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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 18, 2023 13:10:17 GMT
A lump of muscles...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 19, 2023 6:50:46 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: Which of the following Stegosaurs was the first to be discovered? Hesperosaurus, Dacentrurus, Kentrosaurus or Chungkingosaurus?Today's entry.... Name: PenelopognathusPronunciation: Pe-nel-o-po-nay-thusMeaning of name: "Wild duck jaw"Species: P. weishampeliSize: Estimated to have measured around 5 metres long and two metres tall. Weight uncertain.Family: Uncertain. Likely Hadrosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from jaw fragments discovered in the Bayin-Gobi Formation of Inner Mongolia, northern China. Named by P. Godefroit, H. Li and C.-Y. Shang in 2005.Lived: 113 to 112.6 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Inner Mongolia, northern China. |
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Post by Joey on Dec 19, 2023 11:53:36 GMT
Short neck for a big body. Head looks like a vulture.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 19, 2023 15:16:07 GMT
I think that we have seen its cousin already. This one seems disproportionate and awkward.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 20, 2023 6:42:52 GMT
Went out to finish my Christmas shopping today, ended up spending far more than I'd planned.   |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 20, 2023 7:05:30 GMT
Name: HesperornithoidesPronunciation: Hes-per-or-nith-oy-deesMeaning of name: "Western bird form"Species: H. miessleriSize: Estimated to have measured around 1 metre long.Family: TroodontidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial skull with a lower jaw and a partial skeleton discovered in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming in 2001. Named by Scott Hartman, Mickey Mortimer, William R. Wahl, Dean R. Lomax, Jessica Lippincott and David M. Lovelace in 2019.Lived: 155.7 to 145.5 million years ago from the Oxfordian stage through to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Joey on Dec 20, 2023 7:54:59 GMT
This must be a road runner. But you got some nice new clothes to chase it down.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 20, 2023 16:32:47 GMT
Instead of trying to outrun it, I'd settle for one, well aimed kick!
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Post by darrenvox on Dec 21, 2023 0:43:50 GMT
yeah for sure
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 21, 2023 6:36:17 GMT
Name: AtlantosaurusPronunciation: At-lan-to-sore-usMeaning of name: "Atlas lizard", after one of the Titans in Greek mythology.Species: A. montanusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Diplodocidae.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from vertebrae discovered in the Morrison Formation of Colorado. Named by American palaeontologist, Othniel Charles Marsh in 1877.Lived: 150 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 21, 2023 6:45:11 GMT
My newest arrivals have been officially named "Bangers", "Poppy" and "Snapper".
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 21, 2023 12:03:44 GMT
Yes, almost like a walking mountain. My newest arrivals have been officially named "Bangers", "Poppy" and "Snapper". Nice to meet you all. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 22, 2023 6:34:44 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: Which of the following Stegosaurs was the first to be discovered? Hesperosaurus, Dacentrurus, Kentrosaurus or Chungkingosaurus?Today's dino:Name: VayuraptorPronunciation: Va-yu-rap-torMeaning of name: "Wind thief", in reference to its long tibia, which suggests it was very fast and agile.Species: V. nongbualamphuensisSize: Estimated to have measured between 4 and 5 metres long.Family: Uncertain. Possible Megaraptorid.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered by Paladej Srisuk in the Sao Khua Formation of Thailand in 1988. Named by A. Samathi, P. Chanthasit and P. M. Sander in 2019.Lived: 124.4 to 121.4 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Thailand. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 22, 2023 6:47:07 GMT
Check out this very festive-looking T-Rex in a Santa hat and Christmas jumper at London's Natural History Museum.  |
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Post by Joey on Dec 22, 2023 9:33:16 GMT
Ho Ho Ho
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