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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 18, 2020 3:22:40 GMT -8
Today's entry is a small Pterosaur from China: Qinglongopterus.
Pronunciation: Kwing-long-op-teh-ris Meaning of name: "Qinglong wing". Species: Q. guoi Wingspan: Estimated to have measured around 34cm. Family: Rhamphorhynchidae. Diet: Piscivore/Insectivore. First fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in the Tiaojishan Formation of Hebei province, eastern China, in 2012. Named in the same year by J. Lü, D. M. Unwin, B. Zhao, C. Gao and C. Shen. Lived: 166.1 to 157.3 million years ago during the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic and the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now eastern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 19, 2020 3:34:49 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Lapampasaurus
Pronunciation: La-pam-pah-sore-us Meaning of name: "La Pampa lizard", after the Argentinian province where its fossils were discovered. Species: L. cholinoi Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Hadrosauridae Diet: Herbivore. First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Allen Formation of La Pampa Province, Argentina, in 1991. Named by Rodolfo A. Coria, Bernardo González Riga and Silvio Casadío in 2012. Lived: 80 to 67 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central Argentina.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 20, 2020 3:56:05 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Ojoraptorsaurus.
Pronunciation: O-jo-rap-tor-sore-us Meaning of name: "Ojo thief lizard", after the rock formation where its fossils were discovered. Species: O. boerei Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Caenagnathidae. Diet: Unknown. First fossils found: Known only from a partial pelvis discovered in the Ojo Alamo Formation of New Mexico (date of discovery uncertain). Named by Robert M. Sullivan, Steven E. Jasinski and Mark P.A. Van Tomme in 2011. Lived: 69 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the southwestern United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 21, 2020 3:21:00 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Daliansaurus
Pronunciation: Dah-le-an-sor-us Meaning of name: "Dalian lizard", after the Chinese city of Dalian where its fossils are stored. Species: D. liaoningensis Size: Estimated to have measured around 1 metre long, 0.3 metres tall and weighing around 5kgs. Family: Sinovenatorinae (a sub-family of Troodontidae). Diet: Carnivore. First fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China (date of discovery uncertain). Named by C. Z. Shen, J. C. Lu, S. H. Liu, M. Kundrat, S. L. Brusatte and H. L. Gao in 2017. Lived: 126 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 22, 2020 3:22:13 GMT -8
Today's entry is a large marine reptile: Callawaysaurus
Pronunciation: Cal-la-way-sore-us Meaning of name: "Callaway's lizard", in honour of palaeontologist, Jack M. Callaway. Species: C. colombiensis Size: Estimated to have measured around 8 metres long. Weight unknown. Family: Elasmosauridae. Diet: Piscivore. First fossils found: Known from two almost-complete skeletons, the first of which was discovered by American palaeontologist, Samuel Paul Welles, in the Paja Formation of Colombia, South America, in 1962. Named by palaeontologist, Kenneth Carpenter, in 1999. Was originally thought to be a species of Thalassomedon. Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in the warm oceans that once covered what is now Colombia, South America.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 23, 2020 3:33:05 GMT -8
Here's another marine reptile: Macroplata.
