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Toril Full Member Posts: 17,266 Mood: Iguana	Tal's dino blog Mar 7, 2021 14:59:20 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Toril on Mar 7, 2021 14:59:20 GMT The “human” standing at the back of it looks like a poser 😉 and it doesn’t look as though she’s wearing any clothes. 😳
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Tal's dino blog Mar 8, 2021 12:15:04 GMT

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"Dino of the Day!": Qiupanykus

Pronunciation: Kwe-pan-e-kus
Meaning of name: "Qiupa claw", after the Qiupa Formation of central China where its fossils were discovered.
Species: Q. zhangi
Size: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils.
Family: Parvicursorinae (a sub-family of Alvarezsauridae)
Diet: Unknown. May have specialized in eating the eggs of other animals.
First fossils found: Known from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Qiupa Formation of Henan Province, central China, in 1989. Named by Chang, S.-H. Jia, J. M. Zhang, D.-S. Gao, Y.-Y. Zhang, C.-J. Zhang and F. Ding in 2018.
Lived: 70 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central China.

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"Dino of the Day!": Dynamoterror

Pronunciation: Dy-nah-mo-teh-ror
Meaning of name: "Power terror".
Species: D. dynastes
Size: Estimated to have measured around 9 metres long, 3 metres tall and weighing around 3 metric tonnes.
Family: Tyrannosauridae
Diet: Carnivore
First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered during an expedition led by Andrew McDonald and Douglas Wolfe in the Menefee Formation in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico in 2012. Named by Mr. McDonald, Mr. Wolfe and A. C. Dooley Jr in 2018.
Lived: 78 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the southwestern United States.

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Tal's dino blog Mar 10, 2021 12:15:33 GMT

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Pronunciation: Fu-ku-e-ven-ah-tore
Meaning of name: "Hunter of fekui Prefecture".
Species: F. paradoxus
Size: Estimated to have measured around 2.5 metres long and weighing 25kgs. Height uncertain.
Family: Uncertain.
Diet: Carnivore
First fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in the Kitadani Formation of Honshu, Japan, in 2007. Named by Yoichi Azuma, Xu Xing, Masateru Shibata, Soichiro Kawabe, Kazunori Miyata and Takuya Imai in 2016.
Lived: 127 to 115 million years ago during the Barremian and Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Japan.

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Today's entry: Utatsusaurus

Pronunciation: Oo-tot-soo-sore-us
Meaning of name: "Utatsu lizard".
Species: U. hataii
Size: 3 metres long. Weight uncertain.
Family: Utatsusauridae
Diet: Piscivore
First fossils found: Known only from a small number of specimens, the first of which was discovered in Japan in 1982. Named in 2003. Additional specimens have also been discovered in Canada. Utatsusaurus is the earliest-known Ichthyosaur.
Lived: 250 to 245 million years ago from the Olenekian stage of the Early Triassic to the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic in the warm oceans surrounding what is now Japan and Canada.

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Tal's dino blog Mar 11, 2021 18:06:07 GMT

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Have you seen this report @taliragreycrest ?

"Fossilised remains of a dinosaur sitting on a nest of eggs with embryos preserved inside is discovered in China in incredible world first

The find - a world first - is an oviraptorosaur, one of a group of bird-like, theropod dinosaurs that thrived from 130-66 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period. It was unearthed in China"

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9350267/Palaeontology-Fossilised-remains-dinosaur-sitting-nest-eggs-embryos-inside.html

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Tal's dino blog Mar 12, 2021 0:28:10 GMT

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Mar 11, 2021 18:06:07 GMT Liv said:

Have you seen this report @taliragreycrest ?

"Fossilised remains of a dinosaur sitting on a nest of eggs with embryos preserved inside is discovered in China in incredible world first

The find - a world first - is an oviraptorosaur, one of a group of bird-like, theropod dinosaurs that thrived from 130-66 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period. It was unearthed in China"

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9350267/Palaeontology-Fossilised-remains-dinosaur-sitting-nest-eggs-embryos-inside.html

Yes, I saw this. Very interesting. To my knowledge, it's rare to find eggs with preserved embryos.

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"Dino of the Day!": Machairasaurus

Pronunciation: Mak-air-ar-sor-us
Meaning of name: "Short scimitar lizard".
Species: M. leptonychus
Size: Estimated to have measured around 1.5 metres long. Height and weight uncertain.
Family: Oviraptoridae.
Diet: Uncertain. Possible omnivore. Oviraptorids had short heads, toothless beaks and a pair of tiny teeth on the roof of the mouth, ideal for breaking into hard-shelled objects. It's possible they may have fed on nuts, shellfish and even the eggs of other dinos.
First fossils found: Known only from a small number of partial specimens discovered in the Bayan Mandahu Formation of Inner Mongolia, northern China, from 1988 to 1990. Named by N. R. Longrich, P. J. Currie and Z. M. Dong in 2010.
Lived: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Inner Mongolia, northern China.

