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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 23, 2021 6:22:20 GMT
This animal was a predatory whale and may have been prey for the giant shark, Megalodon: Name: BrygmophyseterPronunciation: Brig-moe-fie-zet-er.Meaning of name: "Biting sperm whale"Species: B. shigensis Size: Estimated to have measured around 7 metres long and weighing between 5 and 8 metric tonnes.Family: UncertainDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in the Bessho Formation of central Japan in 1988. Named by palaeontologists Lawrence Barnes, Kimura Toshiyuki and Hasegawa Yoshikazu in 1995.Lived: 15.97 to 13.65 million years ago during the Langhian stage of the Middle Miocene in the oceans surrounding what is now Japan.
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 23, 2021 6:22:58 GMT
Finding Bigfoot (TV Series 2011– )
I wish after 10 years they would either prove it or shut up.
I believe in fossils lets find more. I don't know who watches this show but after 10 years I would give it up. Note all the sightings are with a fuzzy image that could easily be a hoax.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 23, 2021 19:08:41 GMT
It's entertainment, Joey12. As long as viewers like it, the network continues the seasons regardless of the actual outcome. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 24, 2021 5:02:23 GMT
It's been proven that supposedly-extinct animals can still be in existence. The Coelacanth, for example, was thought to have gone extinct at the end of the Cretaceous. Then, in 1938, fishermen off the east coast of South Africa caught a live one. Until then, they'd only been known from fossils.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 24, 2021 5:46:43 GMT
Here's a predatory whale with a dino-like name: Name: BasilosaurusPronunciation: Ba-sil-oh-sore-usMeaning of name: "King lizard"Species: B. cetoides, B. isisSize: The largest species, B. cetoides, measured between 17 and 20 metres long and weighed up to 60 metric tonnes.Family: BasilosauridaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens, the first of which was discovered along the Gulf Coast of the United States sometime during the 19th century. Additional specimens discovered in Egypt, Tunisia, Pakistan, Morocco and Jordan. Was originally thought to be a Mosasaur. B. cetoides named by Richard Harlan in 1834. B. isis named by British palaeontologist, Charles William Andrews, in 1904.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 41.2 and 33.9 million years ago from the Bartonian stage of the Middle Eocene Priabonian stage of the Late Eocene in the oceans that surrounded and once covered parts of what is now Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, Pakistan and the southern, south-central and southeastern United States.
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 24, 2021 6:05:58 GMT
5 percent
Just 5 percent of Earth's oceans have been explored and charted – especially the ocean below the surface. The rest remains mostly undiscovered and unseen by humans.
Yet we go to Mars. Who knows what else could be found in the ocean.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 24, 2021 16:45:27 GMT
Who knows what else could be found in the ocean. If we directed our resources down instead of up, we'd be amazed, surprised and even scared. |
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Post by Joey12 on Jun 25, 2021 2:14:15 GMT
Also 7% of the earth is covered with water so we have only explored 25% that is land and 5% that is water. Shouldn't we beturning that water into drinking water, to fight fires or water crops? Nay lets go ti Mars and search for water.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 25, 2021 8:11:52 GMT
This small mammal looks like a cross between an elephant and a pigmy hippo: Name: MoeritheriumPronunciation: Meh-ree-thee-ree-umMeaning of name: "Moeris beast", after a lake in Egypt.Species: M. lyonsi, M. andrewsi, M. chehbeurameuri, M. gracile, M. trigodonSize: Depending on species, measured up to 2 metres long, 0.7 metres tall and weighing around 235kgs.Family: Moeritheriidae.Diet: Herbivore. Fed on soft aquatic vegetation.First fossils found: Known from several specimens, the first of which was discovered in the Qasr el Sagha Formation of Egypt in 1901. M. lyonsi named in the same year by British palaeontologist, Charles William Andrews. M. gracile named in 1902. M. trigodon named in 1904. M. andrewsi named in 1911. M. chehbeurameuri named in 2006.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 37 and 35 million years ago during the Priabonian stage of the Late Eocene in what is now North and West Africa.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 25, 2021 16:56:46 GMT
Tamed, it could be something for children to ride on.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 26, 2021 10:25:43 GMT
This bird was a large ground-dwelling owl: Name: Ornimegalonyx. Also known as 'The Cuban Giant Owl' and 'The Giant Cursorial Owl'.Pronunciation: Or-ni-meg-ah-lon-ixMeaning of name: "Bird giant claw". Species: O. oteroi, O. minor, O. gigas, O. acevedoiSize: 1.1 metres tall and weighing around 9kgs.Family: Strigidae.Diet: Carnivore.First fossils found: Known from several specimens, some of which are almost complete, discovered only in Cuba and the surrounding islands. Date of first discovery uncertain. O. oteroi named by Cuban palaeontologist, Oscar Paulino Arredondo de la Mata, in 1954. O. minor, O. gigas and O. acevedoi named in 1982. Ornimegalonyx had relatively small wings, so it's unclear whether or not it was capable of flight.Lived: 126,000 to 11,700 years ago during the Tarantian stage of the Late Pleistocene in what is now Cuba.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 26, 2021 19:32:31 GMT
Scary little bugger!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 27, 2021 5:59:45 GMT
The animal got its name from the fact that its fossils were first discovered in the volcanic ash of the Deseado Formation: Name: PyrotheriumPronunciation: Py-roe-thee-re-umMeaning of name: "Fire beast".Species: P. romeroi, P. macfaddeniSize: Depending on species, measured between 3 and 3.5 metres long and weighing between 3 and 4 metric tonnes.Family: Pyrotheriidae.Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in the Sarmiento and Deseado Formations of central Patagonia, Argentina and the Sella Formation of southern Bolivia. P. romeroi named by Argentinian palaeontologist, Florentino Ameghino, in 1888. P. macfaddeni named in 2004. Additional fossils have been discovered in the Agua de la Piedra Formation of western Argentina.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 33.9 and 28.1 million years ago during the Rupelian stage of the Early Oligocene in what is now western Argentina, southern Bolivia and central Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jun 27, 2021 11:31:45 GMT
Hmmm... Reminds me of a deformed elephant!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jun 27, 2021 13:14:46 GMT
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