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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 6, 2024 11:32:45 GMT
The fish seem quite ignorant of the danger.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 7, 2024 6:49:06 GMT
Name: YpupiaraPronunciation: Pup-ee-ah-ra (the 'Y' is silent)Meaning of name: "The one who lives in the water", in reference to a local mythological creature and its inferred diet of fish.Species: Y. lopaiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Unenlagiinae (a subfamily of Dromaeosauridae)Diet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a right upper jaw discovered by Alberto Lopa in the Serra da Galga Formation of southeastern Brazil sometime during the 1950s. Unfortunately, the fossil was destroyed when the museum it was housed in was heavily damaged in a fire in 2018 (thankfully, there are photos). Named by Arthur S. Brum, Rodrigo V. Pêgas, Kamila L. N. Bandeira, Lucy G. Souza, Diogenes A. Campos and Alexander W. A. Kellner in 2021.Lived: 72 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeastern Brazil.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 7, 2024 7:40:49 GMT
Just heard some very exciting news! Not sure if it's a permanent exhibition, but one of the world's most complete T-Rex skeletons will be displayed at the Melbourne Museum sometime in June.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 7, 2024 9:58:43 GMT
Just heard some very exciting news! Not sure if it's a permanent exhibition, but one of the world's most complete T-Rex skeletons will be displayed at the Melbourne Museum sometime in June. And I have a suspicion that someone we know will go and have a look...  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 7, 2024 11:47:35 GMT
Just heard some very exciting news! Not sure if it's a permanent exhibition, but one of the world's most complete T-Rex skeletons will be displayed at the Melbourne Museum sometime in June. And I have a suspicion that someone we know will go and have a look... Definitely. I'm actually going to the museum later this month to see the Titanic artifact exhibition. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 8, 2024 6:43:09 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: In which year were the first fossils of Plateosaurus discovered? 1880, 1834, 1860, 1873, 1886, 1842 or 1806?Today's dino....Name: MahuidacursorPronunciation: Mah-hwe-dah-kur-sorMeaning of name: "Mountain runner"Species: M. lipanglefSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from partial fossils discovered in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Named by P. Cruzado Caballero, J. M. Gasca, L. S. Filippi, I. Cerda and A. C. Garrido in 2019.Lived: 86 to 83 million years ago during the Santonian and Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 8, 2024 13:59:04 GMT
Looks like a carnivore, though. Any particular reason for the blue colour?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 9, 2024 1:18:12 GMT
Looks like a carnivore, though. Any particular reason for the blue colour? The colours are just guesswork. |
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Post by Explorer on Mar 9, 2024 1:56:27 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: In which year were the first fossils of Plateosaurus discovered? 1880, 1834, 1860, 1873, 1886, 1842 or 1806?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 9, 2024 4:07:40 GMT
Explorer , well done for correctly guessing the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: In which year were the first fossils of Plateosaurus discovered? 1880, 1834, 1860, 1873, 1886, 1842 or 1806?Answer: 1834. The first Plateosaurus fossils were discovered by Johann Friedrich Engelhardt in southeastern Germany in 1834. Since then, over 100 specimens, belonging to three distinct species, have been discovered in various locations throughout central and northern Europe. One of the first large dinosaurs to evolve, adults measured between 4.8 and 10 metres long, three metres tall and weighed between 600kgs and four metric tonnes.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 9, 2024 7:11:53 GMT
Name: FostoriaPronunciation: Fos-to-re-ahMeaning of name: Named after Robert Foster who discovered the first fossils.Species: F. dhimbangunmalSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possible Rhabdodontid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from partial fossils discovered in the Griman Creek Formation of eastern Australia in 1984. Named by P. R. Bell, T. Brougham, M. C. Herne, T. Frauenfelder and E. T. Smith in 2019.Lived: 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now eastern Australia. Artist's impression of Fostoria
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 9, 2024 12:41:11 GMT
Looks cautious and skeptical at the same time.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 10, 2024 6:55:41 GMT
Name: AnasazisaurusPronunciation: An-ah-sah-ze-sore-usMeaning of name: "Anasazi lizard", in reference to an outdated term for the Ancestral Pueblo Native American people.Species: A. horneriSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 7.5 metres long and weighing between 2 and 3 metric tonnes.Family: Saurolophinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial skull discovered in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico. Named by American palaeontologists, Adrian P. Hunt and Spencer G. Lucas in 1993. Was originally thought to be a species of Kritosaurus.Lived: 74 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the southwestern United States. New quiz question: During which stage of the Early Cretaceous did the first Ceratopsians appear? Albian, Aptian, Barremian, Berriasian, Hauterivian or Valanginian?
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Post by Joey on Mar 10, 2024 9:51:47 GMT
Hope the T-Rex shows, Sorry I'm a little behind here.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 10, 2024 13:55:06 GMT
New quiz question: During which stage of the Early Cretaceous did the first Ceratopsians appear? Albian, Aptian, Barremian, Berriasian, Hauterivian or Valanginian? This is all 'Greek' to me, so I'll make a wild guess and say Hauterivian. |
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