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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 1, 2024 13:04:21 GMT
Almost like a flower garden on its back.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 2, 2024 7:54:19 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: Discovered in 1983, which dinosaur from England has a name meaning "Heavy claw"? Haestasaurus, Cruxicheiros, Asylosaurus, Baryonyx, Callovosaurus or Eucercosaurus?Today's dino: Name: CoahuilasaurusPronunciation: Co-ah-hwee-la-sore-usMeaning of name: "Coahuila lizard", after the Mexican state of Coahuila where its fossils were discovered.Species: C. lipaniSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 8 metres long.Family: Saurolophinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial skull discovered in the Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Coahuila, northern Mexico. Named by N. R. Longrich, A. A. Ramirez Velasco, J. Kirkland, A. E. Bermúdez Torres and C. I. Serrano-Brañas in 2024.Lived: 72.5 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Mexico.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 2, 2024 11:15:41 GMT
Very strange snout!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 2, 2024 13:25:13 GMT
It likely had a flap of loose skin on the snout that could be inflated to produce a bellowing call. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 3, 2024 8:07:34 GMT
Name: XinjiangtitanPronunciation: Zin-jee-ang-tie-tanMeaning of name: "Xinjiang giant", after the region of northwestern China where its fossils were discovered.Species: X. shanshanesisSize: Estimated to have measured around 27 metres long, 17 metres tall and weighing 25 metric tonnes. The neck alone measures nearly 15 metres long, making it the longest complete neck of any animal ever discovered.Family: MamenchisauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial skull and a partial skeleton discovered in Xinjiang, northwestern China in 2012. Named by Chinese palaeontologists Wu Wen-hao, Zhou Chang-fu, Oliver Wings, Toru Sekiha and Dong Zhiming in 2013.Lived: 164.6 million years ago during the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic in what is now northwestern China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 3, 2024 11:11:29 GMT
It likely had a flap of loose skin on the snout that could be inflated to produce a bellowing call. Very interesting. Nature is weird! Must be the most grotesque example so far of a disproportioned relationship between a long neck and short legs. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 4, 2024 10:11:32 GMT
A final reminder about this week's quiz question before the answer is revealed tomorrow. You've been asked: Discovered in 1983, which dinosaur from England has a name meaning "Heavy claw"? Haestasaurus, Cruxicheiros, Asylosaurus, Baryonyx, Callovosaurus or Eucercosaurus?
Today's dino:Name: SuchosaurusPronunciation: Soo-coe-sore-usMeaning of name: "Crocodile lizard", as it was originally thought to be a genus of crocodile.Species: S. cultridens, S. girardi Size: Depending on species, estimated to have measured between 8 and 10 metres long and weighing between 1 and 4 metric tonnes.Family: Baryonychinae (a subfamily of Spinosauridae)Diet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from teeth and jaw fragments discovered in Portugal and southeastern England. S. cultridens named by English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, in 1841. S. girardi named by French palaeontologist, Henri Émile Sauvage, in 1897.Lived: 139.8 to 122.46 million years ago from the Valanginian stage through to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Portugal and southeastern England.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 5, 2024 7:51:58 GMT
Not something I would like to have stalking me in a dark October night...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 5, 2024 8:40:49 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: Discovered in 1983, which dinosaur from England has a name meaning "Heavy claw"? Haestasaurus, Cruxicheiros, Asylosaurus, Baryonyx, Callovosaurus or Eucercosaurus?
