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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 10, 2022 13:04:40 GMT
Strange anatomy.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 11, 2022 4:38:30 GMT
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Post by Joey12 on Feb 11, 2022 6:40:07 GMT
Very interesting.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 11, 2022 7:32:32 GMT
Today's dino will be featured in 'Jurassic World: Dominion'. Name: AtrociraptorPronunciation: Ah-tross-e-rap-torMeaning of name: "Savage thief"Species: A. marshalliSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Saurornitholestinae (a sub-family of Dromaeosauridae)Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial skull discovered by Wayne Marshall in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation for Alberta, Canada, in 1995. Named by palaeontologists, Philip Currie and David Varricchio in 2004.Lived: 68.5 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 11, 2022 15:21:30 GMT
Talira Greycrest, thanks for sharing the info about Dolly! I'm amazed at how many details science can dig up from so long time ago and from so little evidence.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 12, 2022 6:46:43 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 around 450kgs.Family: NeovenatoridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered 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: 93 million years ago during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Joey12 on Feb 12, 2022 7:43:22 GMT
Don't think it will ever make it into the air.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 12, 2022 11:58:55 GMT
It probably had a bad breath, too...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 13, 2022 7:00:49 GMT
Name: KunpengopterusPronunciation: Kun-peng-op-teh-rusMeaning of name: "Kun Peng wing"Species: K. sinensis, K. antipollicatusWingspan: Uncertain, but is estimated to have measured around 1 metre.Family: WukongopteridaeDiet: PiscivoreFirst fossils found: Known from two almost-complete skeletons, the first of which was discovered in the Tiaojishan Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China. K. sinensis named by Wang Xiaolin, Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner, Jiang Shunxing, Cheng Xin, Meng Xi and Taissa Rodrigues in 2010. K. antipollicatus named by Xuanyu Zhou in 2021.Lived: 154 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now northeast China. Artist's impression of an albino K. antipollicatus
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Post by Joey12 on Feb 13, 2022 8:20:42 GMT
It's head looks like a Turkey.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 13, 2022 19:19:08 GMT
The thing looks a little misplaced in the bushes, IMO.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 14, 2022 7:35:46 GMT
Name: TalenkauenPronunciation: Tah-len-kow-enMeaning of name: "Small skull"Species: T. santacrucensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 4 metres long. Height and weight uncertain.Family: Uncertain. Possible Iguanodontid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Cerro Fortaleza Formation of southern Patagonia, Argentina, in 2000. Named by F. E. Novas, A. V. Cambiaso and A. Ambrosio in 2004.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 Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Feb 14, 2022 11:53:21 GMT
Kind of a jigsaw puzzle...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 15, 2022 7:44:46 GMT
Name: AdeopapposaurusPronunciation: Ad-e-o-pap-po-sore-usMeaning of name: "Far-eating lizard", in reference to its long neck.Species: A. mognaiSize: 3 metres long, 1 metre tall and weighing around 60kgs.Family: MassospondylidaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from four partial skeletons and two partial skulls discovered in the Cañón del Colorado Formation of western Argentina. Named by Ricardo N. Martinez in 2009.Lived: 200 to 183 million years ago from the Hettangian stage through to the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now western Argentina.
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Post by Joey12 on Feb 15, 2022 7:55:56 GMT
Looks like a tiny head so I doubt the big Dino's aren't scared of it.
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