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Post by Joey12 on Oct 9, 2021 7:46:39 GMT
And with an alligator head.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 9, 2021 8:55:43 GMT
Name: MasiakasaurusPronunciation: Mah-shee-ah-kah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Vicious lizard"Species: M. knopfleriSize: Estimated to have measured between 2 and 5 metres long and weighing up to 128kgs. Height uncertain.Family: NoasauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from two sets of fossils, the first of which was discovered in the Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Province, northwestern Madagascar, in 1995. Named by palaeontologists, Scott D. Sampson, Matthew Carrano, and Catherine A. Forster in 2001. Additional discoveries were made in 2011.Lived: 71 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Madagascar.
Masiakasaurus skull
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 9, 2021 18:01:05 GMT
Strange cavities in the snout.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 10, 2021 5:06:21 GMT
Name: KimmerosaurusPronunciation: Kim-mer-oh-sore-usMeaning of name: "Kimmeridge lizard", after the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of southern and eastern England where its fossils were discovered.Species: K. langhamiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: CryptoclididaeDiet: PiscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a skull and some neck vertebrae discovered in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation near the town of Kimmeridge in Dorset, southwest England, in 1981. Named in the same year by D. S. Brown.Lived: 157.3 to 152.1 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic in the warm oceans that once covered what is now southwest England. Artist's impression of Kimmerosaurus
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 10, 2021 18:15:27 GMT
That reminds me of how some crypto-zoologists think that the Loch Ness monster (and other fabled lake creatures) may look like.
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 11, 2021 3:01:17 GMT
I guess one never knows if they are out there but I'd have to see one before I would believe it.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 11, 2021 7:12:59 GMT
Name: SiatsPronunciation: See-atsMeaning of name: Named after a creature from Ute Native American mythology.Species: S. meekerorumSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 12 metres long, 4 metres tall and weighing up to 4 metric tonnes.Family: NeovenatoridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from the single, partial skeleton of a juvenile discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation of eastern Utah in 2008. Named by palaeontologists, Lindsay E. Zanno and Peter J. Makovicky, in 2013.Lived: 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 11, 2021 17:03:14 GMT
Big mouths!  |
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 12, 2021 5:55:04 GMT
The little one looks like it might grab you Tix Mascot, |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 12, 2021 7:19:44 GMT
Name: DyoplosaurusPronunciation: Die-op-loe-sore-usMeaning of name: "Double-armoured lizard"Species: D. acutosquameusSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 4 and 5 metres long and weighing around 1.5 metric tonnes. Family: AnkylosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered by Levi Sternberg in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada, in 1919. Named by Canadian palaeontologist, William Arthur Parks, in 1924.Lived: 76.5 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 12, 2021 14:14:17 GMT
The little one looks like it might grab you Tix Mascot , Now, you really got me spooked... |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 13, 2021 6:07:22 GMT
Name: CumnoriaPronunciation: Cum-nor-re-ahMeaning of name: Named after the village of Cumnor, Oxfordshire, England, where its fossils were discovered.Species: C. prestwichiiSize: Adult size uncertain as the only known fossils belong to a juvenile.Family: Uncertain. Likely a primitive Iguanodontid.Diet: Herbivore.First fossils found: Known only from the single, partial skeleton of a juvenile discovered in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of southern and eastern England in 1879. Named by British palaeontologist, Harry Govier Seeley, in 1888.Lived: 156 to 152.1 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now southeast England.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 13, 2021 17:27:43 GMT
Hmmm This one could possibly have been domesticated and used to ride on...  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 14, 2021 6:59:18 GMT
Name: LusonectesPronunciation: Lu-so-nek-teezMeaning of name: "Portuguese swimmer"Species: L. sauvageiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: PlesiosauridaeDiet: PiscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial skull discovered by French palaeontologist, Henri Émile Sauvage, in the São Gião Formation of northern Portugal sometime during the 19th century. Named by Adam S. Smith, Ricardo Araújo and Octávio Mateus in 2011.Lived: 182.7 to 174.1 million years ago during the Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic in the warm oceans that once covered what is now northern Portugal. Lusonectes skull
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 14, 2021 11:29:37 GMT
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