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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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Post by Joey on Sept 6, 2024 2:37:48 GMT
Wouldn't want it to bite me.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 6, 2024 10:37:46 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: Bajadasaurus had several pairs of elongated spines protruding from which part of its body? Neck, back, tail or flanks?A new Spanish dino... Name: QunkasauraPronunciation: Kwunk-ah-sore-rahMeaning of name: "Qunca lizard", after an Andalusian city that gave rise to the village of Fuentes in Cuenca, Spain, where the Lo Hueco fossil site is located.Species: Q. pintiquiniestraSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Opisthocoelicaudiinae (a subfamily of Saltasauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered at the Lo Hueco site of the Villalba de la Sierra Formation of central eastern Spain in 2007. Named by P. Mocho, F. Escaso, A. Páramo, F. Marcos-Fernández, J. L. Sanz, D. Vidal and F. Ortega in 2024.Lived: 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central eastern Spain. Excavation of the vertebrae and pelvis of Qunkasaura |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 6, 2024 14:09:39 GMT
Judged by the pic, it must have been huge.
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Post by Joey on Sept 7, 2024 6:56:33 GMT
I agree with that Tix.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 7, 2024 11:02:13 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: Bajadasaurus had several pairs of elongated spines protruding from which part of its body? Neck, back, tail or flanks?
Answer: Neck. Living in what is now northern Patagonia, Argentina, during the Berriasian and Valanginian stages of the Early Cretaceous (145 to 132.9 million years ago), Bajadasaurus was a peculiar-looking Sauropod with a series of elongated, forward-pointing spines sticking out of the back of its neck. It's been suggested the spines may have used for defense.Today's dino:Name: ShishugounykusPronunciation: She-shug-ooh-nee-cusMeaning of name: "Shishugou claw", after the rock formation where its fossils were discovered.Species. S. inexpectusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possibly a primitive Alvarezsaurid.Diet: Uncertain. Possible carnivore/insectivore.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Shishugou Formation of northwestern China. Named by palaeontologists, Qin Zichuan, James Clark, Jonah Choiniere and Xu Xing in 2019.Lived: 160.2 million years ago during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now northwestern China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 7, 2024 12:22:53 GMT
Angry knee-biter!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 8, 2024 11:12:26 GMT
Name: PukyongosaurusPronunciation: Puck-yong-oh-sore-usMeaning of name: "Pukyong lizard", after the Pukyong National University.Species: P. millenniumiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 20 metres long.Family: Uncertain. Possible Euhelopid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from neck and back vertebrae discovered in the Hasandong Formation of Hadong County, South Korea, in 2000. Named by Dong Zhiming, I. S. Paik and H. J. Kim in 2001.Lived: 118 to 112.4 million years ago during the Aptian and Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now South Korea. New quiz question: How many teeth did Triceratops have? 200, 400, 600, 800 or 1000?
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Post by LadyPorthos on Sept 8, 2024 19:10:05 GMT
New quiz question: How many teeth did Triceratops have? 200, 400, 600, 800 or 1000? I'll guess 600 |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 9, 2024 6:44:32 GMT
Would anyone mind if I add some "dubious" dinos? These are ones where the fossils are not only badly preserved but we also don't have enough of them to say for certain if the animal is a valid species.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 9, 2024 10:48:06 GMT
Name: AmanziaPronunciation: Ah-man-ze-ahMeaning of name: Named after Swiss geologist, Amanz Gressly.Species: A. greppini Size: Estimated to have measured between 8 and 9 metres long.Family: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skull and partial skeleton discovered by workers at a limestone quarry in the Reuchenette Formation of northern Switzerland, sometime during the 1860s. Originally named as a species of Cetiosauriscus by German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, in 1922. Eventually recognized as a new genus and named Amanzia by Daniela Schwarz, Philip D. Mannion, Oliver Wings and Christian A. Meyer in 2020. Amanzia is the first sauropod known from Switzerland.Lived: 157 million years ago during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now northern Switzerland.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 10, 2024 8:15:37 GMT
Sorry there won't be any Dino blog for a few days, I'm offline due to a broken computer. Hope to be back online soon.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 10, 2024 16:08:15 GMT
My suggestion is 200 teeth.
Please, go ahead and introduce whichever 'dinos or non-dinos' you'd like. This could actually be interesting...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 14, 2024 5:25:41 GMT
Now that I'm finally back online, it's time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: How many teeth did Triceratops have? 200, 400, 600, 800 or 1000?
Answer: 800. Triceratops had roughly 800 teeth arranged in "batteries" of between 36 and 40 tooth columns. Each column had between three and five teeth vertically stacked on top of each other. As old teeth wore down and fell out, new teeth grew to replace them.
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