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Post by LadyPorthos on Mar 10, 2024 19:35:34 GMT
New quiz question: During which stage of the Early Cretaceous did the first Ceratopsians appear? Albian, Aptian, Barremian, Berriasian, Hauterivian or Valanginian?
I'll say Albian
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Post by Explorer on Mar 10, 2024 20:57:34 GMT
Thank you
I will guess Aptian.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 11, 2024 5:48:17 GMT
Name: BothriospondylusPronunciation: Both-re-o-spon-dy-lusMeaning of name: "Excavated vertebrae"Species: B. suffossusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossilsFamily: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from vertebrae discovered in the Kimmeridge Clay of southwest England. Named by English palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, in 1875.Lived: 157 to 152.2 million years ago during the Oxfordian and Kimmeridgian stages of the Late Jurassic in what is now southwest England. Illustration of the vertebrae of B. suffossus
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Post by Joey on Mar 11, 2024 6:33:41 GMT
Quiz My guess is Aptian
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 11, 2024 11:13:00 GMT
According to Pinterest, this type came in many variations.  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 12, 2024 6:22:18 GMT
Name: ChondrosteosaurusPronunciation: Kon-dro-ste-oh-sore-usMeaning of name: "Cartilage and bone lizard", as it was once thought that the internal passages in the vertebrae were filled with cartilage.Species: C. gigasSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from neck vertebrae discovered in the Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, England. Named by English palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, in 1876.Lived: 125 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now the Isle of Wight, England.
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Post by Joey on Mar 12, 2024 8:08:14 GMT
Long neck and short tail.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 12, 2024 13:43:37 GMT
Nice view from up there!  |
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Post by Joey on Mar 13, 2024 7:31:31 GMT
Looking for the next tree to eat.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 13, 2024 7:59:05 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: During which stage of the Early Cretaceous did the first Ceratopsians appear? Albian, Aptian, Barremian, Berriasian, Hauterivian or Valanginian?Today's dino.... Name: WulatelongPronunciation: Woo-la-tuh-longMeaning of name: "Wulate dragon", after the area of Inner Mongolia, northern China, where its fossils were discovered.Species: W. gobiensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 1.6 metres long.Family: OviraptoridaeDiet: Uncertain. Possible omnivore.First fossils found: Known only from a single, almost complete skull and skeleton discovered in the Bayan Mandahu Formation in the Wulatehouqi area of Inner Mongolia, northern China, in 2009. Named by Xu Xing, Tan Qing-Wei, Wang Shuo, Corwin Sullivan, David W. E. Hone, Han Feng-Lu, Ma Qing-Yu, Tan Lin and Xiao Dong in 2013.Lived: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Inner Mongolia, northern China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 13, 2024 12:37:40 GMT
The upper body gives a cozy impression, but man, look at those claws and spurs!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 14, 2024 6:37:59 GMT
Name: PelecanimimusPronunciation: Pel-e-can-i-mime-usMeaning of name: "Pelican mimic"Species: P. polydonSize: Estimated to have measured between 1.9 and 2.5 metres long, between 1 and 1.5 metres tall and weighing between 17 and 30kgs.Family: Uncertain. Likely a primitive Ornithomimid.Diet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single skull and partial skeleton with soft tissue impressions, discovered by Armando Díaz Romeral in the Calizas de La Huérguina Formation of central-eastern Spain in 1993. Named by Bernardino Pérez Pérez-Moreno, José Luis Sanz, Angela Buscalioni, José Moratalla, Francisco Ortega and Diego Rasskin-Gutmanas in 1994. Unlike more advanced Ornithomimids, Pelecanimimus had teeth and a pouch on its lower jaw, which may have been used for storing fish, similar to the pouch seen on the lower jaws of modern pelicans.Lived: 130 million years ago during the Hauterivian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now central-eastern Spain.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 14, 2024 11:16:32 GMT
That head is strange. Looks like both parts of the beak are glued on!
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Post by Joey on Mar 15, 2024 6:11:42 GMT
Looks like a duck beak to me.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 15, 2024 9:01:32 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: During which stage of the Early Cretaceous did the first Ceratopsians appear? Albian, Aptian, Barremian, Berriasian, Hauterivian or Valanginian?Today's dino: Name: ProceratosaurusPronunciation: Pro-se-rat-o-sore-usMeaning of name: "Before Ceratosaurus", in reference to how it was originally thought to be an ancestor of Ceratosaurus.Species: P. bradleyiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 3 metres long.Family: ProceratosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial skull discovered in southwest England. Named by German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, in 1926.Lived: 166 million years ago during the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic in what is now southwest England. Artist's impression of Proceratosaurus |
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