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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 16, 2024 7:51:12 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: Also known as the 'Age of Reptiles', how many million years long was the Mesozoic era? 150, 186, 225 or 269?
Today's dino: Name: LeyesaurusPronunciation: Ley-e-sor-usMeaning of name: "Leyes lizard", after the family who discovered its fossils.Species: L. marayensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 2.5 metres long.Family: MassospondylidaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from vertebrae, an almost complete skull with lower jaw and parts of the pelvis and hind limbs, discovered in the Quebrada del Barro Formation of northwestern Argentina. Named by Cecilia Apaldetti, Ricardo N. Martinez, Oscar A. Alcober and Diego Pol in 2011.Lived: 202 to 176 million years ago from the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic through to the Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic is what is now northwestern Argentina. |
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Post by Joey on Feb 16, 2024 8:42:38 GMT
Tiny head for it's size.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 16, 2024 14:26:24 GMT
Looks like it's about to steal something...
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Post by Explorer on Feb 17, 2024 1:16:43 GMT
Looks like kind of a puppet head, even thought I know its not a puppet.
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Post by Joey on Feb 17, 2024 7:24:38 GMT
It does look sneaky.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 17, 2024 7:54:42 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: Also known as the 'Age of Reptiles', how many million years long was the Mesozoic era? 150, 186, 225 or 269?
Answer: 186 million years. The Mesozoic era is the second-to-last era of Earth's geological history, lasting from 251.902 to 66 million years ago, and is divided into three periods: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. The first dinosaurs appeared during the Middle Triassic and, by the beginning of the Jurassic, had become the dominant land animals, occupying this position for roughly 160 million years until their extinction at the end of the Cretaceous.
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Post by Joey on Feb 17, 2024 8:46:31 GMT
I missed it.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 17, 2024 13:19:02 GMT
Another cousin with a little shorter neck and tail.
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Post by Explorer on Feb 18, 2024 0:58:40 GMT
Cute face!
How do you even say its name?
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Post by Joey on Feb 18, 2024 7:58:30 GMT
Wearing stripes make you look wider.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 18, 2024 8:05:14 GMT
Name: EoneophronPronunciation: Ee-oh-nee-oh-fronMeaning of name: "Dawn Neophron", from the generic name of the Egyptian vulture.Species: E. infernalisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: CaenagnathidaeDiet: UncertainFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial right hindlimb discovered in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota. Named by Kyle Atkins-Weltman in 2024.Lived: 68 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the midwestern United States. New quiz question: In what year were the first Daspletosaurus fossils discovered? 1924, 1963, 1957, 1921, 1988 or 1937?
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Post by Joey on Feb 18, 2024 8:35:46 GMT
Looks like one really big chicken.
Quiz 1957 is my guess.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 18, 2024 12:14:40 GMT
Probably full of mischief, that one...
Guessing 1924.
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Post by Explorer on Feb 18, 2024 19:37:57 GMT
Very cute early chicken.
Chickens are really smart and very territorial. Quiz answer: 1963 |
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Post by LadyPorthos on Feb 18, 2024 20:06:22 GMT
New quiz question: In what year were the first Daspletosaurus fossils discovered? 1924, 1963, 1957, 1921, 1988 or 1937? I'll guess 1937 |
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