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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 3, 2024 9:02:56 GMT
Name: DinnebitodonPronunciation: Din-neh-bit-oh-don Meaning of name: "Dinnebito Wash tooth" Species: D. amarali Size: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 80cm long. Family: Tritylodontidae Diet: Uncertain. Likely herbivore. First fossils found: Known only from parts of the skull and jaws discovered in the Kayenta Formation of northeastern Arizona. Named by American palaeontologist, Hans-Dieter Sues, in 1986. Lived: 189 million years ago during the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic in what is now the southwestern United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 5, 2024 10:56:41 GMT
Name: Simosaurus Pronunciation: Sim-oh-sor-us Meaning of name: "Pug-nosed lizard" Species: S. gaillardoti, S. mougeoti, S. guilelmiSize: Estimated to have measured between 3 and 4 metres long. Family: Simosauridae Diet: Ammonites and other hard-shelled organisms. First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in Germany, France and Italy. S. gaillardoti and S. guilelmi named by German palaeontologist, Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, in 1842. S. mougeoti named by Mr. Meyer in 1855. Was originally thought to be a species of Nothosaurus.Lived: 240 to 230 million years ago from the Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic through to the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now Germany, France and Italy. Mounted skeleton of S. gaillardoti in the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 6, 2024 10:16:39 GMT
Name: Syndyoceras Pronunciation: Sin-de-oh-seh-ras Meaning of name: "Together horn" Species: S. cookiSize: Estimated to have measured around 1.6 metres long. Family: Protoceratidae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known from several skulls and partial skeletons discovered in the Marsland, Harrison and Wildcat Hills Beds Formations of Nebraska and Wyoming. Named by E. H. Barbour in 1905. The two pairs of horns on its head are thought to have been used for sexual display and intraspecies fighting. Lived: 24.8 to 20.6 million years ago from the Chattian stage of the Late Oligocene through to the Aquitanian stage of the Early Miocene in what is now the western and midwestern United States. Artist's impression of Syndyoceras
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 7, 2024 9:54:53 GMT
Name: ArctopsPronunciation: Ark-tops Meaning of name: "Bear face" Species: A. willistoni, however, there may another two species. Size: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 2 metres long. Family: Gorgonopsidae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from three skulls discovered in South Africa. Named by David Meredith Seares Watson in 1914. Lived: 260 to 252 million years ago from the Capitanian stage of the Middle Permian through to the Changhsingian stage of the Late Permian in what is now South Africa. Artist's impression of Arctops
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 10, 2024 8:48:03 GMT
Name: Titanokorys Pronunciation: Tie-tan-oh-kor-riss Meaning of name: "Titan helmet", in reference to both the Titans of Greek mythology and the unusual size of its central carapace. Species: T. gainesiSize: 0.5 metres long, making it one of the largest animals of its time. Family: Hurdiidae Diet: Uncertain. Likely carnivore. First fossils found: Known only from head sclerites, frontal appendages and an oral cone, the first of which were discovered in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, western Canada. Named by J. -B. Caron and J. Moysiuk in 2021. Lived: 508 million years ago during the Wuliuan stage of the Middle Cambrian in the oceans and shallow seas that surrounded and once covered what is now western Canada. Artist's impression of Titanokorys
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 11, 2024 9:57:51 GMT
Name: Alierasaurus Pronunciation: Ah-ly-rah-sore-us Meaning of name: "Aliera lizard", from the name in local dialect of the town of Alghero, Sassari Province, northwestern Sardinia, Italy, where its fossils were discovered. Species: A. ronchiiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured between 6 and 7 metres long. Family: Caseidae Diet: Herbivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Cala del Vino Formation of Sassari Province, northwestern Sardinia, Italy. Named by M. Romano and U. Nicosia in 2014. Lived: 273.01 to 266.9 million years ago during the Roadian stage of the Middle Permian in what is now northwestern Sardinia, Italy. A. ronchii tail vertebrae
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 12, 2024 10:31:56 GMT
