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TheDinosaurDave, (edited ) to LEGO
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This weeks is

In 1985 fossil hunter Patrick McSherry, found the remains of a stegosaur, at the ranch of S.B. Smith in Johnson County, Wyoming.

Together with Ronald G. Mjos and Jeff Parker of Western Paleontological Laboratories, Inc. and paleontologist Dee Hall of Brigham Young University they extracted the fossil.

Originally thought to be a Stegosaurus fossil, Clifford Miles recognised that they belonged to a species new to science.

It was named in 2001

TheDinosaurDave, to LEGO
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This week for #Fossilfriday we have another #Guess that #Lego #Fossil.

This one I would rate as medium. This large stegosaurid is closely related to stegosaurus, but isnt stegosaurus.

Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

This was designed by kongzilla and modified by me into a new species.

llewelly, (edited )
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@TheDinosaurDave huh. I never thought of Hesperosaurus as particularly large compared to other Stegosaurs, but maybe it is.

TheDinosaurDave, (edited )
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@llewelly same until i looked into it.

TheDinosaurDave, to LEGO
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Ceratosaurus was originally found and excavated by farmer Marshall Parker Felch in 1883-1884

In 1884, Othniel Charles Marsh officially named it Ceratosaurus.

In 1898-99 it was sent, with Marshs other fossils, to the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.

Between 1911-18 it was prepared and in 1920 was reexamined and redescribed by Charles Gilmore.

It was soon mounted on display. This display stood for almost 100 years.

Cast of Ceratosaurus from the Cleveland Lloyd Quarry, Utah, on display at the Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City.

mike,
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@TheDinosaurDave This is a nice model, but I think would be better without the brow horns. When I see those, I instantly think Carnotaurus.

mike,
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@TheDinosaurDave Absent would be better; but I think you could find something that's not so extreme. Maybe 1x1 round studs.

TheDinosaurDave, to LEGO
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This week for we have another that .

This one I would rate as easy. This is theropod is one of the most well known from North America.

Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

This was designed by me.

18+ exkclamation,
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@TheDinosaurDave first thought was T-Rex, but now thinking it might be a raptor?

18+ TheDinosaurDave,
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@exkclamation nope, the clue is the nose horn

TheDinosaurDave, to random
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As I've been doing my roadtrip ive been doing the odd tikytoky thing to explain to my niece what im doing.
If you do the tiky and toky then check it out

https://www.tiktok.com/@kronosauruskev/video/7373412748610374913

TheDinosaurDave, to world
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spoiler free review

After watching the first three episodes, i can safely say that CT is right up there with Camp Cretaceous as some of the best JP content since the original movies.

The way they dive into the dumpster fire of a world made by the movies and correct their mistakes is brilliant and i cant wait for more.

Id rate it 8/10

gay_ornithischians,
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@TheDinosaurDave i did not know there would be a sequel :D
(unlike the new movies) i quite liked the cartoon

TheDinosaurDave, to LEGO
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From the 1920s, Soviet scientists found fragmentary fossils in Dzharakuduk, Uzbekistan. All they could tell is it was some kind of ceratopsian.

In 1988, Lev Aleksandrovich Nesov published about these fragments naming them Turanoceratops tardabilis. But due to lack of description it was deemed a nomen nudum.

In 1989, Nesov et al formally named, with proper description, Turanoceratops. This was based on a partial, damaged, maxilla.

Jaw fragments of T. tardabilis from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Bissekty Formation of Dzharakuduk, Uzbekistan. a – c CCMGE 251/ 12457 (holotype), incomplete left maxilla in medial ( a ), ventral ( b ), and posterior ( c ) views. d , e ZIN PH 303/16, fragment of right maxilla in lateral ( d ) and posterior ( e ) views. f – h CCMGE 255/12457, incomplete predentary in dorsal ( j ), lateral ( k ), and ventral ( l ) views. ect ectopterygoid facet, ft functional tooth, rt replacing tooth. Scale bars equal 10 mm

TheDinosaurDave, to LEGO
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This week for #Fossilfriday we have another #Guess that #Lego #Fossil.

