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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 13, 2021 10:11:52 GMT
Name: AcherontisuchusPronunciation: A-che-ron-te-soo-kusMeaning of name: "Acheron crocodile", after the river Acheron in Greek mythologySpecies: A. guajiraensisSize: Estimated to have measured between 4.6 and 6.5 metres longFamily: DyrosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a fragmentary skeleton discovered in the Cerrejón Formation of Colombia, South America. Named by Alexander K. Hastings, Jonathan Bloch and Carlos A. Jaramillo in 2011.Lived: 61.6 to 56 million years ago from the Selandian stage of the Middle Paleocene through to the Thanetian stage of the Late Paleocene in what is now Colombia, South America. Artist's impression of Acherontisuchus (with Titanoboa in the background)
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 13, 2021 17:19:14 GMT
Size: Estimated to have measured between 4.6 and 6.5 metres long That's one mean and nasty big 'gator'! |
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 14, 2021 2:45:13 GMT
again stay out of the water.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 14, 2021 10:08:54 GMT
Name: PlesiadapisPronunciation: Plees-e-ah-dap-isMeaning of name: "Near Adapis", in reference to the adapiform primate of the Eocene period, AdapisSpecies: P. tricuspidens, P. intermedius, P. simpsoni, P. gidleyi, P. fodinatus, P. dubius, P. anceps, P. rex, P. churchilli, P. simonsi, P. cookei, P. insignis, P. walbeckensis, P. remensis, P. russelliSize: 0.8 metres long and weighing around 2kgsFamily: PlesiadapidaeDiet: Uncertain. Possible omnivore.First fossils found: Known from specimens discovered in France, the south-central, western and midwestern United States, western Canada and Germany. P. tricuspidens named by French palaeontologist, François Louis Paul Gervais, in 1877. P. remensis also named in 1877. P. dubius named in 1915. P. gidleyi named in 1917. P. rex named in 1923. P. fodinatus and P. cookei named in 1930. P. anceps named in 1936. P. insignis named in 1940. P. simpsoni named in 1956. P. walbeckensis named in 1964. P. intermedius named in 1971. P. churchilli, P. russelli and P. simonsi named in 1974. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 58 and 55 million years ago from the Thanetian stage of the Late Paleocene through to the Ypresian stage of the Early Eocene in what is now Germany, France, western Canada and the south-central, western and midwestern United States. P. cookei skeleton on display at the Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 14, 2021 19:04:15 GMT
Any relation to geckos and modern lizards?
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 15, 2021 5:19:29 GMT
It says it's a primate so more like a little monkey.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 15, 2021 13:41:26 GMT
Name: CamelopsPronunciation: Cam-el-opsMeaning of name: "Camel face"Species: C. hesternus, C. kansanus, C. minidokaeSize: Depending on species, measured around 3.5 metres long, between 2 and 2.7 metres tall and weighing up to 800kgs.Family: CamelidaeDiet: Herbivore. Likely fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered throughout the western United States, ranging from Alaska to Mexico. C. kansanus named by American palaeontologist, Joseph Mellick Leidy, in 1854. C. hesternus named in 1873. C. minidokae named in 1927.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 4 million years and 11,700 years from the Zanclean stage of the early Pliocene through to the Tarantian stage of the Late Pleistocene in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Beach Bum Bec on Aug 15, 2021 16:07:18 GMT
My gosh! So many cool things here..  |
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 16, 2021 6:18:58 GMT
Wonder when the two hump camel came along?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 16, 2021 10:41:55 GMT
Name: MesonyxPronunciation: Mee-son-icksMeaning of name: "Middle claw"Species: M. obtusidens, M. nuhetingensis, M. uintensis, M. uqbulakensisSize: Depending on species, measured between 1.2 and 1.5 metres long, 0.7 metres tall and weighing between 20 and 55kgs.Family: MesonychidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from specimens discovered in northern China and the western United States. M. obtusidens named by American palaeontologist, Edward Drinker Cope, in 1871. M. uqbulakensis named in 1989. M. nuhetingensis named in 2012. Uncertain of when M. uintensis was named.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 55.8 and 37.2 million years ago from the Thanetian stage of the Late Paleocene through to the Priabonian stage of the Late Eocene in what is now northern China and the western United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 16, 2021 16:33:56 GMT
A mean looking mongrel!
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 17, 2021 4:45:45 GMT
Better talk nice to it or it may take out a knee.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 17, 2021 10:32:15 GMT
Today's entry is a False saber-toothed cat: Name: HoplophoneusPronunciation: Hop-loe-foe-ne-usMeaning of name: "Armed murderer"Species: H. cerebralis, H. dakotensis, H. oharrai, H. occidentalis, H. primaevus, H. sicarius, H. strigidensSize: Depending on species, measured up to 1.3 metres long and weighing up to 160kgs.Family: Hoplophoninae (a sub-family of Nimravidae)Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered throughout the United States. H. primaevus named by American palaeontologist, Joseph Mellick Leidy, in 1851. H. occidentalis named in 1866. H. strigidens named in 1878. H. cerebralis named in 1880. H. dakotensis named in 1895. H. oharrai named in 1926. H. sicarius named in 1927. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 35 and 29 million years ago from the Priabonian stage of the Late Eocene through to the Rupelian stage of the Early Oligocene throughout what is now the United States. H. occidentalis skull |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 17, 2021 16:53:35 GMT
Today's entry is a False saber-toothed cat: Why 'false'? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 18, 2021 10:16:04 GMT
Today's entry is a False saber-toothed cat: Why 'false'? This is because, whilst they looked like cats, they evolved from a different line of mammals. |
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