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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 2, 2020 22:56:39 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!" Regnosaurus.
Pronunciation: Reg-noe-sore-us. Meaning of name: "Regni lizard", after a tribe that once inhabited parts of southeast England. Species: R. northamptoni Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Huayangosauridae Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation. First fossils found: Known only from a partial jawbone discovered in Sussex, southeast England, in 1839. Named by English palaeontologist, Gideon Algergon Mantell, in 1848. Was originally thought to be a juvenile Iguanodon. Lived: 145 to 132.9 million years ago during the Berriasian and Valanginian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southeast England.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 4, 2020 1:30:29 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Zhenyuanlong
Pronunciation: Zen-yu-an-long Meaning of name: "Zenyuan's dragon" Species: Z. suni Size: 1.6 metres long and weighing between 10 and 20kgs. Height uncertain. Family: Dromaeosauridae. Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from a single, almost complete skeleton discovered in the Yixian formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China (date of discovery uncertain). Junchang Lü and Stephen L. Brusatte in 2015. Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 5, 2020 3:22:42 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Halszkaraptor
Pronunciation: Halz-ka-rap-tor Meaning of name: "Halszka's seizer", after Polish palaeontologist, Halszka Osmolska. Species: H. escuilliei Size: 60cm long and 45cm tall. Weight uncertain. Family: Halszkaraptorinae. Diet: Uncertain. Possible piscivore. First fossils found: Known only from the single, almost-complete skeleton of a subadult discovered by illegal fossil poachers in the Djadochta Formation of southern Mongolia (date of discovery uncertain). Eventually, the fossil made its way to the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels, Belgium. Named by palaeontologists A. Cau, V. Beyrand, D. F. A. E. Voeten, V. Fernandez, P. Tafforeau, K. Stein, R. Barsbold, K. Tsogtbaatar, P. J. Currie and P. Godefroit in 2017. Lived: 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 6, 2020 1:10:31 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Austroraptor
Pronunciation: Aw-stro-rap-tor. Meaning of name: "Southern thief". Species: A. cabazai Size: Between 5 and 6 metres long, 1.8 metres tall and weighing up to 300kgs. Family: Dromaeosauridae. Diet: Carnivore. First fossils found: Known from two partial skeletons, the first of which was discovered in the Allen Formation of Argentine Patagonia in 2002. Named by F. E. Novas, D. Pol, J. I. Canale, J. D. Porfiri and J. O. Calvo in 2008. Austroraptor is currently the largest Dromaeosaur discovered in the southern hemisphere. Lived: 83.6 to 66 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Argentina.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 7, 2020 3:26:30 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Manidens
Pronunciation: Man-e-dens Meaning of name: "Hand tooth", in reference to the hand-shaped form of its posterior lower teeth. Species: M. condorensis. Size: Between 60 and 80cm long. Height and weight uncertain. Family: Heterodontosauridae. Diet: Uncertain. Possibly omnivorous. First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Canadon Asfalto Formation of Argentina (date of discovery uncertain). Named by D. Pol, O. W. M. Rauhut and M. Becerra in 2011. Lived: 171 to 167 million years ago during the Aalenian, Bajocian and Bathonian stages of the Middle Jurassic in what is now southern Argentina.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 8, 2020 3:26:17 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Acantholipan
Pronunciation: Ah-kan-tho-li-pan. Meaning of name: "Spine of the Gray People", in reference to an Apache tribe that inhabits the area where the fossils were discovered. Species: A. gonzalezi Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Nodosauridae. Diet: Herbivore. First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Pen Formation of northern Mexico in 2018. Named in the same year by Héctor Eduardo Rivera-Sylva, Eberhard Frey, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, Gerardo Carbot-Chanona, Iván Erick Sanchez-Uribe and José Rubén Guzmán-Gutiárrez. Lived: 86.3 to 83.6 million years ago during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Mexico.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 9, 2020 0:54:44 GMT -8
Today's entry is a small Pterosaur from China: Ikrandraco.
