Tix Mascot
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 2, 2022 12:07:49 GMT
Looks very clumsy and hardly able to fly well.
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Post by Joey12 on Mar 3, 2022 3:56:18 GMT
I was thinking it looked like a cross between a bird and a bat.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 3, 2022 7:12:36 GMT
Name: BeipiaosaurusPronunciation: Bay-pee-oh-saw-rusMeaning of name: "Beipiao lizard", after a city in northeast China, near where its fossils were discovered.Species: B. inexpectusSize: 2.2 metres long, 1 metre tall and weighing between 45 and 91kgs.Family: Uncertain, but is considered to be a primitive Therizinosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from two partial skeletons (one of which has feathers) discovered in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China, in 1996. Named by Chinese palaeontologists, Xu Xing, Tang Zhilu and Wang Xiaolin, in 1999. Until the discovery of Yutyrannus in 2012, Beipiaosaurus was among the largest dinosaurs known to have had feathers.Lived: 125 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China. Artist's impression of Beipiaosaurus
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 3, 2022 13:03:54 GMT
Wondering why herbivores would need so long and sharp claws.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 4, 2022 0:13:12 GMT
It's been suggested that the claws may have been used for various things including defense, sexual display and pulling branches off trees.
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Post by Joey12 on Mar 4, 2022 5:52:53 GMT
Just like humans  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 4, 2022 8:26:16 GMT
Name: JaklapallisaurusPronunciation: Jak-lah-pal-le-sor-usMeaning of name: "Jaklapalli lizard", after the Indian town of Jaklapalli, near where its fossils were discovered.Species: J. asymmetricaSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Uncertain. Possible Plateosaurid.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Upper Maleri and Lower Dharmaram Formations of central India. Named by palaeontologists, Fernando E. Novas, Martin D. Ezcurra, Sankar Chatterjee and Tharavat S. Kutty in 2011.Lived: 203 million years ago during the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now central India.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 4, 2022 12:27:32 GMT
Strange brush-like hair down the entire body length.
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Post by Joey12 on Mar 5, 2022 6:42:48 GMT
I'll take it some grass and feed it and pet it.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 5, 2022 8:47:32 GMT
Name: GavialimimusPronunciation: Gah-ve-al-le-my-musMeaning of name: "Gharial mimic"Species: G. almaghribensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: Plioplatecarpinae (a sub-family of Mosasauridae)Diet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, North Africa. Named by Catherine R. C. Strong, Michael W. Caldwell, Takuya Konishi and Alessandro Palci in 2020.Lived: 72.1 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in the shallow seas that once covered what is now Morocco, North Africa.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 5, 2022 11:24:50 GMT
I wouldn't like to be between those jaws!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 6, 2022 7:06:59 GMT
Name: StenopterygiusPronunciation: Sten-op-teh-re-ge-usMeaning of name: "Narrow wing"Species: S. quadriscissus, S. triscissus, S. uniter, S. aaleniensisSize: Depending on species, measured up to 4 metres long.Family: StenopterygiidaeDiet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known from more than fifty specimens discovered in England, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland. S. quadriscissus and S. triscissus originally named as species of Ichthyosaurus in 1856. S. quadriscissus re-named by German palaeontologist, Otto Max Johannes Jaekel, in 1904. S. uniter named in 1931. S. triscissus re-named in 1932. S. aaleniensis named in 2012.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 183 and 171.6 million years ago from the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic through to the Aalenian stage of the Middle Jurassic in the warm shallow seas that once covered what is now England, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
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Post by Joey12 on Mar 6, 2022 9:55:01 GMT
I'd hate to catch that. But it has a tiny head.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 6, 2022 12:03:26 GMT
Not a pleasant thing to meet while swimming...
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Post by Joey12 on Mar 7, 2022 6:41:54 GMT
That beak could harpoon you while swimming.
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