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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 29, 2024 2:20:33 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': Yizhousaurus
Pronunciation: Yee-zow-sore-us Meaning of name: "Yizhou lizard", after the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Region. Species: Y. sunaeSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 7 metres. Family: Uncertain Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, mostly complete skull and skeleton discovered in the Lufeng Formation of Yunnan Province, southwestern China, in 2002. Named by palaeontologists Sankar Chatterjee, Qian-Nan Zhang, Hai-Lu You and Tao Wang in 2018. Lived: 199.5 to 192.9 million years ago during the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now southwestern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 30, 2024 2:24:48 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': PendraigPronunciation: Pen-drayg Meaning of name: "Chief dragon" Species: P. milneraeSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 1 metre long. Family: Uncertain Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from vertebrae, a partial femur and a mostly complete pelvis discovered in the Pant-y-Ffynnon Quarry of South Wales, in 1952. Named by S. N. Spiekman, M. D. Ezcurra, R. J. Butler, N. C. Fraser and S. C. Maidment in 2021. Lived: 215 to 201.4 million years ago during the Norian and Rhaetian stages of the Late Triassic in what is now South Wales. Artist's impression of Pendraig
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 30, 2024 22:55:02 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': Volgatitan
Pronunciation: Vol-gah-tie-tan Meaning of name: "Volga giant", after the Volga River which runs through central and southern Russia. Species: V. simbirskiensisSize: Estimated to have weighed around 17 metric tonnes. Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from seven tail vertebrae discovered in the Ulyanovsk Oblast, western Russia. Named by Russian palaeontologists, Alexander Averianov and Vladimir Efimov, in 2018. Lived: 132.6 to 125.77 million years ago during the Hauterivian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now western Russia.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 1, 2024 3:11:00 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': Dashanpusaurus
Pronunciation: Dah-shan-pu-sore-us Meaning of name: "Dashanpu lizard", after the Chinese town where its fossils were discovered. Species: D. dongiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton missing the skull, discovered in the Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province, southwestern China. Named by Peng Guangzhao, Ye Yong, Gao Yuhui, Shu Chunkang and Jiang Shan in 2005. Lived: 165 million years ago during the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic in what is now southwestern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 2, 2024 2:54:43 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': Indosuchus
Pronunciation: In-doe-soo-kus Meaning of name: "Indian crocodile" Species: I. raptoriusSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 7 metres long, 2.5 metres tall and weighing between 1 and 3 metric tonnes. Family: Abelisauridae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from three partial skulls discovered by British palaeontologist, Charles Alfred Matley, in the Lameta Formation of central India in 1932. Named by Mr. Matley and German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, in 1933. Lived: 70 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now India.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 2, 2024 23:42:51 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': OverosaurusPronunciation: Oh-veh-ro-sore-us Meaning of name: "Overo lizard", after the Cerro Overo fossil locality. Species: O. paradasorumSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Possible Titanosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from ribs and vertebrae discovered in the Bajo de la Carpa Formation of northern Patagonia, Argentina, at the Cerro Overo fossil locality, in 2002. Named by Rodolfo A. Coria, Leonardo S. Filippi, Luis M. Chiappe, Rodolfo García and Andrea B. Arcucci in 2013. Lived: 86 to 84 million years ago during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 4, 2024 0:00:45 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': Katepensaurus
Pronunciation: Kah-tee-pen-sore-us Meaning of name: "Hole lizard", in reference to a distinctive opening in the transverse processes of the dorsal vertebrae. Species: K. goicoecheaiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Limaysaurinae (a subfamily of Rebbachisauridae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Bajo Barreal Formation of Chubut Province, central Patagonia, Argentina. Named by Lucio M. Ibiricu, Gabriel A. Casal, Rubén Dario Martínez, Matthew C. Lamanna, Marcelo Luna and Leonardo Salgado in 2013. Lived: 100.5 to 90 million years ago during the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 5, 2024 2:25:04 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': Sasayamagnomus
Pronunciation: Sah-say-ah-mag-no-mus Meaning of name: "Gnome from Sasayama", after the Sasayama Basin, Hyōgo Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan, where its fossils were discovered. Species: S. saegusaiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Likely a primitive Ceratopsian. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from seventeen assorted cranial bones, the right coracoid and a left tibia discovered in the Ohyamashimo Formation of Hyōgo Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan. Named by Tomonori Tanaka, Kentaro Chiba, Tadahiro Ikeda and Michael J. Ryan in 2024. Lived: 112.1 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Honshu Island, Japan.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 6, 2024 2:42:43 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': Qunkasaura
