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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 18, 2024 6:12:12 GMT
Name: DatanglongPronunciation: Dah-tang-long Meaning of name: "Datang dragon", after the town of Datang, southern China, near where its fossils were discovered. Species: D. guangxiensisSize: Between 7 and 8 metres long, 2.5 metres tall and weighing around 3 metric tonnes. Family: Uncertain. Possible Carcharodontosaurid. Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in Guangxi Province, southeastern China, in 2011. Named by Mo Jinyou, Zhou Fusheng, Li Guangning, Hunag Zhen and Cao Chenyun in 2014. Lived: 125 to 112 million years ago from the Barremian stage through to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southeastern China. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 19, 2024 9:58:18 GMT
Name: EmiliasauraPronunciation: Em-ee-lee-ah-sore-rah Meaning of name: "Emilia's lizard", after Emilia Ondettia de Fix, the founder of the first museum in Las Lajas. Species: E. alessandriiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 5 and 6 metres long. Family: Uncertain Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton including tail vertebrae and parts of the hindlimbs, pelvis and forelimbs, discovered in the Mulichinco Formation of Neuquén Province, northern Patagonia, Argentina. Named by R. A. Coria, A. A. Cerda, F. Escaso, M. A. Baiano, F. Bellardini, A. Braun, L. M. Coria, J. M. Gutierrez, D. Pino, G. J. Windholz, F. Ortega and P. J. Currie in 2024. Lived: 139.8 to 132.6 million years ago during the Valanginian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northern Patagonia, Argentina. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 20, 2024 9:51:57 GMT
Name: GandititanPronunciation: Gan-dee-tie-tan Meaning of name: "Ganzhou geology giant" Species: G. cavocaudatusSize: Estimated to have measured around 14 metres long. Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Zhoutian Formation of Jiangxi Province, southeastern China. Named by F. Han, L. Yang, F. Lou, C. Sullivan, X. Xing, W. Qiu, H. Liu, J. Yu, R. Wu, Y. Ke, M. Xu, J. Hu and P. Lu in 2024. Lived: 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago during the Cenomanian and Turonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeastern China. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 21, 2024 6:57:49 GMT
Name: ZalmoxesPronunciation: Zal-mocks-ees Meaning of name: Named after the Dacian deity, Zalmoxis. Species: Z. robustus, Z. shqiperorumSize: Depending on species, measured up to 2.5 metres long and weighing 45kgs. Family: Rhabdodontidae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from numerous specimens discovered in Sânpetru Formation of central Romania. Named by David Weishampel, Coralia-Maria Jianu, Zoltan Csiki and David Bruce Norman in 2003. Lived: 70 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central Romania.  Artist's impression of Z. robustus
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 22, 2024 6:38:59 GMT
Name: LythronaxPronunciation: Lye-thro-nax Meaning of name: "Gore king" Species: L. argestesSize: Estimated to have measured between 5 and 8 metres long, between 2.5 and 3 metres tall and weighing around between 0.5 and 2.5 metric tonnes. Family: Tyrannosauridae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Wahweap Formation of southern Utah in 2009. Named by palaeontologists, M. A. Loewen, R. B. Irmis, J. J. W. Sertich, P. J. Currie and S. D. Sampson in 2013. Currently, Lythronax is the oldest-known member of the Tyrannosauridae family. Lived: 80.6 to 79.9 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 23, 2024 10:04:48 GMT
Name: StegocerasPronunciation: Steg-oh-seh-ras Meaning of name: "Roofed horn" Species: S. validum, S. novomexicanumSize: S. validum between 2 and 2.5 metres long, 1.2 metres tall and weighed between 10 and 40kgs. S. novomexicanum believed to be smaller. Family: Pachycephalosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Two partial skull domes discovered by Canadian palaeontologist Lawrence Lambe in Alberta, Canada, in 1898. A third partial skull dome discovered in 1901. S. validum named by Mr. Lambe in 1902. Complete skull discovered in the early 1920s. S. novomexicanum named in 2011. Lived: 77.5 to 74 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now North America and southern Canada.  Two reconstructed S. validum skeletons
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 24, 2024 8:41:17 GMT
Name: MandschurosaurusPronunciation: Mandz-chu-ro-sore-us Meaning of name: "Manchuria lizard", after a region of northeastern Asia where its fossils were discovered. Species: M. amurensis, however, there may be a second species. Size: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 11 and 12 metres long, 6.4 metres tall and weighing between 1 and 2 metric tonnes. Family: Hadrosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Yuliangze Formation of Heilongjiang, northeastern China. Was originally named as a species of Trachodon by Russian palaeontologist, Anatoly Riabinin, in 1925, however, Mr. Riabinin later recognized it as a new genus and renamed it Mandschurosaurus in 1930. A second fragmentary skeleton was discovered in Grès supérieurs Formation of Laos, however, it's yet to be confirmed which dino this fossil belongs to. Lived: 72 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northeastern China and possibly Laos. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 25, 2024 9:03:12 GMT
