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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 29, 2024 13:39:10 GMT
Was definitely overcharged for the dinos I got last week. Found the same ones in my local Big W for $10 each (I paid nearly $20 each). Anyway, got these new ones today, have named them 'Sauropolis' and 'Chandara' (after cities in Dinotopia).  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 30, 2024 7:25:24 GMT
Name: ShishugounykusPronunciation: She-shu-go-un-ee-kusMeaning of name: "Shishugou claw", after the rock formation in northwestern China where its fossils were discovered.Species: S. inexpectusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possible Alvarezsaurid.Diet: UncertainFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Shishugou Formation of northwestern China. Named by palaeontologists, Qin Zichuan, James Clark, Jonah Choiniere and Xu Xing in 2019.Lived: 160.2 million years ago during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now northwestern China.
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Post by Joey on Jul 30, 2024 7:33:31 GMT
Beep beep it's a really big roadrunner.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 30, 2024 13:11:36 GMT
Beep beep it's a really big roadrunner. This one would probably also attack Wylie Coyote.  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 31, 2024 7:53:58 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: What name have scientists given to the asteroid that caused the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago? Orcus, Makemake, Eros, Chicxulub, Haumea, Quaoar, Gonggong or Sedna?Today's dino: Name: AsiatyrannusPronunciation: Ay-zhuh-tie-ran-usMeaning of name: "Asian tyrant"Species: A. xuiSize: Estimated to have measured between 3.5 and 4 metres long, however, the only known fossils belong to an immature individual, therefore, mature animals may have been larger.Family: Tyrannosaurinae (a subfamily of Tyrannosauridae)Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a skull and partial skeleton discovered in the Nanxiong Formation of Jiangxi Province, southeastern China in 2017. Named by Zheng Wenjie, Jin Xingsheng, Xie Junfang and Du Tianming in 2024.Lived: 69 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeastern China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 31, 2024 14:07:47 GMT
An almost horse-like mane.
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Post by Joey on Aug 1, 2024 7:45:29 GMT
And reddish lips.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 1, 2024 8:18:57 GMT
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 1, 2024 10:28:09 GMT
Name: HistriasaurusPronunciation: Hiss-tree-ah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Istria lizard", after the Istrian peninsula, Croatia, where its fossils were discovered.Species: H. boscarolliiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: RebbachisauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from partial fossils discovered by Darío Boscarolli in a bonebed on the Istrian peninsula, Croatia, sometime during the 1980s. Named by Dalla Vecchia in 1998.Lived: 135 to 125 million years ago during the Hauterivian and Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Croatia.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 2, 2024 9:38:50 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: What name have scientists given to the asteroid that caused the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago? Orcus, Makemake, Eros, Chicxulub, Haumea, Quaoar, Gonggong or Sedna?Today's dino: Name: TraukutitanPronunciation: Tray-you-koo-tie-tanMeaning of name: "Trauku giant", after the Araucanian mountain spirit.Species: T. eocaudataSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Named by Argentine palaeontologists, Rubén D. Juárez Valieri and Jorge O. Calvo, in 2011.Lived: 86.3 to 83.6 million years ago during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 2, 2024 11:00:01 GMT
WOW - finally the perfect slide!  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 3, 2024 6:50:38 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: What name have scientists given to the asteroid that caused the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago? Orcus, Makemake, Eros, Chicxulub, Haumea, Quaoar, Gonggong or Sedna?
Answer: Chicxulub. The last day of the Cretaceous likely began the same as every other day, but it ended with a 10km-wide piece of rock falling from the sky and slamming into the shallow sea that once covered what is now Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, causing the extinction of 75% of life on Earth, including all pterosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs and non-avian dinosaurs. The crater made by the impact, measuring around 200 kilometers (120 miles) in diameter and 20 kilometers (12 miles) deep, was discovered sometime during the late 1970s.
Today's dino:
Name: Yehuecauhceratops
Pronunciation: Ye-oo-ek-au-seh-rah-tops
Meaning of name: "Ancient horned face"
Species: Y. mudei
Size: Estimated to have measured around 3 metres long.
Family: Centrosaurinae (a subfamily of Ceratopsidae)
Diet: Herbivore
First fossils found: Known only from two partial skeletons discovered in the Aguja Formation of northern Mexico between 2007 to 2011. Named by H. E. Rivera-Sylva, J. R. Guzman-Gutirrez, E. Frey and W. Stinnesbeck in 2017.
Lived: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Mexico.
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Post by Joey on Aug 3, 2024 6:55:11 GMT
Looks solid.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 3, 2024 12:07:55 GMT
Particularly at the top of its head.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 4, 2024 10:55:48 GMT
Name: MaleevusPronunciation: Mah-lee-vusMeaning of name: Named after Soviet and Russian palaeontologist, Evgeny Aleksandrovich Maleev.Species: M. disparoserratusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 6 metres long.Family: Ankylosaurinae (a subfamily of Ankylosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial skull and two upper jawbones discovered by Soviet-Mongolian expeditions in the Bayan Shireh Formation of Mongolia sometime between 1946 and 1949. Originally named as a species of Talarurus by Teresa Maryańska in 1977 before being renamed Maleevus by Soviet palaeontologist, Tatyana Tumanova, in 1987. Some palaeontologists have suggested Maleevus may actually be a species of Pinacosaurus.Lived: 90 million years ago during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Mongolia. New quiz question: On which continent have the most dinosaur fossils been found? North America, Asia, Africa, Antartica, Europe, Australia or South America?
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