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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 14, 2023 6:41:37 GMT
Name: ZiapeltaPronunciation: Ze-ah-pel-tahMeaning of name: "Sun shield", after the Zia sun symbol.Species: Z. sanjuanensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: AnkylosauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a complete skull (missing the lower jaws) and some partial osteoderms discovered in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico in 2011. Named by V. M. Arbour, M. E. Burns, R. M. Sullivan, S. G. Lucas, A. K. Cantrell, J. Fry and T. L. Suazo in 2014.Lived: 74.5 to 72.6 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the southwestern United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 14, 2023 13:09:11 GMT
Must be one of those licensed images that expire after some hours. I'll try another one:  Looks like it's ready to tunnel through a mountain. LOL |
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Post by LadyPorthos on Dec 14, 2023 21:00:36 GMT
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Post by Joey on Dec 15, 2023 6:52:32 GMT
Might started a tunnel but I won't be riding on it.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 15, 2023 7:03:50 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: Discovered in what is now southeastern France, which Dromaeosaurid has a name meaning "Fire thief"? Variraptor, Acheroraptor, Pamparaptor, Luanchuanraptor, Tianyuraptor, Halszkaraptor, Pyroraptor or Linheraptor?Today's dino: Name: GryposaurusPronunciation: Grip-oh-sore-usMeaning of name: "Hook-nosed lizard"Species: G. notabilis, G. latidens, G. monumentensisSize: Depending on species, measured between 7 and 8 metres long and weighing between 2 and 3 metric tonnes.Family: Saurolophinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several skulls and partial skeletons, the first of which was discovered by palaeontologist, George Fryer Sternberg, in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, western Canada, in 1913. Additional fossils discovered in the Two Medicine Formation of Montana and the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah. Originally thought to be a species of Kritosaurus, G. notabilis named by Canadian palaeontologist, Lawrence Morris Lambe, in 1914. G. latidens named in 1992. G. monumentensis named in 2007.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 80 and 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada and the western United States. G. monumentensis skeleton on display at the Utah Museum of Natural History. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 15, 2023 8:42:25 GMT
Looks like the skeleton of a camel!  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 16, 2023 6:58:35 GMT
LadyPorthos , darrenvox , Tix Mascot , well done for correctly guessing the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: Discovered in what is now southeastern France, which Dromaeosaurid has a name meaning "Fire thief"? Variraptor, Acheroraptor, Pamparaptor, Luanchuanraptor, Tianyuraptor, Halszkaraptor, Pyroraptor or Linheraptor?Answer: Pyroraptor. Living in what is now southeastern France and northeastern Spain during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous (83.5 to 70.6 million years ago), the first fossils of Pyroraptor were discovered after a forest fire. Its name comes from a combination of the words 'pûr' (Greek for 'fire') and 'raptor' (Latin for 'thief').
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 16, 2023 7:41:20 GMT
Name: JingshanosaurusPronunciation: Jing-shan-oh-sore-usMeaning of name: "Jingshan lizard", after a town near where its fossils were discovered.Species: J. xinwaensisSize: Measured around 5 metres long and weighing 4.3 metric tonnes.Family: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, almost complete skull and skeleton discovered in the Lufeng Formation near the town of Jingshan, Yunnan Province, southwestern China. Named by Y. Zhang and Z. Yang in 1995.Lived: 201.6 to 196.5 million years ago from the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic through to the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now southwestern China.
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Post by Joey on Dec 16, 2023 8:18:24 GMT
That looks like a lizard just has long back legs.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 16, 2023 13:49:22 GMT
Take away the middle section and we have a snake! |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 17, 2023 6:57:22 GMT
Name: AltispinaxPronunciation: Al-tee-spy-naxMeaning of name: "With high spines", in reference to the tall spines on the vertebrae.Species: A. dunkeriSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possible Carcharodontosaurid.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from teeth, claws and three back vertebrae discovered in the Wadhurst Clay Formation of southeast England. Was originally named as a species of Megalosaurus by English palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, in 1884, before being renamed Altispinax by German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, in 1923. During the late 1980s, the vertebrae were named as belonging to a new species of Acrocanthosaurus by American researcher, Gregory Scott Paul, before being renamed Becklespinax by George Olshevsky in 1991, in honour of the original discoverer, Samuel Husbands Beckles. In 2016, Altispinax was reinstated as the official name.Lived: 140 to 133 million years ago during the Berriasian and Valanginian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southeast England. New quiz question: Which of the following Stegosaurs was the first to be discovered? Hesperosaurus, Dacentrurus, Kentrosaurus or Chungkingosaurus?
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 17, 2023 11:39:50 GMT
Is it part camel or did someone whack its back? LOL [article] New quiz question: Which of the following Stegosaurs was the first to be discovered? Hesperosaurus, Dacentrurus, Kentrosaurus or Chungkingosaurus? Hmmm ... this is pure bingo on my side. No clue, so I'll try my luck with Chungkingosaurus. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 17, 2023 12:50:36 GMT
Regarding the hump on its back, I'm assuming that's where the vertebrae with the tall spines were located.
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Post by LadyPorthos on Dec 17, 2023 20:05:00 GMT
New quiz question: Which of the following Stegosaurs was the first to be discovered? Hesperosaurus, Dacentrurus, Kentrosaurus or Chungkingosaurus?
I'll go with Hesperosaurus
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 18, 2023 6:50:19 GMT
Name: SinraptorPronunciation: Sin-rap-torMeaning of name: "Chinese thief"Species: S. dongi, however, there may a second species.Size: Measured between 7 and 8 metres long, 3 metres tall and weighing between 1 and 2 metric tonnes.Family: Metriacanthosaurinae (a subfamily of Metriacanthosauridae)Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from two individuals, the first of which was discovered by a joint Chinese/Canadian expedition to the Shishugou Formation of northwestern China in 1987. Named by palaeontologists, Philip John Currie and Zhao Xijin in 1993.Lived: 160 million years ago during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now northwestern China.
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