Tix Mascot
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 6, 2021 12:56:01 GMT
Although having smaller arms, this one looks particularly angry, like it hasn't eaten for weeks.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 7, 2021 7:37:24 GMT
Name: LoricatosaurusPronunciation: Lo-re-cah-toe-sore-usMeaning of name: "Armoured lizard"Species: L. priscusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: StegosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from two partial skeletons discovered in the Oxford Clay Formation of eastern England and the Marnes a Belemnopsis latesulcatus Formation of northwestern France. Named by Susannah C. R. Maidment, David B. Norman, Paul M. Barret and Paul Upchurch in 2008.Lived: 166.1 to 163.5 million years ago during the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic in what is now eastern England and northwestern France.  The Oxford Clay Formation where Loricatosaurus fossils have been found
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 7, 2021 12:11:50 GMT
A sturdy and spiky fellow.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 8, 2021 9:30:38 GMT
Name: LythronaxPronunciation: Lye-thro-naxMeaning of name: "Gore king"Species: L. argestesSize: Estimated to have measured between 5 and 8 metres long, between 2.5 and 3 metres tall and weighing around between 0.5 and 2.5 metric tonnes.Family: TyrannosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Wahweap Formation of southern Utah in 2009. Named by palaeontologists, M. A. Loewen, R. B. Irmis, J. J. W. Sertich, P. J. Currie and S. D. Sampson in 2013. Currently, Lythronax is the oldest-known member of the Tyrannosauridae family.Lived: 80.6 to 79.9 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 Tix Mascot on Dec 8, 2021 12:12:29 GMT
Giant head and baby arms. LOL
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 9, 2021 5:12:19 GMT
Name: DiluvicursorPronunciation: Di-lu-ve-cursorMeaning of name: "Flood runner"Species: D. pickeringiSize: Estimated to have measured around 2.3 metres longFamily: UncertainDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Eumeralla Formation of Victoria, southeastern Australia, in 2005. Named by M. C. Herne, A. M. Tait, V. Weisbecker, M. Hall, J. P. Nair, M. Cleeland and S. W. Salisbury in 2018.Lived: 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southeastern Australia.
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Post by Joey12 on Dec 9, 2021 6:24:58 GMT
Wonder if it would have been trainable?
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 9, 2021 14:04:03 GMT
I was thinking the same. It reminds me a little of a kangaroo.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 10, 2021 9:32:40 GMT
Name: MendozasaurusPronunciation: Men-doe-zah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Mendoza lizard", after Medoza Province, Argentina, where its fossils were discovered.Species: M. neguyelapSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 20 metres long and weighing 16 metric tonnes.Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Sierra Barrosa Formation of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Named by Argentinian palaeontologist, Bernardo Javier González Riga, in 2003.Lived: 89.8 to 86.3 million years ago during the Coniacian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central western Argentina. Artist's impression of Mendozasaurus
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Post by Joey12 on Dec 10, 2021 9:35:47 GMT
I was thinking the same. It reminds me a little of a kangaroo. Hmm that makes me wonder if any of them hopped like a kangaroo. Most have the perfect tail to be like a third leg |
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Post by Joey12 on Dec 10, 2021 9:37:38 GMT
Oh but not the one above. Quick give it some leaves  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 11, 2021 7:39:08 GMT
Name: PhilovenatorPronunciation: Fie-loe-ven-ah-torMeaning of name: "Love hunter" or "Lover of the hunt"Species: P. curriei Size: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: TroodontidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial left leg discovered by the China-Canada Dinosaur Project in the Bayan Mandahu Formation of Inner Mongolia, northern China, in 1988. Named by Xu Xing, Zhao Ji, Corwin Sullivan, Tan Qing-Wei, Martin Sander and Ma Qing-Yu in 2012. Was originally thought to be a juvenile Saurornithoides.Lived: 75 to 71 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Inner Mongolia, northern China. Artist's impression of Philovenator
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Post by Joey12 on Dec 11, 2021 11:21:21 GMT
OK now this an interesting one.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 11, 2021 11:49:59 GMT
First impression is of a colourful flightless bird.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 12, 2021 9:10:24 GMT
Name: TochisaurusPronunciation: To-che-sor-usMeaning of name: "Ostrich lizard", in reference to its feet which have only two weight-bearing toes.Species: T. nemegtensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Likely Troodontid.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single foot bone discovered in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1948. Named by Russian palaeontologist, Sergei Mikhailovich Kurzanov and Polish palaeontologist, Halszka Osmólska, in 1991.Lived: 69 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.
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