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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 14, 2024 5:35:44 GMT
Name: NankangiaPronunciation: Nan-kang-e-ah Meaning of name: Named after Nankang County, Jiangxi Province, southeastern China, where its fossils were discovered. Species: N. jiangxiensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 2.5 metres long. Family: Oviraptoridae Diet: Uncertain First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered by a farmer in the Nanxiong Formation of southeastern China in 2010. Named by Chinese palaeontologists, Lü Junchang, Yi Laiping, Zhong Hui and Wei Xuefang in 2013. Lived: 72.1 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southeastern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 15, 2024 8:04:35 GMT
Name: NanshiungosaurusPronunciation: Nan-she-ung-o-sore-us Meaning of name: "Nanxiong lizard", after the rock formation where its fossils were discovered. Species: N. brevispinusSize: Estimated to have measured around 5 metres long. Family: Therizinosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a complete pelvis and spinal column discovered during an expedition led by the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, in the Nanxiong Formation of Guangdong Province, southern China, in 1974. Named by Chinese palaeontologist, Dong Zhiming, in 1979. Lived: 67 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now southern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 16, 2024 6:30:01 GMT
Name: HuehuecanauhtlusPronunciation: Ue-ue-cana-uh-tlus Meaning of name: "Ancient duck" Species: H. tiquichensisSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 5 and 6 metres long. Family: Uncertain. Likely a primitive Hadrosaurid. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from two partial skeletons discovered in Michoacan, Mexico, in 2003. Named by Angel Alejandro Ramírez-Velasco, Mouloud Benammi, Albert Prieto-Marquez, Jesús Alvarado Ortega and René Hernández-Rivera in 2012. Lived: 86.3 to 83.6 million years ago during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Mexico.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 17, 2024 4:15:23 GMT
Name: PanamericansaurusPronunciation: Pan-ah-meh-re-can-sore-us Meaning of name: Named after the Pan American Energy Company. Species: P. schroederiSize: Estimaed to have measured around 11 metres long, between 3 and 4 metres tall and weighing between 30 and 55 metric tonnes. Family: Aeolosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, fragmentary skeleton discovered in the Allen Formation of Neuquen Province, western Argentina, in June 2003. Named by J. O. Calvo and J. D. Porfiri in 2010. Lived: 83.6 to 66 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Argentina.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 18, 2024 6:42:16 GMT
Name: AjkaceratopsPronunciation: Oy-kah-seh-rah-tops Meaning of name: "Ajka horned face", after the Hungarian town of Ajka, near where its fossils were discovered. Species: A. kozmaiSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 1 metre long. Family: Protoceratopsidae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a few skull fragments discovered in the Csehbanya Formation of western Hungary in 2009. Named by Attila Osi, Richard J. Butler and David B. Weishampel in 2010. Lived: 86 to 84 million years ago during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Hungary.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 19, 2024 4:30:05 GMT
Name: RhinorexPronunciation: Ry-no-rex Meaning of name: "Nose king" Species: R. condrupusSize: Estimated to have measured around 9 metres long and weighing 3.5 metric tonnes. Family: Saurolophinae (a sub-family of Hadrosauridae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered by Brian Anderson and Roger Wagerle in the Neslen Formation of central Utah, in 1992. Named by T. A. Gates and R. Scheetz in 2014. Lived: 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now the western United States. Rhinorex skull
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 20, 2024 10:21:14 GMT
Name: HuallasaurusPronunciation: Hu-al-lah-sor-us Meaning of name: "Duck lizard" Species: H. australisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Saurolophinae (a subfamily of Hadrosauridae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from partial fossils discovered in the Los Alamitos Formation of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Originally named as a species of Kritosaurus in 1984, it was long considered a synonym of Secernosaurus before being recognized as a new genus and named Huallasaurus by Sebastián Rozadilla, Federico Brissón Egli, Federico Agnolin, Alexis Mauro Aranciaga-Rolando and Fernando Emilio Novas in 2022. Lived: 85 to 66 million years ago from the Santonian stage through to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northwestern Patagonia, Argentina.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 22, 2024 7:15:02 GMT
