Tix Mascot
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Post by Tix Mascot on Oct 19, 2021 15:59:19 GMT
 Can you see this pic? Yes, nice. Calf sucking its mother.  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 22, 2021 8:59:28 GMT
Name: NatchitochiaPronunciation: Nat-che-to-che-ahMeaning of name: Named after the city of Natchitoches, Louisiana, where its fossils were discovered.Species: N. jonesiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.Family: ProtocetidaeDiet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from some vertebrae and partial ribs discovered in the Cook Mountain Formation of Louisiana in 1943. Named by M. D. Uhen in 1998.Lived: 40.4 to 37.2 million years ago during the Bartonian stage of the Middle Eocene in the oceans surrounding what is now the deep south and south central regions of the United States. Natchitochia vertebrae
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Post by Joey12 on Oct 23, 2021 5:53:28 GMT
They can probably get a good guess on size just off the vertebrae.
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Post by Shirleen on May 19, 2024 16:50:32 GMT
You'll Be Unable To Guess Secrets.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 4, 2024 10:04:16 GMT
Name: SyndyocerasPronunciation: Sin-de-oh-seh-rasMeaning of name: "Together horn"Species: S. cookiSize: Estimated to have measured around 1.6 metres long.Family: ProtoceratidaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several skulls and partial skeletons discovered in the Marsland, Harrison and Wildcat Hills Beds Formations of Nebraska and Wyoming. Named by E. H. Barbour in 1905. The two pairs of horns on its head are thought to have been used for sexual display and intraspecies fighting.Lived: 24.8 to 20.6 million years ago from the Chattian stage of the Late Oligocene through to the Aquitanian stage of the Early Miocene in what is now the western and midwestern United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Nov 4, 2024 13:00:56 GMT
Any particular use for the nose horns?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 5, 2024 7:11:43 GMT
Any particular use for the nose horns? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 5, 2024 7:13:06 GMT
Name: CynthiacetusPronunciation: Sin-thee-ah-see-tusMeaning of name: "Cynthia whale", after the town of Cynthia, Mississippi, near where its fossils were first discovered.Species: C. maxwelli, C. peruvianusSize: Depending on species, measured around 8.5 metres long.Family: BasilosauridaeDiet: Carnivore/piscivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several almost complete skulls and skeletons discovered in the southeastern United States and the Otuma Formation of Peru. C. maxwelli named by Mark D. Uhen in 2005. C. peruvianus named by Manuel Martínez-Cáceres and Christian de Muizon in 2011.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 40.4 and 33.9 million years ago from the Bartonian stage of the Middle Eocene through to the Priabonian stage of the Late Eocene in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered parts of what is Peru and the southeastern United States. Artist's impression of C. peruvianus hunting fish
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Post by Tix Mascot on Nov 5, 2024 16:19:10 GMT
Most likely sexual display, intraspecies fighting and to help individuals recognize each other. Never thought about that. Interesting... Like a crocodile/shark combo. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 6, 2024 9:43:48 GMT
Today's entry is a prehistoric termite:
Name: ZophotermesPronunciation: Zoo-foe-ter-meezMeaning of name: "Gloom Termes" or "Nether world Termes", from the type genus of Termitidae.Species: Z. ashokiSize: Body measuring 4.9mm (0.49cm), wings measuring around 6mm (0.6cm).Family: RhinotermitidaeDiet: Wood-soil interface feeder.First fossils found: Known only from a single adult and an additional set of wings, both of which are preserved in amber discovered in India. Named by palaeontologists, M. S. Engel, D. A. Grimaldi, P. C. Nascimbene and H. Singh in 2011.Lived: 56 to 47.8 million years ago during the Ypresian stage of the Early Eocene in what is now India.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Nov 6, 2024 10:08:12 GMT
Seems to have big wings in relation to its body size.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 7, 2024 9:52:21 GMT
Name: LaophisPronunciation: Lay-oh-fissMeaning of name: "Stone snake"Species: L. crotaloidesSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 3 and 4 metres long and weighing 26kgs, making it both the largest known viper and the largest known venomous prehistoric snake.Family: ViperidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from vertebrae discovered in northern Greece. Named by English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, in 1857.Lived: 5.33 to 3.2 million years ago from the Zanclean stage of the Early Pliocene through to the Piacenzian stage of the Late Pliocene in what is now northern Greece. Artist's impression of a pair of Laophis
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 8, 2024 11:59:34 GMT
Name: CalippusPronunciation: Cah-lip-pusMeaning of name: "Irregular horse"Species: C. maccartyi, C. elachistus, C. cerasinus, C. placidus, C. martini, C. regulusSize: Depending on species, weighed between 49 and 132kgs.Family: Equinae (a subfamily of Equidae)Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from numerous specimens discovered in Central America and the eastern United States. C. placidus named by American palaeontologist, Joseph Mellick Leidy, in 1858. C. elachistus named in 1930. C. martini named in 1936. C. regulus named in 1937. C. cerasinus and C. maccartyi named in 1988.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 16 and 1.8 million years ago from the Burdigalian stage of the Early Miocene through to the Gelasian stage of the Early Pleistocene in what is now Central America and the eastern United States.
 3-D model of the skull of C. regulus
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Post by Tix Mascot on Nov 8, 2024 19:27:48 GMT
Was it a side branch of the horses' family tree?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 9, 2024 9:38:19 GMT
Was it a side branch of the horses' family tree? |
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