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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 25, 2024 23:40:54 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': PeloroplitesPronunciation: Pel-oh-row-plites Meaning of name: "Monstrous heavy one" Species: P. cedrimontanusSize: Estimated to have measured between 5 and 6 metres long and weighing around 2 metric tonnes. Family: Polacanthinae (a subfamily of Nodosauridae). Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skull and partial skeleton discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation of eastern Utah in 2001. Named by Kenneth Carpenter, Jeff Bartlett, John Bird and Reese Barrick in 2008. Lived: 98.2 to 93 million years ago during the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 26, 2024 23:15:31 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': DzharaonyxPronunciation: Za-rah-on-iks Meaning of name: "Dzharakuduk claw", after the place where its fossils were discovered. Species: D. eskiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Parvicursorinae (a subfamily of Alvarezsauridae). Diet: Uncertain. Possible insectivore. First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. Named by palaeontologists, Alexander O. Averianov and Hans-Dieter Sues, in 2022. Lived: 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Uzbekistan.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Jan 27, 2024 22:45:28 GMT -8
The last dino entry before I go away on my birthday cruise: Majungasaurus
Pronunciation: Ma-jun-gah-sore-us Meaning of name: "Mahajanga lizard", after a city in northwestern Madagascar. Species: M. crenatissimusSize: Estimated to have measured between 6 and 8 metres long and weighing between 750kgs and 1 metric tonne. Family: Majungasaurinae (a subfamily of Abelisauridae). Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from several skulls and partial skeletons. First discovered in the Maevarano Formation of northwestern Madagascar. Named as a species of Megalosaurus by French palaeontologist, Charles J. J. Depéret, in 1896. Renamed Majungasaurus by French palaeontologist, René Lavocat, in 1955. Bite marks on some of the bones suggest Majungasaurus may have been a cannibal, occasionally feeding on members of its own species. Lived: 70 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northwestern Madagascar. Artist's impression of a pair of Majungasaurus hunting a Rapetosaurus.
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Post by April on Jan 28, 2024 13:06:03 GMT -8
I honestly did not know there were so many kinds of dinosaurs! Thanks for taking the time to share them. Also, happy birthday and have an amazing time!!
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 11, 2024 4:27:37 GMT -8
Using fossil evidence, palaeontologists have identified over 1,000 different species of non-avian dinosaurs.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 11, 2024 23:04:50 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': DinheirosaurusPronunciation: Din-hy-roe-sore-us Meaning of name: "Port Dinheiro lizard" Species: D. lourinhanensisSize: Estimated to have measured between 20 and 25 metres long and weighing around 8.8 metric tonnes. Family: Diplodocidae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from partial fossils including vertebrae, ribs and a partial pelvis, discovered in the Lourinhã Formation of western Portugal in 1987. Named by Argentine palaeontologist, José Fernando Bonaparte, and Portuguese palaeontologist, Octávio Mateus, in 1999. Lived: 155 to 150 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now western Portugal.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 13, 2024 0:25:14 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': TarbosaurusPronunciation: Tar-bo-sore-us Meaning of name: "Alarming lizard" Species: T. bataarSize: Estimated to have measured between 10 and 12 metres long and weighing between 4 and 5 metric tonnes. Family: Tyrannosaurinae (a subfamily of Tyrannosauridae) Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in the Subashi Formation of western China and the Nemegt Formation of southern Mongolia. First discovered by a joint Soviet-Mongolian expedition to the Gobi Desert in 1946. Named by Russian palaeontologist, Evgeny Aleksandrovich Maleev, in 1955. Lived: 70 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western China and southern Mongolia. Partial Tarbosaurus skull
