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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 8, 2024 6:02:24 GMT
Joey , well done for correctly guessing the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: Eggs or live birth? How did marine reptiles such as Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs and Plesiosaurs reproduce?Answer: Live birth. Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs and Plesiosaurs were so well adapted to an aquatic lifestyle that many species, if not all of them, were physically incapable of leaving the water. Instead, they evolved the ability to give birth to their young alive at sea, like modern whales and dolphins, rather than clambering onto the beaches to lay eggs. During the 1880s, some remarkable fossils were discovered in Germany showing female Ichthyosaurs in the act of giving birth.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 8, 2024 10:15:30 GMT
Name: ErythrovenatorPronunciation: Ee-ree-throw-ven-ah-torMeaning of name: "Red hunter", after the red mudstone in which its fossils were preserved.Species: E. jacuiensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 2 metres long and weighing 9kgs.Family: UncertainDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial left femur discovered in the Candelária Formation of southeastern Brazil. Named by Rodrigo T. Müller in 2021.Lived: 233 to 225 million years ago during the Carnian and Norian stages of the Late Triassic in what is now southeastern Brazil. Artist's impression of E. jacuiensis
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Post by Joey on Jun 8, 2024 10:19:03 GMT
Looks like I got lucky.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 9, 2024 10:11:03 GMT
Name: DzharaonyxPronunciation: Jah-rah-on-ee-kusMeaning of name: "Dzharakuduk claw"Species: D. eskiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Parvicursorinae (a subfamily of Alvarezsauridae)Diet: Uncertain. Possible insectivore.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. Named by A. O. Averianov and H. D. Sues in 2022.Lived: 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Uzbekistan. New quiz question: What was the name of the superocean that once encompassed the Earth and surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea? Tethys, Mirovia, Panthalassa, Khanty, Iapetus or Ural?
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 9, 2024 13:25:14 GMT
New quiz question: What was the name of the superocean that once encompassed the Earth and surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea? Tethys, Mirovia, Panthalassa, Khanty, Iapetus or Ural? I'll gamble on Panthalassa. |
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Post by LadyPorthos on Jun 9, 2024 19:24:18 GMT
New quiz question: What was the name of the superocean that once encompassed the Earth and surrounded the supercontinent Pangaea? Tethys, Mirovia, Panthalassa, Khanty, Iapetus or Ural? I'll go with Panthalassa as well. |
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Post by Joey on Jun 10, 2024 4:33:01 GMT
Panthalassa for sure.
But Dzharaonyx looks like a woodpecker with hands.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 10, 2024 7:33:34 GMT
Name: SiamodonPronunciation: Sy-am-oh-donMeaning of name: "Siam tooth"Species: S. nimngamiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Likely Iguanodontid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a left upper jaw, an isolated tooth and a braincase discovered in the Khok Kruat Formation of northeastern Thailand. Named by Eric Buffetaut and Varavudh Suteethorn in 2011.Lived: 120 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeastern Thailand. Siamodon tooth
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 10, 2024 9:05:40 GMT
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Post by Joey on Jun 11, 2024 6:04:39 GMT
I guess a tooth can tell you a lot !!!!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 11, 2024 7:59:54 GMT
Name: YueosaurusPronunciation: Yu-ee-oh-sore-usMeaning of name: "Yue lizard", from an ancient name for Zhejiang Province, eastern China, where its fossils were discovered.Species: Y. tiantaiensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: JeholosauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Liangtoutang Formation of Zhejiang Province, eastern China. Named by Wenjie Zheng, Xingsheng Jin, Masateru Shibata, Yoichi Azuma and Fangming Yu in 2012.Lived: 113 to 94 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 China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 11, 2024 8:21:13 GMT
 Got this cute baby Parasaurolophus from the Big W Toy Sale, her name is Paris. Regular retail price was $40, but was reduced to $29 and, with all my work discounts, got the price down to $16. Press a hand and she lights up bright pink. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 11, 2024 9:56:02 GMT
Hey, look at that! Must be fun for children visiting and even old-timers like me.  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 11, 2024 13:11:45 GMT
 A pic of Paris all lit up and looking pretty in pink. |
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Post by LadyPorthos on Jun 11, 2024 21:30:37 GMT
Oh she's very cute! |
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