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Post by Joey12 on Oct 15, 2021 5:56:46 GMT
Very interesting.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 15, 2021 6:33:31 GMT
Name: EmbasaurusPronunciation: Em-bah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Emba lizard", after the Emba River in west Kazakhstan.Species: E. minaxSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possibly either a Megalosaurid or a Tyrannosaurid.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from two partial vertebrae discovered in the Neocomian Sands of Kazakhstan (date of discovery uncertain). Named by Soviet paleontologist, Anatoly Riabinin, in 1931.Lived: Uncertain, but is thought to have lived around 140 million years ago during the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Kazakhstan. Illustration of a fossil of Embasaurus
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 15, 2021 7:05:32 GMT
Yeah not much to go on for looks.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 15, 2021 13:20:41 GMT
...leaving it to imagination...
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 16, 2021 6:16:22 GMT
I think it's better that way until they can find more.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 16, 2021 6:53:49 GMT
Name: ZbyPronunciation: Zee-beeMeaning of name: Named after Georges Zbyszewski, who is noted for his work in the fields of palaeontology and geology.Species: Z. atlanticusSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Lourinhã Formation of central west Portugal in 1996. Named by palaeontologists Octavio V. Mateus, Philip D. Mannion and Paul Upchurch in 2014.Lived: 156 to 152.1 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now central west Portugal. Artist's impression of Zby
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 16, 2021 12:41:53 GMT
Those look cool.  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 17, 2021 5:34:01 GMT
Name: XericepsPronunciation: Zeh-re-sepsMeaning of name: "Dry catch", in reference to the Sahara Desert where its fossils were discovered.Species: X. curvirostrisWingspan: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 3 and 4 metres.Family: UncertainDiet: Uncertain. Possible piscivore.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial lower jaw discovered by local mine workers in the Kem Kem Beds of south eastern Morocco in 2017. Named by D. M. Martill, D. M. Unwin, N. Ibrahim and N. Longrich in 2018.Lived: 113 to 93.9 million years ago from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now south eastern Morocco. Xericeps jawbone
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 17, 2021 8:42:27 GMT
Looks like a stick or long pointed tooth.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 17, 2021 14:35:22 GMT
Must have been quite a puzzle to determine that it's a part of the jaw.
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 18, 2021 2:18:26 GMT
Well they know them better than I do. I can't even make an educated guess.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 18, 2021 5:42:10 GMT
Name: AcamptonectesPronunciation: Ah-camp-toe-nek-teezMeaning of name: "Rigid swimmer", in reference to the tight-fitting bones in the back and lower part of the skull and its interlocking vertebrae.Species: A. densusSize: 3 metres long and weighing around 100kgs.Family: OpthalmosauridaeDiet: PiscivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several partial specimens discovered in Cremlingen, northwestern Germany and the Cambridge Greensand and Speeton Clay Formations of northern England. First discovered in 1958. Named by Valentin Fischer, Michael W. Maisch, Darren Naish, Ralf Kosma, Jeff Liston, Ulrich Joger, Fritz J. Krüger, Judith Pardo Pérez, Jessica Tainsh and Robert M. Appleby in 2012.Lived: 130 million years ago during the Hauterivian stage of the Early Cretaceous in the warm oceans that once covered parts of what is now Germany and northern England.
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 19, 2021 7:23:25 GMT
I'm not swimming with that guy!!!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 19, 2021 9:38:08 GMT
Name: HerrerasaurusPronunciation: Her-rare-rah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Herrera's lizard", after goat-herder, Victorino Herrera, who discovered the first fossils.Species: H. ischigualastensisSize: Estimated to have measured between 5 and 6 metres long, 1.6 metres tall and weighing around 350kgs.Family: HerrerasauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several partial skeletons and a single, complete skull. First discovered by goat-herder, Victorino Herrera, in the Ischigualasto Formation of San Juan Province, northwestern Argentina, in 1959. Named by Osvaldo Reig in 1963.Lived: 231.4 million years ago during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now northwestern Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 19, 2021 16:09:48 GMT
Is it wearing a Halloween mask?  |
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