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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 29, 2021 7:53:55 GMT
Name: YinlongPronunciation: Yin-longMeaning of name: "Hidden dragon"Species: Y. downsi Size: 1.2 metres long, 0.4 metres tall and weighing around 15kgs.Family: UncertainDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in the Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang Province, northwest China, in 2004. Named by Chinese palaeontologist, Xu Xing, in 2006. Yinlong is regarded as a very primitive Ceratopsian.Lived: 163.5 to 157.3 million years ago during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now northwest China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 29, 2021 13:41:06 GMT
Almost pocket size...  |
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Post by Joey12 on Dec 30, 2021 6:14:53 GMT
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 30, 2021 8:52:38 GMT
Name: TongtianlongPronunciation: Tong-te-an-longMeaning of name: "Tongtian dragon"Species: T. limosusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: OviraptoridaeDiet: Uncertain. Possibly omnivorous.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Nanxiong Formation of Jiangxi Province, eastern China. Named by J. Lü, R. Chen, S. L. Brusatte, Y. Zhu and C. Shen in 2016. The skeleton was discovered in an unusual pose with a raised head and splayed arms and it's been suggested the animal died after becoming trapped in mud.Lived: 67 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now eastern China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 30, 2021 17:33:58 GMT
Since it's supposed to be a herbivore, I may give it a try.  |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 30, 2021 17:35:23 GMT
Name: TongtianlongPronunciation: Tong-te-an-longMeaning of name: "Tongtian dragon"Species: T. limosusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: OviraptoridaeDiet: Uncertain. Possibly omnivorous.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Nanxiong Formation of Jiangxi Province, eastern China. Named by J. Lü, R. Chen, S. L. Brusatte, Y. Zhu and C. Shen in 2016. The skeleton was discovered in an unusual pose with a raised head and splayed arms and it's been suggested the animal died after becoming trapped in mud.Lived: 67 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now eastern China.
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Post by Joey12 on Dec 30, 2021 23:17:07 GMT
Looks like it has a mask on. That's pretty strange.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Dec 31, 2021 15:04:37 GMT
Another heavy-weight.
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 1, 2022 3:55:16 GMT
You could hear that one coming.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 1, 2022 9:15:15 GMT
Name: GualichoPronunciation: Gu-al-e-koMeaning of name: Named after a demon in Mapuche mythology.Species: G. shinyaeSize: Estimated to have measured between 6 and 7 metres long, 2 metres tall and weighing 450kgs.Family: NeovenatoridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered by preparator of the Field Museum of Natural History, Akiko Shinya, in the Huincul Formation of northern Patagonia, Argentina, in 2007. Named by Sebastián Apesteguía, Nathan D. Smith, Rubén Juárez Valieri and Peter J. Makovicky in 2016.Lived: 95 to 93 million years ago during the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what in now northern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 1, 2022 13:06:58 GMT
Looks ugly and mean, almost as if its breath could kill you!  |
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 2, 2022 3:24:59 GMT
The dame fits, Demon.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 2, 2022 6:19:57 GMT
Name: TexasetesPronunciation: Tex-a-set-eesMeaning of name: "Texas resident"Species: T. pleurohalioSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 2 and 3 metres long.Family: NodosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Paw Paw Formation of Tarrant County, Texas, in 1991. Named by W. P. Coombs in 1995.Lived: 105.3 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now the southcentral United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 2, 2022 15:34:38 GMT
Not wearing jungle camouflage trousers around this one - it can mistake them for food!
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 3, 2022 8:15:50 GMT
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