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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 3, 2024 8:12:29 GMT
Name: XinjiangtitanPronunciation: Zin-jee-ang-tie-tan Meaning of name: "Xinjiang giant", after the region of northwestern China where its fossils were discovered. Species: X. shanshanesisSize: Estimated to have measured around 27 metres long, 17 metres tall and weighing 25 metric tonnes. The neck alone measures nearly 15 metres long, making it the longest complete neck of any animal ever discovered. Family: Mamenchisauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a partial skull and a partial skeleton discovered in Xinjiang, northwestern China in 2012. Named by Chinese palaeontologists Wu Wen-hao, Zhou Chang-fu, Oliver Wings, Toru Sekiha and Dong Zhiming in 2013. Lived: 164.6 million years ago during the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic in what is now northwestern China. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 4, 2024 10:31:46 GMT
Name: SuchosaurusPronunciation: Soo-coe-sore-us Meaning of name: "Crocodile lizard", as it was originally thought to be a genus of crocodile. Species: S. cultridens, S. girardiSize: Depending on species, estimated to have measured between 8 and 10 metres long and weighing between 1 and 4 metric tonnes. Family: Baryonychinae (a subfamily of Spinosauridae) Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known only from teeth and jaw fragments discovered in Portugal and southeastern England. S. cultridens named by English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, in 1841. S. girardi named by French palaeontologist, Henri Émile Sauvage, in 1897. Lived: 139.8 to 122.46 million years ago from the Valanginian stage through to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Portugal and southeastern England. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 5, 2024 9:27:24 GMT
Name: SiamotyrannusPronunciation: Sy-am-o-ty-ran-nus Meaning of name: "Siamese tyrant" Species: S. isanensisSize: Estimated to have measured between 6 and 10 metres long, 2 metres tall and weighing between 1 and 2 metric tonnes. Family: Uncertain. Possible Metriacanthosaurid. Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from vertebrae, leg bones, teeth and the left half of the pelvis, discovered by Somchai Traimwichanon in the Sao Khua Formation of Thailand in 1993. Named by palaeontologists, Eric Buffetaut, Varavudh Suteethorn and Haiyan Tong in 1996. Lived: 145 to 125 million years ago from the Berriasian stage through to the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Thailand. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 6, 2024 6:29:20 GMT
Name: AtlasaurusPronunciation: At-las-sore-us Meaning of name: "Atlas lizard", after the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa, where its fossils were discovered. Species: A. imelakeiSize: Estimated to have measured around 15 metres long, between 5 and 6 metres tall and weighing 22.5 metric tonnes. Family: Uncertain Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from an almost complete tail and an almost complete skull and skeleton discovered in the High Atlas range of the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa, in 1981. Named by M. Monbaron, D. A. Russell and P. Taquet in 1999. Lived: 167.7 to 164.7 million years ago during the Bathonian and Callovian stages of the Middle Jurassic in what is now North Africa.  Artist's impression of a pair of Atlasaurus.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 7, 2024 6:35:26 GMT
Name: ArkharaviaPronunciation: Ark-ha-rah-ve-ah Meaning of name: "Arkhara road", after an Urban-type settlement and the administrative center of the Arkharinsky District in the Amur Region of Far Eastern Russia. Species: A. heterocoelicaSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from tail vertebrae and a tooth discovered in the Udurchukan Formation of the Amur Region in Far Eastern Russia. Named by V. R. Alifanov and Y. L. Bolotsky in 2010. Lived: 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the Amur Region of Far Eastern Russia. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 8, 2024 5:58:02 GMT
Name: ZigongosaurusPronunciation: Zee-gon-go-sore-us Meaning of name: "Zigong lizard", after a city in Sichuan Province, southwestern China, where its fossils were discovered. Species: Z. fuxiensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 15 metres long. Family: Mamenchisauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from numerous specimens, including a partial mandible and a partial braincase, discovered in the Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province, southwestern China. Named by L. -H. Hou, S. -W. Zhou and S. -C. Chao in 1976. Lived: 169 to 155 million years ago from the Bajocian stage of the Middle Jurassic through to the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now southwestern China. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 9, 2024 9:46:34 GMT
Name: BashanosaurusPronunciation: Bash-an-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Bashan lizard", from the ancient name of Chongqing municipality, southwestern China, where its fossils were discovered. Species: B. primitivusSize: Full adult size uncertain as the only known fossils are thought to belong to subadults. Family: Uncertain. Likely Stegosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from three partial skulls and partial skeletons, the first of which was discovered in the Shaximiao Formation of southwestern China, in 2016. Named by Dai Hui, Li Ning, Susannah C. R. Maidment, Wei Guangbiao, Zhou Yuxuan, Hu Xufeng, Ma Qingyu, Wang Xunqian, Hu Haiqian and Peng Guangzhao in 2022. Lived: 167.5 to 164.5 million years ago during the Bathonian and Callovian stages of the Middle Jurassic in what is now southwestern China. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 10, 2024 7:11:04 GMT
