Monday, October 29, 2018
Canadian relative of T.rex
Gorgosaurus, means "Fierce lizard'' is the relative of T.rex that lived in Montana,Alberta during Late cretaceous period.Like most known tyrannosaurids, Gorgosaurus was a bipedal
predator weighing more than two metric tons as an adult; dozens of
large, sharp teeth lined its jaws, while its two-fingered forelimbs were
comparatively small.It lived in a lush floodplain environment along the edge of an inland sea
which would later rise up to form North America. It was an apex
predator, preying upon abundant ceratopsids and hadrosaurs.
Longest sauropod
Compy,the smallest dinosaur
Compsognathus, means "Elegant jaw" is the smallest dinosaur that lived in Germany during Jurassic period.This little pack hunter probably ate bugs and small lizards. In fact,
the first fossil skeleton of this dinosaur had the remains of its last
meal, a lizard, still in its stomach.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
First known nodosaur
Nodosaurus, means "Knobbed lizard" is a genus of ankylosaur that lived in North America during Late cretaceous.The first fossil is discovered in Wyoming at 1889. It eat plants and unlike ankylosaurus,it does not have club on it's powerful tail.To defend itself from predator, it used it tail that full of spikes.
First Named dinosaur
Megalosaurus means "Great lizard" is the first dinosaur named that lived in England during jurassic period.The right one is the first design of megalosaurus,which walk on four legs while the left one is the modernized design of megalosaurus, which like all theropod.The fossil of this dinosaur is not complete so this theropod left many mystery.
Sunday, October 21, 2018
First known herbivorous dinosaur
Iguanodon, means "Iguana tooth" is the first dinosaur fossil discovered that lived in England during early cretaceous period.It could stand on its hind limbs, and yet normally walk on all fours. If
attacked, it could dissuade a predator with its powerful thumb spike.Iguanodon has become quite famous as a result of it's starring role in the Disney animated film Dinosaur,
but before that it helped people understand what dinosaurs really
looked like. It was one of the first complete skeletons ever found. This
allowed scientists who had never seen a complete dinosaur, to figure
out what it would have looked like in life. In fact, the first time this
common dinosaur was found as just a partial skeleton, scientists put
its thumb spike on its nose!
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Carnivores of India
Rajasaurus, means "King of lizard" is an abelisaurid that lived in India during cretaceous period.Paleontologists Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago, Jeff Wilson of
the University of Michigan, and Srivastava worked together as an
Indo–American group to study the Narmada River fossils. The fossils
represented the partial skeleton of the new species Rajasaurus narmadensis, which means "princely lizard from the Narmada Valley." The fossilized bones of Rajasaurus have also been found in the upriver region of the Narmada, at Jabalpur, in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Its fossilized bones were discovered by Suresh Srivastava of the
Geological Survey of India (GSI). Excavated from the Narmada River
valley in Rahioli in the Kheda district of Gujarat, India, the find was
announced as a new genus of dinosaur by American and Indian scientists
on August 13, 2003.
Monday, October 15, 2018
Largest Pterosaur
Quetzalcoaltus, means "Feathered serpent" is the largest pterosaur that lived in North America during Late cretaceous period.When first
discovered it was thought to have had a fifteen meter wingspan but
further studies have reduced this estimate to eleven meters, although
that’s still huge for a pterosaur. Another revision was the beak in
that it has been learned that it terminated in a sharp point as opposed
to the original blunt edge. A
more likely scenario
accepted now is that Quetzalcoatlus had a lifestyle
similar to that of
a stork, perhaps stalking small prey items like lizards and mammals
in vegetative growth on the ground, or sitting at the edges of
streams and rivers snatching fish and amphibians as they swam by.
Such feeding strategies would require very little energy expenditure,
making it easier for Quetzalcoatlus to maintain
the calorie intake
to fuel its body.
Australian pliosaur
Kronosaurus, means "Cronus lizard" is a pliosaur that lived in Australia seas during Early cretaceous period. Kronosaurus
is one of the more famous fossil discoveries to come from Australia,
and as a huge short-necked pliosaur, Kronosaurus
would have been an
apex predator of the waters it swam in. The teeth of Kronosaurus
are
conical and up to thirty centimetres long, although most of that was
root with up to twelve centimetres making up the exposed crown.
Interestingly the teeth of Kronosaurus are quite
different to other
pliosaurs
in that they are not serrated and do not have three facets.
The teeth may suggest that despite its large size Kronosaurus
may have
seized smaller to medium sized prey which could then be manipulated to
be swallowed.
Largest raptor
Utahraptor,means "Utah thief'' is the largest raptor that lived in Utah,North America during early cretaceous period.One of the most unique aspects that Utahraptor shares with its more famous cousin Velociraptor
is that both had a lethal killing claw on each foot. Each inside toe
had a large (about 10 inches) hooked claw that was controlled by a
strong tendon. This claw was held upward when the animal was walking or
running.It preyed on Iguanodon and Fight an ankylosaur called Gastonia
Biggest herbivorous dinosaur that lived on earth
Argentinosaurus,means "Argetin lizard" is the biggest sauropod that lived in South America during Late Cretaceous period.Argentinosaurus was discovered by a retired oil worker and was formally described in
1993. The few bones include hipbones, backbones, and a tibia (lower leg
bone). One vertebra was over four feet (1.3 m) tall and the tibia was 58
inches (155 cm) long. A number of prominent scientists have stated that
this member of the South American titanosaur family was the largest
dinosaur that ever lived.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Cannibalism dinosaur
Majungasaurus, means "Majunga dome" is a genus of abelisaurid that related to Carnotaurus that lived in Madagascar during Late Cretaceous.It lived alongside the sauropod Rapetosaurus, which was its main prey, as well as smaller carnivores such Rahonavis and Masiakasaurus.There is also evidence for cannibalism in Majungasaurus, with bones showing bite marks that could only be made by other Majungasaurus.
Spiky face dinosaur
Styracosaurus, means "Spiked lizard'' is a genus of ceratopsians that lived in North America during late cretaceous.Styracosaurus is one of the most well known of all ceratopsians, second only to its more famous relative, the Triceratops. Styracosaurus
is part of the centrosaurine branch of ceratopsids, which are
categorised by their nose-horn being larger than their brow horns. Styracosaurus
also had common features found in all ceratopsians; a beaked mouth with
powerful molars for grinding down plant matter and cheek pouches to
store food for chewing. The most notable aspect of Styracosaurus is its impressive array of spikes across its frill.
The most terrifying shark ever lived on earth
Megalodon, means "Big tooth" is the largest prehistoric shark that roamed the prehistoric seas.Megalodon teeth is 18 centimeters in height and this mega predator eat fish and marine mammals.One
of the most common myths most often told about C. megalodon
is that it is
only known from teeth. In reality the teeth are by far the most
common fossils of C. megalodon, but a small and
growing number of
vertebras have also been recovered. In shark biology in general,
the skeleton is always made up of 'soft' cartilage, but the
vertebrate are made up of harder calcified cartilage. This means that
while the vertebra can and often do decompose, they can survive for
longer increasing the chance of them getting fossilised.
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