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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 20, 2024 10:17:25 GMT
Name: CaelestiventusPronunciation: Kay-el-es-te-ven-tus Meaning of name: "Heavenly wind" Species: C. hanseniWingspan: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 1.5 metres Family: Dimorphodontidae Diet: Uncertain First fossils found: Known only from a skull and a finger bone discovered in the Saints and Sinners Quarry of northeastern Utah in 2015. Named by B. B. Britt, F. M. Dalla Vecchia, D. J. Chure, G. F. Engelmann, M. F. Whiting and R. D. Scheetz in 2018. Lived: 208 million years ago during the Norian stage of the Late Triassic in what is now the western United States. Artist's impression of Caelestiventus
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 21, 2024 10:53:04 GMT
Name: GavialimimusPronunciation: Gah-ve-al-le-my-mus Meaning of name: "Gharial mimic" Species: G. almaghribensisSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Plioplatecarpinae (a sub-family of Mosasauridae) Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, North Africa. Named by Catherine R. C. Strong, Michael W. Caldwell, Takuya Konishi and Alessandro Palci in 2020. Lived: 72.1 to 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered what is now North Africa.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 21, 2024 21:54:16 GMT
Name: StenopterygiusPronunciation: Sten-op-teh-re-ge-us Meaning of name: "Narrow wing" Species: S. quadriscissus, S. triscissus, S. uniter, S. aaleniensisSize: Depending on species, measured up to 4 metres long. Family: Stenopterygiidae Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known from more than fifty specimens discovered in England, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland. S. quadriscissus and S. triscissus originally named as species of Ichthyosaurus in 1856. S. quadriscissus re-named by German palaeontologist, Otto Max Johannes Jaekel, in 1904. S. uniter named in 1931. S. triscissus re-named in 1932. S. aaleniensis named in 2012. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 183 and 171.6 million years ago from the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic through to the Aalenian stage of the Middle Jurassic in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered what is now England, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 23, 2024 5:35:55 GMT
Name: SveltonectesPronunciation: Svel-toe-nek-tees Meaning of name: "Agile swimmer" Species: S. insolitusSize: Uncertain Family: Platypterygiinae (a sub-family of Ophthalmosauridae) Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, almost-complete skeleton discovered in western Russia. Named by Valentin Fischer, Maxim S. Arkhangelsky, Pascal Godefroit and Edwige Masure in 2011. Lived: 126 million years ago during the Barremian stage of the Early Cretaceous in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered what is now western Russia. Artist's impression of Sveltonectes chasing squid.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 24, 2024 4:09:13 GMT
Name: WoolungasaurusPronunciation: Woo-lun-gah-sore-us Meaning of name: "Woolunga lizard", after a reptile in Aboriginal mythology. Species: W. glendowerensisSize: Estimated to have measured around 9.5 metres Family: Elasmosauridae Diet: Piscivore First fossils found: Known from several partial skeletons discovered in the Wallumbilla Formation of Queensland and the Maree Formation of South Australia. Named by P. O. Persson in 1960. Lived: 113 to 100.5 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered parts of what is now Queensland and South Australia.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 25, 2024 7:03:06 GMT
Name: LagenanectesPronunciation: Lah-gen-ah-nek-teez Meaning of name: "Leine swimmer", in reference to the Leine River. Species: L. richteraeSize: Estimated to have measured around 8 metres long. Family: Elasmosauridae Diet: Piscivore First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Moorberg clay pit of Lower Saxony, Germany, in 1964. Named by Sven Sachs, Jahn J. Hornung and Benjamin P. Kear in 2017. Lived: 132.9 to 125 million years ago during the Hauterivian and Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered what is now Germany. Lagenanectes tooth
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 26, 2024 4:51:04 GMT
Name: EosipterusPronunciation: E-oh-sip-teh-rus Meaning of name: "Dawn wing" Species: E. yangiWingspan: Estimated to have measured around 1.2 metres Family: Ctenochasmatidae Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known only from the crushed partial skeleton of a sub-adult discovered in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China. Named by Ji Shu'an and Ji Qiang in 1997. Eosipterus was the first Pterosaur to be discovered in this region. Lived: 124.6 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China. Artist's impression of Eosipterus
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 27, 2024 21:54:06 GMT
Name: KaikaifiluPronunciation: Ky-ky-fe-lu Meaning of name: Named after a reptilian ocean deity in the cosmology of the Mapuche people. Species: K. herveiSize: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils, but is estimated to have measured around 10 metres. Family: Tylosaurinae (a sub-family of Mosasauridae) Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from a partial skull and jaw, a partial humerus and some teeth discovered by a Chilean Paleontological Expedition in the Lopez de Bertodano Formation of Seymore Island, Antarctica, in 2011. Named by R. A. Otero, S. Soto-Acuna, D. Rubilar-Rogers and C. S. Gutstein in 2017. Lived: 66 million years ago during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous in the oceans surrounding what is now Antarctica.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 29, 2024 4:11:05 GMT
