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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 30, 2024 5:19:09 GMT
Name: UnquillosaurusPronunciation: Un-kwil-low-sore-us Meaning of name: "Unquillo river lizard" Species: U. ceibaliiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Possible Dromaeosaurid. Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from a single pubic bone discovered in the Los Blanquitos Formation of central Argentina (date of discovery uncertain). Named by J. E. Powell in 1979. Lived: 83.6 to 72.1 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now central Argentina. Artist's impression of Unquillosaurus
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 31, 2024 11:01:25 GMT
Name: AbdarainurusPronunciation: Ab-dah-ray-nu-rus Meaning of name: "Abdrant Nuru tail", after the place where its fossils were first discovered. Species: A. barsboldiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Possible Titanosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a handful of tail vertebrae discovered in the Alagteeg Formation of southern Mongolia in 1970. Named by Alexander Averianov and Alexey Lopatin in 2020. Lived: 80 to 75 million years ago during the Santonian and Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia. Artist's impression of Abdarainurus
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 1, 2024 5:28:59 GMT
This dino was the first one to be discovered in British Colombia, Canada: Name: FerrisaurusPronunciation: Feh-re-sore-us Meaning of name: "Iron lizard" Species: F. sustutensisSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Leptoceratopsidae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single fragmentary skeleton discovered by Kenny F. Larsen in the Tango Creek Formation of British Colombia, Canada, in 1970. Named by Victoria Arbour and David Evans in 2019. Lived: 72.1 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now British Colombia, Canada. Artist's impression of a family of Ferrisaurus
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 2, 2024 7:49:58 GMT
Name: GalveosaurusPronunciation: Gal-vee-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Galve lizard", after the Spanish municipality where its fossils were discovered. Species: G. herreroiSize: Estimated to have measured around 16 metres long, 5 metres tall and weighing 2 metric tonnes. Family: Uncertain Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation of eastern Spain sometime during the 1980's. Named by Bárbara Sánchez-Hernández in 2005. Lived: In what is now eastern Spain. Was originally thought to have lived between 152.1 and 139.8 million years ago during the Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic through to the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous, but is now believed to have lived during the Kimmeridgian and Tithonian stages of the Late Jurassic from 157.3 to 145 million years ago.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 3, 2024 22:08:13 GMT
Name: EchinodonPronunciation: Eh-ky-no-don Meaning of name: "Hedgehog tooth", in reference to the serrations along the sides of its teeth. Species: E. becklesiiSize: Estimated to have measured around 60cm long. Family: Heterodontosauridae Diet: Herbivore/Omnivore First fossils found: Known only from jaw fragments discovered by Samuel Beckles on the Isle of Purbeck, southern England, sometime during the mid-1800's. Named by British palaeontologist, Sir Richard Owen, in 1861. Lived: 145 to 139.8 million years ago during the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southern England.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 4, 2024 6:26:21 GMT
Name: KarongasaurusPronunciation: Ka-rong-ah-sore-us Meaning of name: "Karonga lizard" Species: K. gittelmaniSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from teeth and a partial lower jaw discovered in the Dinosaur Beds Formation of Malawi, southeastern Africa, between 1987 and 1992. Named by Elizabeth M. Gomani in 2005. Lived: 120 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now southeastern Africa.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 5, 2024 8:02:05 GMT
Name: AlbertavenatorPronunciation: Al-ber-tah-ven-ah-tor Meaning of name: "Alberta hunter" Species: A. currieiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Troodontidae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from partial fossils discovered in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Alberta, western Canada, sometime during the 1990s. Named by D. C. Evans, T. M. Cullen, D. W. Larson and A. Rego in 2017. Lived: 71.5 to 71 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 6, 2024 5:45:08 GMT
