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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 16, 2024 6:58:27 GMT
Name: BarrosasaurusPronunciation: Bah-ross-ah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Sierra Barossa lizard", after the place in Argentina where its fossils were discovered.Species: B. casamiquelai Size: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 18 metres long and weighing 13.5 metric tonnes.Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from three partial back vertebrae discovered at "Sierra Barossa" in the Anacleto Formation of Neuquén Province, western Argentina. Named by Argentine palaeontologists, Leonardo Salgado and Rodolfo Aníbal Coria, in 2009.Lived: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Argentina. New quiz question: In which African country have fossils of Heterodontosaurus been discovered? Cameroon, Angola, Somalia, Namibia, South Africa, Togo, Sierra Leone or Seychelles?
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 16, 2024 10:05:24 GMT
New quiz question: In which African country have fossils of Heterodontosaurus been discovered? Cameroon, Angola, Somalia, Namibia, South Africa, Togo, Sierra Leone or Seychelles? This is like drawing identical rabbits out of a hat. Maybe South Africa? |
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Post by LadyPorthos on Jun 16, 2024 22:17:39 GMT
I'll go with Angola.
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Post by Joey on Jun 17, 2024 7:13:44 GMT
I'll do with Namibia
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 17, 2024 9:50:27 GMT
Name: Auroraceratops Pronunciation: Or-ror-ah-seh-rah-topsMeaning of name: "Dawn horned face"Species: A. rugosusSize: 2 metres long and weighing around 15.5kgsFamily: Uncertain. Likely a primitive Ceratopsian.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens including complete skeletons discovered in China and South Korea. First discovered in Gansu Province, north central China. Named by H. You, D. Li, Q. Ji, M. Lamanna and P. Dodson in 2005.Lived: 121.4 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now South Korea and north central China. Auroraceratops fossil
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 17, 2024 10:41:39 GMT
Interesting that so much remains after all that time!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 18, 2024 7:34:47 GMT
Name: DromaeosauroidesPronunciation: Dro-may-oh-sore-oy-deezMeaning of name: "Dromaeosaurus-like", in reference to the similarity to the teeth of that genus.Species: D. bornholmensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 2 and 3 metres long and weighing 40kgs.Family: Dromaeosaurinae (a subfamily of Dromaeosauridae)Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from two teeth, the first of which was discovered in the Jydegaard Formation of Denmark in 2000. The second tooth was discovered in 2008. Named by Danish palaeontologists, Per Christiansen and Niels Bonde, in 2003. Dromaeosauroides is the first known dinosaur from Denmark, and the only one that's been scientifically named.Lived: 140 million years ago during the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Denmark.
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Post by Joey on Jun 18, 2024 7:36:01 GMT
Looks furry.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 18, 2024 8:00:37 GMT
Since we've only got two teeth, it's difficult to know for certain what this dino looked like. However, as a Dromaeosaur, it would have had feathers and a large sickle claw on the second toe of each foot like its relatives. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 18, 2024 8:23:03 GMT
Those spurs look dangerous! Surely no teddy bear type...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 19, 2024 7:42:57 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: In which African country have fossils of Heterodontosaurus been discovered? Cameroon, Angola, Somalia, Namibia, South Africa, Togo, Sierra Leone or Seychelles?Today's dino: Name: MatheronodonPronunciation: Mah-ther-oh-no-donMeaning of name: "Matheron tooth", after French palaeontologist, Pierre Philippe Émile Matheron, who named the first dinosaur fossils discovered in southeastern France.Species: M. provincialisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 5 metres long.Family: RhabdodontidaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from an upper jawbone with teeth discovered in the Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation of southeastern France. Named by palaeontologists P. Godefroit, X. Valentin, G. Garcia, U. Lefèvre, B. Gomez, A. Cincotta and K. Stein in 2017.Lived: 74 to 72.1 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeastern France.
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Post by Joey on Jun 19, 2024 9:52:43 GMT
Maybe this one could cut the grass and trim the bushes if it was trainable.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 19, 2024 17:01:08 GMT
Strange looking head.
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Post by Joey on Jun 20, 2024 9:30:28 GMT
Just another day at the Dino Zoo
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 20, 2024 10:24:19 GMT
Name: AmurosaurusPronunciation: Ah-mur-oh-sore-usMeaning of name: "Amur lizard", after the Amur River, which forms the border between China and Russia.Species: A. riabininiSize: Estimated to have measured around 8 metres long and weighing 3 metric tonnes.Family: Lambeosaurinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from numerous specimens discovered in a bonebed in the Udurchukan Formation of the Amur Region in Far Eastern Russia in 1984. Named by Russian palaeontologists, Yuri Bolotsky and Sergei Kurzanov, in 1991.Lived: 70 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Far Eastern Russia. Artist's impression of Amurosaurus
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