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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 6, 2021 6:06:22 GMT
Name: ClidastesPronunciation: Klee-das-teezMeaning of name: "Locked vertebrae"Species: C. propython, C. iguanavusSize: Average length of between 2 and 4 metres. Largest-known specimen measures 6.2 metres. Weight uncertain.Family: MosasauridaeDiet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens, the first of which were discovered by American palaeontologist, Edward Drinker Cope, in Alabama in 1869. Both species named by Mr. Cope in the same year.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 89.8 and 72.1 from the Coniacian stage through to the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in the warm oceans that covered what is now the southern United States.
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 6, 2021 6:22:55 GMT
Looks like small fins but a big tail. Wonder how fast it was.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 6, 2021 11:13:22 GMT
Built for speed straight ahead with no abrupt sideways movements.
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 7, 2021 2:32:49 GMT
Well if you ever caught one if it only goes straight it would be easy to pull in.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 7, 2021 7:20:32 GMT
Name: PannoniasaurusPronunciation: Pan-no-ne-ah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Hungarian lizard"Species: P. inexpectatusSize: 6 metres long and weighed between 2 and 5 metric tonnes.Family: Tethysaurinae (a sub-family of Mosasauridae)Diet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in the Csehbánya Formation of western Hungary in 1999. Named by L. Makádi, M. W. Caldwell and A. Osi in 2012. Unlike other mosasaurs, which were marine predators, Pannoniasaurus lived in freshwater.Lived: 86.3 to 83.6 million years ago during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Hungary.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 7, 2021 17:47:10 GMT
I wonder what could be the advantage of such a long tail.
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 8, 2021 5:08:22 GMT
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 8, 2021 7:09:57 GMT
Name: AkainacephalusPronunciation: Ah-kane-ah-sef-ah-lusMeaning of name: "Spike head"Species: A. johnsoniSize: Estimated to have measured around 3.7 metres long and between 1 and 1.5 metres tall. Weight uncertain.Family: AnkylosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah in 2008. Named by Jelle P. Wiersma and Randall B. Irmis in 2018.Lived: 76 to 75 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 Joey12 on Sept 9, 2021 3:31:57 GMT
That just looks mean.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 9, 2021 7:01:49 GMT
My favourite Ankylosaur: Name: SaichaniaPronunciation: Sie-chan-ee-ahMeaning of name: "Beautiful one", referring to the pristine state of preservation.Species: S. chulsanensisSize: 6.6 metres long, 1.5 metres high and weighing 2 metric tonnes.Family: AnkylosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from skulls and partial skeletons. First discovered by a joint Polish-Mongolian expedition to the Gobi Desert during the early 1970s. Named by Polish palaeontologist, Teresa Maryańska, in 1977.Lived: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern China and southern Mongolia. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 9, 2021 16:56:19 GMT
Another strange looking individual. Not sure what to compare it with.
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 9, 2021 22:45:43 GMT
Maybe compare it to death with that tail and the body weight.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 10, 2021 8:24:59 GMT
Name: BrachaucheniusPronunciation: Brak-ow-ken-ee-usMeaning of name: "Short neck"Species: B. lucasiSize: Estimated to have measured around 4 metres long. Weighing up to 9 metric tonnes.Family: PliosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from skulls, lower jaws and vertebrae. First discovered by American palaeontologist, Charles Hazelius Sternberg, in Kansas in 1884. Named by American palaeontologist, Samuel Wendell Williston in 1903.Lived: 100.5 to 89.3 million years ago during the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in the warm waters of the Western Interior Seaway which once covered what is now the western United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 10, 2021 13:21:14 GMT
Has some fish-like characteristics.
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 10, 2021 23:43:16 GMT
Reminds me od a Manatee
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