Name: AnimantarxPronunciation: An-e-man-tarks Meaning of name: "Living fortress" Species: A. ramaljonesiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 3 metres long, 1 metre tall and weighing between 500 and 700kgs. Family: Nodosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, fragmentary skeleton discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation of eastern Utah in 1999. Named in the same year by K. Carpenter, J. I. Kirkland, D. L. Burge and J. Bird. Lived: 106 to 97 million years ago from the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous through to the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 7, 2024 6:36:23 GMT
Name: GobisaurusPronunciation: Go-bee-sore-us Meaning of name: "Gobi lizard", after the desert where its fossils were discovered. Species: G. domoculusSize: Estimated to have measured around 6 metres long, 1.75 metres tall and weighing 3.5 metric tonnes. Family: Ankylosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered by the Sino-Soviet expeditions in Mongolia's Gobi Desert in 1959-1960. Named by Matthew K. Vickaryous, Anthony P. Russell, Philip J. Currie and Xi-Jin Zhao in 2001. Lived: 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 8, 2024 5:39:02 GMT
Name: ThanatotheristesPronunciation: Tha-na-to-thee-riss-teez Meaning of name: "Death reaper" Species: T. degrootorumSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Tyrannosauridae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skull discovered in the Foremost Formation of Alberta, Canada, in 2010. Named by Jared T. Voris, Francois Therrien, Darla K. Zelenitzky and Caleb M. Brown in 2020. Lived: 80.1 to 79.5 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 9, 2024 6:40:54 GMT
Name: AlioramusPronunciation: Ah-lee-oh-ray-mus Meaning of name: "Different branch" Species: A. remotus, A. altaiSize: Adult size uncertain as the only known fossils belong to either juveniles or sub-adults. Family: Tyrannosauridae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Originally known only from a partial skull and some foot bones discovered by a joint Soviet-Mongolian expedition in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia's Gobi Desert during the early 1970's. A. remotus named by Russian palaeontologist, Sergei Kurzanov, in 1976. A more complete skeleton was discovered in 2001. A. altai named by American palaeontologist, Stephen Louis Brusatte, in 2009. Lived: 70 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern Mongolia.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 10, 2024 7:56:52 GMT
Name: GarumbatitanPronunciation: Gah-rum-bah-ty-tan Meaning of name: "Garumba giant", after a mountain in the region where its fossils were discovered. Species: G. morellensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Likely Titanosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from multiple partial skeletons, the first of which was discovered by Miquel G. Fígols in the Arcillas de Morella Formation of northeastern Spain. Named by Pedro Mocho, Fernando Escaso, José M. Gasulla, Àngel Galobart, Begoña Poza, Andrés Santos-Cubedo, José L. Sanz and Francisco Ortega in 2023. Lived: 125.77 to 121.4 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeastern Spain.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 11, 2024 9:48:46 GMT
Name: ChiayusaurusPronunciation: Che-ah-yu-sore-us Meaning of name: "Chia-yu-kuan lizard", after a city in Gansu Province, northwestern China, where its fossils were discovered. Species: C. lacustrisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Euhelopodidae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from two teeth discovered in the Kalazha Formation of Gansu Province, northwestern China. Named by Birgir Bohlin in 1953. Lived: 125.77 to 113 million years ago during the Barremian and Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northwestern China. A drawing of the teeth of Chiayusaurus
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 12, 2024 8:22:56 GMT
Name: EocursorPronunciation: E-oh-cur-sor Meaning of name: "Dawn runner" Species: E. parvusSize: Estimated to have measured around 1 metre long. Family: Uncertain Diet: Uncertain. Possible herbivore. First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton including portions of the skull, lower jaw, vertebrae and limbs, discovered in the Elliot Formation of South Africa in 1993. Named by Richard J. Butler, Roger M. H. Smith and David B. Norman in 2007. Lived: 201.3 to 191 million years ago from the Hettangian stage through to the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now South Africa.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 13, 2024 5:51:23 GMT
Name: KangnasaurusPronunciation: Kang-nah-sore-us Meaning of name: "Farm Kangnas lizard" Species: K. coetzeeiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Dryosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single tooth discovered at Farm Kangnas, Cape Province, South Africa (date of discovery uncertain). Named by South African palaeontologist, Sidney Henry Haughton, in 1915. Some vertebrae and partial hind legs have also been discovered, but it's yet to be confirmed whether or not they belong to this species. Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now South Africa.
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