Name: DendrorhynchoidesPronunciation: Den-dro-rink-oides Meaning of name: "Tree snout", in reference to it being assumed a tree-dweller and presumed a close relative of Rhamphorhynchus. Species: D. curvidentatusWingspan: 40cm Family: Anurognathidae Diet: Insectivore First fossils found: Obtained from illegal fossil dealers. Known only from a single, almost-complete sub-adult skeleton discovered in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China, sometime during the mid-1990s. Named by S. A. Ji and Q. Ji in 1998. Lived: 164 to 159 million years ago from the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic through to the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic in what is now northeast China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 30, 2024 5:43:11 GMT
Name: IkrandracoPronunciation: Ik-ran-dray-coe Meaning of name: "Ikran dragon", after the dragon-like creatures featured in the 2009 movie 'Avatar'. Species: I. avatarWingspan: Estimated to have measured around 1.5 metres Family: Lonchodectidae Diet: Uncertain. Possible piscivore. First fossils found: Known from two almost-complete skeletons discovered in the Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, northeast China, in 2014. Named in the same year by Xiaolin Wang, Taissa Rodrigues, Shunxing Jiang, Xin Cheng and Alexander W. A. Kellner Lived: 125 to 113 million years ago during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeast China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Mar 31, 2024 11:03:51 GMT
Name: ShastasaurusPronunciation: Shas-tah-sore-us Meaning of name: "Mount Shasta lizard" Species: S. pacificus, S. sikanniensis, however, there may be a third species. Size: S. pacificus estimated to have measured up to 9 metres long. S. sikanniensis estimated to have measured around 21 metres long and weighing 81.5 metric tonnes, making it the largest known Ichthyosaur. Family: Shastasauridae Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in China, Canada and the western United States. S. pacificus named in 1895. S. sikanniensis originally named as a species of Shonisaurus in 2004. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 235 and 205.6 million years ago from the Carnian stage through to the Rhaetian stage of the Late Triassic in the oceans and shallow seas that once covered parts of what is now China, Canada and the western United States.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 1, 2024 5:24:15 GMT
Name: DraigweniaPronunciation: Drayg-wen-e-ah Meaning of name: "White dragon" Species: D. platystomusWingspan: Uncertain due to a lack of fossils. Family: Uncertain Diet: Uncertain First fossils found: Known only from a jaw fragment discovered in the Cambridge Greensand of eastern England. Originally named as a species of Ornithocheirus by British palaeontologist, Harry Govier Seeley, in 1870, before being renamed as a species of Amblydectes by Reginald Walter Hooley in 1914. Was then named as a species of Lonchodectes by David Unwin in 2001, before finally being recognized as a new genus and named Draigwenia by Borja Holgado in 2021. Lived: 113 to 100.5 million years ago during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous in what is now eastern England.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 2, 2024 7:55:01 GMT
Name: CratonopterusPronunciation: Cra-ton-op-teh-rus Meaning of name: "Craton wing" Species: C. huabeiWingspan: 1.8 metres Family: Ctenochasmatidae Diet: Filter-feeder First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Huajiying Formation of Hebei Province, northern China. Named by Xiaolin Wang, Shunxing Jiang, Xinjun Zhang, Junyi Song and Xin Cheng in 2023. Lived: 135.4 to 128.7 million years ago during the Valanginian and Hauterivian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northern China.
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 3, 2024 22:03:55 GMT
Name: Harpactognathus Pronunciation: Har-pac-tog-na-thus Meaning of name: "Seizing jaw" or "Grasping jaw" Species: H. gentryiiWingspan: Estimated to have measured around 2.5 metres Family: Rhamphorhynchinae (a subfamily of Rhamphorhynchidae) Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from a partial skull discovered in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming in 1996. Named by American palaeontologist, Kenneth Carpenter, in 2003. Lived: 154.8 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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Post by Talira Greycrest on Apr 4, 2024 6:55:26 GMT
Name: Meilifeilong Pronunciation: My-lie-fay-long Meaning of name: "Beautiful flying dragon" Species: M. youhao, M. sanyainusWingspan: M. youhao wingspan around 2.16 metres, M. sanyainus wingspan around 2.17 metres Family: Chaoyangopteridae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: M. youhao known from a partial skull and an almost complete skeleton (only missing the tail). M. sanyainus known from partial jaw bones. All known fossils discovered in the Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China. M. youhao named in X. Wang in 2023. M. sanyainus also named in 2023, but was originally thought to be a species of Shenzhoupterus.Lived: Depending on species, lived between 125.77 and 113 million years ago during the Barremian and Aptian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now northeastern China.
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