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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 22, 2023 13:02:06 GMT
Does it bring gifts, too?  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 23, 2023 6:13:04 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: Which of the following Stegosaurs was the first to be discovered? Hesperosaurus, Dacentrurus, Kentrosaurus or Chungkingosaurus?
Answer: Dacentrurus. Living in what is now France, England, Spain and Portugal from the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic through to the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous, the first fossils of Dacentrurus ("Very pointed tail") were discovered in southwest England in May 1874. Originally named Omosaurus ("Rough lizard") by English palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, in 1875, the name was changed to Dacentrurus in 1902 because the original name had already been given to a crocodile.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 23, 2023 7:18:15 GMT
Name: MussaurusPronunciation: Mus-sore-usMeaning of name: "Mouse lizard", in reference to the small size of skeletons belonging to infants and juveniles, which were once the only known specimens.Species: M. patagonicusSize: Estimated to have measured around 3 metres long and weighing 70kgs.Family: MussauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from numerous specimens of varying ages. Infant and juvenile fossils were first discovered by an expedition led by Argentine palaeontologist, José Fernando Bonaparte, to the Laguna Colorada Formation of southern Patagonia, Argentina, during the 1970s. Named by Mr. Bonaparte and M. Vince in 1979. The first adult specimens were described in 2013, some of which had first been described in 1980 and originally named as Plateosaurus.Lived: 221.5 to 205.6 million years ago during the Norian and Rhaetian stages of the Late Triassic in what is now southern Patagonia, Argentina. Juvenile Mussaurus fossil
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Post by Joey on Dec 23, 2023 8:26:33 GMT
I don't remember my answer....I'll go look.....hmm can't seem to find my guess.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 23, 2023 12:20:04 GMT
Looks smaller than the specifications.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 24, 2023 6:07:07 GMT
Looks smaller than the specifications. The one in the pic is a baby. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 24, 2023 6:26:32 GMT
Name: CalamosaurusPronunciation: Cah-lah-mo-sore-usMeaning of name: "Reed lizard" or "Quill lizard"Species: C. foxiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possible Compsognathid.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from vertebrae discovered in the Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, England. Was originally named Calamospondylus ("Quill vertebrae") by English naturalist, Richard Lydekker. However, this name was later found to have already been given to another dino, therefore, Mr. Lydekker changed the name to Calamosaurus in 1891.Lived: 129 to 125 million years ago during the Hauterivian and Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now the Isle of Wight, England. New quiz question: During which stage of the Late Jurassic did Ornitholestes live? Oxfordian, Kimmeridgian or Tithonian?
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Post by Joey on Dec 24, 2023 8:45:46 GMT
That doesn't look lizard like.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 24, 2023 9:36:44 GMT
Looks smaller than the specifications. The one in the pic is a baby. That explains it.  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 25, 2023 3:38:16 GMT
Check out this nest of dino eggs discovered in Jiangxi Province, eastern China on Christmas day 2017. Not sure which dino they belong to.  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 25, 2023 3:52:43 GMT
Name: MirischiaPronunciation: Mih-riss-ke-ahMeaning of name: "Wonderful ischia", in reference to its asymmetrical pelvis.Species: M. asymmetricaSize: Estimated to have measured around 2 metres long and weighing 7kgs.Family: CompsognathidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from soft tissue impressions and a partial subadult skeleton discovered in the Romualdo Formation of northeastern Brazil. Named by Darren Naish, David M. Martill and Eberhard Frey in 2004.Lived: 108 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeastern Brazil. Artist's impression of Mirischia taking a nap. Cute sleepy dino!
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Post by Joey on Dec 25, 2023 7:59:20 GMT
Getting warm in the sun.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 25, 2023 12:19:32 GMT
Check out this nest of dino eggs Not easy to see what it is, so easy to destroy them if one's careless or ignorant. Seems as if it's able to enjoy some relaxation and a beauty sleep. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 26, 2023 6:23:01 GMT
Name: LeonerasaurusPronunciation: Le-oh-ne-rah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Leoneras lizard", after the rock formation in central Patagonia, Argentina, where its fossils were discovered.Species: L. taquetrensisSize: Full adult size uncertain as the only known skeleton belongs to a subadult.Family: Uncertain. Possible Anchisaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial subadult skeleton discovered in the Las Leoneras Formation of central Patagonia, Argentina. Named by Diego Pol, Alberto Garrido and Ignacio A. Cerda in 2011.Lived: 196.5 to 175.6 million years ago from the Sinemurian stage through to the Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now central Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Joey on Dec 26, 2023 9:22:47 GMT
Looks like the size of a small cow.
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