Tix Mascot
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 26, 2021 12:15:55 GMT
That's one huge hyena/coyote type of animal.
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 27, 2021 8:08:45 GMT
Looks like a cross between a dog and a cat.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 30, 2021 10:34:29 GMT
Name: TritemnodonPronunciation: Tri-tem-no-donMeaning of name: "Three cutting teeth"Species: T. agilis, however, there may be a second speciesSize: Between 1 and 1.6 metres longFamily: HyaenodontidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in the western United States. Named by W. D. Matthew in 1906.Lived: 50.5 to 46.2 million years ago during the Ypresian and Lutetian stages of the Early Eocene in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 30, 2021 16:08:24 GMT
Reminds me of early North African cats.
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 1, 2021 6:59:10 GMT
Reminds me of a Greyhound except for the tail.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 3, 2021 8:38:20 GMT
Today's entry is one of the largest-known "Terror Birds": Name: KelenkenPronunciation: Kell-en-kenMeaning of name: Named after a demon in the mythology of the Tehuelche people. Species: K. guillermoiSize: Between 2 and 3 metres tall and weighing around 250kgs.Family: PhorusrhacidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a lower leg bone, an almost-complete skull and some toe bones discovered in Argentina in 1999. Named by L.M. Chiappe, C. Tambussi and S. Bertelli in 2007.Lived: 15 million years ago during the Langhian stage of the Middle Miocene in what is now Argentina. |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 3, 2021 12:49:01 GMT
I've read about the terror birds before: They probably justified their name.
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 4, 2021 6:46:11 GMT
Here is another from the Species: K. guillermoi, each seem to have a different size and shaped head.  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 12, 2021 9:33:42 GMT
Name: MacraucheniaPronunciation: Mak-row-chen-e-aMeaning of name: "Long llama"Species: M. patachonica, M. formosa, M. intermedia, M. ullomensisSize: 3 metres long, between 2 and 3 metres tall and weighing around 1 metric tonne.Family: MacraucheniidaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from specimens discovered throughout South America. First discovered by English naturalist, Charles Robert Darwin, in February 1834. M. patachonica named by English palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, in 1838. M. formosa and M. intermedia named in 1888. M. ullomensis named in 1914.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 7 million years and 11,700 years ago from the Messinian stage of the Late Miocene through to the Tarantian stage of the Late Pleistocene in what is now South America.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 12, 2021 14:30:05 GMT
Wow, what a long snout! Do we know the reason for this odd shape?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 12, 2021 20:52:58 GMT
The openings for the nostrils are on top of the head, so it was originally thought that Macrauchenia had a trunk. An alternative theory is that these animals were high browsers on tough, thorny vegetation, and retracted nostrils allowed them to reach leaves without being impaled in the nose.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 13, 2021 17:24:51 GMT
Ingenious!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 18, 2021 8:56:25 GMT
Name: MaiabalaenaPronunciation: My-ah-bah-le-nahMeaning of name: "Mother baleen whale"Species: M. nesbittaeSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: UncertainDiet: Uncertain. Possibly either a piscivore or a filter-feeder.First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skull discovered in the Alsea Formation of Oregon. Named by C. M. Peredo, N. D. Pyenson, C. D. Marshall and M. D. Uhen in 2018.Lived: 33 million years ago during the Rupelian stage of the Early Oligocene in the oceans that surrounded and once covered parts of what is now the western United States. Artist's impression of Maiabalaena
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 18, 2021 14:29:00 GMT
Artist's impression of Maiabalaena No show...  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 18, 2021 20:44:04 GMT
 Can you see this pic? |
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