Name: TaohelongPronunciation: Tow-hee-long Meaning of name: "Dragon of the river Tao" Species: T. jinchengensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 5 metres long and weighing 1 metric tonne. Family: Polacanthinae (a subfamily of Nodosauridae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from fossils including a tail vertebra, ribs, a left ilium and pieces of armor discovered in north-central China. Named by Yang Jing-Tao, You Hai-Lu, Li Da-Qing and Kong De-Lai in 2013. Lived: 113 to 110 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now north-central China. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 26, 2024 6:14:46 GMT
Name: EucercosaurusPronunciation: You-sir-coe-sore-us Meaning of name: "Good-tailed lizard" Species: E. tanyspondylusSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Possible Iguanodontid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from several vertebrae discovered in the Cambridge Greensand of southeast England. Named by British palaeontologist, Harry Govier Seeley, in 1879. Lived: 105 to 100 million years ago from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous through to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeast England.  Illustration of the pelvic vertebrae of Eucercosaurus
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 27, 2024 7:17:11 GMT
Name: RapatorPronunciation: Rah-pah-tor Meaning of name: "Violator" or "Plunderer" Species: R. ornitholestoidesSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Possible Megaraptorid. Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, opalized finger bone from the left hand discovered in the Griman Creek Formation of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia, in 1905. Named by German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, in 1932. Lived: 105 to 96 million years ago from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous through to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern New South Wales and southern Queensland.  Artist's impression of Rapator.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 28, 2024 8:49:41 GMT
Name: KoreaceratopsPronunciation: Koe-ree-ah-seh-rah-tops Meaning of name: "Korean horned face" Species: K. hwaseongensisSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 1 and 2 metres long, 1 metre tall and weighing between 27 and 45kgs. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from a single, partial skeleton discovered in a sandstone block in the Tando dam at Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea in 2008. Named by palaeontologists Michael J. Ryan, Yuong-Nam Lee and Y. Kobayashi in 2011. Koreaceratops is the first Ceratopsian to be discovered in South Korea. Lived: 103 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now South Korea.  Artist's impression of Koreaceratops
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 29, 2024 6:55:02 GMT
Name: CamposaurusPronunciation: Camp-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Camp's lizard", after American palaeontologist, Charles Lewis Camp. Species: C. arizonensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Coelophysidae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from partial lower leg bones discovered in the Bluewater Creek Formation of Arizona. Named by Adrian P. Hunt, Spencer George Lucas, Andrew B. Heckert, Robert Michael Sullivan and Martin G. Lockley in 1998. Lived: 223 to 210 million years ago during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now the southwestern United States. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 30, 2024 9:25:28 GMT
Name: CampylodoniscusPronunciation: Cam-pe-lo-don-is-kuss Meaning of name: "Bent tooth" or "Curved tooth" Species: C. ameghinoiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a jawbone with seven teeth discovered in the Bajo Barreal Formation of southern Argentina. Originally named Campylodon by German palaeontologist, Friedrich von Huene, however, it was later shown that this name had already been given to a fish. Renamed Campylodoniscus by H. Haubold and O. Kuhn in 1961. Lived: 95 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Argentina. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 31, 2024 7:33:49 GMT
Name: BrachylophosaurusPronunciation: Brak-ee-loe-foe-sore-us Meaning of name: "Short-crested lizard" Species: B. canadensisSize: Measured between 9 and 11 metres long, 3 metres tall (up to 5 metres when standing upright) and weighing around 7 metric tonnes. Family: Saurolophinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens, the first of which was discovered by American-Canadian palaeontologist, Charles Mortram Sternberg, in the Oldman Formation of Alberta, western Canada, in 1953. Named by Mr. Sternberg in the same year. Additional specimens discovered in the Judith River Formation of Montana and the Wahweap Formation of Utah in 1988, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2002 and 2008. Some specimens include fossilized skin. Lived: 78 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada and the western United States. 
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 1, 2024 7:34:39 GMT
Name: YingshanosaurusPronunciation: Ying-shan-oh-saw-rus Meaning of name: "Yingshan lizard" Species: Y. jichuanensisSize: Estimated to have measured between 4 and 5 metres long and weighing around 1.6 metric tonnes Family: Stegosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province, southwestern China, in 1983. Named by Zhou Shiwu in 1994. Lived: 155 million years ago during the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now southwestern China. 
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