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"Dino of the Day!": Isanosaurus

Pronunciation: I-san-o-sore-us
Meaning of name: "Isan lizard", after the northeastern region of Thailand where its fossils were discovered.
Species: I. attavipachi
Size: Adult size uncertain as the only known fossils belong to a juvenile.
Family: Uncertain.
Diet: Herbivore.
First fossils found: Known only from the partial skeleton of a juvenile discovered in the Nam Phong Formation of northeastern Thailand in 1998. Named by E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn, G. Cuny, H. Tong, J. Le Loeuff, S. Khansubha and S. Jongautchariyakul in 2000.
Lived: Uncertain, but is thought to have lived around 210 million years ago during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now northeastern Thailand.

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"Dino of the Day!": Hagryphus

Pronunciation: Ha-grif-us
Meaning of name: "Ha's griffin", after the god of the western desert in Egyptian mythology.
Species: H. giganteus
Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.
Family: Caenagnathidae.
Diet: Unknown. Possible omnivore.
First fossils found: Known only from a single hand and some foot bones discovered by Michael Getty in the Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah in 2002. Named by American palaeontologist, Lindsay E. Zanno, and Canadian palaeontologist, Scott D. Sampson, in 2005.
Lived: 76 to 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States.

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"Dino of the Day!": Ostafrikasaurus

Pronunciation: Ost-af-ree-ka-sore-us
Meaning of name: "Ostafrika lizard", from Deutsch-Ostafrika, the former name for what was once known as ‘German East Africa’.
Species: O. crassiserratus
Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.
Family: Baryonychinae (a sub-family of Spinosauridae)
Diet: Carnivore/piscivore.
First fossils found: Known only from a handful of teeth discovered during an expedition by the Natural History Museum of Berlin to the Tendaguru Formation of southeastern Tanzania, East Africa, between 1909 and 1912. Named by French palaeontologist, Eric Buffetaut, in 2012. Ostafrikasaurus is one of the oldest-known Spinosaurids.
Lived: 152.1 to 145 million years ago during the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now East Africa.

Artist's sketch of Ostafrikasaurus

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Today's entry: Lacusovagus

Pronunciation: La-cu-so-va-gus
Meaning of name: "Lake wanderer".
Species: L. magnificens
Wingspan: Estimated to have measured around 4 metres.
Family: Chaoyangopteridae.
Diet: Carnivore.
First fossils found: Known only from a partial skull discovered in the Crato Formation of northeastern Brazil in 2008. Named in the same year by British palaeontologist, Mark Witton.
Lived: 120 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeastern Brazil.

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"Dino of the Day!": Jinyunpelta

Pronunciation: Jin-yun-pelt-ah
Meaning of name: "Jinyun shield", after Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province, eastern China, where its fossils were discovered.
Species: J. sinensis
Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils.
Family: Ankylosauridae
Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.
First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Liangtoutang Formation of Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province, eastern China, in 2008. Named by Zheng Wenjie, Jin Xingsheng, Yoichi Azuma, Wang Qiongying, Kazunori Miyata and Xu Xing in 2018. Jinyunpelta is believed to have been one of the first Ankylosaurs to have had a tail club.
Lived: 112 to 94 million years ago from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous through to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now eastern China.

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Today's entry is a tiny Pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany: Aerodactylus

Pronunciation: Air-o-dak-te-lus
Meaning of name: "Wind finger".
Species: A. scolopaciceps
Wingspan: Adult wingspan uncertain as the only known fossils belong to juveniles.
Family: Aurorazhdarchidae.
Diet: Piscivore.
First fossils found: Known from the complete skeletons of six juveniles discovered in the Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria, southeast Germany. Was originally named as a species of Pterodactylus by German palaeontologist, Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, in 1860. Re-named Aerodactylus by S. U. Vidovic and D. M. Martill in 2014.
Lived: 150.8 to 148.5 million years ago during the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now southeast Germany.

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"Dino of the Day!": Aucasaurus

Pronunciation: Aw-cah-sore-us
Meaning of name: "Auca lizard", after the Auca Mahuevo where its fossils were discovered.
Species: A. garridoi
Size: 5 metres long, 2 metres tall and weighing around 700kgs.
Family: Carnotaurinae (a subfamily of Abelisauridae)
Diet: Carnivore
First fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered by Alberto Garrido at Auca Mahuevo in the Anacleto Formation of Neuquén Province, Argentina, in 2002. Named in the same year by R. A. Coria, L. M. Chiappe and L. Dingus.
Lived: 83 to 78 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Argentina.

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