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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 6, 2024 6:35:22 GMT
Name: VespersaurusPronunciation: Ves-per-sore-usMeaning of name: "Western lizard", in reference to the town of Cruzeiro do Oeste ("Western Cross"), southern Brazil, near where its fossils were discovered.Species: V. paranaensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 1.5 metres long, 0.8 and weighing between 11 and 12kgs.Family: Noasaurinae (a subfamily of Noasauridae)Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from partial fossils discovered in the Rio Paraná Formation of southern Brazil between 2011 and 2015. Named by M. C. Langer, N. Martins, P. C. Manzig, G. S. Ferreira, J. C. Marsola, E. Fortes, R. Lima, L. C. F. Sant’ana, L. S. Vidal, R. H. Lorençato and M. D. Ezcurra in 2019.Lived: 85 million years ago during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Brazil.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 6, 2024 14:35:12 GMT
Camouflage pattern seems to match desert rather than jungle.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 7, 2024 7:15:27 GMT
Name: AnasazisaurusPronunciation: An-ah-sah-ze-sore-usMeaning of name: "Anasazi lizard", in reference to an outdated name for the Ancestral Pueblo Native American people.Species: A. horneriSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 7.5 metres long and weighing 2.5 metric tonnes.Family: Saurolophinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial skull discovered in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico sometime during the 1970s. Named by American palaeontologists, Adrian Hunt and Spencer G. Lucas, in 1993.Lived: 74 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the southwestern United States. Artist's impression of AnasazisaurusNew quiz question: For three-quarters of its length, the tail of Deinonychus was stiff. What did this stiff tail help with?
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 7, 2024 17:37:41 GMT
The snout almost looks artificially attached.
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Post by LadyPorthos on Jan 7, 2024 20:00:17 GMT
New quiz question: For three-quarters of its length, the tail of Deinonychus was stiff. What did this stiff tail help with?I'll guess self defense |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 8, 2024 6:39:21 GMT
Name: EpachthosaurusPronunciation: E-pak-tho-sore-usMeaning of name: "Heavy lizard"
Species: E. sciuttoniSize: Estimated to have measured around 10 metres long.Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from three partial skeletons, one of which is almost complete (missing only the skull, neck and some back/tail vertebrae), discovered in central and northern Patagonia, Argentina. Was originally thought to be a species of both Antarctosaurus ("Southern lizard") and Argyrosaurus ("Silver lizard") before being renamed by J. E. Powell in 1990.Lived: 95 to 90 million years ago during the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central and northern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Joey on Jan 8, 2024 9:34:29 GMT
Good point Tix.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 8, 2024 14:45:44 GMT
New quiz question: For three-quarters of its length, the tail of Deinonychus was stiff. What did this stiff tail help with? Support the balance while eating? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 9, 2024 6:34:38 GMT
Name: IschioceratopsPronunciation: Is-key-o-seh-rah-topsMeaning of name: "Ischium-horned face", in reference to its uniquely-formed ischium.Species: I. zhuchengensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 2 metres long.Family: LeptoceratopsidaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from vertebrae, ossified tendons, a complete sacrum with both sides of the pelvis and bones from the right hind leg, discovered in Shandong Province, eastern China. Named by Yiming He, Peter J. Makovicky, Kebai Wang, Chen Shuqing, Corwin Sullivan, Fenglu Han, Xu Xing, Michael J. Ryan, David C. Evans, Philip J. Currie, Caleb M. Brown and Don Brinkman in 2015.Lived: 69 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now eastern China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 9, 2024 18:28:16 GMT
Another one that looks stranger than any mad-made attempt! LOL
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 10, 2024 4:53:25 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: For three-quarters of its length, the tail of Deinonychus was stiff. What did this stiff tail help with?Today's dino is the first to be officially named this year.... Name: SidersauraPronunciation: Sy-dah-sore-rahMeaning of name: "Star lizard", in reference to the shape of some of the preserved haemal arches.Species: S. maraeSize: Estimated to have measured between 18 and 20 metres long and weighing around 15 metric tonnes.Family: RebbachisauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from four partial skeletons discovered in the Huincul Formation of northern Patagonia, Argentina, between 2012 and 2016. Named by Lucas Nicolás Lerzo, Pablo Ariel Gallina, Juan Ignacio Canale, Alejandro Otero, José Luis Carballido, Sebastián Apesteguía and Peter Juraj Makovicky in 2024.Lived: 96 to 93 million years ago during the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Patagonia, Argentina. Artist's impression of Sidersaura |
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Post by Joey on Jan 10, 2024 9:26:25 GMT
Getting a drink before they eat the trees.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 10, 2024 11:32:46 GMT
The one in the background seems to be lurking.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 11, 2024 7:38:53 GMT
Name: AhshislepeltaPronunciation: Ah-shis-le-pel-tahMeaning of name: "Ah-shi-sle-pah Wash shield", in reference to the place where its fossils were discovered.
Species: A. minorSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Likely either an Ankylosaurid or a Nodosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton thought to belong to either an adult or a small subadult, discovered in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico, at the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness Study Area in 2005. Named by Michael E. Burns and Robert M. Sullivan in 2011.Lived: 74.5 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the southwestern United States. Ahshislepelta fossils
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 11, 2024 15:50:16 GMT
I'm still amazed at how many fossilised dinosaur bones that keep turning up around the world.
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