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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 30, 2024 10:13:53 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: Psittacosaurus was named by which famous American palaeontologist in 1923? Othniel Charles Marsh, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Barnum Brown or Edward Drinker Cope?Today's dino: Name: Pendraig Pronunciation: Pen-draygMeaning of name: "Chief dragon"Species: P. milneraeSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 1 metre long.Family: UncertainDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from vertebrae, a partial femur and a mostly complete pelvis discovered in the Pant-y-Ffynnon Quarry of South Wales, in 1952. Named by S. N. Spiekman, M. D. Ezcurra, R. J. Butler, N. C. Fraser and S. C. Maidment in 2021.Lived: 215 to 201.4 million years ago during the Norian and Rhaetian stages of the Late Triassic in what is now South Wales.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 30, 2024 13:42:05 GMT
What a little cutie! Well, apart from those claws...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 31, 2024 6:59:38 GMT
LadyPorthos , well done for correctly guessing the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: Psittacosaurus was named by which famous American palaeontologist in 1923? Othniel Charles Marsh, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Barnum Brown or Edward Drinker Cope?Answer: Henry Fairfield Osborn. Living in what is now China, Thailand, Russia and Mongolia during the Early Cretaceous (125 to 105 million years ago), Psittacosaurus was a small, primitive Ceratopsian. Its fossils were first discovered in the Khuren Dukh Formation of Mongolia in 1922 and named by American palaeontologist, Henry Fairfield Osborn, in 1924. The name means "Parrot lizard", in reference to its parrot-like beak. During his career, Mr. Osborn named many different dino species including Ornitholestes, T-Rex, Albertosaurus, Pentaceratops and Velociraptor.Today's dino:Name: VolgatitanPronunciation: Vol-gah-tie-tanMeaning of name: "Volga giant", after the Volga River which runs through central and southern Russia.Species: V. simbirskiensisSize: Estimated to have weighed around 17 metric tonnes.Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from seven tail vertebrae discovered in the Ulyanovsk Oblast, western Russia. Named by Russian palaeontologists, Alexander Averianov and Vladimir Efimov, in 2018.Lived: 132.6 to 125.77 million years ago during the Hauterivian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now western Russia.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 31, 2024 9:53:29 GMT
 LadyPorthos ! Well done!" This one looks proud, despite the disproportioned body. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 1, 2024 7:05:48 GMT
Name: DashanpusaurusPronunciation: Dah-shan-pu-sore-usMeaning of name: "Dashanpu lizard", after the Chinese town where its fossils were discovered.Species: D. dongiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton missing the skull, discovered in the Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province, southwestern China. Named by Peng Guangzhao, Ye Yong, Gao Yuhui, Shu Chunkang and Jiang Shan in 2005.Lived: 165 million years ago during the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic in what is now southwestern China. New quiz question: Bajadasaurus had several pairs of elongated spines protruding from which part of its body? Neck, back, tail or flanks?
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 1, 2024 16:18:51 GMT
New quiz question: Bajadasaurus had several pairs of elongated spines protruding from which part of its body? Neck, back, tail or flanks? My guess is flanks. |
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Post by LadyPorthos on Sept 1, 2024 20:14:35 GMT
New quiz question: Bajadasaurus had several pairs of elongated spines protruding from which part of its body? Neck, back, tail or flanks? I'll say tail. |
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Post by Joey on Sept 2, 2024 9:05:44 GMT
I'll guess back.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 2, 2024 10:46:46 GMT
Name: IndosuchusPronunciation: In-doe-soo-kusMeaning of name: "Indian crocodile"Species: I. raptoriusSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 7 metres long, 2.5 metres tall and weighing between 1 and 3 metric tonnes.Family: AbelisauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from three partial skulls discovered by British palaeontologist, Charles Alfred Matley, in the Lameta Formation of central India in 1932. Named by Mr. Matley and German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, in 1933.Lived: 70 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now India.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 3, 2024 7:36:19 GMT
Name: OverosaurusPronunciation: Oh-veh-ro-sore-usMeaning of name: "Overo lizard", after the Cerro Overo fossil locality.Species: O. paradasorumSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possible Titanosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from ribs and vertebrae discovered in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of northern Patagonia, Argentina, at the Cerro Overo fossil locality, in 2002. Named by Rodolfo A. Coria, Leonardo S. Filippi, Luis M. Chiappe, Rodolfo García and Andrea B. Arcucci in 2013.Lived: 86 to 84 million years ago during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 3, 2024 13:42:41 GMT
Looks like a loudmouth. We need to feed it to keep it quiet. Anybody with a spare elephant or something?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 3, 2024 14:10:03 GMT
 Meet 'Grandpa Long-Neck', my Brachiosaurus hug pillow. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 4, 2024 7:55:36 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: Bajadasaurus had several pairs of elongated spines protruding from which part of its body? Neck, back, tail or flanks?Today's dino: Name: KatepensaurusPronunciation: Kah-tee-pen-sore-usMeaning of name: "Hole lizard", in reference to a distinctive opening in the transverse processes of the dorsal vertebrae.Species: K. goicoecheaiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Limaysaurinae (a subfamily of Rebbachisauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Bajo Barreal Formation of Chubut Province, central Patagonia, Argentina. Named by Lucio M. Ibiricu, Gabriel A. Casal, Rubén Dario Martínez, Matthew C. Lamanna, Marcelo Luna and Leonardo Salgado in 2013.Lived: 100.5 to 90 million years ago during the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 4, 2024 12:00:40 GMT
Looks as if it has a solid foot base for the extreme whip of a tail.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 5, 2024 10:21:18 GMT
Here's another Asian dino with a weird name: Name: SasayamagnomusPronunciation: Sah-say-ah-mag-no-musMeaning of name: "Gnome from Sasayama", after the Sasayama Basin, Hyōgo Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan, where its fossils were discovered.Species: S. saegusaiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Likely a primitive Ceratopsian.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from seventeen assorted cranial bones, the right coracoid and a left tibia discovered in the Ohyamashimo Formation of Hyōgo Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan. Named by Tomonori Tanaka, Kentaro Chiba, Tadahiro Ikeda and Michael J. Ryan in 2024. Lived: 112.1 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Honshu Island, Japan.
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