did these things have feathers?
DINOSAUR INFORMATION
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 On 12/16/2014 at 07:22 PM by dreamclown12 See More From This User » |
first, im keeping this simple since not everyone will understand everything.
second, yes some dinos will have very funny and/ or difficult names.
i do this kind of thing to teach others about the past. it has nothing to do with videogames. i just love dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. :)
ENJOY!!!!!!
Achillesaurus
Name: “Achelles’ lizard”
Length: 2.7 m
Height: 1.5 m
Weight: 30 – 50 kg
Diet: carnivore
Time: Cretaceous (86-83 MYA)
Location: South America
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http://www.wikidino.com/…/upl…/Achillesaurus-karkemish00.jpg
Achillesaurus (named in reference to Achilles’ heel, because diagnostic features are found there for this animal) is a genus of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur from the Santonian-age Upper Cretaceous Bajo de la Carpa Formation of Rio Negro, Argentina. It was a relatively large, basal alvarezsaurid, and a contemporary of Alvarezsaurus. Achillesaurus is based on MACN-PV-RN 1116, a partial skeleton including a sacral vertebra, four tail vertebrae, part of the left thighbone, shin and foot, and the left ilium. AgustÃn Martinelli and Ezequiel Vera, who described the specimen, performed a phylogenetic analysis and found their new genus to be an alvarezsaurid with an unresolved relationship to Alvarezsaurus and more derived alvarezsaurids.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Family: Alvarezsauridae
Genus: Achillesaurus
Martinelli and Vera, 2007
Species
A. manazzonei Martinelli and Vera, 2007
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