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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 24, 2024 12:15:37 GMT
Yes, she looks like some of the drawings of the Loch Ness Monster.
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Post by Joey on Apr 25, 2024 5:30:15 GMT
Nessie also good in the bath.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 25, 2024 6:34:27 GMT
Could be a great toy in the tub for a child.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 25, 2024 7:13:47 GMT
Name: TemnodontosaurusPronunciation: Tem-no-don-toe-sore-usMeaning of name: "Cutting-tooth lizard"Species: T. crassimanus, T. eurycephalus, T. nuertingensis, T. platyodon, T. trigonodon, T. zetlandicusSize: Depending on species, estimated to have measured up to 10 metres long.Family: TemnodontosauridaeDiet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in England, France, Luxembourg, Germany and Belgium. First discovered by Mary and Joseph Anning in southwestern England in 1811/1812. T. platyodon originally named as a species of Ichthyosaurus by William Conybeare in 1822 before being renamed Temnodontosaurus by English naturalist, Richard Lydekker, in 1889. T. trigonodon named in 1843. T. crassimanus named in 1876. T. zetlandicus named in 1880. T. nuertingensis named in 1931. T. eurycephalus named in 1974.
Lived: Depending on species, lived between 201.3 and 175.6 million years ago from the Hettangian stage through to the Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered parts of what is now England, France, Luxembourg, Germany and Belgium. Artist's impression of Temnodontosaurus
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Post by Joey on Apr 26, 2024 6:50:04 GMT
Looks like a Gar. Here's a big one.  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 26, 2024 8:17:53 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. 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 dino, another one that looks like a walking pin-cushion: Name: TuojiangosaurusPronunciation: Toh-zhang-oh-sore-usMeaning of name: "Tuo River lizard"Species: T. multispinusSize: Estimated to have measured around 6.5 metres long, 2 metres high and weighing 2.8 metric tonnes.Family: StegosauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from numerous specimens, including an almost complete skeleton. First discovered in the Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province, southwestern China, in 1974, during construction of the Wujiaba dam. Named by Chinese palaeontologist, Dong Zhiming, in 1977.
Lived: 160 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 26, 2024 13:14:54 GMT
Wow! A horn at the hip, even!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 27, 2024 9:16:58 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: Which of the following dinosaurs was the first to be discovered? Kentrosaurus, Segnosaurus, T. Rex, Plateosaurus, Ornitholestes, Ceratosaurus, Vulcanodon, Oviraptor, Struthiomimus or Heterodontosaurus?Answer: Plateosaurus. The first Plateosaurus fossils were discovered by Johann Friedrich Engelhardt in southeastern Germany in 1834 and named by German palaeontologist, Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, in 1837. One of the first large dinosaurs, Plateosaurus lived during the Norian and Rhaetian stages of the Late Triassic, between 227 and 204 million years ago.
Today's dino:
Name: Boreonykus
Pronunciation: Bor-ee-on-ee-kus
Meaning of name: "Northern claw"
Species: B. certekorum
Size: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.
Family: Velociraptorinae (a subfamily of Dromaeosauridae)
Diet: Carnivore
First fossils found: Known only from a right frontal skull bone, a sickle claw of the foot, a rear caudal vertebra, a claw of the second finger and some loose teeth, discovered in the Wapiti Formation of central Alberta, western Canada. Named by Phil Bell and Philip John Currie in 2015. Was originally thought to be a species of Saurornitholestes.
Lived: 73.27 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 27, 2024 10:02:39 GMT
Found something fun this morning. It's called Ancient Earth Globe. Just type in where you live and it shows you where your home was during various stages of prehistoric Earth including the Early Triassic, Late Jurassic and the end of the Cretaceous.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 27, 2024 13:05:06 GMT
Found something fun this morning. It's called Ancient Earth Globe. Just type in where you live and it shows you where your home was during various stages of prehistoric Earth including the Early Triassic, Late Jurassic and the end of the Cretaceous. Yes, this was interesting. Thanks for sharing!  |
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Post by Explorer on Apr 28, 2024 1:32:56 GMT
Wow!
That was really cool !
Thank you
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 28, 2024 7:11:39 GMT
Name: LiopleurodonPronunciation: Lie-ah-ploo-row-donMeaning of name: "Smooth-sided tooth"Species: L. ferox, however, there may be a second species.Size: Estimated to have measured between 6 and 7 metres long and weighing between 1 and 2 metric tonnes.Family: PliosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from numerous specimens discovered in France, Germany, England and Russia. Was originally named Thaumatosaurus by German palaeontologist, Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer before being renamed as a species of Pliosaurus by German palaeontologist, Johann Andreas Wagner, in 1852. Eventually recognized as a new genus and named Liopleurodon by French palaeontologist, Henri Émile Sauvage, in 1873.Lived: 166 to 155 million years ago from the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic through to the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered parts of what is now France, Germany, England and Russia.:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/liopleurodonWC3-56a2570b3df78cf772748d64.jpg) Artist's impression of Liopleurodon hunting ichthyosaurs.
New quiz question: In which stage of the Middle Jurassic did the first Ankylosaurs appear? Aalenian, Bajocian, Bathonian or Callovian?
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Post by Joey on Apr 28, 2024 7:26:36 GMT
That's a interesting one.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Apr 28, 2024 15:09:31 GMT
In which stage of the Middle Jurassic did the first Ankylosaurs appear? Aalenian, Bajocian, Bathonian or Callovian? Let me gamble on Aalenian. |
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Post by LadyPorthos on Apr 28, 2024 18:52:16 GMT
New quiz question: In which stage of the Middle Jurassic did the first Ankylosaurs appear? Aalenian, Bajocian, Bathonian or Callovian?I'll go with Callovian |
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