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Post by Joey on Apr 5, 2024 7:03:29 GMT
I like the spikes on the lower back.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 5, 2024 7:50:29 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: What does Cryolophosaurus mean?Today's dino: Name: AlbertavenatorPronunciation: Al-ber-tah-ven-ah-torMeaning of name: "Alberta hunter"Species: A. currieiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossilsFamily: TroodontidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from partial fossils discovered in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, western Canada, sometime during the 1990s. Named by D. C. Evans, T. M. Cullen, D. W. Larson and A. Rego in 2017.Lived: 71.5 to 71 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 Apr 5, 2024 7:57:42 GMT
If I was the cat I'd be headed in the other direction.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 5, 2024 8:55:10 GMT
Not too scary teeth, but look at those spurs!
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Post by Joey on Apr 5, 2024 19:48:10 GMT
Spurs like a chicken.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 6, 2024 6:30:59 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: What does Cryolophosaurus mean?Answer: "Frozen crested lizard". One of the largest predators of the Early Jurassic, Cryolophosaurus was the first Theropod to be discovered in Antarctica. Its name, meaning "Frozen crested lizard", is a reference to its place of discovery. On top of its head was a small, curved crest, which is thought to have been used for sexual display.Today's entry is the first pterosaur known to science:Name: PterodactylusPronunciation: Teh-roe-dack-till-usMeaning of name: "Winged finger"Species: P. antiquusWingspan: 1 metreFamily: UncertainDiet: Piscivore/insectivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens, including complete skeletons. First discovered in Bavaria, southeastern Germany. Named by French zoologist, Georges Cuvier, in 1809. Was originally thought to be a marine animal.Lived: 150.8 to 148.5 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian stages of the Late Jurassic in what is now southeastern Germany.
 Subadult P. antiquus skeleton
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 6, 2024 10:07:44 GMT
This one is often used to create fear in sci fi films.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 6, 2024 11:59:07 GMT
This one is often used to create fear in sci fi films. In the movies, pterosaurs are often shown with the ability to pick things up with their clawed feet. In reality, however, the majority of pterosaur species couldn't do this because they didn't have grasping feet. |
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Post by Joey on Apr 7, 2024 8:23:08 GMT
Cool looking.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 7, 2024 9:53:09 GMT
Name: DromiceiomimusPronunciation: Dro-mee-see-oh-my-musMeaning of name: "Emu mimic"Species: D. brevitertiusSize: 3.5 metres long, 2 metres tall and weighing 135kgs.Family: OrnithomimidaeDiet: OmnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from fossils discovered in Alberta, western Canada. Was originally named as a species of Struthiomimus by Canadian palaeontologist, William Arthur Parks, in 1926. Renamed Dromiceiomimus by American-Canadian geologist and palaeontologist, Dale Alan Russell, in 1972.Lived: 73.5 to 68.5 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada. New quiz question: How many horns did Triceratops have?
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 7, 2024 12:27:22 GMT
Well equipped for a fight... How many horns did Triceratops have? My guess is three: One on the nose and two on top of its head. |
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Post by LadyPorthos on Apr 7, 2024 18:37:55 GMT
New quiz question: How many horns did Triceratops have? Three |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 8, 2024 10:01:47 GMT
Name: AsfaltovenatorPronunciation: As-falt-oh-ven-ah-torMeaning of name: "Cañadón Asfalto hunter", after the rock formation in southern Argentina where its fossils were discovered.Species: A. vialidadiSize: Estimated to have measured between 7 and 8 metres long.Family: Uncertain. Possible Allosaurid.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton, including an almost complete skull, discovered in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Chubut Province, southern Argentina, in 2002. Named by Oliver Walter, Mischa Rauhut and Diego Pol in 2019.Lived: 179.17 to 178.07 million years ago during the Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now southern Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 8, 2024 10:04:37 GMT
Another 'T-Rex light'?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 9, 2024 6:13:31 GMT
Name: MosasaurusPronunciation: Moe-za-sore-usMeaning of name: "Meuse lizard", after the Meuse river which flows through western and northwestern Europe.Species: M. hoffmannii, M. beaugei, M. conodon, M. lemonnieri, M. missouriensisSize: Depending on species, measured up to 17 metres long and weighing up to 14 metric tonnes.Family: MosasauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in western Europe and the United States. The first known specimen, a skull, was discovered in the Netherlands in 1796, though it was originally thought to belong to a whale. M. hoffmannii named by English doctor, geologist and palaeontologist, Gideon Algernon Mantell, in 1829. M. missouriensis named by American palaeontologist, Richard Harlan, in 1834. M. conodon named by American palaeontologist, Edward Drinker Cope, in 1881. M. lemonnieri named by Belgian palaeontologist, Louis Dollo, in 1889. M. beaugei named by French palaeontologist, Camille Arambourg, in 1952.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 82.7 and 66 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered parts of what is now western Europe and the United States. Size range of Mosasaurus compared with a human.
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