Name: UtahceratopsPronunciation: U-tah-seh-rah-tops Meaning of name: "Utah horned face" Species: U. gettyiSize: Between 5 and 7 metres long, 2 metres high and weighing between 3 and 4 metric tonnes. Family: Chasmosaurinae (a sub-family of Ceratopsidae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from at least six individuals. First discovered in the Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah in 2010. Named in the same year by S. D. Sampson, M. A. Loewen, A. A. Farke, E. M. Roberts, C. A. Forster, J. A. Smith and A. L. Titus. Lived: 76.4 to 75.5 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 Apr 23, 2024 5:04:22 GMT
Name: ZapsalisPronunciation: Za-sah-lis Meaning of name: "Thorough scissors" Species: Z. abradensSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Dromaeosauridae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from a handful of teeth discovered in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada, and the Judith Formation of Montana. Named by American palaeontologist, Edward Drinker Cope, in 1876. Lived: 75 million years ago during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now western Canada and the northwestern United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 24, 2024 6:47:48 GMT
Name: ZephyrosaurusPronunciation: Zef-eye-row-sore-us Meaning of name: "West-wind lizard" Species: Z. schaffiSize: Estimated to have measured around 1.8 metres long, 0.5 metres tall and weighing around 20kgs. Family: Orodrominae (a sub-family of Thescelosauridae). Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, fragmentary skeleton discovered by Charles R. Schaff in the Cloverly Formation of Montana (date of discovery uncertain). Named by American palaeontologist, Hans-Dieter Sues, in 1980. Lived: 113 to 100.5 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now the western United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 25, 2024 7:20:28 GMT
Name: WeewarrasaurusPronunciation: We-wah-rah-sor-us Meaning of name: "Wee Warra lizard", after the place where its fossils were discovered. Species: W. pobeniSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain. Likely Ornithopod. Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from two partial lower jaws discovered in the Griman Creek Formation of northern New South Wales, Australia, in 2013. Named by Australian palaeontologists, Phil R. Bell, Matthew C. Herne, Tom Brougham and Elizabeth T. Smith in 2018. Lived: 100 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now eastern Australia.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 26, 2024 8:26:57 GMT
This dino looks like a walking pin-cushion: Name: TuojiangosaurusPronunciation: Toh-zhang-oh-sore-us Meaning of name: "Tuo River lizard" Species: T. multispinusSize: Estimated to have measured around 6.5 metres long, 2 metres high and weighing 2.8 metric tonnes. Family: Stegosauridae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from numerous specimens, including an almost complete skeleton. First discovered in the Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province, southwestern China, in 1974, during construction of the Wujiaba dam. Named by Chinese palaeontologist, Dong Zhiming, in 1977. Lived: 160 million years ago during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now southwestern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 27, 2024 10:19:59 GMT
Name: BoreonykusPronunciation: Bor-ee-on-ee-kus Meaning of name: "Northern claw" Species: B. certekorumSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Velociraptorinae (a subfamily of Dromaeosauridae) Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from a right frontal skull bone, a sickle claw of the foot, a rear caudal vertebra, a claw of the second finger and some loose teeth, discovered in the Wapiti Formation of central Alberta, western Canada. Named by Phil Bell and Philip John Currie in 2015. Was originally thought to be a species of Saurornitholestes. Lived: 73.27 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 28, 2024 6:43:11 GMT
Name: TawaPronunciation: Tah-wah Meaning of name: Named after the Hopi word for the Puebloan sun god. Species: T. hallaeSize: Estimated to have measured up to 4 metres long, 1 metre tall and weighing 30kgs. Family: Uncertain. Possible Herrerrasaurid. Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from at least eight partial skeletons, the first of which were discovered in the Hayden Quarry of Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, in 2004. Named by American palaeontologist, Sterling J. Nesbitt, in 2009. Lived: 215 to 213 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 Apr 29, 2024 6:18:20 GMT
Name: JaxartosaurusPronunciation: Jax-art-o-sore-us Meaning of name: "Jaxartes lizard", after the Jaxartes River in central Asia. Species: J. aralensisSize: Unknown due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 9 metres long. Family: Lambeosaurinae (a sub-family of Hadrosauridae) Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a skull roof and braincase discovered in Kazakhstan. Named by Anatoly Nikolaenvich Riabinin in 1938. Lived: 89.8 to 83.6 million years ago during the Coniacian and Santonian stages of the Late Cretaceous in what is now Kazakhstan. Artist's impression of Jaxartosaurus
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