2018.11.21
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【2018 New Dinosaur】Thanosurus
Thanos simonattoi, the genus name comes from Marvel villain Thanos, and the species name is named after fossil discoverer Sérgio Simonatto. It is used with such a domineering name, but it is not domineering in itself.
Image note: Marvel villain Thanos, picture from the internet
Thanosurus was a medium-sized theropod dinosaur that lived in the São José Formation of the Preto River in Brazil during the late Cretaceous period. The specimen (MPMA 08–0016/95) is a largely complete mesenchymal body that was nearing adulthood at the time of death, with an estimated body length of 5.5 to 6.5 m. Although the specimens are very limited, skeletal features suggest that Thanosurus belonged to the allosaurs of the Abeliosaurus class, more derived from other Abeliosaurus dinosaurs of the same period.
Image note: Part of the skeleton fossil and line diagram of Thanosurus, picture from the Internet
【Exhibition】Dinosaur Expo 2019
Japan's "Dinosaur 2019" will land at the Tokyo National Museum of Science on July 13, 2019, when the reconstructed skeleton of dinosaur dinosaur and the most complete platypus dinosaur skeleton in mainland Japan will be exhibited at the exhibition.
Picture note: 2019 poster of Phobic Bo, picture from the internet
Thanks to the correspondent: Fafnirx provided pictures and text
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