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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:16:08 GMT -5
Name: Lycaenops Pronunciation: Ly-can-ops Meaning of name: "Wolf face" Species: L. ornatus, L. angusticeps, L. microdon, L. sollasi Size: 1 metre long and weighing around 15kgs Family: Uncertain Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from one complete skeleton and a number of partial skulls discovered in South Africa. L. angusticeps named by South African palaeontologist, Robert Broom, in 1931. L. ornatus named in 1925. L. microdon named in 1934. L. sollasi named in 1935. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 270.6 and 251 million years ago from the Roadian stage of the Middle Permian through to the Changhsingian stage of the Late Permian in what is now South Africa.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:16:33 GMT -5
Name: Yawunik Pronunciation: Ya-wu-nik Meaning of name: Named after a creature in Ktunaxa legend. Species: Y. kootenayi Size: 15cm long Family: Uncertain. Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from a number of complete specimens preserved on a slab discovered in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. Named by Cédric Aria, Jean-Bernard Caron and Robert Gaines in 2015. Lived: 508 million years ago during the Wuliuan stage of the Cambrian era in the oceans that once covered what is now British Columbia, Canada.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:17:18 GMT -5
Name: Naraoia Pronunciation: Na-ray-oy-a Meaning of name: Named after a group of lakes in British Columbia, Canada, near where the first specimens were found. Species: N. arcana, N. bertiensis, N. compacta, N. magna, N. spinifer, N. spinosa, N. tianjiangensis Size: Depending on species, measured by 2 and 5cm. Family: Naraoiidae. Diet: Uncertain First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in Canada, the United States, Australia and South China. N. compacta named by Charles Doolittle Walcott in 1912. N. spinifer named in 1931. N. spinosa named in 1985. N. bertiensis named in 2004. N. tianjiangensis named in 2012. N. arcana and N. magna named in 2018. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 521 and 419 million years ago from the Early Cambrian era through to the Late Silurian in the oceans that surrounded and once covered parts of what is now the United States, Canada, South China and Australia.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:17:52 GMT -5
Name: Haikouichthys Pronunciation: Hi-koo-ick-thees Meaning of name: "Haikou fish" Species: H. ercaicunensis Size: 2.5cm Family: Myllokunmingiidae Diet: Uncertain First fossils found: Known only from a single specimen preserved on a slab discovered in the Qiongzhusi Formation of Yunnan Province, southwest China. Named in 1999. Lived: 535 million years ago during the Fortunian stage of the Early Cambrian in the oceans that once covered what is now southwest China.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:18:13 GMT -5
Name: Adelospondylus Pronunciation: Ah-del-o-spon-dy-lus Meaning of name: "Obscure vertebra" Species: A. watsoni Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Adelogyrinidae Diet: Uncertain. Possible insectivore. First fossils found: Known only from a skull and lower jaws discovered in Scotland. Named by American-Canadian palaeontologist, Robert Lynn Carroll, in 1967. Lived: 330.9 to 323.2 million years ago during the Serpukhovian stage of the Middle Carboniferous in what is now Scotland.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:18:30 GMT -5
Name: Cladoselache Pronunciation: Clay-do-sel-ah-kee Meaning of name: "Branch-toothed shark" Species: C. acanthopterygius, C. brachypterygius, C. clarki, C. desmopterygius, C. fyleri, C. kepleri, C. magnificus, C. newmani Size: Depending on species, measured up to 1.8 metres long Family: Cladoselachidae Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known from over a hundred specimens, some of which include impressions of the cartilaginous skeleton and soft tissue, found throughout the eastern United States. C. clarki named in 1893. C. fyleri and C. kepleri named in 1889. C. magnificus and C. newmani named in 1894. C. acanthopterygius, C. brachypterygius and C. desmopterygius named in 1905. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 372.2 and 358.9 million years ago during the Famennian stage of the Late Devonian in the oceans that once covered the eastern United States.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:18:46 GMT -5
Name: Jamoytius Pronunciation: Jam-oi-te-us Meaning of name: Named after English palaeontological ichthyologist, James Alan Moy-Thomas. Species: J. kerwoodi Size: Measured around 27cm long Family: Jamoytiidae Diet: Unknown First fossils found: Known only from a small number of specimens discovered in Scotland. Named by Errol White in 1946. Lived: 443.7 to 433.4 million years ago from the Rhuddanian stage through to the Telychian stage of the Early Silurian in the oceans that once covered what is now Scotland.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:19:09 GMT -5
