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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 15, 2021 6:38:17 GMT
Name: RegnosaurusPronunciation: Reg-noe-sore-us.Meaning of name: "Regni lizard", after a tribe that once inhabited parts of southeast England.Species: R. northamptoniSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: HuayangosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a partial jawbone discovered in Sussex, southeast England, in 1839. Named by English palaeontologist, Gideon Algergon Mantell, in 1848. Was originally thought to be a juvenile Iguanodon.Lived: 145 to 132.9 million years ago during the Berriasian and Valanginian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southeast England. Regnosaurus jaw fragments
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 15, 2021 9:05:46 GMT
Man should be coming soon to kill these birds off.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 15, 2021 16:51:34 GMT
I wonder if the 'cuts' are -original to the bone fragments -wear and tear -human decorations I know that early man sometimes cut details into old bones (e.g. a whale bone found in a part of present day Italy that was once sea bottom). |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 16, 2021 4:52:24 GMT
Name: ZhenyuanlongPronunciation: Zen-yu-an-longMeaning of name: "Zenyuan's dragon", after Zhenyuan Sun, a representative of the Jinzhou Paleontological Museum.Species: Z. suniSize: 1.6 metres long and weighing between 10 and 20kgs. Height uncertain.Family: Dromaeosauridae.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from a single, almost complete skeleton discovered in the Yixian formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China (date of discovery uncertain). Named by Chinese palaeontologist, Junchang Lü, and American palaeontologist, Stephen L. Brusatte, in 2015.Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 16, 2021 13:22:17 GMT
Looks like it wants to nibble something out of your pocket. LOL
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 17, 2021 8:13:26 GMT
Name: HalszkaraptorPronunciation: Halz-ka-rap-torMeaning of name: "Halszka's thief", after Polish palaeontologist, Halszka Osmolska.Species: H. escuillieiSize: 60cm long and 45cm tall. Weight uncertain.Family: Halszkaraptorinae (a sub-family of Unenlagiidae).Diet: Uncertain. Possible piscivore.First fossils found: Known only from the single, almost-complete skeleton of a subadult discovered by illegal fossil poachers in the Djadochta Formation of southern Mongolia (date of discovery uncertain). Eventually, the fossil made its way to the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels, Belgium. Named by palaeontologists A. Cau, V. Beyrand, D. F. A. E. Voeten, V. Fernandez, P. Tafforeau, K. Stein, R. Barsbold, K. Tsogtbaatar, P. J. Currie and P. Godefroit in 2017.Lived: 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 17, 2021 10:35:13 GMT
Hmm just the one. To bad it would be great if they had several to compare size.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 17, 2021 12:29:42 GMT
Keep digging and you will find! LOL
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 18, 2021 9:59:41 GMT
Name: AustroraptorPronunciation: Aw-stro-rap-torMeaning of name: "Southern thief".Species: A. cabazaiSize: Between 5 and 6 metres long, 1.8 metres tall and weighing up to 300kgs.Family: Dromaeosauridae.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from two partial skeletons, the first of which was discovered in the Allen Formation of Argentine Patagonia in 2002. Named by F. E. Novas, D. Pol, J. I. Canale, J. D. Porfiri and J. O. Calvo in 2008. Austroraptor is currently the largest Dromaeosaur discovered in the southern hemisphere.Lived: 83.6 to 66 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 18, 2021 18:23:19 GMT
Yes, I recognise that raptor profile.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 19, 2021 6:02:39 GMT
Name: ManidensPronunciation: Man-e-dens Meaning of name: "Hand tooth", in reference to the hand-shaped form of its posterior lower teeth.Species: M. condorensisSize: Between 60 and 80cm long. Height and weight uncertain.Family: Heterodontosauridae.Diet: Uncertain. Possibly omnivorous.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Canadon Asfalto Formation of Argentina (date of discovery uncertain). Named by D. Pol, O. W. M. Rauhut and M. Becerra in 2011.Lived: 171 to 167 million years ago during the Aalenian, Bajocian and Bathonian stages of the Middle Jurassic in what is now southern Argentina. Artist's impression of Manidens
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 19, 2021 6:39:04 GMT
It's head is the shape od a parrot.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 19, 2021 12:50:37 GMT
A litle cutie, except for the mouth.
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 20, 2021 5:01:07 GMT
Sort of a parrot with a tail.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 20, 2021 6:09:36 GMT
Name: AcantholipanPronunciation: Ah-kan-tho-li-pan.Meaning of name: "Spine of the Gray People", in reference to an Apache tribe that inhabits the area where the fossils were discovered.Species: A. gonzaleziSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: Nodosauridae.Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Pen Formation of northern Mexico in 2018. Named in the same year by Héctor Eduardo Rivera-Sylva, Eberhard Frey, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, Gerardo Carbot-Chanona, Iván Erick Sanchez-Uribe and José Rubén Guzmán-Gutiárrez.Lived: 86.3 to 83.6 million years ago during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Mexico. Artist's impression of Acantholipan
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