Answer: Baryonyx. In January 1983, amateur fossil collector, William Walker, was exploring a clay pit in Surrey, England, when he discovered a large claw. His son-in-law later took the claw to the Natural History Museum in London where it was examined by palaeontologists and identified as belonging to a new species of Theropod dinosaur. Over the next few months, palaeontologists visited the clay pit and excavated a partial skull and partial skeleton. In 1986, the new dino was officially named Baryonyx walkeri. The generic name comes from ancient Greek; βαρύς (barys) means "heavy" or "strong", and ὄνυξ (onyx) means "claw" or "talon", while the species name honours Mr. Walker for discovering the specimen.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 5, 2024 9:11:46 GMT
Name: SiamotyrannusPronunciation: Sy-am-o-ty-ran-nusMeaning of name: "Siamese tyrant"Species: S. isanensis Size: Estimated to have measured between 6 and 10 metres long, 2 metres tall and weighing between 1 and 2 metric tonnes.Family: Uncertain. Possible Metriacanthosaurid.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from vertebrae, leg bones, teeth and the left half of the pelvis, discovered by Somchai Traimwichanon in the Sao Khua Formation of Thailand in 1993. Named by palaeontologists, Eric Buffetaut, Varavudh Suteethorn and Haiyan Tong in 1996.Lived: 145 to 125 million years ago from the Berriasian stage through to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Thailand.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 6, 2024 6:13:36 GMT
Name: AtlasaurusPronunciation: At-las-sore-usMeaning of name: "Atlas lizard", after the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa, where its fossils were discovered.Species: A. imelakei Size: Estimated to have measured around 15 metres long, between 5 and 6 metres tall and weighing 22.5 metric tonnes.Family: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from an almost complete tail and an almost complete skull and skeleton discovered in the High Atlas range of the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa, in 1981. Named by M. Monbaron, D. A. Russell and P. Taquet in 1999.Lived: 167.7 to 164.7 million years ago during the Bathonian and Callovian stages of the Middle Jurassic in what is now North Africa. Artist's impression of a pair of Atlasaurus.
New quiz question: True or False? Three non-avian dinosaur genus had already been officially named before the word 'Dinosaur' was first used.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 6, 2024 13:12:46 GMT
Time to reveal the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: Discovered in 1983, which dinosaur from England has a name meaning "Heavy claw"? Haestasaurus, Cruxicheiros, Asylosaurus, Baryonyx, Callovosaurus or Eucercosaurus?Answer: Baryonyx. In January 1983, amateur fossil collector, William Walker, was exploring a clay pit in Surrey, England, when he discovered a large claw. His son-in-law later took the claw to the Natural History Museum in London where it was examined by palaeontologists and identified as belonging to a new species of Theropod dinosaur. Over the next few months, palaeontologists visited the clay pit and excavated a partial skull and partial skeleton. In 1986, the new dino was officially named Baryonyx walkeri. The generic name comes from ancient Greek; βαρύς (barys) means "heavy" or "strong", and ὄνυξ (onyx) means "claw" or "talon", while the species name honours Mr. Walker for discovering the specimen. Who would have thought that? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 7, 2024 6:30:22 GMT
Name: ArkharaviaPronunciation: Ark-ha-rah-ve-ahMeaning of name: "Arkhara road", after an Urban-type settlement and the administrative center of the Arkharinsky District in the Amur Region of Far Eastern Russia.Species: A. heterocoelicaSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from tail vertebrae and a tooth discovered in the Udurchukan Formation of the Amur Region in Far Eastern Russia. Named by V. R. Alifanov and Y. L. Bolotsky in 2010.Lived: 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the Amur Region of Far Eastern Russia.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 7, 2024 10:19:21 GMT
It’s long been agreed that a huge asteroid smashed into what is now Mexico's Yucatan Penisula at the end of the Cretaceous, wiping out all the non-avian dinosaurs. However, scientists have now revealed that a smaller asteroid believed to have crashed into the ocean near West Africa during the same era, creating another ‘catastrophic’ event.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 7, 2024 11:12:22 GMT
It’s long been agreed that a huge asteroid smashed into what is now Mexico's Yucatan Penisula at the end of the Cretaceous, wiping out all the non-avian dinosaurs. However, scientists have now revealed that a smaller asteroid believed to have crashed into the ocean near West Africa during the same era, creating another ‘catastrophic’ event. Yes, I read that article, too. It turns out that they don't know which of the two was first and how much of life on Earth was wiped out by each of them. |
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