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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 29, 2021 1:55:58 GMT
This Theropod is another of T-Rex's cousins: Name: AlioramusPronunciation: Ah-lee-oh-ray-musMeaning of name: "Different branch"Species: A. remotus, A. altaiSize: Adult size uncertain as the only known fossils belong to either juveniles or sub-adults.Family: TyrannosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Originally known only from a partial skull and some foot bones discovered by a joint Soviet-Mongolian expedition in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia's Gobi Desert in the early 1970's. A. remotus named by Russian palaeontologist, Sergei Kurzanov, in 1976. A more complete skeleton was discovered in 2001. A. altai named by American palaeontologist, Stephen Louis Brusatte, in 2009.Lived: 70 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia. |
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 29, 2021 7:46:22 GMT
It's strange looking alright.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 29, 2021 11:59:15 GMT
Another angry monster from the past...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 29, 2021 13:10:41 GMT
Name: KangnasaurusPronunciation: Kang-nah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Farm Kangnas lizard"Species: K. coetzeeiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: Dryosauridae.Diet: Herbivore. Likely fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single tooth discovered at Farm Kangnas, Cape Province, South Africa (date of discovery uncertain). Named by South African palaeontologist, Sidney Henry Haughton, in 1915. Some vertebrae and partial hind legs have also been discovered, but it's yet to be confirmed whether or not they belong to this species.Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now South Africa.
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 30, 2021 2:53:20 GMT
That's pretty creative from one tooth.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 30, 2021 5:34:13 GMT
Name: NankangiaPronunciation: Nan-kang-e-ahMeaning of name: Named after Nankang County, Jiangxi Province, southeastern China, where its fossils were discovered.Species: N. jiangxiensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 2.5 metres long. Height and weight uncertain.Family: Oviraptoridae.Diet: Unknown.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered by a farmer in the Nanxiong Formation of southeastern China in 2010. Named by Chinese palaeontologists, Lü Junchang, Yi Laiping, Zhong Hui and Wei Xuefang in 2013.Lived: 72.1 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeastern China. Artist's impression of Nankangia
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 30, 2021 7:21:11 GMT
I see spurs so that could have been the first fighting chicken.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 30, 2021 13:29:01 GMT
This dino's name is a bit of a tongue-twister: Name: HuehuecanauhtlusPronunciation: Ue-ue-cana-uh-tlusMeaning of name: "Ancient duck"Species: H. tiquichensisSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 5 and 6 metres long.Family: Uncertain. Primitive Hadrosaurid.Diet: Herbivore.First fossils found: Known only from two partial skeletons discovered in Michoacan, Mexico, in 2003. Named by Angel Alejandro Ramírez-Velasco, Mouloud Benammi, Albert Prieto-Marquez, Jesús Alvarado Ortega and René Hernández-Rivera in 2012. Lived: 86.3 to 83.6 million years ago during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Mexico.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 30, 2021 18:22:13 GMT
Like Joey12, I'm amazed at how scholars can reconstruct an entire animal from just a tiny body part. |
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 1, 2021 2:21:30 GMT
Yikes that guy is standing in the wrong position...lol.
At least this one they had more to go on.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 1, 2021 7:38:59 GMT
Sometimes, when it comes to naming dinosaurs, palaeontologists have to be creative: Name: PanamericansaurusPronunciation: Pan-ah-meh-re-can-sore-usMeaning of name: Named after the Pan American Energy Company.
Species: P. schroederiSize: Estimated to have measured around 11 metres long, between 3 and 4 metres tall and weighing between 30 and 55 metric tonnes.Family: AeolosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Likely fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, fragmentary skeleton discovered in the Allen Formation of Neuquen Province, western Argentina, in June 2003. Named by J. O. Calvo and J. D. Porfiri in 2010.Lived: 83.6 to 66 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Argentina. |
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 1, 2021 7:51:34 GMT
Well at lest they had part of the skeleton.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 1, 2021 13:08:24 GMT
A small Ceratopsian from Hungary: Name: AjkaceratopsPronunciation: Oy-kah-seh-rah-topsMeaning of name: "Ajka horned face", after the Hungarian town of Ajka, near where its fossils were discovered. Species: A.kozmaiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 1 metre long.Family: Protoceratopsidae.Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a few skull fragments discovered in the Csehbanya Formation of western Hungary in 2009. Named by Attila Osi, Richard J. Butler and David B. Weishampel in 2010.Lived: 86 to 84 million years ago during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Hungary.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 1, 2021 15:29:08 GMT
Maybe a herbivore, but I wouldn't trust it so near my leg. Looks like it wants to take a big bite! LOL
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 1, 2021 23:42:36 GMT
Aw Tix Mascot, looks like it would make a great pet for you. |
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