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Dec 6, 2020 13:27:58 GMT Frazz said:

Are you hoping to be a paleontologist one day @taliragreycrest ?

I'd like to be a palaeontologist but, unfortunately, I'm not very good with maths, which I think is one of the subjects needed to get into this kind of work.

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"Dino of the Day!": Avimimus

Pronunciation: A-vee-my-mus
Meaning of name: "Bird mimic".
Species: A. portentosus, A. nemegtensis
Size: 1.5 metres long, 1 metre tall and weighing around 15kgs.
Family: Avimimidae.
Diet: Uncertain. Possibly either a herbivore, omnivore or insectivore.
First fossils found: Known from at least seven specimens, the first of which was discovered by Russian palaeontologist, Sergei Mikhailovich Kurzanov, in Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1981. A. portentosus named by Mr. Kurzanov in the same year. A. nemegtensis named by G. F. Funston in 2017.
Lived: 85 to 70 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.

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"Dino of the Day!": Protoceratops

Pronunciation: Pro-toe-seh-rah-tops
Meaning of name: "First horned face".
Species: P. andrewsi, P. hellenikorhinus.
Size: 1.8 metres long, 0.7 metres high and weighing around 83kgs.
Family: Protoceratopsidae.
Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.
First fossils found: Known from several individuals, the first of which was discovered by photographer, James Blaine Shackelford, during an American expedition to Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1922. P. andrewsi named by American palaeontologists, William King Gregory and Walter Willis Granger, in 1923. P. hellenikorhinus named in 2001. A remarkable fossil discovered in 1971 shows a Protoceratops locked in battle with a Velociraptor. It's believed they were either buried by a collapsing sand dune or surprised by a sand storm. Unlike its larger cousins, Protoceratops didn't have horns. Instead, it had thickened areas of bone above the eyes and on the snout where horns would develop in later Ceratopsians.
Lived: 75 to 71 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern China and southern Mongolia.

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'Dino of the Day!': Velociraptor

Pronunciation: Veh-loss-ah-rap-tor.
Meaning of name: "Fast thief".
Species: V. mongoliensis, V. osmolskae.
Size: 2 metres long, 1 metre tall and weighing around 15kgs.
Family: Dromaeosauridae.
Diet: Carnivore.
First fossils found: Known from several specimens, the first of which was discovered by Peter Kaisen in Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1923. V. mongoliensis named by American palaeontologist, Henry Fairfield Osborne, in 1924. V. osmolskae named by Belgian palaeontologist, Pascal Godefroit, in 2008.
Lived: 75 to 71 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.

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Today's "Dino of the Day!" is a tiny dino with a big name: Heterodontosaurus

Pronunciation: Het-er-o-dont-o-sore-us.
Meaning of name: "Different-toothed lizard", because it had three different kinds of teeth.
Species: H. tucki
Size: 90cm long, 50cm tall and weighed between 2 and 10kgs.
Family: Heterodontosauridae.
Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation.
First fossils found: Known from several specimens, the first of which was discovered by a British-South African expedition to South Africa during the early 1960's. Named by English palaeontologist, Alan Jack Charig and South African palaeontologist, Alfred Walter Crompton, in 1962. Most dinosaurs only have one type of tooth, but Heterodontosaurus had three: incisor-like teeth at the front of the jaws, a pair of tusks in the middle and grinding cheek-teeth at the back.
Lived: 200 to 190 million years ago during the Hettangian, Sinemurian and Pliensbachian stages of the Early Jurassic in what is now South Africa.

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Today's "Dino of the Day!" was named for a crime it never committed: Oviraptor.

Pronunciation: Oh-vee-rap-tor
Meaning of name: "Egg thief", because palaeontologists originally believed it fed on the eggs of other dinosaurs.
Species: O. philoceratops
Size: 1.5 metres long, between 1 and 1.5 metres tall and weighing up to 34kgs.
Family: Oviraptoridae.
Diet: Unknown. Possible carnivore. May also have fed on nuts or shellfish.
First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton and 15 eggs. First discovered by George Olsen in the Djadochta Formation during a 1923 expedition to Mongolia's Gobi Desert led by American naturalist, Roy Chapman Andrews. This dino's name refers to the fact that the very first specimen was found lying on a pile of what were though to be Protoceratops eggs. During the 90s, the discovery of nesting Oviraptorids has shown that the original eggs probably belonged to Oviraptor.
Lived: 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.

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"Dino of the Day!": Vulcanodon

Pronunciation: Vul-can-o-don.
Meaning of name: "Volcano tooth", in reference to the fact that it was discovered between two Jurassic-aged lava beds.
Species: V. karibaensis
Size: Estimated to have measured between 6 and 11 metres long, between 2 and 3 metres tall and weighed 3.5 metric tonnes.
Family: Vulcanodontidae.
Diet: Herbivore. Fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.
First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in Zimbabwe, southern Africa, between 1969-1970. Named by palaeontologist, Michael Raath, in 1972. Vulcanodon is one of the earliest-known Sauropods.
Lived: 201.3 to 199.3 million years ago during the Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now southern Africa.

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"Dino of the Day!": Camptosaurus.

Pronunciation: Camp-toe-sore-us.
Meaning of name: "Bent lizard"
Species: C. dispar, though there may be at least two other species.
Size: Estimated to have measured between 6 and 8 metres long, between 2 and 3 metres tall when standing upright and weighing around 2.5 metric tonnes.
Family: Camptosauridae.
Diet: Herbivore. Fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.
First fossils found: Known from several specimens, the first of which was discovered by William Harlow Reed in Wyoming in September 1879. Was originally named Camptonotus by American palaeontologist, Othniel Charles Marsh, in the same year, but was re-named Camptosaurus because the original name had already been given to an insect.
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 the western and midwestern United States.

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"Dino of the Day!": Camptosaurus.

Pronunciation: Camp-toe-sore-us.
Meaning of name: "Bent lizard"
Species: C. dispar, though there may be at least two other species.
Size: Estimated to have measured between 6 and 8 metres long, between 2 and 3 metres tall when standing upright and weighing around 2.5 metric tonnes.
Family: Camptosauridae.
Diet: Herbivore. Fed on both high and low-growing vegetation.
First fossils found: Known from several specimens, the first of which was discovered by William Harlow Reed in Wyoming in September 1879. Was originally named Camptonotus by American palaeontologist, Othniel Charles Marsh, in the same year, but was re-named Camptosaurus because the original name had already been given to an insect.
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 the western and midwestern United States.

So the Camptosaurus is the "Bent lizard"? Quelle surprise.

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Apparently, the name "Bent lizard" comes from the presumed flexibility of its unfused hip vertebrae. Unlike modern herbivores, Camptosaurus wasn't a fussy eater and was more than happy to eat whatever vegetation was available.

I bet he'd have a nibble if a Homo Erectus crossed his path.

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