Pronunciation: Mack-roe-pla-tah Meaning of name: "Big plate". Species: M. tenuiceps. Size: 4.5 metres long. Weight uncertain. Family: Rhomaleosauridae. Diet: Piscivore. First fossils found: Known only from a single specimen discovered in the Blue Lias Formation of southern, eastern and western England in 1930. Named in the same year by W. E. Swinton. Lived: 201.3 to 199.3 million years ago during the Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic in the warm oceans that once covered what is now southern, eastern and western England.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 24, 2020 4:03:11 GMT -8
Here's some exciting news!! I can confirm that today's dino, Giganotosaurus, will be featured in 'Jurassic World: Dominion'
Pronunciation: Gee-gah-note-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Giant southern lizard". Species: G. carolinii Size: Estimated to have measured between 12 and 14 metres long, between 5 and 7 metres tall and weighing between 4 and 14 metric tonnes. Family: Giganotosaurinae (a sub-family of Carcharodontosauridae) Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from two specimens, one of which is almost 75% complete. First discovered by amateur fossil hunter, Rubén D. Carolini, in the Candeleros Formation of Neuquen Province, Patagonia, Argentina, in 1993. Named by Argentinian palaeontologists, Rodolfo Coria and Leonardo Salgado in 1995. Lived: 98 to 97 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 25, 2020 3:55:40 GMT -8
Today's entry is a Chinese pterosaur: Elanodactylus
Pronunciation: E-lan-oh-dak-tyl-us Meaning of name: "Kite finger". Species: E. prolatus Wingspan: Estimated to have measured around 2.5 metres. Weight uncertain. Family: Ctenochasmatidae. Diet: Filter-feeder. First fossils found: Known only from two partial skeletons, the first of which was discovered in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China, in 2008. Named in the same year by Brian Andres and Ji Qiang. 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 26, 2020 2:48:24 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Huabeisaurus
Pronunciation: Hu-ah-bay-sore-us Meaning of name: "Huabei lizard". Species: H. allocotus Size: 20 metres long and 5 metres tall. Weight uncertain. Family: Euhelopodidae. Diet: Herbivore. Fed on both high and low-growing vegetation. First fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in the Huiquanpu Formation of Shanxi Province, northern China, sometime during the 1990s. Named by Q. Pang and Z. Cheng in 2000. Lived: 99.7 to 70.6 million years ago from the Cenomanian stage through to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 27, 2020 3:34:00 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Sibirotitan
Pronunciation: Si-be-ro-ty-tan Meaning of name: "Siberian titan" Species: S. astrosacralis Size: Estimated to have measured around 15 metres long, 5 metres tall and weighing 10 metric tonnes. Family: Uncertain. Possible Titanosaurid. Diet: Herbivore. Fed on both high and low-growing vegetation. First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Ilek Formation of Kemerovo Province, western Siberia, Russia, sometime during the 1950s. Named by A. Averianov, S. Ivantsov, P. Skutschas, A. Faingertz and S. Leshchinskiy in 2018. Lived: 129.4 to 125 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now western Siberia, Russia.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 28, 2020 3:49:27 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Silvisaurus
Pronunciation: Sil-ve-sore-us Meaning of name: "Woodland lizard". Species: S. condrayi Size: Estimated to have measured around 4 metres long, 1.6 metres high and weighing around 1 metric tonne. Family: Nodosauridae. Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation. First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered by Warren H. Condray in the Dakota Formation of Kansas in 1955. Named by Theodore H. Eaton Jr in 1960. Lived: 113 to 93.9 million years ago from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the midwestern United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 29, 2020 3:40:48 GMT -8
Today's entry is a tiny Pterosaur from Germany: Anurognathus
Pronunciation: An-yu-rog-na-thus Meaning of name: "Without tail jaw". Species: A. ammoni Wingspan: 50cm. Estimated weight of around 40g. Family: Anurognathidae. Diet: Insectivore. First fossils found: Known only from two almost-complete skeletons, the first of which was discovered in the Altmühltal Formation of southeastern Germany in 1923. Named in the same year by Ludwig Döderlein. Lived: 152.1 to 145 million years ago during the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now southeastern Germany.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 30, 2020 3:02:32 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Elmisaurus
Pronunciation: El-me-sore-us Meaning of name: "Foot sole lizard". Species: E. rarus Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Caenagnathidae Diet: Unknown. Possible omnivore. First fossils found: Known only from a right hand and foot discovered by a joint Polish-Mongolian expedition to Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1970. Named by Polish palaeontologist, Halszka Osmolska, in 1981. Lived: 83.6 to 66 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 1, 2020 2:54:06 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Elrhazosaurus
Pronunciation: El-raz-oh-sor-us Meaning of name: "Elrhaz lizard", after the rock formation where its fossils were discovered. Species: E. nigeriensis Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Dryosauridae Diet: Herbivore. Likely fed on low-growing vegetation. First fossils found: Known only from a left thigh bone discovered by French palaeontologist, Philippe Taquet, in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger, West Africa, in 1973. Named by American palaeontologist, Peter Malcolm Galton, in 2009. Lived: 115 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now West Africa.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Dec 2, 2020 3:53:42 GMT -8
Today's "Dino of the Day!": Sauroniops
Pronunciation: Sore-ron-e-ops Meaning of name: "Eye of Sauron", after the villain in 'Lord of the Rings'. Species: S. pachytholus Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Carcharodontosauridae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from skull fragments discovered in the Kem Kem Beds of Morocco, North Africa (date of discovery uncertain). Named by Andrea Cau, Marco Dalla Vecchia and Matteo Fabbri in 2012. Lived: 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now North Africa.
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