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| ARCHAEOPTERYX | Although Rather Controversial, Hailed As Earliest Ornithoid. Precursor To Everyday Robins, Yet Xtinct. |
Angela Brett |
| CRETACEOUS | Colossal Reptiles Endured 'Til A Catastrophic Event Ousted Umpteen Species. |
Angela Brett Time |
| CRETACEOUS (2) | Cosmic Rock Ended This Age, Causing Extinction On Unprecedented Scale |
Angela Brett Time |
| CRETACEOUS (3) | Chalky Rock's Evidence Tells About Creatures Experts Only Understand Slightly |
Angela Brett Time |
| DINO | Down Is Not Out |
Sean Lamb, because dinosaurs always tend to be popular with the kids. |
| DIPLODOCUS | Diplodocus Is Plainly Large. One Dinosaur's Outrageous Corpulence Upsets Scientists. |
Sean Lamb, because dinosaurs always tend to be popular with the kids. |
| ELASMOSAURUS | Extreme Length And Size Made One Swimmer An Unusual Reptile Under Sea |
Angela Brett |
| FABROSAURUS | Fast, Agile Beast Relies On Skillful Adaptation Under Relatively Unfriendly Situations |
Sean Lamb (Fabrosaurus was a small, bipedal herbivore discovered in Africa that had five fingers on its hands) |
| FRENGUELLISAURUS | Few Reproductions Exist. Now Generally Unknown, Extremely Large Lizard Is Seen As Unusual Relative. Unknown Size |
Sean Lamb (Frenguellisaurus is judged to weigh about 770 pounds, based on fossils found so far. However, its exact size isn't very well known, and it's not a name that rolls off the tongue of most schoolchildren) |
| GRAVITHOLUS | Generally Reported Alberta Vertebrate Is This Herbivore. Owns Large, Unusual Skull |
Sean Lamb (Gravitholus, discovered in Alberta, had a skull that was wider and thicker than others of the same age) |
| HAPLOCANTHOSAURUS | Huge Animal Probably Lived Off Cuttings And Not Tenderlons. Historically Often Seen Around Utah Region, United States |
Sean Lamb (Haplocanthosaurus was an herbivore; remains of this species have been found in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah) |
| ISCHISAURUS | It Should Call Herrerasaurus Its Sister, Although Uncertain Relationship's Under Speculation |
Angela Brett (There is speculation that Ischisaurus may actually be the same genus as Herrerasaurus.) |
| JAXARTOSAURUS | Just Another Xenomorph, A Reptile That Once Saw Action Under Roughly Ukranian Skies |
Sean Lamb (My dictionary defines xenomorph as a space alien, and some have theorized that dinos were originally aliens, so... Jaxartosaurus was first discovered in Kazakhstan; it may not be the Ukraine, but it's a lot closer to there than Utah) |
| KRITOSAURUS | Known Remains Indicate That Old Saurian Ate Undergrowth/Umbrage Rising Up Sunward |
Angela Brett -- I'm not sure whether a kritosaurus would be more able to eat undergrowth or umbrage, but as a herbivore it's sure to eat one or the other. |
| LESOTHOSAURUS | Light, Extra Small One That Had Open Skeleton And Usually Ran Under Shrubs |
Sean Lamb (DinoDictionary says that this small dino 'was probably an agile, two-legged runner based on slender, hollow, thin walled bones, a light skull with many openings, a short neck and forelimbs and the absence of armor.') |
| MESOZOIC ERA | Magical Era, Something Only Zoologists Or Impetuous Children Ever Really Appreciate |
Angela Brett Time |
| NOASAURUS | North Of Argentina, Scientists Amazingly Uncovered Remains Uniquely Saurian |
Sean Lamb - The Noasaurus was discovered in the northern region of Argentina; it's claws featured a unique lifting tendon. I had originally thought of using 'Some Archaeologist' for the SA portion, but an archaeologist studies past human life, and not generally animal life. |
| QUAESITOSAURUS | Quite Unusual Auricle Exemplifies Sauropod; Individual Traces Of Skull Are Uncovered, Researchers Use Science |
Sean Lamb (This dino, known by partial skull fossils, had an structures that indicated unusually sensitive hearing) |
| REBBACHISAURUS | Really Exceptional Beast Became A Creature Hidden In Saharan Africa Under Rigid Unsandy Sand |
Sean Lamb (Rebbachisaurus was discovered in the Saharan area of northern Africa; after so many millions of years, sand gets packed down into rigid structures) |
| RUGOPS | Relatively Unknown Giant Of Paleozoic Science |
Sean Lamb (The rugops primus [or "rugops" for short] is a recent discovery in Africa; more info is at http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040531/newdino.html) |
| TECHNOSAURUS | Texas Excavation Creates Hoopla. New Ornithischian Sauropod Artifacts Uncovered Right Under Sand |
Sean Lamb (Technosaurus was discovered near Lubbock, Texas, and is classed as an Ornithischian) |
| UTAHRAPTOR | Unusually Talented And Harsh Raptor Attacked Predators That Once Roamed |
Sean Lamb (The Utahraptor had a 15" claw on one toe of each hind foot; it's believed that this creature attacked others much larger than itself using these claws and its razor-sharp teeth as weapons) |
| VULCANODON | Very Unsophisticated Lizard, Certainly Ate No Other Dinosaurs. Outstretched Neck. |
Angela Brett |
| WALKERIA | Was A Little Killer. Eventually Renamed. Is Alwalkeria. |
omnicronos (according to http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/indexw.shtml, Walkeria was a small bipedal carnivore. And, according to http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/dinos/de_4/5ce8942.htm, it changed its name in 1987 - just enough to avoid recursion) |
| XIAOSAURUS | Xiaosaurus Is Another Ornithischian Species; All Uncovered Remains Unusually Small |
Sean Lamb (Xiaosaurus has only been found in fragments; it is estimated that this creature stood only 1.5 feet tall) |
| YAVERLANDIA | Yet Another Very Extinct Reptile. Little Animal Never Dwelled In Asia |
Sean Lamb (Yaverlandia, at 2' 3" tall, was discovered in Yaverland Battery on the Isle of Wight) |