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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 3, 2022 9:21:04 GMT
Name: BorogoviaPronunciation: Boh-ro-go-ve-ahMeaning of name: Named after the borogoves in Lewis Carrol’s poem 'Jabberwocky'.Species: B. gracilicrusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: TroodontidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial pair of hind legs discovered by a Polish-Mongolian expedition in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1971. Named by Polish palaeontologist, Halszka Osmólska, in 1987.Lived: 84.9 to 66 million years ago from the Santonian stage through to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 3, 2022 13:32:55 GMT
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 4, 2022 3:15:50 GMT
Just think how much smaller geese are and they will chase you down in seconds.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 4, 2022 9:04:20 GMT
Name: CoelophysisPronunciation: See-lo-fie-sisMeaning of name: "Hollow form", in reference to its hollow bones.Species: C. bauri, however, there may be more.Size: 3 metres long, 1 metre tall and weighing between 15 and 20kgs.Family: CoelophysidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from hundreds of skeletons. First discovered by David Baldwin in the Chinle Formation in northwestern New Mexico in 1881. Named by American palaeontologist, Edward Drinker Cope, in 1889. In 1947, American palaeontologist, Edwin H. Colbert, discovered a huge Coelophysis bonebed at Ghost Ranch in north-central New Mexico, containing dozens of well-preserved complete skeletons.Lived: 221.5 to 196 million years ago from the Norian stage of the Late Jurassic through to the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now the southwestern United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 4, 2022 13:30:51 GMT
This one looks hungry!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 5, 2022 7:38:00 GMT
Name: SaraikimasoomPronunciation: Suh-ri-kee-ma-soomMeaning of name: "Innocent one"Species: S. vitakriSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial skull discovered in the Vitakri Formation of Pakistan. Originally named as a species of Balochisaurus in 2014 before being re-named in 2021.Lived: 71 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Pakistan.
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 5, 2022 9:47:19 GMT
My wife could fatten up Coelophysis but not sure if she could help Saraikimasoom.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 5, 2022 13:06:58 GMT
Cannot quite imagine its shape based on those fragmented bones.
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 6, 2022 7:43:51 GMT
They are the experts. I too don't see how they do it but they know bones, teeth and fragments of bone from repeatedly seeing them.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 6, 2022 8:44:58 GMT
Name: MantellisaurusPronunciation: Man-tel-le-sore-usMeaning of name: "Mantell's lizard", after English palaeontologist, Gideon Algernon MantellSpecies: M. atherfieldensisSize: 7 metres long and weighing around 750kgs. Height uncertain.Family: Uncertain. Possible Iguanodontid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several complete and almost-complete skeletons, the first of which was discovered in the Lower Greensand Formation of southern England in 1834. Was originally named as a species of Iguanodon in 1925 before being re-named by Gregory Scott Paul in 2007.Lived: 129.4 to 122.46 million years ago during the Barremian and Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now England, Germany, Belgium and Spain.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 6, 2022 12:55:32 GMT
Another one walking on hands and feet.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 7, 2022 7:25:20 GMT
Name: SanjuansaurusPronunciation: San-whan-sore-usMeaning of name: "San Juan lizard", after San Juan Province, western Argentina, where its fossils were discovered.Species: S. gordilloiSize: Estimated to have measured around 3 metres long, 1 metre tall and weighing 350kgs.Family: HerrerasauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Ischigualasto Formation of San Juan Province, western Argentina. Named by Oscar Alcober and Ricardo Martinez in 2010.Lived: 235 to 221.5 million years ago during the Carnian and Norian stages of the Late Triassic in what is now western Argentina.
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 7, 2022 7:32:21 GMT
Something looks mad. Looks like it might be fast too.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 7, 2022 12:11:20 GMT
Better keep our distance from this one...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 8, 2022 6:23:25 GMT
Name: ChilantaisaurusPronunciation: Chi-lan-tay-sore-usMeaning of name: "Chilantai lizard"Species: C. tashuikouensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Possible Neovenatorid.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a small number of specimens discovered in the Ulansuhai Formation of Inner Mongolia, northern China. Named in 1964.Lived: 92 million years ago during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Inner Mongolia, northern China.
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