Tix Mascot
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 26, 2021 16:13:09 GMT
This one looks like something that could live today (at least almost).
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 27, 2021 8:36:04 GMT
Name: HeyuanniaPronunciation: Hey-u-an-ne-ah.Meaning of name: "From Heyuan"Species: H. huangi, however, it's possible there may be a second species.Size: 1.5 metres long and weighing 20kgs. Height uncertain.Family: OviraptoridaeDiet: UnknownFirst fossils found: Known from eggs and at least six skeletons, some of which are almost complete. First discovered in the Dalangshan Formation of Guangdong Province, southern China (date of discovery uncertain). Named by Chinese palaeontologist, Lu Junchang, in 2002. Heyuannia is the first Oviraptorid to be discovered on mainland China.Lived: 72.1 to 68 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern China.
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 28, 2021 6:57:54 GMT
Looks like Woody Woodpecker |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 28, 2021 7:19:55 GMT
I like the meaning of this dino's name: Name: HudiesaurusPronunciation: Hoo-die-sore-usMeaning of name: "Butterfly lizard"Species: H. sinojapanorumSize: Estimated to have measured around 32 metres long, 10 metres tall and weighing between 25 and 55 metric tonnes.Family: MamenchisauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Likely fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from the fragmentary skeletons of two individuals discovered by a Chinese-Japanese expedition to the Kalazha Formation of Xinjiang, northwest China, in 1993. Named by Chinese palaeontologist, Dong Zhiming, in 1997.Lived: Uncertain, but is thought to have lived between 161 and 145 million years ago from the Oxfordian through to the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now northwest China. |
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 28, 2021 7:26:44 GMT
Wow that's a pretty big guess from two partial skeletons.
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Tix Mascot
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 28, 2021 12:30:33 GMT
Meaning of name: "Butterfly lizard" What's the association to butterflies? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 29, 2021 1:31:00 GMT
Meaning of name: "Butterfly lizard" What's the association to butterflies? It refers to a flat butterfly-shaped process on the front base of the vertebral spine. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 29, 2021 8:07:34 GMT
Name: ScansoriopteryxPronunciation: Scan-sor-e-op-teh-riksMeaning of name: "Climbing wing"Species: S. heilmanniSize: Uncertain as the only known fossils belong to juveniles.Family: ScansoriopterygidaeDiet: Uncertain. Possible insectivore.First fossils found: Known only from the partial skeletons of two juveniles. Precise discovery site of the first-known specimen is unknown, most likely discovered in the Tiaojishan Formation, Liaoning Province, northeast China. Named by S. A. Czerkas and C. Yuan in 2002. There's some debate as to whether or not Scansoriopteryx is the same as Epidendrosaurus. If they're found to be the same animal, Epidendrosaurus would become the valid name.Lived: Uncertain, but is thought to have lived during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China between 129.4 to 125 million years ago. Artist's impression of Scansoriopteryx
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Tix Mascot
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 29, 2021 17:26:20 GMT
Looks like an intermediate phase for proto-birds, but not like this individual was able to fly.
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 30, 2021 7:16:55 GMT
Should have named it Woody as in Woody Woodpecker. The Pileated can cause a lot of damage to a tree.  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 30, 2021 10:25:18 GMT
Here's today's entry, a plesiosaur from New Zealand: Name: KaiwhekeaPronunciation: Kie-whek-e-ahMeaning of name: "Squid eater"Species: K. katikiSize: Measured between 6 and 7 metres long. Weighed between 1 and 2 metric tonnes.Family: LeptocleididaeDiet: Fish and squidFirst fossils found: Known from a single, almost complete skeleton discovered in the Katiki Formation of the South Island of New Zealand in 2002. Named in the same year by Arthur Cruickshank and Ewan Fordyce.Lived: 70 to 69 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in the warm oceans that covered what is now the South Island of New Zealand. At this time, Cryptoclidid plesiosaurs, such as Kaiwhekea, were very rare.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 30, 2021 16:12:46 GMT
Looks very streamlined and built for speed.
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 31, 2021 7:34:15 GMT
Grab a hold of that neck and take a ride Tix Mascot, |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 31, 2021 14:15:31 GMT
Grab a hold of that neck and take a ride Tix Mascot , OK. But I hope that it won't roll over and crush me!  |
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 1, 2021 4:32:02 GMT
Wonder why it has that long tail with the little head and neck.
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