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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 4, 2021 10:18:02 GMT
Here's another marine reptile: Name: MacroplataPronunciation: Mack-roe-pla-tahMeaning of name: "Big plate"Species: M. tenuicepsSize: 4.5 metres long. Weight uncertain.Family: RhomaleosauridaeDiet: PiscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single specimen discovered in the Blue Lias Formation of southern, eastern and western England in 1930. Named in the same year by W. E. Swinton.Lived: 201.3 to 199.3 million years ago during the Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic in the warm oceans that once covered what is now southern, eastern and western England. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 4, 2021 12:15:47 GMT
Are the stripes for camouflage?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 5, 2021 7:46:27 GMT
Are the stripes for camouflage? I assume so though, to be honest, I don't know if it really did have stripes. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 5, 2021 8:03:54 GMT
I can confirm that today's dino will be featured in 'Jurassic World: Dominion'. Name: GiganotosaurusPronunciation: Gee-gah-note-oh-sore-usMeaning of name: "Giant southern lizard".Species: G. caroliniiSize: Estimated to have measured between 12 and 14 metres long, between 5 and 7 metres tall and weighing between 4 and 14 metric tonnes.Family: Giganotosaurinae (a sub-family of Carcharodontosauridae)Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from two specimens, one of which is almost 75% complete. First discovered by amateur fossil hunter, Rubén D. Carolini, in the Candeleros Formation of Neuquen Province, Patagonia, Argentina, in 1993. Named by Argentinian palaeontologists, Rodolfo Coria and Leonardo Salgado in 1995.Lived: 98 to 97 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 5, 2021 16:16:56 GMT
I can confirm that today's dino will be featured in 'Jurassic World: Dominion'. Wow! Thanks! Something to look forward to.  |
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 6, 2021 6:23:30 GMT
You sure wouldn't want to cross paths with that one. Yikes a whip like tall too.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 6, 2021 7:38:41 GMT
Today's entry is a Chinese pterosaur: Name: ElanodactylusPronunciation: E-lan-oh-dak-tyl-usMeaning of name: "Kite finger"Species: E. prolatusWingspan: Estimated to have measured around 2.5 metresFamily: CtenochasmatidaeDiet: Filter-feederFirst fossils found: Known only from two partial skeletons, the first of which was discovered in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China, in 2008. Named in the same year by Brian Andres and Ji Qiang.Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China.
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 6, 2021 7:59:57 GMT
Wonder how much weight that could carry.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 6, 2021 15:55:34 GMT
Wonder how much weight that could carry. Probably less than today's biggest birds of prey. |
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 7, 2021 6:48:38 GMT
Wonder how much weight that could carry. Probably less than today's biggest birds of prey. I guess a lot would depend on how they caught their food. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 7, 2021 8:40:38 GMT
Name: HuabeisaurusPronunciation: Hu-ah-bay-sore-usMeaning of name: "Huabei lizard"Species: H. allocotusSize: 20 metres long and 5 metres tall. Weight uncertain.Family: EuhelopodidaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in the Huiquanpu Formation of Shanxi Province, northern China, sometime during the 1990s. Named by Q. Pang and Z. Cheng in 2000.Lived: 99.7 to 70.6 million years ago from the Cenomanian stage through to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern China.
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 7, 2021 9:45:23 GMT
Boy If I was that thing I shure would hate to get a sore throat.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 7, 2021 11:56:28 GMT
One of us could easily have hidden inside one of its legs!
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 8, 2021 4:53:55 GMT
It would take at least 6 people to fill its neck.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 8, 2021 5:56:06 GMT
Name: SibirotitanPronunciation: Si-be-ro-ty-tanMeaning of name: "Siberian titan"Species: S. astrosacralisSize: Estimated to have measured around 15 metres long, 5 metres tall and weighing 10 metric tonnes.Family: Uncertain. Possible Titanosaurid.Diet: Herbivore. Fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Ilek Formation of Kemerovo Province, western Siberia, Russia, sometime during the 1950s. Named by A. Averianov, S. Ivantsov, P. Skutschas, A. Faingertz and S. Leshchinskiy in 2018.Lived: 129.4 to 125 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now western Siberia, Russia. Artist's impression of Sibirotitan
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