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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 23, 2021 6:38:37 GMT
Thinking of all the different dino's we have seen and the size I wonder how much methane they produced. What goes in eventually has to come back out and, considering how much some of the larger dinos ate, I expect they produced a LOT of poop and gas. Fossilized poop, known as coprolites, can give palaeontologists some interesting info regarding what the animals were eating. Coprolites from Theropods are more common than those from herbivorous dinos because they contain bone fragments.  Fossilized T-Rex poop |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 23, 2021 13:34:45 GMT
This dino is one of the largest Dromaeosaurids: Name: DakotaraptorPronunciation: Da-ko-tah-rap-tor.Meaning of name: "Dakota thief".Species: D. steiniSize: Estimated to have measured around 5.5 metres long, 2.5 metres tall and weighing between 220 and 350kgs.Family: Dromaeosauridae.Diet: Carnivore.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered by palaeontologist, Robert DePalma, in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota in 2005. Named by Mr. DePalma and fellow palaeontologists, David A. Burnham, Larry Dean Martin, Peter Lars Larson and Robert Thomas Bakker in 2015.Lived: 70.6 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the midwestern United States. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 23, 2021 19:09:56 GMT
Recently added this dino to my collection: Do you also have a physical collection of miniature models? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 24, 2021 1:28:02 GMT
Recently added this dino to my collection: Do you also have a physical collection of miniature models? I've been collecting dinosaur toys for over 25 years. Last time I counted them all, the total came to 317. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 24, 2021 1:35:11 GMT
This dino is known only from a single bone: Name: UnquillosaurusPronunciation: Un-kwil-low-sore-us.Meaning of name: "Unquillo river lizard".Species: U. ceibaliiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possible Dromaeosaurid.Diet: Carnivore.First fossils found: Known only from a single pubic bone discovered in the Los Blanquitos Formation of central Argentina (date of discovery uncertain). Named by J. E. Powell in 1979.Lived: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central Argentina. Artist's impression of Unquillosaurus |
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 24, 2021 6:14:06 GMT
That makes this one a real mystery.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 24, 2021 13:28:08 GMT
Another dino from Mongolia: Name: AbdarainurusPronunciation: Ab-dah-ray-nu-rus.Meaning of name: "Abdrant Nuru tail", after the place where its fossils were first discovered.Species: A. barsboldiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possible Titanosaurid.Diet: Herbivore.First fossils found: Known only from a handful of tail vertebrae discovered in the Alagteeg Formation of southern Mongolia in 1970. Named by Alexander Averianov and Alexey Lopatin in 2020.Lived: 80 to 75 million years ago during the Santonian and Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia. Artist's impression of Abdarainurus |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 24, 2021 16:37:52 GMT
I've been collecting dinosaur toys for over 25 years. Last time I counted them all, the total came to 317. Wow, that's impressive! Who makes them? Do you buy them online? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 25, 2021 1:09:51 GMT
I've been collecting dinosaur toys for over 25 years. Last time I counted them all, the total came to 317. Wow, that's impressive! Who makes them? Do you buy them online? Anywhere that sells toys. Usually look for 'Jurassic World' action figures and the model figurines made by either 'Schleich' or 'Collecta'. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 25, 2021 1:19:58 GMT
This dino was the first one to be discovered in British Colombia, Canada: Name: FerrisaurusPronunciation: Feh-re-sore-usMeaning of name: "Iron lizard"Species: F. sustutensisSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: LeptoceratopsidaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single fragmentary skeleton discovered by Kenny F. Larsen in the Tango Creek Formation of British Colombia, Canada, in 1970. Named by Victoria Arbour and David Evans in 2019.Lived: 72.1 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now British Colombia, Canada. Artist's impression of a family of Ferrisaurus. |
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 25, 2021 2:08:44 GMT
The first raccoons?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 25, 2021 6:58:59 GMT
Raccoons are mammals! Ferrisaurus was a reptile. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 25, 2021 13:36:46 GMT
A Spanish dino: Name: GalveosaurusPronunciation: Gal-vee-oh-sore-us.Meaning of name: "Galve lizard", after the Spanish municipality where its fossils were discovered.Species: G. herreroiSize: Estimated to have measured around 16 metres long, 5 metres tall and weighing 2 metric tonnes.Family: Uncertain.Diet: Herbivore. Likely fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation of eastern Spain sometime during the 1980's. Named by Bárbara Sánchez-Hernández in 2005.Lived: In what is now eastern Spain. Was originally thought to have lived between 152.1 and 139.8 million years ago during the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic through to the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous, but is now believed to have lived during the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian stages of the Late Jurassic from 157.3 to 145 million years ago. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 25, 2021 16:52:06 GMT
I'm impressed by the muscles keeping up the neck and tail.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 25, 2021 23:16:16 GMT
People used to think that, when dinosaurs walked, they dragged their heavy tails along behind them. However, fossil trackways don't show tail-drag marks, so the tail must have been held off the ground.
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