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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 14, 2022 6:47:13 GMT
Name: LigabuesaurusPronunciation: Li-gah-bew-sore-usMeaning of name: "Ligabue's lizard", after Italian palaeontologist, Giancarlo Ligabue.Species: L. leanzaiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Lohan Cura Formation of western Argentina. Named by José F. Bonaparte, Bernardo J. González Riga and Sebastián Apesteguía in 2006.Lived: 118 to 109 million years ago during the Aptian and Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now western Argentina. Artist's impression of Ligabuesaurus
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 14, 2022 6:52:49 GMT
That looks muscular.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 14, 2022 17:31:40 GMT
I wonder how many degrees it was able to turn its neck. smiley-emoticon-89-friends%20circle%20smileys%20ga
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 15, 2022 7:28:49 GMT
Hard to say since this is only a drawing.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 15, 2022 7:49:06 GMT
Name: HypsilophodonPronunciation: Hip-sih-low-foe-donMeaning of name: "Hypsilophus tooth"Species: H. foxiiSize: Estimated to have measured around 1.8 metres long, 0.5 metres tall and weighing 20kgs.Family: HypsilophodontidaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several skeletons discovered in the Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, southern England. First discovered in 1849. Named by English biologist, Thomas Henry Huxley, in 1869. Was originally thought to be a juvenile Iguanodon.Lived: 130 to 125 million years ago during the Hauterivian and Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southern England. Hypsilophodon skeletons on display at the Natural History Museum, London.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 15, 2022 16:03:38 GMT
Interesting anatomy.
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 16, 2022 3:34:31 GMT
Dog size.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 16, 2022 7:33:05 GMT
Name: AniksosaurusPronunciation: Ah-nik-o-sore-usMeaning of name: "Spring lizard"Species: A. darwiniSize: Estimated to have measured between 2 and 3 metres long and weighing between 35 and 45kgs.Family: CompsognathidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a small number of specimens discovered in the Bajo Barreal Formation of Chubut Province, southern Argentina. Named by Ruben Dario Martinez and Fernando Emilio Novas in 2006.Lived: 96 to 91 million years ago during the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 16, 2022 15:37:33 GMT
Another 'proto-bird' with arms that sem to have started to develop into wings.
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 17, 2022 7:17:52 GMT
Tail in the drawing looks like feathers too.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 17, 2022 9:12:18 GMT
Name: VectaerovenatorPronunciation: Vek-tay-ro-ven-ah-tor
Meaning of name: "Air-filled hunter", in reference to the pneumaticity of the vertebrae.
Species: V. inopinatusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain
Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from vertebrae discovered in the Ferruginous Sands of the Isle of Wight, southern England, in 2019. Named by C. T. Barker, D. Naish, C. E. Clarkin, P. Farrell, G. Hullman, J. Lockyear, P. Schneider, R. K. C. Ward and N. J. Gostling in 2020.Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southern England.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 17, 2022 18:21:15 GMT
Almost cute snout, but terrifying claws...
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 18, 2022 5:43:04 GMT
Little to0 big for a pet.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 18, 2022 7:24:40 GMT
Name: HaplocheirusPronunciation: Hap-low-ky-rusMeaning of name: "Simple hand"Species: H. sollersSize: 2 metres long and weighing around 20kgs. Height uncertain. Family: Uncertain. Likely either a Compsognathis or an Alvarezsaurid.Diet: Uncertain. Possible insectivore.First fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in the Shishugou Formation of northwestern China. Named by J. N. Choiniere, X. Xu, J. M. Clark, C. A. Forster, Y. Guo and F. Han in 2010.Lived: 161 to 156 million years ago during the Oxfordian and Kimmeridgian stages of the Late Jurassic in what is now northwestern China. Haplocheirus fossil
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 18, 2022 15:26:50 GMT
Lots of fossils in China.
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