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Published: 2010-10-25 01:40:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 3782; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 0
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Tapuiasaurus macedoi, a not yet formally described titanosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil, known from a single incomplete skeleton. About 13 m in length. Stay tuned...Related content
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I know the newly discovered Faxinalipterus minima . Consists of Several, partially fragmentary, limb elements, Perhaps of a single individual. The upper jaw fragment, a left maxilla with three teeth, Has Been Referred to the species.
You can also find the description of this pterosaur in English Wikipedia.
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This one is even harder to reconstruct than the titanosaur. Nobody knows how they looked like as the remains are so fragmentary and we can't tell which pterosaur is a close relative. According to the conclusion of the paper, it is the oldest known pterosaur and more basal than any of the European species...
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was very good, but I think you should draw more prehistoric animals Brazilians.
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Yes, the big titanosaurs Adamantisaurus mezzalirai or Trigonosaurus pricei.
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Err... but these are known from very fragmentary remains (mostly vertebrae). Anything that is known from more complete skeleton?
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If it's not yet described, how did you restore it?
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Not yet published but there are informal descriptions with fossil pictures and reconstructions on several Brazilian web pages. Try "Tapuiassauro" with google...
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Why is the end of its tail all curly? I like the "dinocam"
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I don't know for sure about titanosaurs, but there is evidence that diplodocids used their tail a bit like a whiplash with supersonic speed probably to fend off predators...
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Supersonic speed eh, owch! Maybe it would hurt something comparatively sized not so much, I'm thinking of that hitting me at my size, wouldn't be much left
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It is meant to hurt the big ones...you are way too small to be noticed by a 13 m long giant...you'll probably be trampled before being hit by the whiplash tail.
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Mm, good point, specially if they carry their tails high like they seemed to have.
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And it's too big for your backyard...
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Well it depends. My backyard inside my fence yeh. But if my backyard is the Darling Scarp... XD
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Darling Scarp? What's that... Sorry I am not very familiar with geology from Down Under...
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An escarpment not far from where I live. [link]
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