DINO-A-DAY #96: Liopleurodon

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NAME: Liopleurodon
PRONUNCIATION: LIE-o-PLOOR-o-don
ORDER: Plesiosauria
EXISTED DURING: Middle–Late Jurassic
DISCOVERED: France, 1873
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DINO-A-DAY #95: Peloneustes

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NAME: Peloneustes
PRONUNCIATION: PEEL-o-NYOOS-teez
ORDER: Plesiosauria
EXISTED DURING: Middle Jurassic
DISCOVERED: England, 1869
FUN FACT: Peloneustes is thought to have mainly dined on ammonites due to the species having fewer, blunter teeth than its cousins.

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DINO-A-DAY #94: Ichthyosaurus

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NAME: Ichthyosaurus
PRONUNCIATION: IK-thee-oh-SAWR-us
ORDER: Ichthyosauria
EXISTED DURING: Early Jurassic
DISCOVERED: England, 1822
FUN FACT: Fossils suggest that Ichthyosaurus delivered its young by vivipary (live birth), as opposed to laying eggs.

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DINO-A-DAY #93: Elasmosaurus

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NAME: Elasmosaurus
PRONUNCIATION: e-LAS-mo-SAWR-uhs
ORDER: Plesiosauria
EXISTED DURING: Late Cretaceous
DISCOVERED: Kansas, 1868
FUN FACT: Elasmosaurus is featured prominently in the 2005 graphic novel “Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards.” I would say more about it, but you’d be better off purchasing the graphic novel and then buying a few copies for your friends.

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DINO-A-DAY #92: Muraenosaurus

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NAME: Muraenosaurus
PRONUNCIATION: myoo-REEN-o-SAWR-uhs
ORDER: Plesiosauria
EXISTED DURING: Middle Jurassic
DISCOVERED: Europe, 1874
FUN FACT: Even better than a fun fact, take a peek at this thread in which bone hunters discuss their finds, including a Muraenosaurus vertebra with some strange properties:

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DINO-A-DAY #91: Cryptoclidus

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NAME: Cryptoclidus
PRONUNCIATION: KRIP-to-KLIE-duhs
ORDER: Plesiosauria
EXISTED DURING: Middle Jurassic
DISCOVERED: Europe, 1871
FUN FACT: Cryptoclidus’ small, fine teeth suggest that it ate a diet of small fish and didn’t do too much rasslin’ with other predators.

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DINO-A-DAY #90: Plesiosaurus

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NAME: Plesiosaurus
PRONUNCIATION: PLEE-see-o-SAWR-uhs
ORDER: Plesiosauria
EXISTED DURING: Early Jurassic
DISCOVERED: England, 1821
FUN FACT: The first Plesiosaurus skeleton was discovered by Mary Anning, she being the rare female in a field then dominated by men. Anning made several early discoveries in England’s Blue Lias cliffs, doing her bone hunting after landslides when the fossils were freshly exposed.

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DINO-A-DAY #89: Macroplata

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NAME: Macroplata
PRONUNCIATION: ma-KROP-la-tuh
ORDER: Plesiosauria
EXISTED DURING: Early Jurassic
DISCOVERED: UK, 1930
FUN FACT: Macroplata had huge shoulder bones, suggesting it was a speedy swimmer.

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DINO-A-DAY #88: Kronosaurus

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NAME: Kronosaurus
PRONUNCIATION: KRON-o-SAWR-uhs
ORDER: Plesiosauria
EXISTED DURING: Early Cretaceous
DISCOVERED: Australia, 1924
FUN FACT: For today’s “fun fact,” check out History Channel’s excellent series called “Predator X,” in which Norwegian scientist Jorn Hurum uncovers a yet-to-be-identified cousin of Kronosaurus:

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DINO-A-DAY #87: Sphenacodon

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NAME: Sphenacodon
FAMILY: Sphenacodontidae
EXISTED DURING: Early Permian
DISCOVERED: Texas, 1878
FUN FACT: Unfortunately there are no “fun” facts about Sphenacodon. It didn’t have a cool sail like Dimetrodon, and due to its large jaw and sharp canines it probably wasn’t much fun to hang out with.

