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Post by Joey12 on Jun 26, 2021 4:48:32 GMT
Held off the ground to smack those little dinosaurs.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 26, 2021 8:41:12 GMT
Held off the ground to smack those little dinosaurs. And for swatting flies! |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 26, 2021 10:14:45 GMT
This dino was once thought to be a lizard with a similar lifestyle to a hedgehog: Name: EchinodonPronunciation: Eh-ky-no-donMeaning of name: "Hedgehog tooth", in reference to the serrations along the sides of its teeth.Species: E. becklesiiSize: Estimated to have measured around 60cm long. Height and weight uncertain.Family: Heterodontosauridae.Diet: Herbivore/Omnivore.First fossils found: Multiple jaw fragments discovered by Samuel Beckles on the Isle of Purbeck, southern England, sometime during the mid-1800's. Named by British palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, in 1861. Lived: 145 to 139.8 million years ago during the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southern England.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 26, 2021 10:37:42 GMT
Looky what I found at the shops today:  |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 26, 2021 19:36:57 GMT
Held off the ground to smack those little dinosaurs. And for swatting flies! Good point. Watched an animation of how the artist thought dinos used their tails as a weapon and man, they hit each other hard! |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 26, 2021 19:37:42 GMT
Looky what I found at the shops today: Your collection is steadily growing. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 27, 2021 1:50:35 GMT
Added this dino to my collection yesterday: Name: AnimantarxPronunciation: An-e-man-tarksMeaning of name: "Living fortress"Species: A. ramaljonesiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 3 metres long, 1 metre tall and weighing between 500 and 700kgs.Family: Nodosauridae.Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, fragmentary skeleton discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation of eastern Utah in 1999. Named in the same year by K. Carpenter, J. I. Kirkland, D. L. Burge and J. Bird.Lived: 106 to 97 million years ago from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous through to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 27, 2021 7:06:01 GMT
Held off the ground to smack those little dinosaurs. And for swatting flies! Gee I wonder how big the flies were. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 27, 2021 11:33:33 GMT
Gee I wonder how big the flies were. Maybe that giant dragonfly-like thing would be an indicator? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 27, 2021 13:23:28 GMT
Good point. Watched an animation of how the artist thought dinos used their tails as a weapon and man, they hit each other hard! Some dinos did use their tails as weapons. Ankylosaurus had a heavy club on the end of its tail which could be swung with enough force to break a predator's legs while Stegosaurus had a relatively flexible tail that was armed with four 1-metre-long spikes. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 27, 2021 13:34:44 GMT
This dino is named after the sixth-largest desert in the world: Name: GobisaurusPronunciation: Go-bee-sore-us.Meaning of name: "Gobi lizard", after the desert where its fossils were discovered.Species: G. domoculusSize: Estimated to have measured around 6 metres long, 1.75 metres tall and weighing 3.5 metric tonnes. Family: Ankylosauridae.Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered by the Sino-Soviet expeditions in Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1959-1960. Named by Matthew K. Vickaryous, Anthony P. Russell, Philip J. Currie and Xi-Jin Zhao in 2001.Lived: 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.
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Post by trixtress on Jun 27, 2021 22:10:40 GMT
Truly weird!
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 27, 2021 22:49:24 GMT
Cool, like all the horn/bone things sticking out. My guess is they are like rhino horns.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 28, 2021 7:36:46 GMT
This Theropod is a newly-discovered relative of T-Rex: Name: Thanatotheristes
Pronunciation: Tha-na-to-the-riss-teez.Meaning of name: "Death reaper".Species: T. degrootorumSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: Tyrannosauridae.Diet: Carnivore.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skull discovered in the Foremost Formation of Alberta, Canada, in 2010. Named by Jared T. Voris, Francois Therrien, Darla K. Zelenitzky and Caleb M. Brown in 2020.Lived: 80.1 to 79.5 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 28, 2021 16:42:39 GMT
Even uglier than the rex if you ask me...
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