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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 30, 2021 12:18:28 GMT
Ugly critters...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 31, 2021 5:49:30 GMT
Name: JinyunpeltaPronunciation: Jin-yun-pelt-ahMeaning of name: "Jinyun shield", after Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province, eastern China, where its fossils were discovered.Species: J. sinensisSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: AnkylosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Liangtoutang Formation of Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province, eastern China, in 2008. Named by Zheng Wenjie, Jin Xingsheng, Yoichi Azuma, Wang Qiongying, Kazunori Miyata and Xu Xing in 2018. Jinyunpelta is believed to have been one of the first Ankylosaurs to have had a tail club.Lived: 112 to 94 million years ago from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous through to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now eastern China.
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 31, 2021 10:30:54 GMT
Looks like a Pangolins  |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 31, 2021 14:25:11 GMT
Or a live fossil!  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 1, 2021 6:19:31 GMT
Name: AucasaurusPronunciation: Aw-cah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Auca lizard", after the Auca Mahuevo where its fossils were discovered.Species: A. garridoiSize: 5 metres long, 2 metres tall and weighing around 700kgs.Family: Carnotaurinae (a subfamily of Abelisauridae)Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered by Alberto Garrido at Auca Mahuevo in the Anacleto Formation of Neuquén Province, Argentina, in 2002. Named in the same year by R. A. Coria, L. M. Chiappe and L. Dingus.Lived: 83 to 78 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Argentina.
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Post by Joey12 on Nov 1, 2021 7:10:25 GMT
Must be well balanced. Plus look at bif thick neck. Probably very powerful for its size.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Nov 1, 2021 15:39:02 GMT
Look at those tiny hands!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 2, 2021 6:29:19 GMT
Today's entry is a tiny Pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany: Name: AerodactylusPronunciation: Air-o-dak-te-lusMeaning of name: "Wind finger"Species: A. scolopacicepsWingspan: Adult wingspan uncertain as the only known fossils belong to juveniles.Family: AurorazhdarchidaeDiet: PiscivoreFirst fossils found: Known from the complete skeletons of six juveniles discovered in the Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria, southeast Germany. Was originally named as a species of Pterodactylus by German palaeontologist, Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, in 1860. Re-named Aerodactylus by S. U. Vidovic and D. M. Martill in 2014.Lived: 150.8 to 148.5 million years ago during the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now southeast Germany.
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Post by Joey12 on Nov 2, 2021 7:34:52 GMT
Our hands are bigger.
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Post by Joey12 on Nov 2, 2021 7:35:40 GMT
Wonder if these could be trained.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Nov 2, 2021 14:59:41 GMT
Wonder if these could be trained. You want someone to fish herrings for you?  |
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Post by Joey12 on Nov 3, 2021 5:38:50 GMT
Wonder if these could be trained. You want someone to fish herrings for you? Sure I love herring when it's pickled. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 3, 2021 7:10:55 GMT
Name: XenoceratopsPronunciation: Zee-noe-seh-rah-topsMeaning of name: "Alien horned face"Species: X. foremostensisSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 6 metres long.Family: Centrosaurinae (a sub-family of Ceratopsidae)Diet: Herbivore. Likely fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from three partial skulls, the first of which was discovered by American palaeontologist, Wann Langston Jr, in the Foremost Formation of southern Alberta, Canada, in 1958. Named by M. J. Ryan, D. C. Evans and K. M. Shepherd in 2012.
Lived: 78 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Alberta, Canada.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Nov 3, 2021 12:06:31 GMT
Wow, that is some heavy head adornment!
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Post by Joey12 on Nov 4, 2021 0:39:35 GMT
Plus a hump back.
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