Joey
Service Department 
Loyal member, member number 100, contest winner & super-poster
[TI38] Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow.
Posts: 14,144
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"http://www.eurogarden.ro/images/galerie/galerie9/1873-flower_garden.jpg"}
Year of Birth: Before dirt
Nationality: Euro-American
|
Post by Joey on May 17, 2024 6:59:36 GMT
Hope it doesn't cross my patio.
|
|
|
|
Post by Talira Greycrest on May 17, 2024 9:50:59 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: True or False? Palaeontologists have been able to determine the colouration of some dinosaurs by studying fossilized pigment cells.Today's dino: Name: GarrigatitanPronunciation: Gah-rig-ah-tie-tanMeaning of name: "Dry thicket giant", in reference to the dense, low-lying vegetation at the site where its fossils were discovered.Species: G. meridionalisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possible Saltasaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from partial fossils discovered in the Argiles et Grès à Reptiles Formation of southeastern France between 2009 and 2012. Named by Verónica Díez Díaz, Géraldine Garcia, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, Benjamin Jentgen-Ceschino, Koen Stein, Pascal Godefroit and Xavier Valentin in 2021.Lived: 74 to 70 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeastern France. |
|
Tix Mascot
Tech guru
Italy is my second homeland
Posts: 11,083 
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X5mhw13BJ7Y/TwKeZ3uM7YI/AAAAAAAABPw/D82go4Ny_8E/s1600/italy-background-8-787281.jpg","color":""}
Mini-Profile Text Color: 0ef8f1
Mini-Profile Name Color: f40d39
Year of Birth: 1961
Nationality: Norwegian
|
Post by Tix Mascot on May 17, 2024 11:57:38 GMT
Looks proud and would surely stand out in a crowd.
|
|
LadyPorthos
Service Department
Member of the year 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023, loyal member, contest winner, quiz-master, super-poster and supreme monster slayer
[TI16] We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams...
Posts: 11,359 
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"http://i.imgur.com/nYl1mR0.jpg","color":""}
Mini-Profile Text Color: 000205
Nationality: American
|
Post by LadyPorthos on May 17, 2024 19:55:43 GMT
Interesting coloring on this one!
|
|
Joey
Service Department
Loyal member, member number 100, contest winner & super-poster
[TI38] Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow.
Posts: 14,144
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"http://www.eurogarden.ro/images/galerie/galerie9/1873-flower_garden.jpg"}
Year of Birth: Before dirt
Nationality: Euro-American
|
Post by Joey on May 18, 2024 7:46:29 GMT
Wonder if it can play basketball.
|
|
|
|
Post by Talira Greycrest on May 18, 2024 10:11:39 GMT
Tix Mascot , Joey , LadyPorthos , well done for correctly guessing the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: True or False? Palaeontologists have been able to determine the colouration of some dinosaurs by studying fossilized pigment cells.Answer: True. Researchers have used scanning electron microscope techniques to analyze fossilized pigment cells and compare their arrangement to those of modern birds. This has allowed them to determine the colouration of at least two dino species, Microraptor and Sinosauropteryx. In Microraptor, the pigment cells are narrow, rod-shaped and arranged in stacked layers, indicating an iridescent black colouring. In Sinosauropteryx, there's an alternation of light and dark bands on the tail. Spherical pigment cells indicate that the dark feathers were either red, brown or possibly orange.
|
|
|
|
Post by Talira Greycrest on May 18, 2024 10:41:30 GMT
Name: UdelartitanPronunciation: U-del-ah-tie-tanMeaning of name: "UdelaR giant", from an acronym for the Universidad de la República (University of the Republic)Species: U. celesteSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 15 and 16 metres long.Family: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from two fragmentary skeletons, the first of which was discovered in the Guichón Formation of western Uruguay in 2006. Named by Matías Soto, José L. Carballido, Max C. Langer, Julian C. G. Silva Junior, Felipe Montenegro and Daniel Perea in 2024.Lived: Late Cretaceous in what is now western Uruguay. Unfortunately, the exact age of the fossils is uncertain.
|
|
Tix Mascot
Tech guru
Italy is my second homeland
Posts: 11,083
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X5mhw13BJ7Y/TwKeZ3uM7YI/AAAAAAAABPw/D82go4Ny_8E/s1600/italy-background-8-787281.jpg","color":""}
Mini-Profile Text Color: 0ef8f1
Mini-Profile Name Color: f40d39
Year of Birth: 1961
Nationality: Norwegian
|
Post by Tix Mascot on May 18, 2024 12:55:12 GMT
Looks like a cousin of the previous one, but with a shorter neck.
