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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 15, 2024 9:45:53 GMT
This one looks so bizarre that I don't have proper words to describe it...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 15, 2024 11:21:30 GMT
Does look a bit strange, doesn't it, with its feathers arms and funny nasal crest.
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Post by Explorer on Mar 15, 2024 21:18:13 GMT
I wonder if it evolved into a bird.
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Post by Explorer on Mar 15, 2024 21:19:50 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.
This one is beautiful.
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Post by Joey on Mar 16, 2024 4:27:53 GMT
This looks like a bird.
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Post by Joey on Mar 16, 2024 4:31:21 GMT
Might have because a HornBill looks a lot like that but without teeth.  Artist's impression of Proceratosaurus |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 16, 2024 7:59:46 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: During which stage of the Early Cretaceous did the first Ceratopsians appear? Albian, Aptian, Barremian, Berriasian, Hauterivian or Valanginian?
Answer: Berriasian. The origin of Ceratopsians can be traced all the way back to the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous, around 140 million years ago, however, palaeontologists now believe ancestral forms may have lived many millions of years earlier during the Middle and Late Jurassic. Unlike those living during the later stages of the Cretaceous, the most primitive Ceratopsians were small bipeds that lacked the characteristic horns and neck shields.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 16, 2024 8:53:55 GMT
Name: LimaysaurusPronunciation: Lih-may-sore-usMeaning of name: "Limay lizard", after a river that borders the area where its fossils were discovered.Species: L. tessoneiSize: Estimated to have measured around 15 metres long and weighing seven metric tonnes.Family: RebbachisauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from two partial skulls and two partial skeletons, the first of which was discovered by Lieto Francisco Tessone in the Lohan Cura Formation of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina, in 1988. Originally named as a species of Rebbachisaurus by Argentine palaeontologists, Jorge Orlando Calvo and Leonardo Salgado, in 1995, however, a generic separation was proposed by Mr. Salgado, Alberto Garrido, Sergio Cocca and Juan Cocca and the genus was renamed Limaysaurus in 2004.Lived: 99.7 to 97 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northwestern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 16, 2024 15:42:47 GMT
That whip of a tail just goes on forever...
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Post by Joey on Mar 17, 2024 2:22:22 GMT
Not tall like some but it sure is long.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 17, 2024 3:39:47 GMT
Name: BambiraptorPronunciation: Bam-bee-rap-torMeaning of name: "Bambi thief", in reference to the young age of the first known individual.Species: B. feinbergi Size: Estimated to have measured around 1.3 metres long and weighing 5kgs.Family: Saurornitholestinae (a subfamily of Dromaeosauridae)Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from an almost complete juvenile skeleton and two partial adult skeletons. First discovered in the Two Medicine Formation of northwestern Montana in 1995. Named by David Burnham, Kraig Derstler, Phil Currie, Robert Bakker, Zhou Zhonge and John Ostrom in 2000. The juvenile skeleton was originally thought to belong to Saurornitholestes.Lived: 72.1 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States. Bambiraptor skeleton
New quiz question: What do palaeontologists think Iguanodon used its thumb spike for?
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 17, 2024 11:03:21 GMT
New quiz question: What do palaeontologists think Iguanodon used its thumb spike for? Grab its prey and stabilise it while eating? |
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Post by LadyPorthos on Mar 17, 2024 19:11:34 GMT
New quiz question: What do palaeontologists think Iguanodon used its thumb spike for? Digging to find food? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 18, 2024 5:21:13 GMT
Name: ParksosaurusPronunciation: Parks-o-sore-usMeaning of name: "Park's lizard", after Canadian geologist and palaeontologist, William Parks.Species: P. warreniSize: Estimated to have measured around 2.5 metres longFamily: Thescelosaurinae (a subfamily of Thescelosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single partial skull and partial skeleton discovered in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, western Canada, in 1922. Originally named as a species of Thescelosaurus by Canadian geologist and palaeontologist, William Parks, in 1926. Renamed Parksosaurus by American-Canadian palaeontologist, Charles Mortram Sternberg, in 1937.Lived: 69.5 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada.
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Post by Joey on Mar 18, 2024 5:47:33 GMT
Hope I don't see one i my backyard.
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