Name: Orthoceras Pronunciation: Or-tho-cee-ras Meaning of name: "Straight horn" Species: O. regulare Size: 15cm long Family: Orthoceratidae Diet: Filter-feeder First fossils found: Known from specimens discovered in the marine limestones of Latvia, Sweden, Estonia and Lithuania. Named by French doctor and zoologist, Jean Guillaume Bruguière, in 1789. Lived: 470 to 458.4 million years ago during the Dapingian and Darriwilian stages of the Middle Ordovician in the oceans that once covered what is now Estonia, Sweden, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:33:03 GMT -5
Name: Cameroceras Pronunciation: Cam-eh-ro-seh-rass Meaning of name: "Chambered horn" Species: C. alternatum, C. hennepini, C. inaequabile, C. inopinatum, C. motsognir, C. stillwaterense, C. trentonense Size: The shell, which protected the main part of the body, is estimated to have measured around 6 metres long. Family: Endoceratidae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from shells discovered in China, northwestern Europe, Siberia and the United States. C. trentonense named by American geologist, Timothy Abbott Conrad, in 1842. Uncertain when the other species were named. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 470 and 427 million years ago from the Dapingian stage of the Middle Ordovician through to the Homerian stage of the Middle Silurian in the shallow seas that once covered what is now Siberia, northwestern Europe, China and the United States.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:33:18 GMT -5
Name: Arandaspis Pronunciation: Ah-rand-as-pis Meaning of name: "Aranda shield", in reference to the Aboriginal tribe who live near where the first fossils were discovered. Species: A. prionotolepis Size: 15cm long Family: Arandaspididae Diet: Uncertain First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in the Stairway Sandstone Formation of the Northern Territory and the Rowena Formation of New South Wales. Named by A. Ritchie and J. Gilbert-Tomlinson in 1977. Lived: 480 to 470 million years ago during the Tremadocian and Floian stages of the Early Ordovician in the oceans that once covered what is now northern and eastern Australia.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:33:56 GMT -5
Name: Rhizodus Pronunciation: Rie-zo-dus Meaning of name: "Root tooth" Species: R. hibberti Size: Estimated to have measured between 6 and 7 metres long and weighing up to 4 metric tonnes. Family: Rhizodontidae Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known from several partial skeletons discovered in Scotland and Ireland. Named by Swiss-born American biologist and geologist, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, in 1843. Lived: 336 to 298.9 million years ago from the Viséan stage of the Early Carboniferous through to the Asselian stage of the Early Permian in the swamps and lakes that once covered Scotland and Ireland.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:34:23 GMT -5
Name: Stethacanthus Pronunciation: Steth-ah-can-thus Meaning of name: "Chest spine" Species: S. altonensis, S. concavus, S. productus, S. praecursor, S. gansuensis Size: 0.7 metres long Family: Stethacanthidae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in Asia, Europe and the United States. S. altonensis named by John Strong Newberry in 1889. S. productus named in 1897. S. praecursor named in 1918. S. gansuensis named in 2004. S. concavus named in 2018. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 382.7 and 307 million years ago from the Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian through to the Moscovian stage of the Late Carboniferous in the oceans that surrounded and once covered parts of what is now Europe, Asia and the United States.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:35:02 GMT -5
Name: Sidneyia Pronunciation: Sid-ney-ah Meaning of name: Named after Sidney Walcott, son of American palaeontologist, Charles Doolittle Walcott. Species: S. inexpectans Size: Largest specimens measured around 12.7cm Family: Uncertain Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from 144 specimens discovered in the Burgess Shale formation of British Columbia, Canada, the first of which were discovered in 1910. Named by American palaeontologist, Charles Doolittle Walcott, in 1911. Lived: 510 to 497 million years ago from the Wuliuan stage through to the Guzhangian stage of the Middle Cambrian in the oceans that once covered what is now British Columbia, Canada.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:35:17 GMT -5
Name: Mesenosaurus Pronunciation: Me-sen-o-sore-us Meaning of name: "Mezen lizard", after the Mezen River Basin of northern Russia where its fossils were first discovered. Species: M. romeri, M. efremovi Size: 38cm long Family: Varanopidae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from specimens discovered in the Richards Spur locality of Oklahoma and the Mezen River Basin of northern Russia. M. romeri named in 1938. M. efremovi named in 2019. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 290.1 and 265.1 million years ago from the Artinskian stage of the Early Permian through to the Wordian stage of the Middle Permian in what is now northern Russia and the south central United States.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:35:39 GMT -5
