Tix Mascot
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 17, 2021 19:54:42 GMT
That was my first thought as well.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 18, 2021 7:15:35 GMT
I like finding dinos I've never heard of: Name: VahinyPronunciation: Va-hin-neeMeaning of name: "Traveller"Species: V. deperetiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial braincase discovered in the Maevarano Formation of northwestern Madagascar. Named by Kristina Curry Rogers and Jeffrey A. Wilson in 2014.Lived: 71 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northwestern Madagascar.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 18, 2021 16:23:56 GMT
Short legs and small head in relation to the rest.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 19, 2021 7:11:13 GMT
Name: AugustynolophusPronunciation: Aw-gus-tin-o-lo-fusMeaning of name: "Augustyn’s crest", after the Augustyn family, who helped support the Los Angeles County Museum.Species: A. morrisiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Saurolophinae (a sub-family of Hadrosauridae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from two fragmentary skeletons discovered in Moreno Formation of California, the first of which was discovered in 1939. Named by Albert Prieto-Márquez, Jonathan R. Wagner, Phil R. Bell and Luis M. Chiappe in 2014. In September 2017, Augustynolophus was declared the official state dinosaur of California.Lived: 70.6 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Joey12 on Dec 19, 2021 8:48:02 GMT
I don't think I want to take that for a ride, Ouch!!
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 19, 2021 12:31:42 GMT
Looks like something out of Star Wars.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 20, 2021 7:19:07 GMT
Name: WiehenvenatorPronunciation: Wy-hen-ven-ah-torMeaning of name: "Wiehengebirge hunter", from the German name of the Wiehen Hills where its fossils were discovered.Species: W. albati Size: Estimated to have measured between 8 and 9 metres long, between 2 and 3 metres tall and weighing between 1 and 2 metric tonnes.Family: MegalosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered by geologist, Friedrich Albat, in the Wiehen Hills of northern Germany, in 1998. Named by Oliver W. M. Rauhut, Tom R. Hübner and Klaus-Peter Lanser in 2016.Lived: 166.1 to 163.5 million years ago during the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic in what is now northern Germany.
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Post by Joey12 on Dec 20, 2021 8:10:06 GMT
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 21, 2021 9:22:54 GMT
I have to say, the Chinese are good at coming up with strange names for their dinos: Name: SinusonasusPronunciation: Sy-nu-so-na-susMeaning of name: "Wave nose", in reference to the sinusoid form, in lateral view, of the nasals.Species: S. magnodensSize: Estimated to have measured around 1.2 metres long and weighing 2.5kgsFamily: TroodontidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China. Named by X. Xu and X. Wang in 2004.Lived: 132.9 to 129.4 million years ago during the Hauterivian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 21, 2021 12:38:42 GMT
Wings with claws? Wow!
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Post by Joey12 on Dec 22, 2021 4:23:52 GMT
I wouldn't want any part of those clays as they would rib you apart.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 22, 2021 9:24:58 GMT
Name: MacrocollumPronunciation: Mak-ro-col-lumMeaning of name: "Long neck"Species: M. itaquiiSize: 3.5 metres long 1.5 metres tall and weighing around 90kgs.Family: UnaysauridaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Candelária Formation of southeastern Brazil in 2012. Named by R. T. Müller, M. C. Langer and S. Dias-da-Silva in 2018.Lived: 225.42 to 225 million years ago during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now southeastern Brazil.
 Artist's impression of Macrocollum
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 22, 2021 18:57:59 GMT
I wonder how large the population of various species were and for how long they lived.
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Post by Joey12 on Dec 23, 2021 7:32:23 GMT
Hmm good question since some they only found one or or part of one.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 23, 2021 9:04:43 GMT
Name: DatonglongPronunciation: Da-tong-longMeaning of name: "Datong dragon", after the city of Datong, Shanxi Province, northern China.Species: D. tianzhenensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Likely Hadrosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial jawbone discovered by a team from the Shanxi Museum of Geological and Mineral Science and Technology in the Huiquanpu Formation of Shanxi Province, northern China, in 2008. Named by Xu Shichao, You Hailu, Wang Jiawei, Wang Suozhu, Yi Jian, and Jia Lei in 2016.Lived: 95 to 80 million years ago from the Cenomanian stage through to the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern China.
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