Tix Mascot
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 25, 2021 19:18:24 GMT
Looks awkward and sluggish, but I may be wrong...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 26, 2021 8:43:59 GMT
Name: MegistotheriumPronunciation: Meh-giss-toe-thee-ree-umMeaning of name: "Greatest beast"Species: M. osteothlastesSize: Measured around 3 metres long, 1.5 metres tall and weighing 500kgsFamily: HyaenodontidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from specimens discovered in Ngorora and Muruyur Formations of Kenya, Libya, Egypt, Uganda and Namibia. Named by British palaeontologist, Robert Joseph Gay Savage, in 1973.Lived: 23 million years ago during the Aquitanian stage of the Early Miocene in what is now Namibia, Egypt, Uganda, Kenya and Libya.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 26, 2021 16:34:53 GMT
No wonder why modern big cats are so angry if this beast is in their family tree!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 27, 2021 10:16:15 GMT
Name: CarolinacetusPronunciation: Cah-roe-ly-nah-see-tusMeaning of name: "Carolina whale", after the state of South Carolina where its fossils were discovered.Species: C. gingerichiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: ProtocetidaeDiet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a partial skull, 13 vertebrae and 15 ribs discovered in the Tupelo Bay Formation of South Carolina in 1994. Named by Jonathan H. Geisler, Albert E. Sanders and Zhe-Xi Luo in 2005.Lived: 40.4 to 37.8 million years ago during the Bartonian stage of the Middle Eocene in the oceans that once covered what is now the southeastern United States. Carolinacetus fossil
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 28, 2021 7:21:54 GMT
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 28, 2021 10:48:54 GMT
Name: OrohippusPronunciation: Ore-oh-hip-usMeaning of name: "Mountain horse"Species: O. agilis, O. major, O. progressus, O. proteros, O. pullimus, O. sylvaticusSize: 60cm tallFamily: EquidaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in Wyoming and Oregon. O. sylvaticus named by American palaeontologist, Joseph Mellick Leidy, in 1870. O. pullimus named by American palaeontologist, Othniel Charles Marsh, in 1872. O. agilis named in 1873. O. major named in 1874. O. progressus named in 1908. O. proteros named in 1982. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 55.8 and 40.4 million years ago from the Thanetian stage of the Late Paleocene through to the Bartonian stage of the Middle Eocene in what is now the western United States. Mounted O. pumillus skeleton at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 29, 2021 10:09:56 GMT
Name: YurlunggurPronunciation: Yur-lun-gerMeaning of name: From the traditional name given to the Rainbow Serpent in Aboriginal mythology.Species: Y. camfieldensisSize: Estimated to have measured up to 6 metres long.Family: MadtsoiidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in northern Australia. Named by J. D. Scanlon in 1992.Lived: 23.03 to 11.608 million years ago from the Chattian stage of the Late Oligocene through to the Serravallian stage of the Middle Miocene in what is now northern Australia.
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Tix Mascot
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 29, 2021 17:48:30 GMT
If it swallowed me, I wonder how long it would take until it became hungry again...  |
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 30, 2021 7:20:32 GMT
I would be bite size.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 30, 2021 10:47:27 GMT
Name: XibalbaonyxPronunciation: Zi-bal-bay-on-iksMeaning of name: "Xibalba claw", after the Underworld in Maya mythology.Species: X. oviceps, X. exinferis, X. microcaninusSize: UncertainFamily: MegalonychidaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several partial specimens discovered in lakes and underwater caves on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. X. oviceps named by Sarah R. Stinnesbeck, Eberhard Frey, Jerónimo Avíles Olguín, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, Patrick Zell, Heinrich Mallison, Arturo González González, Eugenio Aceves Núñez, Adriana Velázquez Morlet, Alejandro Terrazas Mata, Martha Benavente Sanvicente, Fabio Hering and Carmen Rojas Sandoval in 2017. X. microcaninus named in 2018. X. exinferis named in 2020.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 129,000 and 11,700 years ago during the Tarantian stage of the Late Pleistocene in what is now Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 30, 2021 16:14:01 GMT
Visual similarities to a sloth.
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Post by Joey12 on Aug 31, 2021 7:36:29 GMT
That's the first thing I thought too Tix Mascot, but wonder it it was as slow. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 31, 2021 8:09:27 GMT
Name: EusmilusPronunciation: Yew-smy-lusMeaning of name: "True sabre"Species: E. bidentatus, E. villebramarensisSize: Depending on species, measured up to 2.5 metres long, 0.7 metres tall and weighing between 30 and 50kgsFamily: NimravidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered throughout Europe. E. bidentatus named in 1872. E. villebramarensis named in 2001.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 37.2 and 28.4 million years ago from the Priabonian stage of the Late Eocene through to the Rupelian stage of the Early Oligocene in what is now Europe. E. bidentatus brain endocasts
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Post by Tix Mascot on Aug 31, 2021 14:17:23 GMT
Are those parts of its skull?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 1, 2021 1:39:45 GMT
Are those parts of its skull? Casts like this can be made by filling the brain cavity with liquid rubber. It allows scientists to estimate the sizes of various parts of the brain. |
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