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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 25, 2021 17:24:55 GMT
Wow - big and bear-like! Luckily, it's a herbivore.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 26, 2021 8:52:52 GMT
Name: MacraucheniaPronunciation: Mak-row-chen-e-a.Meaning of name: "Long llama"Species: M. patachonica, M. formosa, M. intermedia, M. ullomensisSize: Depending on species, measured up to 3 metres long, between 2 and 3 metres tall and weighing around 1 metric tonne.Family: MacraucheniidaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on high-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from multiple specimens discovered in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Venezuela. M. patachonica named by English palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, in 1838. M. intermedia and M. formosa named in 1888. M. ullomensis named in 1914.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 7 million years and 10,000 years from the Messinian stage of the Late Miocene through to the Greenlandian stage of the Early Holocene in what is now Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Venezuela.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 26, 2021 12:10:35 GMT
That's a really strange snout, almost like a primitive elephant's trunk.
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 27, 2021 4:56:30 GMT
That sure is different than all the ones with short front legs.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 27, 2021 8:48:16 GMT
Name: OreopithecusPronunciation: Ore-e-o-pith-e-cus.Meaning of name: "Mountain ape"Species: O. bamboliiSize: 1.2 metres tall and weighed between 30 and 40kgsFamily: Hominidae.Diet: Herbivore. First fossils found: Known from multiple specimens, including some almost-complete skeletons, discovered in Sardinia and central Italy. Named by French palaeontologist, Paul Gervais, in 1872.Lived: 9 to 7 million years ago during the Tortonian and Messinian stages of the Late Miocene in what is now Italy. O. bambolii fossil
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 28, 2021 2:43:24 GMT
That's cool and a great way to see it.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 28, 2021 10:20:02 GMT
Today's entry is a relative of the modern platypus: Name: ObdurodonPronunciation: Ob-du-row-donMeaning of name: "Enduring tooth", in reference to the permanency of the molar teeth (modern platypus don't have molars).Species: O. dicksoni, O. tharalkooschild, O. insignisSize: 30cm long.Family: OrnithorhynchidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from teeth, a pelvis and partial jaws. O. insignis named by American geologist, Michael O. Woodburne and Richard Hall Tedford in 1975. O. dicksoni named in 1992. O. tharalkooschild named in 2013.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 28.4 and 2.588 million years ago from the Rupelian stage of the Early Oligocene through to the Piacenzian stage of the Late Pliocene in what is now southern, central and northeastern Australia.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 28, 2021 13:04:34 GMT
And only half the size of a modern platypus.
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 29, 2021 4:39:46 GMT
Sure looks like one though.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 29, 2021 10:26:56 GMT
Name: HomalodotheriumPronunciation: Ho-mal-o-do-thee-ree-umMeaning of name: "Even-toothed beast"Species: H. cunninghamiSize: 2 metres long and weighing up to 300kgs.Family: HomalodotheriidaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina and the Río Frías Formation of Chile. Named by English biologist and anthropologist, Thomas Henry Huxley, in 1870.Lived: 16.3 to 15.5 million years ago from the Burdigalian stage of the Early Miocene through to the Langhian stage of the Middle Miocene in what is now Chile and Argentina. H. cunninghami skeleton on display at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 29, 2021 11:10:02 GMT
Sneaky character...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 30, 2021 8:19:24 GMT
Another early whale: Name: QaisracetusPronunciation: Kwai-rah-ce-tusMeaning of name: "Qaisra whale", named after the Qaisrani Baloch tribe.Species: Q. arifiSize: UncertainFamily: ProtocetidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several partial skeletons discovered in the Domanda Formation of Pakistan. Named by P. D. Gingerich in 2001.Lived: 48.6 to 40.4 million years ago during the Ypresian stage of the Early Eocene through to the Bartonian stage of the Middle Eocene in what is now Pakistan.
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 30, 2021 10:29:36 GMT
I agree it looks like it's lurking. |
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 30, 2021 10:30:51 GMT
Last one looks like a chubby alligator.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 30, 2021 12:03:33 GMT
I was about to write 'gator-whale'. LOL
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