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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 10, 2021 6:04:04 GMT
Today's entry is a marine reptile: Name: FresnosaurusPronunciation: Frez-noe-sore-us.Meaning of name: "Fresno lizard"Species: F. drescheriSize: Estimated to have measured around 12 metres long. Weight unknown.Family: Elasmosauridae.Diet: Piscivore.First fossils found: Known only from the single, partial skeleton of a sub-adult discovered in the Moreno Formation of California in 1943. Named in the same year by Samuel Paul Welles.Lived: 72.1 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in the warm oceans that once covered the Pacific Region of the United States.
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 10, 2021 9:11:31 GMT
Wonder how fast that could swim.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 10, 2021 13:31:39 GMT
Wonder how fast that could swim. Studies have shown a swimming speed of around 9km/h, depending on species and how much movement the limb joints had. Though it's hard to determine the maximum swimming speed, chances are they could swim faster than we can. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 11, 2021 8:03:41 GMT
Name: ValdosaurusPronunciation: Val-doe-sore-usMeaning of name: "Weald lizard"Species: V. canaliculatusSize: Estimated to have measured between 4 and 5 metres long and weighed around 60kgs. Height uncertain.Family: Dryosauridae.Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from partial skeletons and teeth. First discovered by Reverend William Darwin Fox on the Isle of Wight, England, sometime during the 19th century. Named by American palaeontologist, Peter Malcolm Galton, in 1977. Was originally thought to be a species of Dryosaurus.Lived: 145 to 125 million years ago from the Berriasian stage through to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now the Isle of Wight.
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 11, 2021 9:55:55 GMT
How do they tell what they eat? Any idea.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 12, 2021 6:49:37 GMT
A small marine reptile: Name: QianichthyosaurusPronunciation: Kwan-ick-thee-o-sore-rusMeaning of name: "Qian fish lizard"Species: Q. zhoui, Q. xingyiensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 1.5 metres long. Weight uncertain.Family: ToretocnemidaeDiet: PiscivoreFirst fossils found: Known from the partial skeletons of several individuals, the first of which was discovered in the Falang Formation of Guizhou Province, southeastern China (date of discovery uncertain). Named by C. Li in 1999.Lived: Depending on species, lived from 237 to 227 million years ago during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic in the warm oceans that once covered what is now southeastern China. Fossil of Q. zhoui at the Tianjin Natural History Museum, Tianjin, China. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 12, 2021 6:54:09 GMT
How do they tell what they eat? Any idea. By looking at the animal's teeth. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 12, 2021 13:07:05 GMT
Name: LanzhousaurusPronunciation: Lan-zoo-sor-usMeaning of name: "Lanzhou lizard"Species: L. magnidensSize: Estimated to have measured between 9 and 10 metres long, 3 metres tall (between 5 and 6 metres when standing upright) and weighing 6 metric tonnes.Family: Uncertain. Possible Iguanodontid.Diet: Herbivore. Likely fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in Gansu Province, northwest China (date of discovery uncertain). Named by H. You, Q. Ji and D. Li in 2005.Lived: 129.4 to 125 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what in now northwest China.
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 13, 2021 3:18:32 GMT
Big guy.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 13, 2021 6:57:02 GMT
Name: SciurumimusPronunciation: Se-ur-u-my-musMeaning of name: "Squirrel mimic"Species: S. albersdoerferiSize: Adult size uncertain as the only known fossils belong to a juvenile.Family: Uncertain.Diet: Carnivore/insectivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from the single, complete skeleton of a juvenile discovered in a limestone quarry in Lower Bavaria, eastern Germany, in 2009. Named by Oliver W. M. Rauhut, Christian Foth, Helmut Tischlinger and Mark A. Norell in 2012. An interesting feature of this dino are the feather-like filaments on its tail, which appear to have given the tail a "bushy" appearance, like the tail of a squirrel.Lived: 157.3 to 152.1 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now eastern Germany. Artist's impression of Sciurumimus
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 13, 2021 9:57:25 GMT
Reminds me of another flightless bird that hasn't lost its hands yet.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 13, 2021 10:42:18 GMT
Doesn't get much stranger then that. Or any bigger for a clam. Man, that think could swallow me whole! |
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 14, 2021 2:50:09 GMT
Glad there were no people living at that time that we know of.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 14, 2021 7:55:22 GMT
Name: KakuruPronunciation: Ka-ku-ruMeaning of name: Named after the Rainbow Serpent in Aboriginal mythology.Species: K. kujaniSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 2 and 3 metres long.Family: UnknownDiet: Unknown. Possibly carnivorous.First fossils found: Known only from a single, opalized lower leg bone discovered in the opal fields of Andamooka, South Australia, sometime during the early 1970s. Named by Australian palaeontologists, Ralph Molnar and Neville Pledge in 1980.Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now South Australia.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 14, 2021 18:54:47 GMT
I wonder how many offspring the various creatures had per litter (in general).
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