Name: Buenellus Pronunciation: Bwen-el-lus Meaning of name: Named after the Buen Formation (where its fossils were discovered) and Olenellus, a somewhat related Trilobite genus. Species: B. higginsi Size: 5cm long Family: Uncertain. Possible Nevadid Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from specimens discovered in the Buen Formation of northwest Greenland. Named by Mark R. Blaker in 1988. Lived: 520 to 516 million years ago during the yet to be named third stage to the Early Cambrian in the oceans that once covered what is now northwest Greenland.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:36:19 GMT -5
Name: Prionosuchus Pronunciation: Pre-on-o-soo-kus Meaning of name: "Saw crocodile" Species: P. plummeri Size: Up to 9 metres long and weighing around 2 metric tonnes. Family: Archegosauridae Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known only from fragmentary specimens discovered in the Pedra do Fogo Formation of northeastern Brazil. Named by L. I. Price in 1948. Lived: 283.5 to 272.95 million years ago during the Kungurian stage of the Early Permian in what is now northeastern Brazil.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:36:44 GMT -5
Name: Altenglanerpeton Pronunciation: Alt-en-glan-er-pe-ton Meaning of name: "Altenglan creeper", after the rock formation where its fossils were discovered. Species: A. schroederi Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils. Family: Unknown Diet: Uncertain. Likely carnivore. First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Altenglan Formation of southwest Germany sometime during the 1870s. Originally named as a species of Microbrachis in 1939. Re-named by S. Glienke in 2012. Lived: 299 to 295 million years ago from the Gzhelian stage of the Late Carboniferous through to the Asselian stage of the Early Permian in what is now southwest Germany.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:37:17 GMT -5
Name: Tinirau Pronunciation: Ti-ni-rau Meaning of name: Named after the guardian of ocean life in Polynesian legend. Species: T. clackae Size: 1 metre long Family: Uncertain. Appears to have been a stem tetrapod. Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from specimens discovered in Nevada. First discovered by American palaeontologist, Joseph Tracy Gregory, in 1970, and named by paleontologist Brian Swartz in 2012. Lived: 387.7 to 382.7 million years ago during the Givetian stage of the Middle Devonian in the oceans that once covered what is now the western United States.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:37:39 GMT -5
Name: Westlothiana Pronunciation: West-low-thee-an-a Meaning of name: Named after West Lothian, southern Scotland, where its fossils were discovered. Species: W. lizziae Size: 20cm long Family: Uncertain Diet: Carnivore/insectivore First fossils found: Known from two almost-complete skeletons discovered in the East Kirkton Limestone at the East Kirkton Quarry in West Lothian, southern Scotland, in 1984. Named by T. R. Smithson and W. D. I. Rolfe in 1990. Lived: 338 million years ago during the Viséan stage of the Early Carboniferous in what is now southern Scotland.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:37:57 GMT -5
Name: Sclerocephalus Pronunciation: Skler-o-sef-a-lus Meaning of name: "Hard head" Species: S. haeuseri, S. bavaricus, S. nobilis, S. stambergi Size: Depending on species, measured up to 1.5 metres long Family: Sclerocephalidae Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens, including juveniles, discovered in Germany and the Czech Republic. S. haeuseri named by German palaeontologist, Georg August Goldfuss, in 1847. S. bavaricus named in 1887. S. nobilis named in 2005. S. stambergi named in 2012. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 298.9 and 295 million years ago during the Asselian stage of the Early Permian in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:38:16 GMT -5
Name: Ventastega Pronunciation: Ven-tah-steg-ah Meaning of name: "Venta roof", in reference to the Venta River at the Ketleri Formation where its fossils were discovered. Species: V. curonica Size: 1 metre long Family: Uncertain. Appears to have been a stem tetrapod. Diet: Carnivore/piscivore First fossils found: Known from an almost-complete skull and a fragmentary skeleton discovered in the Ketleri Formation of southwestern Latvia in 1933. Named by Latvian palaeontologist, Ervins Lukševičs, Swedish palaeontologist, Per E. Ahlberg and Russian palaeontologist, Oleg Lebedev, in 1994. Lived: 372.2 to 358.9 million years ago during the Famennian stage of the Late Devonian in what is now Latvia.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:38:41 GMT -5
Name: Rhiodenticulatus Pronunciation: Re-oh-den-tik-u-la-tus Meaning of name: "Nose with small teeth" Species: R. heatoni Size: Uncertain Family: Captorhinidae Diet: Uncertain. Possible herbivore. First fossils found: Known only from two partial skeletons discovered in the Cutler Formation of New Mexico. Named by David S. Berman and Robert R. Reisz in 1986. Lived: 295 to 290.1 million years ago during the Sakmarian stage of the Early Permian in what is now the southwestern United States.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:39:38 GMT -5
