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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 9, 2021 2:48:35 GMT
This mammal somewhat resembles a cow-sized pig: Name: ArchaeotheriumPronunciation: Ar-kee-o-thee-re-umMeaning of name: "Ancient beast".Species: A. mortoniSize: 2 metres long, 1.2 metres tall and weighing 150kgs.Family: Entelodontidae.Diet: Omnivore.First fossils found: Known from multiple specimens discovered across Eurasia and the United States (date of first discovery uncertain). Named by American palaeontologist, Joseph Mellick Leidy, in 1850.Lived: 33.9 to 24.8 million years ago from the Bartonian stage of the Middle Eocene to the Chattian stage of the Late Oligocene in what is now Eurasia and the United States. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 9, 2021 8:40:35 GMT
This animal is an early rhinoceros and one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has ever existed: Name: Paraceratherium (also known as Indricotherium and Baluchitherium)Pronunciation: Pa-ra-cee-ra-thee-ree-umMeaning of name: "Near horn beast".Species: P. bugtiense, P. transouralicum, P. huangheense.Size: Between 7 and 8 metres long, 5 metres tall and weighing between 15 and 20 metric tonnes.Family: HyracodontidaeDiet: Herbivore. Fed on high-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from several partial skeletons discovered across Eurasia between China and the Balkan Peninsula. P. bugtiense named by English palaeontologist, Sir Clive Forster Cooper, in 1911. P. transouralicum named in 1922. P. huangheense named in 2017.Lived: 34 to 23 million years ago from the Priabonian stage of the Late Eocene to the Chattian stage of the Late Oligocene across what is now Eurasia.
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 10, 2021 2:01:09 GMT
I thought it was going to be a crocodile about the Ambulocetus.
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 10, 2021 2:06:51 GMT
Good thing the Paraceratherium died out I don't thing Noah could get them on the Ark.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 10, 2021 4:50:47 GMT
This animal is probably the most famous prehistoric fish: Name: MegalodonPronunciation: Meg-ah-low-donMeaning of name: "Big tooth"Species: O. megalodonSize: Estimated to have measured between 14 and 20 metres long. Adult males are estimated to have weighed between 12 and 34 metric tonnes. Weight for adult females is estimated to have been between 27 and 60 metric tonnes.Family: Otodontidae (Was originally thought to belong to the family Lamnidae and be a close relative of the modern Great White).Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known worldwide mostly from its teeth. Vertebrae have also been discovered. Named by Swiss-born American biologist and geologist, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, in 1843.Lived: 23 to 3.6 million years ago from the Aquitanian stage of the Early Miocene through to the Zanclean stage of the Early Pliocene in oceans worldwide.  Megalodon tooth compared with the tooth of a modern Great White. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 10, 2021 17:21:29 GMT
Noah could get them on the Ark. Imagine how huge that ark must have been if all dinosaurs had survived! Megalodon tooth compared with the tooth of a modern Great White. Wow, that's a significant difference! |
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 11, 2021 1:06:25 GMT
I saw a story on the news several years ago where a little boy saw something black in the sand. They dug it up and it was a Megalodon tooth. Wouldn't that make your day.
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 11, 2021 1:10:52 GMT
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 11, 2021 10:25:22 GMT
This animal was a dome-headed Chalicothere: Name: KalimantsiaPronunciation: Ka-le-mant-se-ahMeaning of name: Named after a village in Bulgaria where the only known fossils were discovered.Species: K. bulgaricaSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.Family: Chalicotheriidae.Diet: Herbivore. Likely fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known only from a skull discovered by Denis Geraads, Nikolai Spassov and Dimitar Kovachev near the village of Kalimantsi, Varna Province, eastern Bulgaria, in 1972. Named by Mr. Geraads, Mr. Spassov and Mr. Kovachev in 2001.Lived: 11.608 to 5.333 million years ago during the Tortonian and Messinian stages of the Late Miocene in what is now eastern Bulgaria. Kalimantsia skull |
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 12, 2021 0:53:57 GMT
Hope they find more of it one day, looks interesting.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 12, 2021 8:43:46 GMT
A late-surviving terrestrial crocodile: Name: QuinkanaPronunciation: Quin-kah-nahMeaning of name: "Native spirit".Species: Q. fortirostrum, Q. babarra, Q. meboldi, Q. timaraSize: Depending on species, measured between 2 and 6 metres long. Largest species are thought to have weighed up to 1 metric tonne.Family: Mekosuchinae (a subfamily of Crocodylidae)Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in northern Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory). Named by Australian palaeontologist, Ralph E. Molnar in 1981.Lived: 24 million years to 40,000 years ago from the Chattian stage of the Late Oligocene to the Chibanian stage of the Middle Pleistocene in what is now northern Australia.
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 12, 2021 8:49:21 GMT
Sure had long legs. Bet that thing could really move.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 12, 2021 11:28:25 GMT
Good that it's not still around. Imagie all the damage it could inflict, like on a swampside golf course in Florida!  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 12, 2021 13:27:09 GMT
Good that it's not still around. Imagie all the damage it could inflict, like on a swampside golf course in Florida!  I've seen the videos of massive alligators wandering across Florida's golf courses. |
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 13, 2021 5:57:21 GMT
So have I and they don't look a lot different.
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