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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 24, 2022 6:15:05 GMT
Name: ScolosaurusPronunciation: Sko-low-sore-usMeaning of name: "Pointed stake lizard"Species: S. cutleri, S. thronusSize: Depending on species, measured up to 6.5 metres long and weighing around 2 metric tonnes.Family: AnkylosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from two skeletons, one of which is almost complete. First discovered by fossil collector, William Edmund Cutler, in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada, in 1914. S. cutleri named by Hungarian palaeontologist, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, in 1928. S. thronus named by Paul Penkalski in 2018.Lived: 76.5 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada. Artist's impression of the mega-herbivores in the Dinosaur Park Formation, Scolosaurus on the front right.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 24, 2022 11:57:25 GMT
The first expression that comes to mind is hand grenade. LOL
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 24, 2022 20:49:28 GMT
I like to think of Ankylosaurs as living tanks.
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 25, 2022 3:02:26 GMT
Yeah it looks like both. Sure wouldn't want to get in it's way while eating or rolling over.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 25, 2022 8:47:07 GMT
Name: ErectopusPronunciation: E-rek-to-pusMeaning of name: "Upright foot"Species: E. superbusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 5 metres long and weighing 315kgs.Family: UncertainDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in eastern France. Named by German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, in 1923. Was originally thought to be a species of Megalosaurus.Lived: 113 to 100.5 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now eastern France.
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 26, 2022 3:52:52 GMT
Looks like it's wearing fatigues.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 26, 2022 7:35:04 GMT
Name: PrenocephalePronunciation: Pree-no-sef-ah-layMeaning of name: "Sloped head"Species: P. prenesSize: 2.4 metres long, 1 metre tall and weighing around 130kgs.Family: PachycephalosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from skull and a few fragmentary skeletons discovered in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. Named by Polish palaeontologists, Teresa Maryańska and Halszka Osmólska in 1974. Some palaeontologists have suggested that a close relative, Homalocephale, may represent juvenile Prenocephale.Lived: 71 to 68 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 26, 2022 19:29:14 GMT
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 27, 2022 7:26:59 GMT
Name: DongbeititanPronunciation: Dong-bey-ty-tanMeaning of name: "Dongbei giant", after the Dongbei region of northeast China.Species: D. dongiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possible Titanosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China. Named by X. Wang, H. You, Q. Meng, C. Gao, X. Chang and J. Liu in 2007.Lived: 130 to 125.45 million years ago during the Hauterivian and Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 27, 2022 12:17:34 GMT
Wow, what a relatively small head!
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Post by Joey12 on Jan 28, 2022 6:53:32 GMT
That must have ate on the really tall trees.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 28, 2022 7:41:07 GMT
Name: VagaceratopsPronunciation: Va-ga-seh-rah-topsMeaning of name: "Wandering horned face"Species: V. irvinensisSize: 6 metres long, 2.5 metres tall and weighing around 3.5 metric tonnes.Family: Chasmosaurinae (a sub-family of Ceratopsidae)Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from three skulls and a partial skeleton discovered in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada. First discovered in 1958. Named by Scott D. Sampson, Mark A. Loewen, Andrew A. Farke, Eric M. Roberts, Catherine A. Forster, Joshua A. Smith and Alan L. Titus in 2010.Lived: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 28, 2022 14:33:41 GMT
Look at that hooked horn! Strange that it didn't get stuck in dense vegetation, but it was probably strong enough to brake free easily.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 29, 2022 9:01:31 GMT
Name: ChangyuraptorPronunciation: Chang-yu-rap-torMeaning of name: "Long-feathered robber"Species: C. yangiSize: 1.2 metres long and weighing around 6kgs. Height uncertain.Family: DromaeosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton with feather impressions discovered in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China. Named by G. Han, L. M. Chiappe, S. Ji, M. Habib, A. H. Turner, A. Chinsamy and L. Han in 2014.Lived: 130 to 122.46 million years ago from the Hauterivian stage through to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jan 29, 2022 14:55:06 GMT
Hmmm... Like a bird without a beak.
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