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Post by Joey12 on Sept 17, 2021 2:12:53 GMT
Odd tail from what you se now days.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 17, 2021 8:34:37 GMT
Name: EuhelopusPronunciation: You-he-lo-pusMeaning of name: "True marsh foot"Species: E. zdanskyiSize: Estimated to have measured around 11 metres long, 7 metres tall and weighing between 3 and 4 metric tonnes.Family: EuhelopodidaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from two partial skeletons, the first of which was discovered by Catholic priest, Father R. Mertens, in Shandong Province, East China, in 1913. Named by Alfred Romer in 1956.Lived: 145 to 133 million years ago during the Berriasian and Valanginian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now East China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 17, 2021 11:33:48 GMT
This one has a longer neck than tail.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 18, 2021 9:51:24 GMT
Name: NedcolbertiaPronunciation: Ned-col-ber-tee-ahMeaning of name: Named after American palaeontologist, Edwin Harris Colbert.Species: N. justinhoffmanniSize: Uncertain, but is estimated to have measured around 3 metres long and 1.5 metres tall.Family: Uncertain. Possible Ornithomimosaur.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from the partial skeletons of a juvenile and two sub-adults discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation of eastern Utah in 1993. Named by J. I. Kirkland, B. B. Britt, C. H. Whittle, S. K. Madsen and D. L. Burge in 1998.Lived: 129.4 to 125 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 18, 2021 13:06:19 GMT
That cat must be careful!  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 19, 2021 8:04:22 GMT
Name: MymoorapeltaPronunciation: My-moor-ah-pel-tahMeaning of name: "Mygatt-Moore shield"Species: M. maysiSize: Estimated to have measured around 3 metres long and weighing 300kgs. Height uncertain.Family: Polacanthinae (a sub-family of Nodosauridae)Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from the partial skeletons of three individuals, the first of which was discovered by Peter and Marilyn Mygatt and John and Vanetta Moore in the Morrison Formation of Colorado in 1981. Named by J. I. Kirkland and K. Carpenter in 1994. Mymoorapelta was the first Jurassic-aged Ankylosaur to be discovered in the United States.Lived: 156 to 151 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian stages of the Late Jurassic in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 19, 2021 18:03:57 GMT
Re all the 'horns' - did it have serious enemies?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 20, 2021 7:03:48 GMT
Re all the 'horns' - did it have serious enemies? There were always hungry hunters around, so these dinos were built like living pin-cushions. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 20, 2021 7:11:04 GMT
Today's entry is a large marine reptile: Name: HydrotherosaurusPronunciation: Hy-dro-ther-roe-sore-usMeaning of name: "Water beast lizard"Species: H. alexandraeSize: Estimated to have measured between 7 and 13 metres long and weighing around 2 metric tonnes.Family: ElasmosauridaeDiet: PiscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in the Moreno Formation of California in 1943. Named in the same year by American palaeontologist, Samuel Paul Welles.Lived: 72.1 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in the warm waters of the Western Interior Seaway which once stretched from the Arctic ocean and through the middle of what is now Canada and the United States to the Gulf of Mexico. May also have lived in the Pacific ocean.![]()  |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 20, 2021 16:42:51 GMT
Small head and a looooooooooooooooong neck! LOL  |
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 20, 2021 21:39:26 GMT
Name: MymoorapeltaPronunciation: My-moor-ah-pel-tahMeaning of name: "Mygatt-Moore shield"Species: M. maysiSize: Estimated to have measured around 3 metres long and weighing 300kgs. Height uncertain.Family: Polacanthinae (a sub-family of Nodosauridae)Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from the partial skeletons of three individuals, the first of which was discovered by Peter and Marilyn Mygatt and John and Vanetta Moore in the Morrison Formation of Colorado in 1981. Named by J. I. Kirkland and K. Carpenter in 1994. Mymoorapelta was the first Jurassic-aged Ankylosaur to be discovered in the United States.Lived: 156 to 151 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian and
Tithonian stages of the Late Jurassic in what is now the western United States. Looks like a Pangolin  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 21, 2021 8:46:30 GMT
Name: NoripterusPronunciation: No-rip-teh-rusMeaning of name: "Lake wing"Species: N. complicidensWingspan: Estimated to have measured around 4 metres.Family: DsungaripteridaeDiet: ShellfishFirst fossils found: Known from many specimens, including an almost-complete skeleton, discovered in the Lianmuqin Formation of western China and the Tsagan Tsab Formation of western Mongolia. Named by Chinese palaeontologist, Yang Zhongjian, in 1973.Lived: 140 million years ago during the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now western China and western Mongolia.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 21, 2021 16:24:26 GMT
Very strange looking - almost like a wing suit!
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 22, 2021 5:57:12 GMT
I like that one.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 22, 2021 8:24:46 GMT
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