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DINO-A-DAY #86: Edaphosaurus

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NAME: Edaphosaurus
PRONUNCIATION: l-DAF-oh-SORE-us
FAMILY: Edaphosauridae
EXISTED DURING: Carboniferous to early Permian
DISCOVERED: North America, 1878
FUN FACT: Edaphosaurus is acknowledged to be a massive, slow-moving animal, which is frankly not the most flattering way to be remembered.

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DINO-A-DAY #85: Dimetrodon

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NAME: Dimetrodon
PRONUNCIATION: dī-mět'rə-dŏn'
FAMILY: Sphenacodontidae
EXISTED DURING: Permian
DISCOVERED: North America, 1878
FUN FACT: I was crushed to discover that my favorite dinosaur is not a dinosaur at all! By definition dinosaurs are terrestrial animals that are either bipedal or quadrupedal, with straight legs underneath their bodies. Dimetrodon, although awesome-looking, does not fit that definition due to its low, bent-legged stance.

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DINO-A-DAY #84: Moschops

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NAME: Moschops
PRONUNCIATION: MOS-kops
ORDER: Therapsida
EXISTED DURING: Middle Permian
DISCOVERED: South Africa, 1911
FUN FACT: Moschops was the star of an animated series for UK children in 1983. Like the real Moschops the show went extinct pretty quickly.

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DINO-A-DAY #83: Pterodactylus

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NAME: Pterodactylus
PRONUNCIATION: TER-o-DAK-ti-lus
ORDER: Pterosauria
EXISTED DURING: Late Jurassic
DISCOVERED: Germany, 1809
FUN FACT: As with bats, Pterodactylus’ wings were simply fleshy membranes stretched between its body and an extremely elongated fingers.

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DINO-A-DAY #82: Dsungaripterus

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NAME: Dsungaripterus
PRONUNCIATION: jung-gah-RIP-ter-us
ORDER: Pterosauria
EXISTED DURING: Early Cretaceous
DISCOVERED: China, 1964
FUN FACT: Dsungaripterus had a narrow, toothless front jaw which was probably used to pull shellfish and worms from cracks in the rocks, and to scare its grandchildren.

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DINO-A-DAY #81: Quetzalcoatlus

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NAME: Quetzalcoatlus
PRONUNCIATION: KET-sahl-koh-AHT-lus
ORDER: Pterosauria
EXISTED DURING: Late Cretaceous
DISCOVERED: Texas, 1971
FUN FACT: Quetzalcoatlus is named after the Aztec serpent god, Quetzalcoatl. Here is the god himself, via Wikipedia:

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DINO-A-DAY #80: Pteranodon

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NAME: Pteranodon
PRONUNCIATION: te-RAN-o-don
ORDER: Pterosauria
EXISTED DURING: Late Cretaceous
DISCOVERED: Kansas, 1870
FUN FACT: Pteranodon crests were sexually dimorphic; females had smaller crests than males, suggesting that the crest was involved more with mating displays than with practical functions like being a counterbalance to its long beak.

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DINO-A-DAY #79: Cearadactylus

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NAME: Cearadactylus
PRONUNCIATION: say-ahr-ah-DAK-ti-lus
ORDER: Pterosauria
EXISTED DURING: Early Cretaceous
DISCOVERED: Brazil, 1985
FUN FACT: Popular media has given Cearadactylus a bad rap: in the book Jurassic Park it attacks the main characters, and it’s portrayed as a villain in The Land Before Time VII.

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DINO-A-DAY #78: Polacanthus

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NAME: Polacanthus
PRONUNCIATION: pol-a-KAN-thus
ORDER: Ornithischia
EXISTED DURING: Early Cretaceous
DISCOVERED: Isle of Wight, 1865
FUN FACT: In the TV show Dinosaurs, the character Spike was a Polacanthus. In total, the sitcom aired 65 episodes, while real dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago. Coincidence?

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DINO-A-DAY #77: Kentrosaurus

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NAME: Kentrosaurus
PRONUNCIATION: KEN-truh-SAWR-us
ORDER: Ornithischia
EXISTED DURING: Late Jurassic
DISCOVERED: Tanzania, 1915
FUN FACT: A large amount of Kentrosaurus bones were discovered in the early twentieth century during the German Tendaguru Expedition. Unfortunately many of those fossils were destroyed during World War II.

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