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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 25, 2024 9:01:21 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: How many vertebrae did Mamenchisaurus have in its neck? 16, 17, 18 or 19?Today's dino:Name: TaohelongPronunciation: Tow-hee-longMeaning of name: "Dragon of the river Tao"Species: T. jinchengensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 5 metres long and weighing 1 metric tonne.Family: Polacanthinae (a subfamily of Nodosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from fossils including a tail vertebra, ribs, a left ilium and pieces of armor discovered in north-central China. Named by Yang Jing-Tao, You Hai-Lu, Li Da-Qing and Kong De-Lai in 2013.Lived: 113 to 110 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now north-central China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 26, 2024 5:21:17 GMT
Tix Mascot, well done for correctly guessing the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: How many vertebrae did Mamenchisaurus have in its neck? 16, 17, 18 or 19?Answer: 19. Palaeontologists currently recognize five Mamenchisaurus species which all lived in various parts of what is now southwestern China from the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic through to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous, between 161 and 114.4 million years ago. They're known for their remarkably long necks which made up nearly half the total body length and consisted of 19 elongated vertebrae.Today's dino:Name: EucercosaurusPronunciation: You-sir-coe-sore-usMeaning of name: "Good-tailed lizard"Species: E. tanyspondylusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possible Iguanodontid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from several vertebrae discovered in the Cambridge Greensand of southeast England. Named by British palaeontologist, Harry Govier Seeley, in 1879.Lived: 105 to 100 million years ago from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous through to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeast England. Illustration of the pelvic vertebrae of Eucercosaurus
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 26, 2024 10:39:04 GMT
Here is an artist's impression of an eucercosaurus tanyspondylus. Kinda fancy dude!  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 26, 2024 13:03:14 GMT
Here is an artist's impression of an eucercosaurus tanyspondylus. Kinda fancy dude! Personally, I'm not sure how accurate this impression is, as the artist has depicted it as a Dromaeosaur when it's been classed as an Ornithopod. Unfortunately, all we've got to go on is vertebrae. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 27, 2024 7:01:28 GMT
Name: RapatorPronunciation: Rah-pah-torMeaning of name: "Violator" or "Plunderer"Species: R. ornitholestoidesSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possible Megaraptorid.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, opalized finger bone from the left hand discovered in the Griman Creek Formation of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia, in 1905. Named by German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, in 1932.Lived: 105 to 96 million years ago from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous through to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern New South Wales and southern Queensland. Artist's impression of Rapator.New quiz question: True or False? The brain of Stegosaurus wasn't much bigger than a walnut.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 27, 2024 10:36:20 GMT
New quiz question: True or False? The brain of Stegosaurus wasn't much bigger than a walnut. I'd say 'false'. |
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Post by LadyPorthos on Oct 27, 2024 19:02:53 GMT
New quiz question: True or False? The brain of Stegosaurus wasn't much bigger than a walnut. I'll say true |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 28, 2024 8:46:15 GMT
Name: KoreaceratopsPronunciation: Koe-ree-ah-seh-rah-topsMeaning of name: "Korean horned face"Species: K. hwaseongensisSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 1 and 2 metres long, 1 metre tall and weighing between 27 and 45kgs.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from a single, partial skeleton discovered in a sandstone block in the Tando dam at Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea in 2008. Named by palaeontologists Michael J. Ryan, Yuong-Nam Lee and Y. Kobayashi in 2011. Koreaceratops is the first Ceratopsian to be discovered in South Korea.Lived: 103 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now South Korea.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 28, 2024 9:05:36 GMT
Well protected in both ends!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 29, 2024 6:53:36 GMT
Name: Camposaurus Pronunciation: Camp-oh-sore-usMeaning of name: "Camp's lizard", after American palaeontologist, Charles Lewis Camp.Species: C. arizonensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: CoelophysidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from partial lower leg bones discovered in the Bluewater Creek Formation of Arizona. Named by Adrian P. Hunt, Spencer George Lucas, Andrew B. Heckert, Robert Michael Sullivan and Martin G. Lockley in 1998.Lived: 223 to 210 million years ago during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now the southwestern United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 29, 2024 14:07:50 GMT
Looks fast and agile.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 30, 2024 8:19:15 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: True or False? The brain of Stegosaurus wasn't much bigger than a walnut.Today's dino:
Name: Campylodoniscus Pronunciation: Cam-pe-lo-don-is-kussMeaning of name: "Bent tooth" or "Curved tooth"Species: C. ameghinoiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a jawbone with seven teeth discovered in the Bajo Barreal Formation of southern Argentina. Originally named Campylodon by German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, however, it was later shown that this name had already been given to a fish. Renamed Campylodoniscus by H. Haubold and O. Kuhn in 1961.Lived: 95 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Argentina.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 30, 2024 9:17:35 GMT
 Check out this stunning fossil of a 99-million-year-old firefly discovered in northern Myanmar. It's been identified as a brand-new species and named Flammarionella, after French astronomer, Camille Flammarion. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 30, 2024 12:27:04 GMT
99-million-year-old firefly discovered in northern Myanmar. It's been identified as a brand-new species Do you know if it differs much from modern equivalents? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 31, 2024 0:56:12 GMT
99-million-year-old firefly discovered in northern Myanmar. It's been identified as a brand-new species Do you know if it differs much from modern equivalents? |
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