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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 8, 2024 10:01:47 GMT
Name: AsfaltovenatorPronunciation: As-falt-oh-ven-ah-torMeaning of name: "Cañadón Asfalto hunter", after the rock formation in southern Argentina where its fossils were discovered.Species: A. vialidadiSize: Estimated to have measured between 7 and 8 metres long.Family: Uncertain. Possible Allosaurid.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton, including an almost complete skull, discovered in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Chubut Province, southern Argentina, in 2002. Named by Oliver Walter, Mischa Rauhut and Diego Pol in 2019.Lived: 179.17 to 178.07 million years ago during the Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now southern Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 8, 2024 10:04:37 GMT
Another 'T-Rex light'?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 9, 2024 6:13:31 GMT
Name: MosasaurusPronunciation: Moe-za-sore-usMeaning of name: "Meuse lizard", after the Meuse river which flows through western and northwestern Europe.Species: M. hoffmannii, M. beaugei, M. conodon, M. lemonnieri, M. missouriensisSize: Depending on species, measured up to 17 metres long and weighing up to 14 metric tonnes.Family: MosasauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in western Europe and the United States. The first known specimen, a skull, was discovered in the Netherlands in 1796, though it was originally thought to belong to a whale. M. hoffmannii named by English doctor, geologist and palaeontologist, Gideon Algernon Mantell, in 1829. M. missouriensis named by American palaeontologist, Richard Harlan, in 1834. M. conodon named by American palaeontologist, Edward Drinker Cope, in 1881. M. lemonnieri named by Belgian palaeontologist, Louis Dollo, in 1889. M. beaugei named by French palaeontologist, Camille Arambourg, in 1952.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 82.7 and 66 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered parts of what is now western Europe and the United States. Size range of Mosasaurus compared with a human.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 9, 2024 9:03:09 GMT
Don't look dangerous, but I wouldn't like to swim with them.
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Post by Joey on Apr 10, 2024 6:13:22 GMT
Seems on the quiz tri would mean 3 so that is my guess.
I don't want to swim with anything that big.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 10, 2024 7:23:43 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: How many horns did Triceratops have?Today's dino: Name: GarumbatitanPronunciation: Gah-rum-bah-ty-tanMeaning of name: "Garumba giant", after a mountain in the region where its fossils were discovered.Species: G. morellensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from multiple partial skeletons, the first of which was discovered by Miquel G. Fígols in the Arcillas de Morella Formation of northeastern Spain. Named by Pedro Mocho, Fernando Escaso, José M. Gasulla, Àngel Galobart, Begoña Poza, Andrés Santos-Cubedo, José L. Sanz and Francisco Ortega in 2023.Lived: 125.77 to 121.4 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeastern Spain.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 10, 2024 18:46:04 GMT
Wow - another 'front heavy' type with an oversized neck and frontal lobe.
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Post by Joey on Apr 11, 2024 6:16:06 GMT
Must have some strong front legs.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 11, 2024 9:06:28 GMT
Name: ChiayusaurusPronunciation: Che-ah-yu-sore-usMeaning of name: "Chia-yu-kuan lizard", after a city in Gansu Province, northwestern China, where its fossils were discovered.Species: C. lacustrisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: EuhelopodidaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from two teeth discovered in the Kalazha Formation of Gansu Province, northwestern China. Named by Birgir Bohlin in 1953.Lived: 125.77 to 113 million years ago during the Barremian and Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northwestern China. A drawing of the teeth of Chiayusaurus
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 11, 2024 10:11:38 GMT
Impressive teeth! Here is how it's supposed to have looked like:  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 12, 2024 8:05:46 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: How many horns did Triceratops have?Today's dino: Name: EocursorPronunciation: E-oh-cur-sorMeaning of name: "Dawn runner"Species: E. parvusSize: Estimated to have measured around 1 metre long.Family: UncertainDiet: Uncertain. Possible herbivore.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton including portions of the skull, lower jaw, vertebrae and limbs, discovered in the Elliot Formation of South Africa in 1993. Named by Richard J. Butler, Roger M. H. Smith and David B. Norman in 2007.Lived: 201.3 to 191 million years ago from the Hettangian stage through to the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now South Africa.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 13, 2024 6:55:08 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question, and I'm pleased to say everyone guessed correctly, Tix Mascot also got the position of the horns correct. You were asked: How many horns did Triceratops have?Answer: Three. One of the most iconic dinosaurs, Triceratops lived in what is now the western United States during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous, between 68 and 66 million years ago. A large animal, its most distinctive feature was its head: a three-foot-long horn above each eye, a shorter horn on the snout and a bony shield at the back of the skull that provided protection for the neck. It's believed the horns and neck shield were used primary for sexual display, but also played a role in defense against predators.Today's dino:Name: KoshisaurusPronunciation: Ko-she-sore-usMeaning of name: "Koshi lizard", after an old regional name for the place in Japan where its fossils were discovered.Species: K. katsuyamaSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Likely a primitive Hadrosaur.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial lower jaw, teeth and a partial skeleton thought to belong to a juvenile, discovered in the Kitadani Formation of Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. Named by Masateru Shibata and Yoichi Azuma in 2015.Lived: 128 million years ago during the Hauterivian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now central Japan. Artist's impression of Koshisaurus |
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Post by Joey on Apr 13, 2024 7:12:23 GMT
The last Dino looks like an ankle biter.
Quiz, congratsto all of us.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 13, 2024 13:24:20 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question, and I'm pleased to say everyone guessed correctly, Tix Mascot also got the position of the horns correct. You were asked: How many horns did Triceratops have?Answer: Three. One of the most iconic dinosaurs, Triceratops lived in what is now the western United States during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous, between 68 and 66 million years ago. A large animal, its most distinctive feature was its head: a three-foot-long horn above each eye, a shorter horn on the snout and a bony shield at the back of the skull that provided protection for the neck. It's believed the horns and neck shield were used primary for sexual display, but also played a role in defense against predators. I had a suspicion that it had to be one of those, but I was far from sure. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 13, 2024 13:25:50 GMT
The last Dino looks like an ankle biter. It can join the others in the same basket you started to collect then in under that umbrella term last year...  |
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