Post by Infinity Blade on Dec 22, 2014 4:37:55 GMT 5
Marshosaurus bicentesimus
Marshosaurus is a genus of medium-sized carnivorous theropod dinosaur, belonging to the Megalosauroidea, from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah and perhaps Colorado. Marshosaurus was medium-sized theropod. In 2010 Gregory S. Paul estimated its length at 4.5 metres, its weight at two hundred kilogrammes. The holotype ilium has a length of 375 millimetres. If the cranial material is correctly referred, the skull was about sixty centimetres long. In 2012, Matthew Carrano established one autapomorphy, a unique derived trait of the holotype: the suture between the pubic peduncle and the pubic bone is convex, curving upwards, at the front and concave at the rear.
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Kelenken guillermoi
Kelenken guillermoi is an giant flightless predatory bird of the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds". K. guillermoi lived in the Langhian stage of the Miocene, some 15 million years ago, in Argentina along with Argentavis. With a skull 28 inches (71 cm) long (including its 18 inch, 45.7 cm beak), it had the largest head of any known bird. It is the largest species of phorusrhacid. The tarsometatarsus was about 45 cm long. It is not entirely clear how Kelenken captured and killed its prey. As a large flightless carnivore, Kelenken likely chased down and killed its prey with several bone-shattering blows from its massive beak. Another possibility is that it may have picked up its prey item, then proceeded to shake it vigorously in order break its back. It is also possible that Kelenken may have been a scavenger, driving off other predators from their kills with its impressive size.
© @ Roman Uchytel
Marshosaurus is a genus of medium-sized carnivorous theropod dinosaur, belonging to the Megalosauroidea, from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah and perhaps Colorado. Marshosaurus was medium-sized theropod. In 2010 Gregory S. Paul estimated its length at 4.5 metres, its weight at two hundred kilogrammes. The holotype ilium has a length of 375 millimetres. If the cranial material is correctly referred, the skull was about sixty centimetres long. In 2012, Matthew Carrano established one autapomorphy, a unique derived trait of the holotype: the suture between the pubic peduncle and the pubic bone is convex, curving upwards, at the front and concave at the rear.
© @ paleozoologist (Zach A.)
Kelenken guillermoi
Kelenken guillermoi is an giant flightless predatory bird of the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds". K. guillermoi lived in the Langhian stage of the Miocene, some 15 million years ago, in Argentina along with Argentavis. With a skull 28 inches (71 cm) long (including its 18 inch, 45.7 cm beak), it had the largest head of any known bird. It is the largest species of phorusrhacid. The tarsometatarsus was about 45 cm long. It is not entirely clear how Kelenken captured and killed its prey. As a large flightless carnivore, Kelenken likely chased down and killed its prey with several bone-shattering blows from its massive beak. Another possibility is that it may have picked up its prey item, then proceeded to shake it vigorously in order break its back. It is also possible that Kelenken may have been a scavenger, driving off other predators from their kills with its impressive size.
© @ Roman Uchytel
