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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 16, 2021 7:26:32 GMT
Here's today's dino: Name: DaxiatitanPronunciation: Dax-e-ah-tie-tanMeaning of name: "Daxia giant", after a tributary of the Yellow River in China.Species: D. binglingiSize: Estimated to have measured between 23 and 30 metres long, 8 metres tall and weighing 35 metric tonnes.Family: TitanosauroideaDiet: Herbivore. Fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Lanzhou Basin of Gansu Province, northwestern China (date of discovery uncertain). Named by H. L. You, D. Q. Li, L. Q. Zhou and Q. Ji in 2008.Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northwestern China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 16, 2021 16:26:18 GMT
Must be close to a record long neck for any animal.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 17, 2021 1:53:17 GMT
The neck of Mamenchisaurus measured half of its full body length. I suppose having a really long neck would be useful. Your body can stay in one place while your head is somewhere else.
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 17, 2021 4:56:14 GMT
It would be able to eat all those fresh leaves at the top of the tree.
If it raised it's head to eat leaves it would be even taller.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 17, 2021 6:57:41 GMT
Name: TeratophoneusPronunciation: Teh-rat-oh-foe-nee-usMeaning of name: "Monstrous murderer"Species: T. currieiSize: Estimated to have measured between 6.5 and 8 metres long, between 2 and 3 metres tall and weighing between 1.1 and 2.5 metric tonnes.Family: TyrannosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from two partial skeletons, the first of which, believed to belong to a sub-adult, was discovered in the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah in 1981. Named by Thomas D. Carr, Thomas E. Williamson, Brooks B. Britt and Ken Stadtman in 2011. A second specimen was discovered in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in 2017.Lived: 77 to 76 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 17, 2021 16:51:57 GMT
Another angry looking dude.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 18, 2021 8:12:42 GMT
Today's entry is a marine reptile from Cuba: Name: GallardosaurusPronunciation: Gal-lard-o-sore-usMeaning of name: "Gallard's lizard", after the farmer who discovered its fossils.Species: G. iturraldeiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossilsFamily: PliosauridaeDiet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from the partial skull of what's believed to be a juvenile discovered by Juan Gallardo in the Jagua Formation of northwestern Cuba in 1946. Named by Zulma Gasparini in 2009.Lived: 163.5 to 157.3 million years ago during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in the warm oceans that once covered what is now northwestern Cuba.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 18, 2021 15:55:04 GMT
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 19, 2021 1:46:39 GMT
 Can you see this one? |
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 19, 2021 5:03:15 GMT
I can see the last one. Interesting creature.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 19, 2021 8:07:14 GMT
Name: PakisaurusPronunciation: Pak-e-sore-usMeaning of name: "Pakistan lizard"Species: P. balochistaniSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: PakisauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Likely fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a handful of vertebrae discovered in the Pab Formation of western Pakistan (date of discovery uncertain). Named by M. Sadiq Malkani in 2006.Lived: 72.1 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Pakistan.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 19, 2021 15:12:17 GMT
I can see the last one. Interesting creature. I see it too. Looks like a hybrid between a seal and a turtle. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 20, 2021 16:40:24 GMT
Wow, that claw looks formidable!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 21, 2021 6:31:58 GMT
Name: MalawisaurusPronunciation: Ma-la-wee-sore-usMeaning of name: "Malawi lizard"Species: M. dixeyiSize: Estimated to have measured between 11 and 16 metres long, 4 metres tall and weighing between 3 and 10 metric tonnes.Family: AntarctosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from several partial skeletons, the first of which was discovered in the Dinosaur Beds Formation of Malawi, East Africa, in 1923. Was named in the same year as a species of Gigantosaurus by Sidney Hughton. Was re-named Malawisaurus by L. L. Jacobs, D. A. Winkler, W. R. Downs and E. M. Gomani in 1993.Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now East Africa.
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 21, 2021 9:03:53 GMT
Yikes look at that claw.
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