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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 19, 2024 7:27:21 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: True or False? Palaeontologists currently recognize over 150 different pterosaur species.Today's dino: Name: LeshansaurusPronunciation: Le-shan-sore-usMeaning of name: "Leshan lizard", after a city near where its fossils were discovered.Species: L. qianweiensisSize: Estimated to have measured between 6 and 7 metres long.Family: Afrovenatorinae (a subfamily of Megalosauridae)Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial skull and partial skeleton discovered in the Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province, southwestern China, in 2007. Named by Li Fei, Peng Guangzhao, Ye Yong, Jiang Shan. and Huang Daxi in 2009. An isolated juvenile femur has also been designated to this genus.Lived: 161.2 to 155.7 million years ago during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now southwestern China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 19, 2024 9:14:01 GMT
Even the tail end may be dangerous for the dog...
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Post by Joey on Apr 20, 2024 7:41:07 GMT
Bet it's faster than the dog too.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 20, 2024 10:03:39 GMT
LadyPorthos, Joey, Tix Mascot, well done for correctly guessing the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: True or False? Palaeontologists currently recognize over 150 different pterosaur species.Answer: True. Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight. Unfortunately, due to their light bone construction, pterosaur fossils are very rare. The first pterosaur species, Pterodactylus, was named in 1809, and since then, over 150 different species have been discovered and named. Today's dino: Name: HuallasaurusPronunciation: Hu-al-lah-sor-usMeaning of name: "Duck lizard"Species: H. australisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Saurolophinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from partial fossils discovered in the Los Alamitos Formation of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Originally named as a species of Kritosaurus in 1984, it was long considered a synonym of Secernosaurus before being recognized as a new genus and named Huallasaurus by Sebastián Rozadilla, Federico Brissón Egli, Federico Agnolin, Alexis Mauro Aranciaga-Rolando and Fernando Emilio Novas in 2022.Lived: 85 to 66 million years ago from the Santonian stage through to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northwestern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 20, 2024 13:20:29 GMT
Surprisingly short neck...
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Post by Explorer on Apr 21, 2024 2:17:08 GMT
I agree, he doesn't seem properly proportional.
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Post by Joey on Apr 21, 2024 6:19:06 GMT
It's body thick too.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 21, 2024 7:44:17 GMT
Name: AlbertaceratopsPronunciation: Al-ber-tah-seh-rah-topsMeaning of name: "Alberta horned face"Species: A. nesmoiSize: Estimated to have measured between 5 and 6 metres long and weighing 3.5 metric tonnes.Family: Centrosaurinae (a subfamily of Ceratopsidae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, complete skull and a fragmentary skeleton discovered in the Oldman Formation of Alberta, western Canada, in 2001. Named by Michael J. Ryan in 2007.Lived: 77.5 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada. A. nesmoi skull on display at the Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum, in Wembley, Alberta, Canada.
New quiz question: Which of the following dinosaurs was the first to be discovered? Kentrosaurus, Segnosaurus, T. Rex, Plateosaurus, Ornitholestes, Ceratosaurus, Vulcanodon, Oviraptor, Struthiomimus or Heterodontosaurus?
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Post by LadyPorthos on Apr 21, 2024 19:05:43 GMT
New quiz question: Which of the following dinosaurs was the first to be discovered? Kentrosaurus, Segnosaurus, T. Rex, Plateosaurus, Ornitholestes, Ceratosaurus, Vulcanodon, Oviraptor, Struthiomimus or Heterodontosaurus?Hmmmm...I'll guess T. Rex |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 22, 2024 7:10:43 GMT
Name: OrnithocheirusPronunciation: Or-nith-oh-kye-rusMeaning of name: "Bird hand"Species: O. simusWingspan: Estimated to have measured between 4 and 6 metres.Family: Ornithocheirinae (a subfamily of Ornithocheiridae)Diet: PiscivoreFirst fossils found: Known from numerous specimens discovered in the Cambridge Greensand Formation of eastern England. Named by British palaeontologist, Harry Govier Seeley, in 1869.Lived: 105 to 100 million years ago from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous through to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now eastern England.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 22, 2024 10:50:27 GMT
New quiz question: Which of the following dinosaurs was the first to be discovered? Kentrosaurus, Segnosaurus, T. Rex, Plateosaurus, Ornitholestes, Ceratosaurus, Vulcanodon, Oviraptor, Struthiomimus or Heterodontosaurus? I go with Kentrosaurus. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 23, 2024 5:27:12 GMT
Name: EromangasaurusPronunciation: Ee-row-man-gah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Eromanga lizard", after the Eromanga Basin, northern Queensland, Australia, where its fossils were discovered.Species: E. australisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 7 metres long and weighing between 1 and 2 metric tonnes.Family: ElasmosauridaeDiet: PiscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from vertebrae and a complete skull with lower jaws discovered in the Toolebuc Formation of the Eromanga Basin, northern Queensland, Australia. Was originally named as a species of Tuarangisaurus by Sven Sachs before being renamed Eromangasaurus by Benjamin P. Kear in 2005.Lived: 103 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered parts of what is now northern Queensland, Australia. Eromangasaurus skull
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Post by Joey on Apr 23, 2024 7:06:28 GMT
I'll guess Ceratosaurus.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 24, 2024 7:13:26 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: Which of the following dinosaurs was the first to be discovered? Kentrosaurus, Segnosaurus, T. Rex, Plateosaurus, Ornitholestes, Ceratosaurus, Vulcanodon, Oviraptor, Struthiomimus or Heterodontosaurus?Today's entry: Name: AetodactylusPronunciation: Ay-to-dac-ty-lusMeaning of name: "Eagle finger"Species: A. halliWingspan: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 3 metres.Family: CimoliopteridaeDiet: PiscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from an almost complete lower jaw discovered in the Tarrant Formation of northeastern Texas. Named by Timothy S. Myers in 2010.Lived: 97 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the south-central United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 24, 2024 7:34:36 GMT
Been searching months for the Gigantic Trackers Elasmosaurus and I finally found one at my local Target store. Decided to call her 'Nessie'.  |
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