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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 19, 2021 21:18:01 GMT
Is it wearing a Halloween mask?  was one of the first true dinosaurs to evolve. The largest-known skull measures around 56cm long which suggests the largest-known individuals reached lengths of between five and six metres (quite big for a primitive Theropod). |
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 19, 2021 22:17:24 GMT
Watch out for that tail!!
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 20, 2021 13:27:16 GMT
Biggest mouth and shortest hands so far.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 21, 2021 6:15:35 GMT
Name: SahaliyaniaPronunciation: Sa-hal-e-yan-e-ahMeaning of name: "Black" in the Manchu language and a reference to the Amur/Heilongjiang River.Species: S. elunchunorumSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: Lambeosaurinae (a sub-family of Hadrosauridae)Diet: Herbivore. Likely fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in a bonebed in the Yuliangze Formation of Heilongjiang Province, northeast China, in 2002. Named by Pascal Godefroit, Shulin Hai, Tingxiang Yu and Pascaline Lauters in 2008.Lived: 72.1 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northeast China.
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 21, 2021 7:16:10 GMT
Like the crest on the head.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 21, 2021 12:10:33 GMT
This one is dressed for a party or carnival.  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 22, 2021 6:20:33 GMT
This one is dressed for a party or carnival. With the majority of dinosaurs, we've got very little fossil evidence regarding their colouring, so all we can do is guess. However, pigments discovered inside the fossilized feathers of Microraptor and Sinosauropteryx (two small Theropods from China) have revealed that Microraptor was primarily black whilst Sinosauropteryx was a golden orange/brown with alternating light and dark bands on its tail. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 22, 2021 7:04:00 GMT
Name: QiupanykusPronunciation: Kwe-pan-e-kusMeaning of name: "Qiupa claw", after the Qiupa Formation of central China where its fossils were discovered.Species: Q. zhangiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Parvicursorinae (a sub-family of Alvarezsauridae)Diet: Unknown. May have specialized in eating the eggs of other animals.First fossils found: Known from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Qiupa Formation of Henan Province, central China, in 1989. Named by H. L. Chang, S.-H. Jia, J. M. Zhang, D.-S. Gao, Y.-Y. Zhang, C.-J. Zhang and F. Ding in 2018.Lived: 70 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central China.
 Artist's impression of Qiupanykus
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 22, 2021 15:24:12 GMT
This one is dressed for a party or carnival. With the majority of dinosaurs, we've got very little fossil evidence regarding their colouring, so all we can do is guess. However, pigments discovered inside the fossilized feathers of Microraptor and Sinosauropteryx (two small Theropods from China) have revealed that Microraptor was primarily black whilst Sinosauropteryx was a golden orange/brown with alternating light and dark bands on its tail. Cool!  |
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 23, 2021 5:36:18 GMT
Can they get DNA from any of these?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 23, 2021 8:48:02 GMT
Can they get DNA from any of these? Not sure, but I would say no. The oldest DNA we've got is around 1.2 million years old found in the teeth of mammoths that lived in northeastern Siberia. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 23, 2021 9:11:49 GMT
Name: DynamoterrorPronunciation: Dy-nah-mo-teh-rorMeaning of name: "Power terror"Species: D. dynastesSize: Estimated to have measured around 9 metres long, 3 metres tall and weighing around 3 metric tonnes.Family: TyrannosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered during an expedition led by Andrew McDonald and Douglas Wolfe in the Menefee Formation in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico in 2012. Named by Mr. McDonald, Mr. Wolfe and A. C. Dooley Jr in 2018.Lived: 78 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the southwestern United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 23, 2021 12:01:46 GMT
Seems as if t-rex had many cousins...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 24, 2021 7:01:28 GMT
Name: FukuivenatorPronunciation: Fu-ku-e-ven-ah-toreMeaning of name: "Hunter of Fukui Prefecture"Species: F. paradoxusSize: Estimated to have measured around 2.5 metres long, 0.7 metres tall and weighing 25kgs. Family: UncertainDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in the Kitadani Formation of Honshu, Japan, in 2007. Named by Yoichi Azuma, Xu Xing, Masateru Shibata, Soichiro Kawabe, Kazunori Miyata and Takuya Imai in 2016. Fukuivenator is the fourth dinosaur to be named after the Fukui Prefecture, the others being Fukuiraptor, Fukuisaurus and Fukuititan.Lived: 127 to 115 million years ago during the Barremian and Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Japan.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 24, 2021 19:11:51 GMT
Now, this is a manageable size.
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