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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 20, 2021 9:53:27 GMT
*spies movement around the base of a tree* Look what we've got here, a family of Psittacosaurus. These small herbivores lived in China, Mongolia and Siberia during the Barremian, Aptian and Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous, between 126 and 101 million years ago. Their name means "Parrot lizard", in reference to its parrot-like beak.  |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 20, 2021 17:00:34 GMT
Do you know how many babies there were in a typical litter?
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 20, 2021 21:29:40 GMT
Glad I'm not a leaf on a tree.
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 20, 2021 21:32:17 GMT
Aw always like to see a family of deer here so it is the same there.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 20, 2021 22:05:01 GMT
Do you know how many babies there were in a typical litter? Unfortunately, no. |
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 22, 2021 5:52:37 GMT
It would be tough to guess as lizards now lay 1 to 85 eggs and I'm sure not all make it. But it just depends on the type.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 22, 2021 10:25:47 GMT
The oldest-known dinosaur eggs and embryos belong to Massospondylus, which lived in what's now South Africa during the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic, around 190 million years ago.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 23, 2021 10:40:25 GMT
*spies a small, feathered dino sitting on a tree branch, snapping at a large dragonfly* Look what I've found in this tree here. This is Microraptor, one of the smallest Dromaeosaurids. It's also one of the few dinos for which scientists know its colouring. By studying pigment cells in fossilized feathers, it's been determined that Microraptor had a black, glossy colouration.  |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 23, 2021 14:41:27 GMT
Fascinating!
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 24, 2021 7:08:22 GMT
Some woodpeckers eat insects and some have a lot of black feathers. Maybe they could be distant cousins.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 24, 2021 13:19:41 GMT
*A pair of large Hadrosaurs come wandering through the trees* Edmontosaurus, one of the largest Hadrosaurs, reaching a length of up to twelve metres. It's named after Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta, Canada. We know that T-Rex hunted these herbivores due to the discovery of teeth and bite marks in the fossilized bones.  |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Sept 24, 2021 18:17:32 GMT
bite marks in the fossilized bones Interesting. One can learn a lot about both prey and predators that way. |
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 25, 2021 6:40:53 GMT
Good camouflage.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 25, 2021 8:07:53 GMT
We've found the same kind of predator/prey relationship with T-Rex and Triceratops. Some fossilized horns and pelvic bones have partially-healed tooth marks, showing the Triceratops survived the attack.
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Post by Joey12 on Sept 26, 2021 5:21:03 GMT
Sort of like looking at a crime scene.
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