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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 19, 2024 6:36:39 GMT
Tix Mascot , well done for correctly guessing the answer to this week's quiz question. You were asked: True or False? All Ceratopsians had horns.Answer: False. While many Ceratopsian species did have horns, there were a few that didn't, including Protoceratops and Pachyrhinosaurus. Rather than horns, they had bony lumps and ridges on their snouts and over their eyes.Today's entry is a pterosaur from Jordan:Name: Inabtanin Pronunciation: Ee-nab-tah-ninMeaning of name: "Grape Hill Dragon", after a grape-hued hill near where its fossils were discovered.Species: I. alarabiaWingspan: Estimated to have measured around 5 metres.Family: Uncertain. Likely Azhdarchoid.Diet: Uncertain. Possible carnivore/piscivore.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton consisting of the upper and lower jaws, four neck vertebrae, a partial left forelimb and an almost complete right forelimb discovered in the Muwaqqar Chalk-Marl Formation of Jordan. Named by K. L. Rosenbach, D. M. Goodvin, M. G. Albshysh, H. A. Azzam, A. A. Smadi, I. S. A. Zalmout, J. A. Wilson Mantilla and H. A. Mustafa in 2024.Lived: 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Jordan.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 19, 2024 17:37:24 GMT
Is this some kind of intermediate species beween four-legged and flying?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 20, 2024 0:28:57 GMT
Is this some kind of intermediate species beween four-legged and flying? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 20, 2024 9:50:39 GMT
Name: Gandititan
Pronunciation: Gan-dee-tie-tan
Meaning of name: "Ganzhou geology giant"
Species: G. cavocaudatus
Size: Estimated to have measured around 14 metres long.
Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Zhoutian Formation of Jiangxi Province, southeastern China. Named by F. Han, L. Yang, F. Lou, C. Sullivan, X. Xing, W. Qiu, H. Liu, J. Yu, R. Wu, Y. Ke, M. Xu, J. Hu and P. Lu in 2024.
Lived: 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago during the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeastern China.
New quiz question: How many vertebrae did Mamenchisaurus have in its neck? 16, 17, 18 or 19?
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Post by LadyPorthos on Oct 20, 2024 18:13:02 GMT
New quiz question: How many vertebrae did Mamenchisaurus have in its neck? 16, 17, 18 or 19? I'll say 18 |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 20, 2024 18:17:48 GMT
This is how pterosaurs walked. They couldn't balance on two legs, so they used all four. Amazing. I guess that's evolution in the making. How many vertebrae did Mamenchisaurus have in its neck? 16, 17, 18 or 19? If it was one of our long-necked friends, it probably had 19. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 21, 2024 7:32:17 GMT
Name: TransylvanosaurusPronunciation: Tran-sill-vay-no-sore-usMeaning of name: "Lizard from across the forest"Species: T. platycephalusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: RhabdodontidaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a fragmentary skull discovered in the Hateg Basin of Transylvania, western Romania, in 2007. Named by Felix J. Augustin, Dylan Bastiaans, Mihai D. Dumbravă and Zoltán Csiki-Sava in 2022.Lived: 72.1 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Romania.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 21, 2024 14:32:51 GMT
Not the most streamlined dino, but it probably hadn't much need for speed...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 22, 2024 7:13:41 GMT
Name: QianjiangsaurusPronunciation: Kwee-an-gee-ang-sore-usMeaning of name: "Qianjiang lizard", after the Qianjiang District of Chongqing, southwestern China, where its fossils were discovered.Species: Q. changshengiSize: Estimated to have measured around 8 metres long.Family: Uncertain. Likely Hadrosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skull and partial skeleton discovered in the Zhengyang Formation of the Qianjiang District of Chongqing, southwestern China, in 2022. Named by Hui Dai, Qingyu Ma, Can Xiong, Yu Lin, Hui Zeng, Chao Tan, Jun Wang, Yuguang Zhang and Hai Xing in 2024.Lived: 70 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southwestern China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 22, 2024 9:09:45 GMT
Probably pet material, especially when young.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 23, 2024 9:54:09 GMT
Just a friendly reminder about this week's quiz question. You've been asked: How many vertebrae did Mamenchisaurus have in its neck? 16, 17, 18 or 19?Today's dino:
Name: StegocerasPronunciation: Steg-oh-seh-rasMeaning of name: "Roofed horn"Species: S. validum, S. novomexicanumSize: S. validum between 2 and 2.5 metres long, 1.2 metres tall and weighed between 10 and 40kgs. S. novomexicanum believed to be smaller.
Family: PachycephalosauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Two partial skull domes discovered by Canadian palaeontologist Lawrence Lambe in Alberta, Canada, in 1898. A third partial skull dome discovered in 1901. S. validum named by Mr. Lambe in 1902. Complete skull discovered in the early 1920s. S. novomexicanum named in 2011.Lived: 77.5 to 74 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now North America and southern Canada. Two reconstructed S. validum skeletons
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 24, 2024 8:43:31 GMT
Name: MandschurosaurusPronunciation: Mandz-chu-ro-sore-usMeaning of name: "Manchuria lizard", after a region of northeastern Asia where its fossils were discovered.Species: M. amurensis, however, there may be a second species.Size: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 11 and 12 metres long, 6.4 metres tall and weighing between 1 and 2 metric tonnes.Family: HadrosauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Yuliangze Formation of Heilongjiang, northeastern China. Was originally named as a species of Trachodon by Russian palaeontologist, Anatoly Riabinin, in 1925, however, Mr. Riabinin later recognized it as a new genus and renamed it Mandschurosaurus in 1930. A second fragmentary skeleton was discovered in Grès supérieurs Formation of Laos, however, it's yet to be confirmed which dino this fossil belongs to.Lived: 72 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northeastern China and possibly Laos.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 24, 2024 9:12:13 GMT
Puzzling together a skeleton must be like a 3D jigsaw.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 24, 2024 12:42:11 GMT
Got another new dino friend! His name is 'Fast-Biter' (mum found him for 50c at the op-shop).
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 25, 2024 7:54:14 GMT
Got another new dino friend! His name is 'Fast-Biter' (mum found him for 50c at the op-shop).
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