Name: PlateosauravusPronunciation: Plat-e-oh-sore-ay-vus Meaning of name: "Grandfather of Plateosaurus" Species: P. cullingworthiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 8 metres long. Family: Uncertain. Likely a primitive Plaeosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from at least twelve partial skeletons discovered in the Elliot Formation of South Africa. Was originally named as a species of Plateosaurus by South African palaeontologist, Sidney Henry Haughton, in 1924, before being recognized as a new genus and renamed Plateosauravus by German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, in 1932. Lived: 221 to 202 million years ago during the Norian and Rhaetian stages of the Late Triassic in what is now South Africa. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 11, 2024 6:22:36 GMT
Name: AntetonitrusPronunciation: An-tee-ton-nee-truss Meaning of name: "Before the thunder", in reference to its existence before other known Sauropods. Species: A. ingenipesSize: Full adult size uncertain as the only known fossils are thought to belong to either a juvenile or subadult. Family: Lessemsauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from limb bones and several vertebrae discovered by South African palaeontologist, James William Kitching, in the Elliot Formation of South Africa in 1981. Named by Mr. Kitching and Adam Yates in 2003. Was originally thought to be a species of Euskelosaurus. Lived: 201.4 to 199.5 million years ago during the Hettangian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now South Africa. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 12, 2024 10:02:06 GMT
Name: YunmenglongPronunciation: Yun-meng-long Meaning of name: "Yunmeng dragon" Species: Y. ruyangensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 27 metres long and weighing 30 metric tonnes. Family: Uncertain. Likely Euhelopodid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Haoling Formation of Henan Province, central China. Named by Chinese palaeontologists, J. Lu, L. Xu, H. Pu, X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, S. Jia, H. Chang, J. Zhang and X. Wei in 2013. Lived: 125 to 100.5 million years ago from the Barremian stage through to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now central China. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 13, 2024 9:42:28 GMT
Name: NingyuansaurusPronunciation: Ning-yu-an-sore-us Meaning of name: "Ningyuan lizard", after ancient name for Xingcheng City, Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Species: N. wangiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Halszkaraptorinae. Was originally thought to be an Oviraptorid. Diet: Uncertain. Possible herbivore. First fossils found: Known only from a single, mostly complete skull and skeleton discovered in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Named by Q. Ji, J.-C. Lü, X.-F. Wei and X.-R. Wang in 2012. Lived: 124.6 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeastern China. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 14, 2024 7:04:37 GMT
Name: OrnithopisPronunciation: Or-nith-oh-pis Meaning of name: "Bird-likeness", as it was once considered to be between pterosaurs and birds due to the cavities for air sacs in its vertebrae. Species: O. hulkeiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Possible Brachiosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from two back vertebrae discovered in the Wealden Formation of southeast England. Named by British palaeontologist, Harry Govier Seeley, in 1870. Lived: 125.77 to 121.4 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southeast England. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 15, 2024 6:27:22 GMT
Name: GoyocephalePronunciation: Goy-oh-sef-a-lay Meaning of name: "Adorned head" Species: G. lattimoreiSize: Estimated to have measured around 1.8 metres long, 0.5 metres tall and weighing between 10 and 40kgs. Family: Pachycephalosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skull and partial skeleton discovered in northern Mongolia. Named by Mongolian palaeontologist, Altangerel Perle, and Polish palaeontologists, Teresa Maryanska and Halszka Osmólska in 1982. Lived: 86.3 to 76 million years ago during the Santonian and Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Mongolia. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 16, 2024 6:46:22 GMT
Name: BruhathkayosaurusPronunciation: Bru-hath-kay-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Huge-bodied lizard" Species: B. matleyiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Unknown. Possible Titanosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from hip and leg bones discovered in the Kallamedu Formation of Tamil Nadu, southern India. Unfortunately, soon after the discovery, the fossils were lost in a monsoon. Named by P. Yadagiri and K. Ayyasami in 1989. Lived: 70 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 Oct 17, 2024 7:27:50 GMT
Name: ArdetosaurusPronunciation: Ar-det-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Burn lizard", in reference to its fossils being damaged by a museum fire. Species: A. viatorSize: Estimated to have measured around 18 metres long. Family: Diplodocinae (a subfamily of Diplodocidae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA, in 1993, before being shipped to Switzerland. It was later sent to the Dinosaur Park Münchehagen, Germany, where it was damaged by a fire, and then to the Netherlands, where it's now housed. Named by Tom van der Linden, Emanuel Tschopp, Roland Sookias, Jonathan Wallaard, Femke Holwerda and Anne Schulp in 2024. Lived: 150.4 to 149.2 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now the western United States. 
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