Name: Aerosaurus Pronunciation: Air-o-sore-us Meaning of name: "Copper lizard" Species: A. greenleeorum, A. wellesi Size: Depending on species, measured between 0.7 and 1 metre long Family: Varanopidae Diet: Uncertain. First fossils found: Known from two almost-complete skeletons discovered in the Abo/Cutler Formation of New Mexico in 1935. A. greenleeorum named by American palaeontologist, Alfred Sherwood Romer, in 1937. A. wellesi named in 1981. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 299 and 268.8 million years ago from the Gzhelian stage of the Late Carboniferous through to the Roadian stage of the Middle Permian in what is now the southwestern United States.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:40:26 GMT -5
Name: Ornithoprion Pronunciation: Or-nith-oh-pree-on Meaning of name: "Bird saw" Species: O. hertwigi Size: Unknown due to a lack of fossils Family: Caseodontidae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from a skull and some teeth discovered in the Linton Formation of Indiana. Named by R. Zangerl in 1966. Lived: 315.2 to 307 million years ago during the Moscovian stage of the Late Carboniferous in the oceans that once covered what is now the midwestern United States.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:41:57 GMT -5
Name: Arganaceras Pronunciation: Are-gan-ah-seh-rass Meaning of name: "Argana horn" Species: A. vacanti Size: 2 metres long. Height and weight uncertain. Family: Pareiasauridae. Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation. First fossils found: Known only from a single, partial skeleton discovered in the Ikakern Formation of Morocco, North Africa. Named by N. E. Jalil and P. Janvier in 2005. Lived: 259.1 to 254.14 million years ago during the Wuchiapingian stage of the Late Permian in what is now Morocco, North Africa.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:42:20 GMT -5
Name: Pteraspis Pronunciation: Teh-rass-pis Meaning of name: "Wing shield" Species: P. rostrata, P. dixoni, P. mitchelli Size: 20cm long Family: Pteraspidae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in Brazil, the UK, Belgium and Ukraine. P. rostrata named in 1835. P. mitchelli named in 1864. P. dixoni named in 1938. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 419.2 and 387.7 million years ago from the Lochkovian stage of the Early Devonian through to the Eifelian stage of the Middle Devonian in the oceans that once covered what is now Belgium, the UK, Brazil and Ukraine.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:43:15 GMT -5
Name: Pteraspis Pronunciation: Teh-rass-pis Meaning of name: "Wing shield" Species: P. rostrata, P. dixoni, P. mitchelli Size: 20cm long Family: Pteraspidae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in Brazil, the UK, Belgium and Ukraine. P. rostrata named in 1835. P. mitchelli named in 1864. P. dixoni named in 1938. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 419.2 and 387.7 million years ago from the Lochkovian stage of the Early Devonian through to the Eifelian stage of the Middle Devonian in the oceans that once covered what is now Belgium, the UK, Brazil and Ukraine.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:43:38 GMT -5
Name: Palaeohatteria Pronunciation: Pay-le-o-hat-ter-re-ah Meaning of name: "Ancient Hatteria" Species: P. longicaudata Size: Uncertain as the only known fossils belong to juveniles. Family: Palaeohatteriidae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known only from partial juvenile specimens discovered in eastern Germany. Named by Carl Friedrich Heinrich Credner in 1888. Lived: 293.52 to 290.1 million years ago during the Sakmarian stage of the Early Permian in what is now eastern Germany.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:44:14 GMT -5
Name: Kerygmachela Pronunciation: Keh-rig-ma-kel-a Meaning of name: "Proclamation claw", in reference to its flamboyant frontal appendages. Species: K. kierkegaardi Size: Between 6 and 7cm long. Family: Anomalocarididae Diet: Carnivore First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in the Buen Formation of northern Greenland. Named by Graham E. Budd in 1993. Lived: 520 to 516 million years ago during the as yet un-named third stage of the Cambrian era in the oceans that once covered what is now northern Greenland.
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Post by Morose on Jul 9, 2023 16:44:32 GMT -5
Name: Diadectes Pronunciation: Die-ah-deck-tees Meaning of name: "Crosswise biter" Species: D. lentus, D. sideropelicus, D. tenuitectus, D. carinatus, D. absitus Size: Depending on species, measured between 1.5 and 3 metres long, 0.5 metres tall and weighing up to 150kgs Family: Diadectidae Diet: Herbivore. Fed on low-growing vegetation. First fossils found: Known from several specimens discovered in various locations across the United States. D. lentus named by American palaeontologist, Othniel Charles Marsh, in 1878. D. sideropelicus also named in 1878 by American palaeontologist, Edward Drinker Cope. D. tenuitectus named in 1896. D. carinatus named in 1912. D. absitus named in 1998. Lived: Depending on species, lived between 290 and 272.95 million years ago from the Sakmarian stage through to the Kungurian stage of the Early Permian in what is now the United States.
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