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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 31, 2023 15:42:39 GMT
Looks happy and proud. Maybe it has just eaten?  the Western Interior Seaway I suppose that it's related to the Mississippi River Basin, so here are my suggestion: 1. Louisiana 2. Mississippi 3. Arkansas 4. Missouri 5. Kansas 6. Tennessee 7. Ohio 8. Illinois 9. Wisconsin 10. Iowa 11. South Dakota  |
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Post by LadyPorthos on Dec 31, 2023 19:16:31 GMT
Got a good quiz question for you this week. Here it is: There are fifty states in the US. Which eleven of them were once covered by the Western Interior Seaway? Hmmm...Ok, here's my guess: 1. North Dakota 2. South Dakota 3. Montana 4. Wyoming 5. Colorado 6. Nebraska 7. Kansas 8. Oklahoma 9. New Mexico 10. Texas 11. Louisiana |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 1, 2024 6:03:22 GMT
Name: MaxakalisaurusPronunciation: Max-ah-kal-e-sore-usMeaning of name: "Maxakali lizard", after a Brazilian tribe.Species: M. topaiSize: Full adult size estimated to have been around 20 metres long. Currently, the only known fossils belong to a 12.5 metre-long juvenile.Family: Uncertain. Possibly either a Saltasaurid or an Aeolosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial juvenile skeleton discovered in the Adamantina Formation of southeastern Brazil in 1998. Named by Brazilian geologist and palaeontologist, Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner, in 2006.Lived: 72 to 68 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeastern Brazil.
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Post by Joey on Jan 1, 2024 10:29:40 GMT
What does that thing do eat a tree a day.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 1, 2024 11:49:25 GMT
What does that thing do eat a tree a day. It's estimated that some sauropods may have eaten between one and two metric tonnes of vegetation every day. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 1, 2024 12:45:29 GMT
Would be a bumpy ride to slide down its neck...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 2, 2024 6:57:57 GMT
Name: ChasmosaurusPronunciation: Kazz-moe-sore-usMeaning of name: "Opening lizard", in reference to the large holes in the neck shield.Species: C. belli, however, it's possible there may be another two.Size: Estimated to have measured between 4 and 5 metres long and weighing between 1 and 2 metric tonnes.Family: Chasmosaurinae (a subfamily of Ceratopsidae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens, including skin impressions. First discovered by Canadian palaeontologist, Lawrence Morris Lambe, at Berry Creek, Alberta, western Canada, in 1898. Additional fossils discovered by American palaeontologist, Charles Hazelius Sternberg, in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, western Canada, in 1913. Named Protorosaurus ("Before Torosaurus") by Mr. Lambe in 1914, however, this name had already been given to another animal, so the fossils were renamed Chasmosaurus.Lived: 77 to 76 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada. C. belli skeleton on display at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 2, 2024 10:30:29 GMT
Did they dig up this one in Canada? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 2, 2024 12:14:25 GMT
Did they dig up this one in Canada? Yes, I believe so. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 3, 2024 6:44:42 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: There are fifty states in the US. Which eleven of them were once covered by the Western Interior Seaway?
Keep in mind, to win the quiz this week, you need to correctly guess all eleven states.
Today's dino: Name: HayaPronunciation: Hah-yahMeaning of name: "Horse-faced", in reference to its elongated horse-like skull.Species: H. grivaSize: Estimated to have measured around 2 metres long and weighing 25kgs.Family: Thescelosaurinae (a subfamily of Thescelosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens, including two almost complete skeletons, discovered in the Javkhlant Formation of southern Mongolia between 2002 and 2007. Named by Peter J. Makovicky, Brandon M. Kilbourne, Rudyard W. Sadleir and Mark A. Norell in 2011.Lived: 86 to 84 million years ago during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 3, 2024 16:59:20 GMT
Looks a little sly and cunning. Good that it's a herbivore.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 4, 2024 7:30:39 GMT
Name: TyrannomimusPronunciation: Tie-ran-oh-my-musMeaning of name: "Tyrant mimic", in reference to its morphological similarities with tyrannosauroids.Species: T. fukuiensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: DeinocheiridaeDiet: Uncertain. Possible herbivore.First fossils found: Known only from a fragmentary skeleton discovered in the Kitadani Formation of Honshu Island, Japan. Named by S. Hattori, M. Shibata, S. Kawabe, T. Imai, H. Nishi and Y. Azuma in 2023.Lived: 121.4 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Honshu Island, Japan.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 5, 2024 6:54:22 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: There are fifty states in the US. Which eleven of them were once covered by the Western Interior Seaway?
Today's dino:
Name: Pisanosaurus
Pronunciation: Pie-san-o-sore-us
Meaning of name: "Pisano's lizard", after Argentine palaeontologist, Juan Arnaldo Pisano.
Species: P. mertii
Size: 1 metre long and weighing around 2kgs.
Family: Pisanosauridae
Diet: Herbivore
First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skull and skeleton discovered by Galileo Juan Scaglia in the Ischigualasto Formation of La Rioja Province, western Argentina, in 1962. Named by Argentine palaeontologist, Rodolfo Casamiquela, in 1967.
Lived: 229 million years ago during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now western Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 5, 2024 7:20:29 GMT
Another one in the category that Joey calls 'ankle biter', despite being a herbivore. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 6, 2024 5:59:39 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: There are fifty states in the US. Which eleven of them were once covered by the Western Interior Seaway?
Answer: Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, Wyoming, Texas, Montana, South Dakota, Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah and North Dakota. If you live in any of these states, then the place where your house now stands was once underwater. This seaway was home to hundreds of animals including mosasaurs, ammonites, plesiosaurs and dozens of different fish species.
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the Western Interior Seaway I suppose that it's related to the Mississippi River Basin, so here are my suggestion:
