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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 7, 2022 7:35:48 GMT
Name: SveltonectesPronunciation: Svel-toe-nek-teesMeaning of name: "Agile swimmer"Species: S. insolitusSize: UncertainFamily: Platypterygiinae (a sub-family of Ophthalmosauridae)Diet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in western Russia. Named by Valentin Fischer, Maxim S. Arkhangelsky, Pascal Godefroit and Edwige Masure in 2011.Lived: 126 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in the warm oceans that once covered what is now western Russia. Artist's impression of Sveltonectes chasing squid
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 7, 2022 10:04:22 GMT
...and here comes the cousin of the previous one! LOL
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 8, 2022 6:05:52 GMT
Name: RahonavisPronunciation: Rae-hoe-nay-vissMeaning of name: "Cloud bird"Species: R. ostromi Size: Estimated to have measured around 70cm long.Family: Unenlagiinae (a sub-family of Dromaeosauridae)Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Maevarano Formation of northwestern Madagascar in 1995. Named by American palaeontologist, Catherine Ann Forster, in 1998.Lived: 70 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northwestern Madagascar.
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Post by Joey12 on Mar 8, 2022 6:10:39 GMT
Has a long tail but the body isn't huge. Not sure I would hant it pecking at me. Body wise it's a lot smaller than the turkeys that come in the yard and they get really aggressive.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 8, 2022 16:43:14 GMT
I see wings, but was it able to fly?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 8, 2022 20:52:21 GMT
I see wings, but was it able to fly? I would say no. |
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Post by Joey12 on Mar 9, 2022 3:21:10 GMT
Takes a lot of lift to get a bird to fly.
I keep my parrots winds clipped so it can't fly. You just clip 1/2 off of 4 flight feathers and he can't fly. It's almost nothing and he cant take off. In a few months they replace the feathers with new ones and you wit till they get grown and clip them again. His beak can cause so much damage we want him to stay on his cage. His cage door is always open and he is usually outside his cage.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 9, 2022 8:51:42 GMT
The name of today's dino comes from the Minotaur, a creature in Greek mythology with a man's body and a bull's head.... Name: MinotaurasaurusPronunciation: Mi-noe-tore-ah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Minos' bull lizard", in reference to the bull-like appearance of its skull.Species: M. ramachandraniSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: AnkylosauridaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from two skulls discovered in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Named by Clifford A. Miles and Clark J. Miles in 2009.Lived: 75 to 71 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 9, 2022 14:30:55 GMT
Minotaur? Yes, there is actually a slight bull-like expression to its face.
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Post by Joey12 on Mar 10, 2022 8:38:56 GMT
Sure is cute...
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Post by Joey12 on Mar 10, 2022 8:53:31 GMT
Little longer arms on this one.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 10, 2022 12:39:34 GMT
The tail is more than half its body length.
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Post by Joey12 on Mar 11, 2022 7:30:58 GMT
Have to keep balanced.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 11, 2022 8:24:53 GMT
Name: WoolungasaurusPronunciation: Woo-lun-gah-sore-usMeaning of name: "Woolunga lizard", after a reptile in Aboriginal mythology.Species: W. glendowerensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 9.5 metresFamily: ElasmosauridaeDiet: PiscivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several partial skeletons discovered in the Wallumbilla Formation of Queensland and the Maree Formation of South Australia. Named by P. O. Persson in 1960.Lived: 113 to 100.5 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in the shallow seas that once covered parts of what is now Queensland and South Australia.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Mar 11, 2022 17:38:21 GMT
Wow, what a long neck!
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