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 13, 2024 22:48:05 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': EousdryosaurusPronunciation: Oos-dry-oh-sor-us Meaning of name: "Eastern Dryosaurus", in reference to its similarities to Dryosaurus. Species: E. nanohallucisSize: Estimated to have measured around 1.6 metres long. Family: Dryosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Alcobaça Formation of western Portugal. Named by F. Escaso, F. Ortega, P. Dantas, E. Malafaia, B. Silva, J. M. Gasulla, P. Mocho, I. Narvaeza and J. L. Sanz in 2014. Lived: 152 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now western Portugal.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 15, 2024 0:55:56 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': CamarillasaurusPronunciation: Cam-ah-rill-ah-sore-us Meaning of name: "Camarillas lizard", after the rock formation in northeastern Spain where its fossils were discovered. Species: C. cirugedaeSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Possible Spinosaurid. Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from partial fossils discovered in the Camarillas Formation of northeastern Spain. Named by palaeontologists, Bárbara Sánchez-Hernández and Michael J. Benton, in 2014. Lived: 130 to 125 million years ago during the Hauterivian and Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeastern Spain.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 16, 2024 0:42:23 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': LeyesaurusPronunciation: Ley-e-sor-us Meaning of name: "Leyes lizard", after the family who discovered its fossils. Species: L. marayensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 2.5 metres long. Family: Massospondylidae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from vertebrae, an almost complete skull with lower jaw and parts of the pelvis and hind limbs, discovered in the Quebrada del Barro Formation of northwestern Argentina. Named by Cecilia Apaldetti, Ricardo N. Martinez, Oscar A. Alcober and Diego Pol in 2011. Lived: 202 to 176 million years ago from the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic through to the Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic is what is now northwestern Argentina.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 17, 2024 1:13:25 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': ZizhongosaurusPronunciation: Zie-zong-o-sore-us Meaning of name: "Zizhong lizard", after Zizhong County, Sichuan Province, southwestern China, where its fossils were discovered. Species: Z. chuanchengensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Vulcanodontidae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from partial fossils discovered in the Ziliujing Formation of Sichuan Province, southwestern China. Named by palaeontologists, Dong Zhiming, Zhou Shiwu and Zhang Yihong, in 1983. Lived: 178 to 176 million years ago during the Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now southwestern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 18, 2024 0:58:13 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': EoneophronPronunciation: Ee-oh-nee-oh-fron Meaning of name: "Dawn Neophron", from the generic name of the Egyptian vulture. Species: E. infernalisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Caenagnathidae Diet: Uncertain First fossils found: Known only from a partial right hindlimb discovered in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota. Named by Kyle Atkins-Weltman in 2024. Lived: 68 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the midwestern United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 19, 2024 0:10:27 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': BlasisaurusPronunciation: Blah-se-sor-us Meaning of name: "Blasi lizard", after the 'Blasi 1' site where its fossils were discovered. Species: B. canudoiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Lambeosaurinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a partial skull and partial skeleton discovered in the Arén Formation of northeastern Spain. Named by Penélope Cruzado-Caballero, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola and José Ignacio Ruiz-Omeñaca in 2010. Lived: 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northeastern Spain.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 20, 2024 1:06:39 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': RapetosaurusPronunciation: Rah-pet-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Giant lizard" Species: R. krauseiSize: Estimated to have measured around 15 metres long and weighing 10.3 metric tonnes. Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from three partial skeletons and an almost complete juvenile skeleton discovered in the Maevarano Formation of northwestern Madagascar. Named by American palaeontologists, Kristina Currie Rogers and Catherine Ann Forster, in 2001. Lived: 70 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northwestern Madagascar.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Feb 21, 2024 0:44:40 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': OhmdenosaurusPronunciation: Owm-den-o-sore-us Meaning of name: "Ohmden lizard", after a German village near where its fossils were discovered. Species: O. liasicusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Possible Vulcanodontid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from partial limb bones discovered in the Posidonia Shale of southwestern Germany, near the village of Ohmden. Named by German palaeontologist, Rupert Wild, in 1978. Was originally thought to be a Plesiosaur. Lived: 182 million years ago during the Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now southwestern Germany.
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