Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Hogwarts dinosaur
Dracorex, means "Dragon king" is a pachycephalosaurid that lived in USA during cretaceous period.Dracorex got it's name from Harry Potter Franchise's Hogwarts Academy.
Much like Stygimoloch, Dracorex
had large, protruding spikes on the back of its head, with two large
horns of three behind the head. It had bumps and a long muzzle, with
spikes on its nasal area.
Saber toothed tiger
Smilodon or the saber toothed cat is a prehistoric wild cat that lived in Patagonia during Pleistocene and Holocene.It's still a mystery what those fangs are used,but as we know that the smilodon probably hunt in packs and attack large herbivores.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Permian carnivore
Dimetrodon, means "Two-measured tooth" is a pelycosaur that lived in North America during Permian period.Dimetrodon used it's big sail too warm up in the morning and cool off more efficiently during the heat of the day.Dimetrodon is able to warm up faster to catch it's slow moving prey and make it a dorminant land predator
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Unicorn of the cretaceous
Tsintaosaurus, means "Qingdao Lizard" is a hadrosaur that lived in China during cretaceous Period.Tsintaosaurus had a characteristic 'duck bill' snout and a battery of powerful teeth which it used to chew vegetation. Tsintaosaurus,
like most hadrosaurs, probably traveled in herds and was
semi-quadrupedal and bipedal, meaning it can walk and run on two legs
and four legs under certain times.Tsintaosaurus sported a crest on its head. It was originally
believed to point forward from its forehead, giving it the nickname
"Unicorn of the Cretaceous".
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Terrible hands
Deinocheirus, means "Terrible hands" is a large ornithomimid that lived in china during cretaceous period.Its name originates from the first fossils of the animal discovered, which were its large arms.It's a omnivore.
Spanish dinosaur
Concavenator,means "Hump Backed Hunter from Cuenca" is a theropod that lived in Spain during cretaceous period. It was named after its distinguishing hump on its back, which was
located in front of the hips. The shape was two hills, the front being
taller and more visible than the one on the back, which is barely
noticeable, with a U-shape in the middle, although looks less like a
U-shape due to the small second hump behind the tall, frontal one. There
is some speculation that it could be a thermal regulator. Another
interesting fact is that it apparently sported quill knobs on the arms,
very much like dromaeosaurs and modern day birds, thus leading to the
possibility that it had feathers, although not completely covering the
body, as it is likely it also had some scales.
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