later, in 1841, English palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, coined the word 'dinosaur' which means "terrible lizard".
Lived: 168 to 166.1 million years ago during the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic in what is now southeast England.

This dino is named after an airline company:


Name: Qantassaurus
Pronunciation: Kwan-tass-sore-us.
Meaning of name: "Qantas lizard", after Qantas, Australia's national airline.
Species: Q. interpidus
Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.
Family: Uncertain.
Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.
First fossils found: Known only from a few jaw fragments discovered in the Wonthaggi Formation of southeastern Victoria, Australia, in 1996. Named by Australian palaeontologists, Tom Rich, and his wife, Patricia, in 1999.
Lived: 115 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southern Australia.




Qantassaurus jaw bone on display at my local museum

One of my favourite Theropods:


Name: Carnotaurus
Pronunciation: Car-no-tore-us.
Meaning of name: "Meat-eating bull", in reference to its bull-like horns.
Species: C. sastrei
Size: Between 7 and 9 metres long, 3 metres tall and weighing around 1.5 metric tonnes.
Family: Abelisauridae.
Diet: Carnivore.
First fossils found: Known from a single, almost-complete skeleton with skin impressions, discovered in the La Colonia Formation of southern Argentina in 1984. Named by Argentinian palaeontologist, Jose Bonaparte, in 1985. The most striking features of this dino are the bull-like horns on its head and its incredibly short, completely useless, forearms.
Lived: 72 to 69 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Argentina.

JW Fallen Kingdom Carnotaurus scene

That's a strange one. Head looks like a duck and hump looks like a camel.