Pronunciation: Kwunk-ah-sore-rah Meaning of name: "Qunca lizard", after an Andalusian city that gave rise to the village of Fuentes in Cuenca, Spain, where the Lo Hueco fossil site is located. Species: Q. pintiquiniestraSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Opisthocoelicaudiinae (a subfamily of Saltasauridae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered at the Lo Hueco site of the Villalba de la Sierra Formation of central eastern Spain in 2007. Named by P. Mocho, F. Escaso, A. Páramo, F. Marcos-Fernández, J. L. Sanz, D. Vidal and F. Ortega in 2024. Lived: 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central eastern Spain. Excavation of the vertebrae and pelvis of Qunkasaura
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 7, 2024 3:09:22 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': Shishugounykus
Pronunciation: She-shug-ooh-nee-cus Meaning of name: "Shishugou claw", after the rock formation where its fossils were discovered. Species. S. inexpectusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Possibly a primitive Alvarezsaurid. Diet: Uncertain. Possible carnivore/insectivore. First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Shishugou Formation of northwestern China. Named by palaeontologists, Qin Zichuan, James Clark, Jonah Choiniere and Xu Xing in 2019. Lived: 160.2 million years ago during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now northwestern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 8, 2024 3:15:25 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': PukyongosaurusPronunciation: Puck-yong-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Pukyong lizard", after the Pukyong National University. Species: P. millenniumiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 20 metres long. Family: Uncertain. Possible Euhelopid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from neck and back vertebrae discovered in the Hasandong Formation of Hadong County, South Korea, in 2000. Named by Dong Zhiming, I. S. Paik and H. J. Kim in 2001. Lived: 118 to 112.4 million years ago during the Aptian and Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now South Korea.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 9, 2024 2:56:25 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': Amanzia
Pronunciation: Ah-man-ze-ah Meaning of name: Named after Swiss geologist, Amanz Gressly. Species: A. greppiniSize: Estimated to have measured between 8 and 9 metres long. Family: Uncertain Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skull and partial skeleton discovered by workers at a limestone quarry in the Reuchenette Formation of northern Switzerland, sometime during the 1860s. Originally named as a species of Cetiosauriscus by German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, in 1922. Eventually recognized as a new genus and named Amanzia by Daniela Schwarz, Philip D. Mannion, Oliver Wings and Christian A. Meyer in 2020. Amanzia is the first sauropod known from Switzerland. Lived: 157 million years ago during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now northern Switzerland.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 13, 2024 22:37:00 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': Napaisaurus
Pronunciation: Nah-pay-sore-us Meaning of name: "Napai lizard", after the Napai Basin where its fossils were discovered. Species: N. guangxiensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Possible Iguanodontid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a partial pelvis discovered in the Xinlong Formation of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, South China, in 2020. Named by S. Ji and P. Zhang in 2022. Lived: 120 to 100 million years ago from the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous through to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now South China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 15, 2024 3:18:49 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day' is a dubious Theropod genus: Orthogoniosaurus
Pronunciation: Or-tho-gone-ee-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Straight angled lizard", in reference to the straight posterior edge of its teeth. Species: O. matleyiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Possible Abelisaurid. Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, fragmentary tooth discovered in the Lameta Formation of central India. Named by H. C. Das-Gupta in 1931. Lived: 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central India.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Sept 15, 2024 22:31:24 GMT -8
Today's 'Dino of the Day': SinankylosaurusPronunciation: Sin-an-ky-lo-sor-us Meaning of name: "Chinese fused lizard" Species: S. zhuchengensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Likely Ankylosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from an almost complete right ilium (hip bone) discovered in the Hongtuya Formation of Shandong Province, eastern China. Named by K. B. Wang, Y. X. Zhang, J. Chen, S. Q. Chen and P. Y. Wang in 2020. Lived: 77.3 to 73.5 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now eastern China.
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