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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 5, 2022 8:58:44 GMT
The "bump" on the head is a bony crest.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 5, 2022 9:27:09 GMT
Name: ZhongjianosaurusPronunciation: Zong-je-an-o-sore-usMeaning of name: "Zhongjian's lizard", after Chinese palaeontologist, Yang Zhongjian, China's founder of vertebrate palaeontology.Species: Z. yangiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 0.8 metres long, 0.3 metres tall and weighing less than 0.5kgsFamily: DromaeosauridaeDiet: Carnivore/insectivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China, in 2009. Named by Chinese palaeontologists, Xu Xing and Qin Zi-Chuan in 2017.Lived: 125 to 112 million years ago during the Aptian and Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 5, 2022 16:12:25 GMT
Small, but looks aggressive enough to inflict some harm.
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Post by Joey12 on Feb 6, 2022 6:25:25 GMT
Looks like it's all legs.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 6, 2022 7:42:30 GMT
Name: LabocaniaPronunciation: La-bo-ca-nee-yaMeaning of name: Named after the La Bocana Roja Formation of Baja California, Mexico, where its fossils were discovered.Species: L. anomalaSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 6 and 8 metres long, 2 metres tall and weighing between 1.5 and 2.6 metric tonnes.Family: Uncertain. Possible Tyrannosaurid.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, fragmentary skeleton discovered by Harley James Garbani in the La Bocana Roja Formation of Baja California, Mexico, in 1970. Named by Australian palaeontologist, Ralph Molnar, in 1974.Lived: 73 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Baja California, Mexico.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 6, 2022 14:25:32 GMT
Baby arms, LOL.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 7, 2022 11:47:18 GMT
Scary enough with those claws...
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Post by Joey12 on Feb 8, 2022 7:09:00 GMT
Looks mad but with those short arms I don't thin it could wring your neck. Beat you with the tail maybe.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 8, 2022 9:16:29 GMT
Name: ZhongyuansaurusPronunciation: Zhong-won-sore-usMeaning of name: "Zhongyuan lizard", after the area south of the Yellow River area where its fossils were discovered.Species: Z. luoyangensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: AnkylosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Haoling Formation of Henan Province, central China. Named by Li Xu, Lu Junchang, Zhang Xingliao, Jia Songhai, Hu Weiyong, Zhang Jiming, Wu Yanhua and Ji Qiang in 2007.Lived: 125 to 100.5 million years ago during the Aptian and Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now central China. Zhongyuansaurus skull on display at the Henan Geological Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 8, 2022 15:29:47 GMT
Size: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. If that's a part of the skull, one could possibly estimate the size. |
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Post by Joey12 on Feb 9, 2022 6:14:26 GMT
Looks like skull to me too.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 9, 2022 7:00:54 GMT
Name: SzechuanosaurusPronunciation: Zee-choo-an-o-sore-usMeaning of name: "Szechuan lizard", after Sichuan Province, southwest China, where its fossils were discovered.Species: S. campiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: UncertainDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from teeth discovered in the Shangshaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province, southwest China. Named by Chinese palaeontologist, Yang Zhongjian, in 1942.Lived: 161.2 to 152.1 million years ago during the Oxfordian and Kimmeridgian stages of the Late Jurassic in what is now southwest China.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 9, 2022 18:54:19 GMT
This one looks sad...
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Post by Joey12 on Feb 10, 2022 7:39:15 GMT
It will look happy once it gets a hold of you.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 10, 2022 7:54:43 GMT
Name: ShenzhousaurusPronunciation: Shen-zoo-sore-usMeaning of name: "Shenzhou lizard", in reference to China's ancient name.Species: S. orientalisSize: Estimated to have measured around 1.5 metres long, 0.7 metres tall and weighing 25kgs.Family: Uncertain. Possible Ornithomimid.Diet: UncertainFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Yixian Formation, Liaoning Province, northeast China. Named by Qiang Ji, Mark Norell, Peter J. Makovicky, Keqin Gao, Shu-An Ji and Chongxi Yuan in 2003.Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China.
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