Pronunciation: Ik-ran-dray-coe Meaning of name: "Ikran dragon", after the dragon-like creatures featured in the 2009 movie 'Avatar'. Species: I. avatar Wingspan: Estimated to have measured around 1.5 metres. Family: Lonchodectidae. Diet: Uncertain. Possible piscivore. First fossils found: Known from two almost-complete skeletons discovered in the Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China, in 2014. Named in the same year by Xiaolin Wang, Taissa Rodrigues, Shunxing Jiang, Xin Cheng and Alexander W. A. Kellner. Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 10, 2020 3:08:23 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Tianchisaurus
Pronunciation: Ti-an-che-sor-us Meaning of name: "Heavenly pool lizard". Species: T. nedegoapeferima Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Unknown. Possible Ankylosaur. Diet: Herbivore. First fossils found: Known from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Toutunhe Formation of Xinjiang, China, in 1974. Named by Chinese palaeontologist, Dong Zhiming, in 1993. Interestingly, movie producer Steven Spielberg suggested naming this dino Jurassosaurus, after 'Jurassic Park'. However, this name was rejected, but the species name was created from the surnames of the movie's main stars. Lived: 170.3 to 166.1 million years ago during the Bajocian and Bathonian stages of the Middle Jurassic in what is now northwest China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 11, 2020 3:25:55 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Suuwassea
Pronunciation: Soo-wah-see-ah Meaning of name: "Ancient thunder", in reference to the "Thunder lizard" nickname often applied to Sauropods. Species: S. emilieae Size: Estimated to have measured between 14 and 15 metres long, 3 metres tall and weighing between 5 and 6 metric tonnes. Family: Dicraeosauridae. Diet: Herbivore. Likely fed on both high and low-growing vegetation. First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Morrison Formation of Montana between 1999 and 2000. Named by J. D. Harris and P. Dodson in 2004. Lived: 152.1 to 145 million years ago during the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now the northwestern United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 12, 2020 3:22:02 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Variraptor
Pronunciation: Varr-i-rap-tor Meaning of name: "Var thief", in reference to the Var River in south-eastern France. Species: V. mechinorum Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 2 metres long and weighing between 30 and 50kgs. Height uncertain. Family: Dromaeosauridae. Diet: Carnivore. First fossils found: Known only from a single, fragmentary skeleton discovered by amateur paleontologists Patrick Méchin and Annie Méchin-Salessy in the Grès à Reptiles Formation in south-eastern France between 1992 and 1995. Named by French palaeontologists, Jean Le Loeuff and Eric Buffetaut, in 1998. Lived: 73 to 67 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now south-eastern France.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 13, 2020 3:26:07 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Latenivenatrix
Pronunciation: Lay-ten-e-ven-ah-triks Meaning of name: "Hiding huntress". Species: L. mcmasterae Size: Estimated to have measured between 3 and 4 metres long, 1.5 metres tall and weighing around 20kgs. Family: Troodontidae. Diet: Carnivore. First fossils found: Known from at least four specimens, the first of which was discovered by Irene Vanderloh in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada, in 1968. Named by A. J. van der Reest and P. J. Currie in 2017. Was originally thought to be a species of Stenonychosaurus. Lived: 76.9 to 75.8 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 14, 2020 3:31:49 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Masiakasaurus
Pronunciation: Mah-shee-ah-kah-sore-us Meaning of name: "Vicious lizard". Species: M. knopfleri Size: 2 metres long and weighing around 20kgs. Height uncertain. Family: Noasauridae. Diet: Carnivore. First fossils found: Known from two specimens which have been combined to create a single partial skeleton. First discovered in the Maevarano Formation of northwestern Madagascar in 1995. Named by Scott D. Sampson, Matthew Carrano and Catherine A. Forster in 2001. Lived: 70 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 Nov 15, 2020 3:12:24 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Montanoceratops
Pronunciation: Mon-tan-ah-ser-ah-tops Meaning of name: "Montana horned face". Species: M. cerorhynchos Size: Estimated to have measured around 3 metres long, 1 metre high and weighing 400kgs. Family: Leptoceratopsidae. Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation. First fossils found: Known from several partial skeletons, the first of which was discovered by American palaeontologists, Barnum Brown and Peter C. Kaisen, in the St Mary River Formation of Montana in 1916. Named by C. M. Sternberg in 1951. Was originally thought to be a species of Leptoceratops. Lived: 70 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada and the northwestern United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 16, 2020 3:12:41 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Jeyawati
Pronunciation: Hey-ah-what-ee Meaning of name: "Grinding mouth". Species: J. rugoculus Size: Estimated to have measured around 6 metres long, 2 metres high (between 4 and 5 metres when standing upright). Weight uncertain. Family: Unknown. Possible Hadrosaurid. Diet: Herbivore. Likely fed on both high and low-growing vegetation. First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Moreno Hill Formation of western New Mexico in 1996. Named by Andrew T. McDonald, Douglas G. Wolfe and James I. Kirkland in 2010. Lived: 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the southwestern United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 17, 2020 3:41:16 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Xiaosaurus
Pronunciation: Zhow-sor-us Meaning of name: "Dawn lizard". Species: X. dashanpensis Size: Estimated to have measured around 1 metre long, 0.5 metres tall and weighing 6kgs. Family: Unknown. Possibly either a Fabrosaurid or a Hypsilophodontid. Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation. First fossils found: Known only from two partial skeletons discovered in the Xiashaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province, southwest China, in 1979 and 1980. Named by Chinese palaeontologists, Dong Zhiming and Tang Zilu, in 1983. Lived: Uncertain as the age of the rock formation where the fossils were discovered is unknown. Is thought to have lived between 170.3 and 163.5 million years ago during the Bajocian, Bathonian and Callovian stages of the Middle Jurassic in what is now southwest China.
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