Post by schnautzr on Sept 8, 2009 0:42:55 GMT
You'll find rules for the triathlon by following this link
Part 1 has one creation, Part 2 has two creations, and Part 3 has two creations as well. You should have five creations total when you post your entries.
Here is a list of awards to be awarded this round:
1. Easy
We often overlook the prehistoric creatures around us. The Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) has a fossil record from North Carolina dating as far back as the Zanclean stage of the Early Pliocene (5.6 Ma) at a time when walruses and seals joined the whales, seals, razorbills in the area. Deinosuchus was an apex predator in the area at the time.
Create a life reconstruction in your favorite editor.
Illustration by Johann Friedrich Naumann.
2. Intermediate
Pteraichnus koreanensis is the name of a footprint found in Lower Cretaceous Korea. In the image below, a left foot (right) and left wing (left) track are visible. About 50 of these were discovered in the same location, and they are possibly the smallest pterosaur tracks known.
You can find some potentially useful information (including the pterosaur's gait) at fossilis.egloos.com/4853808 (You may wish to befriend a Babelfish along the way who speaks Korean)
Create the fossil in the building editor and then create a life reconstruction in your favorite editor.
Photo from fossilis.egloos.com
3. Hard
Shanag ashile, a crow-sized dromaeosaur which may have been closely related to Microraptor which may have used all its limbs as wings.
It dates back to the Early Cretaceous Mongolia (100 Ma), and is known only from three bones in the right side of the jaw. It was named after a type of Buddhist dancer.
Create the jaw in the building editor. Then create a life reconstruction in the editor of your choice.
Photo from paleoage.fr.gd
These species selected at random using pseudo-random numbers generated by www.psychicscience.org, who requests anyone using their random numbers display this information, even though I detest psychic stuff.
List of participants and deadlines (all are the same deadline, only posted here for convenience):
Post your time zone when joining.
The entries should be submitted before the deadline (0:01GMT, Tuesday, October 6). If you are in the western hemisphere, note that the deadline will actually be early or late Monday evening.
Part 1 has one creation, Part 2 has two creations, and Part 3 has two creations as well. You should have five creations total when you post your entries.
Here is a list of awards to be awarded this round:
Awesome Avian Award | everyone is eligible for this award |
Good Tracker Award | ManTooth02 is not eligible for this award |
Good Track Award | ManTooth02 is not eligible for this award |
Small Bone Award | everyone is eligible for this award |
Unbelievable Imagination Award | everyone is eligible for this award |
Triathlon Award | everyone is eligible for this award |
1. Easy
We often overlook the prehistoric creatures around us. The Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) has a fossil record from North Carolina dating as far back as the Zanclean stage of the Early Pliocene (5.6 Ma) at a time when walruses and seals joined the whales, seals, razorbills in the area. Deinosuchus was an apex predator in the area at the time.
Create a life reconstruction in your favorite editor.
Illustration by Johann Friedrich Naumann.
2. Intermediate
Pteraichnus koreanensis is the name of a footprint found in Lower Cretaceous Korea. In the image below, a left foot (right) and left wing (left) track are visible. About 50 of these were discovered in the same location, and they are possibly the smallest pterosaur tracks known.
You can find some potentially useful information (including the pterosaur's gait) at fossilis.egloos.com/4853808 (You may wish to befriend a Babelfish along the way who speaks Korean)
Create the fossil in the building editor and then create a life reconstruction in your favorite editor.
Photo from fossilis.egloos.com
3. Hard
Shanag ashile, a crow-sized dromaeosaur which may have been closely related to Microraptor which may have used all its limbs as wings.
It dates back to the Early Cretaceous Mongolia (100 Ma), and is known only from three bones in the right side of the jaw. It was named after a type of Buddhist dancer.
Create the jaw in the building editor. Then create a life reconstruction in the editor of your choice.
Photo from paleoage.fr.gd
These species selected at random using pseudo-random numbers generated by www.psychicscience.org, who requests anyone using their random numbers display this information, even though I detest psychic stuff.
List of participants and deadlines (all are the same deadline, only posted here for convenience):
Dino589 | 8:01 PM AST, Monday, October 5 |
orion1989 | 8:01 PM AST, Monday, October 5 |
Post your time zone when joining.
The entries should be submitted before the deadline (0:01GMT, Tuesday, October 6). If you are in the western hemisphere, note that the deadline will actually be early or late Monday evening.