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Dinosaurs, pterosaurs & marine reptiles of Isla Sorna Oct 30, 2024 12:27:04 GMT

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Oct 30, 2024 9:17:35 GMT Talira Greycrest said:

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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Dinosaurs, pterosaurs & marine reptiles of Isla Sorna Oct 31, 2024 0:56:12 GMT

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Oct 30, 2024 12:27:04 GMT Tix Mascot said:

Oct 30, 2024 9:17:35 GMT Talira Greycrest said:

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?

Don't think it's much different. The light organ in the abdomen is similar to ones seen in modern fireflies.

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Dinosaurs, pterosaurs & marine reptiles of Isla Sorna Oct 31, 2024 7:18:14 GMT

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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 31, 2024 7:18:14 GMT

Name: Brachylophosaurus
Pronunciation: Brak-ee-loe-foe-sore-us
Meaning of name: "Short-crested lizard"
Species: B. canadensis
Size: Measured between 9 and 11 metres long, 3 metres tall (up to 5 metres when standing upright) and weighing around 7 metric tonnes.
Family: Saurolophinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae)
Diet: Herbivore
First fossils found: Known from several specimens, the first of which was discovered by American-Canadian palaeontologist, Charles Mortram Sternberg, in the Oldman Formation of Alberta, western Canada, in 1953. Named by Mr. Sternberg in the same year. Additional specimens discovered in the Judith River Formation of Montana and the Wahweap Formation of Utah in 1988, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2002 and 2008. Some specimens include fossilized skin.
Lived: 78 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada and the western United States.

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Dinosaurs, pterosaurs & marine reptiles of Isla Sorna Oct 31, 2024 11:00:34 GMT

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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 31, 2024 11:00:34 GMT

Oct 31, 2024 0:56:12 GMT Talira Greycrest said:

Oct 30, 2024 12:27:04 GMT Tix Mascot said:

Do you know if it differs much from modern equivalents?

Don't think it's much different. The light organ in the abdomen is similar to ones seen in modern fireflies.

Amazing how some traits remain unaltered for so long.

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