|
|
|
|
Post by Talira Greycrest on May 19, 2024 6:37:09 GMT
Here's another "Long-neck" to add to the list: Name: JingiellaPronunciation: Jing-ee-ellaMeaning of name: Named in honour of the Chinese people of the Jing Nationality who emigrated from Vietnam.Species: J. dongxingensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: MamenchisauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from partial fossils discovered in the Dongxing Formation of southern China. Named by X. -X. Ren, X. -R Wang, Y. -N. Ji, Z. Guo and Q. Ji in 2024.Lived: 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now southern China. New quiz question: How did dinosaur reproduce? |
|
Joey
Service Department
Loyal member, member number 100, contest winner & super-poster
[TI38] Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow.
Posts: 14,144
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"http://www.eurogarden.ro/images/galerie/galerie9/1873-flower_garden.jpg"}
Year of Birth: Before dirt
Nationality: Euro-American
|
Post by Joey on May 19, 2024 8:07:19 GMT
Doubt I'll ever get a Dino named after me.
|
|
Tix Mascot
Tech guru
Italy is my second homeland
Posts: 11,083
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X5mhw13BJ7Y/TwKeZ3uM7YI/AAAAAAAABPw/D82go4Ny_8E/s1600/italy-background-8-787281.jpg","color":""}
Mini-Profile Text Color: 0ef8f1
Mini-Profile Name Color: f40d39
Year of Birth: 1961
Nationality: Norwegian
|
Post by Tix Mascot on May 19, 2024 9:59:16 GMT
New quiz question: How did dinosaur reproduce?
They laid eggs, wich indicate a mating session before the 'pregnancy'.
|
|
LadyPorthos
Service Department
Member of the year 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023, loyal member, contest winner, quiz-master, super-poster and supreme monster slayer
[TI16] We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams...
Posts: 11,359
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"http://i.imgur.com/nYl1mR0.jpg","color":""}
Mini-Profile Text Color: 000205
Nationality: American
|
Post by LadyPorthos on May 19, 2024 18:40:17 GMT
New quiz question: How did dinosaur reproduce? They laid eggs. |
|
|
|
Post by Talira Greycrest on May 20, 2024 10:19:00 GMT
Name: TietasauraPronunciation: Tie-tah-sore-rahMeaning of name: "Tieta lizard", after the main character in the Brazilian novel, 'Tieta do Agreste'.Species: T. derbyianaSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial femur discovered in the Marfim Formation of eastern Brazil during the early 1900s. Named by Kamila L. N. Bandeira, Bruno A. Navarro, Rodrigo V. Pêgas, Natan S. Brilhante, Arthur S. Brum, Lucy G. de Souza, Rafael C. de Silva and Valéria Gallo in 2024. Tietasaura is the first ornithischian dinosaur ever named from Brazil.Lived: 139.8 to 125.77 million years ago during the Valanginian and Hauterivian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now eastern Brazil.
|
|
Tix Mascot
Tech guru
Italy is my second homeland
Posts: 11,083
Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X5mhw13BJ7Y/TwKeZ3uM7YI/AAAAAAAABPw/D82go4Ny_8E/s1600/italy-background-8-787281.jpg","color":""}
Mini-Profile Text Color: 0ef8f1
Mini-Profile Name Color: f40d39
Year of Birth: 1961
Nationality: Norwegian
|
Post by Tix Mascot on May 20, 2024 13:31:32 GMT
Sindbad just got 'a big brother' of sorts. I think they would go well together. That reminds me... Talira Greycrest, how did Rexy behave with your step dad while you and your mother went on the cruise? |
|
|
|
Post by Talira Greycrest on May 20, 2024 23:48:02 GMT
Sindbad just got 'a big brother' of sorts. I think they would go well together. That reminds me... Talira Greycrest , how did Rexy behave with your stepdad while you and your mother went on the cruise? She was a very good kitty. |
|
Nov 10, 2024 12:41:58 GMT
Nov 10, 2024 12:41:58 GMT
Sept 30, 2024 9:57:24 GMT
Sept 30, 2024 9:57:24 GMT