This one I would rate as medium. This is small sized ceratopsian.

Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

This was designed by Kongzilla and modified to a new species by me

18+ exkclamation,
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@TheDinosaurDave Furcatoceratops?

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@exkclamation nope starts with a t

TheDinosaurDave, to LEGO
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This weeks is

In 1994, Colombian paleontologist María Páramo, published the details of the, at the time, most complete mosasauridae from South America.

The original skull was 47cm in length, and it was estimated to be 5m long. Since then a far larger, 87cm skull has been found. This implies that it could grow far larger, comparable to other larger mosasaurids.

Skull and first cervical vertebrae of Yaguarasaurus. Geological Museum José Royo y Gómez, Bogotá

TheDinosaurDave, to LEGO
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This week for we have another that .

This one I would rate as hard. This mid sized marine reptile is known from Colombia, South America.

Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

This was designed by Me

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@TheDinosaurDave I know I’m late this week… just catching up on my timeline, so I haven’t “cheated” 😉

I’m thinking maybe it’s Carbonemys Cofrinii?

18+ TheDinosaurDave,
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@exkclamation nope :D Dont feel bad, no one got it this week.

TheDinosaurDave, to random
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Im doing some fossicking at Richmond QLD Digsite 1
After a few hours, this is what i have to show for it
Who can guess what they are (spoilers i have no ide myself haha)

Close up of one ofnthe finds
Close up of a possible belemite fossil
No idea, maybe bones (shrugs)

llewelly,
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@TheDinosaurDave
they look like rocks

: )

TheDinosaurDave, (edited ) to Wyoming
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in , who would have guessed...
Lets take a look at what they show, and break down what we can see.
They say they are 150m years in the past, in

In this image we can clearly see a .
As far as I know, its been found in which is close enough for it to migrate there.

It also looks fairly accurate for a adjacent species.

In the background, although harder to see are probably , or .

Over all 10/10

mike,
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@TheDinosaurDave Woah! Massive spoiler!

Oh well. There was little chance of my not finding out somehow.

llewelly,
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@TheDinosaurDave
the holotype is indeed from Colorado, but a foot referred to Brachiosaurus was found in Wyoming:
https://peerj.com/articles/5250/

Brachiosaurus is from the Morrison formation, which has dinosaur-bearing exposures in at least 7 (wikipedia lists 13) states in the western USA. Wyoming is more or less near the center.

TheDinosaurDave, to LEGO
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No guess that #Lego fossil this week.
I went to the #Age #of #Dinosaurs museum in #Winton today and am too tired to sort it out
Sorry.
Plus side, here's some holotype images for you :D

Ferrodraco skull
Ferrodraco neck and wing
Diamantinasaurus feet, legs, ribs

TheDinosaurDave,
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@gay_ornithischians how about this :D

llewelly,
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@TheDinosaurDave @gay_ornithischians
funny, I was just thinking about how the humeri of Diamantinasaurus (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamantinasaurus#/media/File:Diamantinasaurus_humeri.png ) look almost as squat as the humerus of Opisthocoelicaudia (see https://svpow.com/2013/02/24/opisthocoelicaudia-is-just-plain-wrong/ ), at least to my uneducated eye.

TheDinosaurDave, to LEGO
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Khanazawa,

@TheDinosaurDave Always been one of my fav Sauropods 🥰

TheDinosaurDave, to LEGO
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This week for we have another that .

This one I would rate as medium. This mid sized Macronarians is known from North America

Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

This was designed by Timcraft_06 on reddit

aRubes,
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@TheDinosaurDave your fans are really good, aren't they? From my own little rock in the Fediverse it looks like they all got it right the first time.

TheDinosaurDave,
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@aRubes yep. It comes down to how awesome the design is. This one is easily one of the best out there.

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