Name: Morganucodon Pronunciation: Mor-gah-nu-coe-don Meaning of name: "Glamorgan tooth", after a county in southern Wales where its fossils were discovered. Species: M. watsoni, M. oehleri, M. heikuopengensis, M. peyeri, M. tardusSize: Depending on species, measured up to 13cm long and weighing between 27 and 89 grams .Family: Morganucodontidae Diet: Insectivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in Wales and southwestern China. M. watsoni named by German palaeontologist, Walter Georg Kühne, in 1949. M. oehleri named in 1963. M. heikuopengensis named in 1978. M. peyeri named in 1980. M. tardus named in 2016. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 205 and 165.3 million years ago from the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic through to the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic in what is now Wales and southwestern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 13, 2024 10:08:54 GMT
Name: Inditherium Pronunciation: In-de-thee-ree-um Meaning of name: "India beast" Species: I. florisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Dromatheriidae Diet: Uncertain First fossils found: Known only from three teeth discovered in the Tiki Formation of Madhya Pradesh, northern India. Named by M. S. Bhat, S. Ray and P. M. Datta in 2020. Lived: 220 million years ago during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now northern India.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 14, 2024 7:44:18 GMT
Name: Archaeothyris Pronunciation: Ar-kay-oh-thigh-riss Meaning of name: "Ancient window", in reference to the temporal fenestra, an opening in the skull which indicates this is an early synapsid. Species: A. florensisSize: 0.5 metres long Family: Ophiacodontidae Diet: Carnivore/insectivore First fossils found: Known from three specimens discovered in the Joggins Fossil Cliffs of Nova Scotia, eastern Canada. Named by Robert R. Reisz in 1972. Lived: 306 million years ago during the Kasimovian stage of the Late Carboniferous in what is now Nova Scotia, eastern Canada. Pencil drawing of Archaeothyris
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 15, 2024 11:50:32 GMT
Name: Cynthiacetus Pronunciation: Sin-thee-ah-see-tus Meaning of name: "Cynthia whale", after the town of Cynthia, Mississippi, near where its fossils were first discovered. Species: C. maxwelli, C. peruvianusSize: Depending on species, measured around 8.5 metres long. Family: Basilosauridae Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known from several almost complete skulls and skeletons discovered in the southeastern United States and the Otuma Formation of Peru. C. maxwelli named by Mark D. Uhen in 2005. C. peruvianus named by Manuel Martínez-Cáceres and Christian de Muizon in 2011. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 40.4 and 33.9 million years ago from the Bartonian stage of the Middle Eocene through to the Priabonian stage of the Late Eocene in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered parts of what is Peru and the southeastern United States. Artist's impression of C. peruvianus hunting fish
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 16, 2024 7:45:45 GMT
Today's entry could teach us more about the rise of the dinosaurs: Name: Gondwanax Pronunciation: Gon-dwah-nax Meaning of name: "King of Gondwana" or "Lord of Gondwana" Species: G. paraisensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 1 metre long. Family: Silesauridae Diet: Uncertain. Likely herbivore. First fossils found: Known only from vertebrae, a right femur and a partial pelvic girdle discovered by physician and paleontology enthusiast, Pedro L. P. Aurelio, in the Santa Maria Formation of southern Brazil in 2014. Named by Rodrigo Temp Müller in 2024. Lived: 237 million years ago during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now southern Brazil. Gondwanax fossils
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Oct 17, 2024 9:15:24 GMT
Name: Astreptolabis Pronunciation: Ah-strep-toe-laa-bis Meaning of name: "Not curved forceps", in reference to the structure of its cerci or 'pincers' on its rear-most segment. Species: A. ethirosomatia, A. laevisSize: Measured around 3.5mm (0.35cm) long. Family: Astreptolabidinae (a subfamily of Pygidicranidae) Diet: Uncertain. Possible carnivore or omnivore. First fossils found: Known from a group of fossils discovered in northern Myanmar, all of which are preserved in a chunk of Burmese amber. A. ethirosomatia named by American palaeontologist, Michael S. Engel, in 2011. A. laevis named in 2020. Lived: 99 million years ago during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous in what is now northern Myanmar. Female A. ethirosomatia
Male A. laevis
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