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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 2, 2021 1:31:11 GMT
When you see what they grew into, it's hard to believe these massive Sauropods started life as tiny babies.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 2, 2021 6:17:45 GMT
Name: CuvieroniusPronunciation: Coo-ve-er-o-ne-usMeaning of name: "From Cuvier", after French naturalist, Georges Cuvier. Species: C. hyodon, C. oligobunis, C. priestleyi, C. tropicusSize: Depending on species, measured up to 5 metres long. 2.3 metres tall and weighing 3.5 metric tonnes Family: Gomphotheriidae.Diet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from sepcimens discovered in Nicaragua, Colombia, North Carolina, Guatemala, Ecuador, Texas, South Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Chile, El Salvador, Bolivia, Florida, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela. C. tropicus named in 1884. C. oligobunis named in 1893. C. hyodon named as a species of Mastotherium in 1814 before being re-named by American palaeontologist, Henry Fairfield Osborn, in 1923. C. priestleyi named in 1930.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 4.6 million years ago and 11,700 years ago from the Zanclean stage of the Early Pliocene through to the Tarantian stage of the Late Pleistocene in what is now Nicaragua, Colombia, North Carolina, Guatemala, Ecuador, Texas, South Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Chile, El Salvador, Bolivia, Florida, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela.
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 2, 2021 6:32:14 GMT
Well now we know where the elephants came from. Not a lot of difference.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 2, 2021 18:51:55 GMT
Well now we know where the elephants came from. Not a lot of difference. It could have fooled me, too... |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 3, 2021 5:10:26 GMT
Name: PhorusrhacosPronunciation: Foe-roos-rah-cossMeaning of name: "Rag thief"Species: P. longissimusSize: 2.5 metres tall and weighing 130kgs.Family: PhorusrhacidaeDiet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in the Santa Cruz and Monte León Formations of Patagonia, southern Argentina. First discovered by Argentinian palaeontologist, Florentino Ameghino, in 1887. Named by Mr. Ameghino in the same year.Lived: 15.97 to 11.63 million years ago during the Langhian and Serravallian stages of the Middle Miocene in what is now Patagonia, southern Argentina. Phorusrhacos skull
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 3, 2021 9:54:28 GMT
Picture missing.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 3, 2021 10:43:28 GMT
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 3, 2021 14:54:34 GMT
I see it. Looks like it had forceful jaws!
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 4, 2021 5:28:52 GMT
Looks like my parrots head but the bottom part of the beak of my parrot is curved up. Pretty cool looking.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 4, 2021 13:08:00 GMT
Name: TaeniolabisPronunciation: Tie-ne-oh-la-bisMeaning of name: "Ribbon lips" or "Banded incisor"Species: T. lamberti, T. taoensisSize: 0.6 metres long and weighing up to 100kgsFamily: TaeniolabididaeDiet: HerbivoreFirst fossils found: Known from specimens discovered in New Mexico and Montana. T. taoensis named by American palaeontologist, Edward Drinker Cope, in 1882. T. lamberti named by N.B. Simmons in 1987.Lived: 66 to 63.3 million years ago during the Danian stage of the Early Paleocene in what is now the western and southwestern United States.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 4, 2021 13:40:58 GMT
This is how I can imagine of you cross a rat with a beaver...
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 5, 2021 1:08:06 GMT
This is how I can imagine of you cross a rat with a beaver... It definitely looks a lot like a beaver, but with a thinner tail. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jul 5, 2021 8:41:40 GMT
Name: ZygorhizaPronunciation: Zie-go-rye-zaMeaning of name: "Yoke root"Species: Z. kochii Size: Measured around 6 metres long and weighing between 3 and 4 metric tonnes.Family: Basilosauridae.Diet: CarnivoreFirst fossils found: Known from multiple specimens discovered in New Zealand and the southeastern United States. Named by American naturalist, Arthur Remington Kellogg, in 1936.Lived: 41.2 to 33.9 million years ago during the Bartonian and Priabonian stages of the Late Eocene in the oceans that once covered what is now New Zealand and the southeastern United States.
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Post by Joey12 on Jul 5, 2021 8:59:42 GMT
Has what looks like a whale tail.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Jul 5, 2021 16:40:24 GMT
Has what looks like a whale tail. Yes, but the front end looks angrier!  |
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