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Post by PEEKABOO on Nov 8, 2024 23:37:09 GMT
how cute! do you decorate your tree with dinos?!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 9, 2024 7:02:37 GMT
how cute! do you decorate your tree with dinos?! |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 9, 2024 7:39:20 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: In which East African country have fossils of Kentrosaurus been discovered? South Sudan, Rwanda, Eritrea, Burundi, Djibouti, Uganda, Seychelles, Comoros, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan, Ethiopia or Somalia?
Answer: Tanzania. The first Kentrosaurus fossils were discovered in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania in 1909. It was a medium-sized Stegosaur that lived during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic, around 152 million years ago.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 9, 2024 8:32:21 GMT
Name: Piveteausaurus Pronunciation: Piv-e-tew-sore-usMeaning of name: Named after French palaeontologist, Jean Piveteau.Species: P. divesensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: MegalosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial braincase discovered in the Marnes de Dives Formation of northern France. Originally named as a species of Eustreptospondylus by British palaeontologist, Alick Walker, in 1964. Renamed Piveteausaurus by American palaeontologist, Samuel Paul Welles and French palaeontologist, Philippe Taquet, in 1977.Lived: 164.7 to 161.2 million years ago from the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic through to the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now northern France.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 10, 2024 8:02:36 GMT
A new Asian ankylosaur!Name: Huaxiazhoulong Pronunciation: Hwax-ee-ah-zow-longMeaning of name: "Chinese armoured dragon"Species: H. shouwenSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 6 metres long.Family: AnkylosauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Tangbian Formation of Jiangxi Province, southeastern China, in 1986. Named by palaeontologists, Ziheng Zhu, Jie Wu, Yue You, Yingli Jia, Chujiao Chen, Xi Yao, Wenjie Zheng and Xu Xing in 2024.Lived: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeastern China. New quiz question: True or False? Palaeontologists once thought that the plates lining the back of Stegosaurus lay flat like tiles on a roof.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Nov 10, 2024 12:31:17 GMT
New quiz question: True or False? Palaeontologists once thought that the plates lining the back of Stegosaurus lay flat like tiles on a roof. I guess true. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 11, 2024 9:28:22 GMT
Name: GremlinPronunciation: Grem-linMeaning of name: Named after a mischievous fictional creature.Species: G. slobodorumSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 2 metres long.Family: LeptoceratopsidaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a frontal bone (a paired dermal bone of the skull roof that lies between the nasal in front and the parietal at the back) discovered in the Oldman Formation of Alberta, western Canada. Named by Michael J. Ryan, L. Micucci, H. Rizo, C. Sullivan, Y. N. Lee and D. C. Evans in 2023.Lived: 77 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada. Artist's impression of G. slobodorum
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Post by LadyPorthos on Nov 11, 2024 19:07:52 GMT
New quiz question: True or False? Palaeontologists once thought that the plates lining the back of Stegosaurus lay flat like tiles on a roof. I'll say True |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 12, 2024 9:24:25 GMT
Name: OveroraptorPronunciation: O-ve-ro-rap-torMeaning of name: "Piebald thief"Species: O. chimentoiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 1 and 3 metres long and weighing 30kgs.Family: DromaeosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from vertebrae and several bones from the hands, feet and hips, discovered in the Huincul Formation of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Named by palaeontologists, Matías Motta, Federico Agnolín, Federico Brissón Egli and Fernando Novas in 2020.Lived: 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago during the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 13, 2024 6:40:34 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: True or False? Palaeontologists once thought that the plates lining the back of Stegosaurus lay flat like tiles on a roof.Today's dino:
Name: Hypselospinus Pronunciation: Hip-sel-o-spy-nusMeaning of name: "Highest spined"Species: H. fittoniSize: Estimated to have measured around 6 metres long, 2 metres tall (up to 4 metres tall when standing upright) and weighing up to 1 metric tonne.Family: Uncertain. Likely Iguanodontid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Wadhurst Clay Formation of southeast England. Named by British palaeontologist, David B. Norman, in 2010. Was originally thought to be a species of Iguanodon.Lived: 140 to 136 million years ago during the Berriasian and Valanginian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southeast England.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 14, 2024 9:48:25 GMT
Name: AlwalkeriaPronunciation: Al-wal-ke-re-ahMeaning of name: Named after British palaeontologist, Alick Walker.Species: A. maleriensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 1.5 metres long and weighing between 2 and 5kgs.Family: UncertainDiet: Uncertain. Possible omnivore.First fossils found: Known only from an ankle bone, parts of the upper and lower jaws, twenty-eight partial vertebrae and a mostly complete femur discovered in the Maleri Formation of southern India. Was originally named Walkeria by Indian palaeontologist, Sankar Chatterjee, in 1987, however, this name had already been given to an aquatic invertebrate. Renamed Alwalkeria by Mr. Chatterjee and Ben Creisler in 1994.Lived: 228 million years ago during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now southern India.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 15, 2024 9:34:45 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: True or False? Palaeontologists once thought that the plates lining the back of Stegosaurus lay flat like tiles on a roof.Today's dino is a dubious species of Massospondylid:Name: AetonyxPronunciation: Ay-ton-icksMeaning of name: "Eagle's talons"Species: A. palustrisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: MassospondylidaeDiet: Uncertain. Likely herbivore.First fossils found: Known only from some vertebrae, parts of the arms and hands, a partial tibia and a mostly complete foot discovered by South African palaeontologist, Robert Broom, in South Africa, in 1911. Named by Mr. Broom in the same year. Some palaeontologists consider Aetonyx and Massospondylus to be the same animal. If this is correct, Massospondylus would become the valid name.Lived: 195 million years ago during the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now South Africa.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 16, 2024 9:44:18 GMT
Tix Mascot , LadyPorthos , well done for correctly guessing the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: True or False? Palaeontologists once thought that the plates lining the back of Stegosaurus lay flat like tiles on a roof.Answer: True. This is actually how Stegosaurus got its name, the "Roofed lizard". Rather than being attached to the skeleton, the plates are merely embedded in the animal's thick skin. Therefore, when the first skeletons were discovered, palaeontologists had difficulty figuring out where the plates belonged and how they were arranged. One of the earliest theories is that the plates lay flat on either side of the spine, like tiles on a roof.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 16, 2024 10:13:23 GMT
Name: ProbrachylophosaurusPronunciation: Pro-brak-e-lo-fo-sore-usMeaning of name: "Before Brachylophosaurus"Species: P. bergeiSize: Estimated to have measured around 10 metres long and weighing between 4 and 5 metric tonnes.Family: Saurolophinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a skull and a partial skeleton discovered and excavated by Mark Goodwin in the Judith River Formation of Montana between 1981 and 1994. Named by Elizabeth A. Friedman Fowler and John R. Horner in 2015.Lived: 79 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 17, 2024 9:43:43 GMT
Name: CharonosaurusPronunciation: Kah-ron-oh-sore-usMeaning of name: "Charon's lizard", after Charon, the ferryman who took the souls of the dead to the Underworld in Greek mythology.Species: C. jiayinensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is thought to have been similar in size and appearance to its North American cousin, Parasaurolophus.Family: Lambeosaurinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skull and a handful of other bones discovered in northeastern China. Named by Pascal Godefroit, Zan Shuqin and Jin Liyong in 2000.Lived: 70.6 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northeastern China.
 New quiz question: Which of the following Theropods had the strongest bite? Allosaurus, Dilophosaurus, T-Rex, Daspletosaurus, Suchomimus or Ceratosaurus?
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