Final post, Snarl’s Dino Facts: Alxasaurus

It’s really hard for me to do this…But This is My Last Post at Trodin’s Webo Blog…From now on you can read all of my posts at http://webosaursgang.net/

Alxasaurus coming from Greek, meaning”Alxa desert lizard” and pronounced ALK-sah-SORE-us, lived in the Middle Cretaceous (110-100 million years ago).
It is a genus of Therizinosauroid Theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of Inner Mongolia. It is one of the earliest known members of the super-family Therizinosauroidea, but it still possessed the body shape – including the long neck, short tail, and long hand claws – of later Therizinosauroids.

Like other members of this group, it was a bipedal herbivore with a large gut to process plant material. Several specimens are known and the largest was a little over 12 feet (3.8 m) long.
This dinosaur was first described and named by Canadian paleontologist Dale Russell and his Chinese colleague, Dong Zhiming, in a paper published in 1993.

Five Alxasaurus skeletons were recovered from the Bayin Gobi Formation of Inner Mongolia, which dates to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous Period, or about 112 to 100 million years ago. The holotype, which is considered to exemplify the genus and species, is the largest and most complete of the five, consisting of the mandible (lower jaw) and some teeth, as well as many limb bones, ribs, and vertebrae, including all five sacral (hip) vertebrae and the first nineteen tail vertebrae. Together the skeletons represent most of the bones in the body aside from the skull.

Other Interesting Facts:

#1.It was a mostly Bipedal Herbivore.
#2. While exhibiting many typical Therizinosaur features in overall body shape and in the teeth, the skeleton of Alxasaurus also shows several features present in more typical Theropods, and the discovery of this animal provided significant evidence that Therizinosaurs were aberrant therapists.
#3. . Alxasaurus is now thought to occupy a position between the early Beipiaosaurus and later Therizinosaurs such as Erlikosaurus, Segnosaurus, and Therizinosaurus itself.

I don’t know what more to say…
See you on the other side!

~Snarl~

Bad News

Guys, as you may already know, I joined Sludge’s Webosaurs Gang. Over the past months I did all I could to keep this Blog runing…But the truth is, that I can’t do it alone…Not when I’m just an author. Yes ,Trodin has been inactive for some time now. I tried to contact him but with no luck, and I am leaving this blog. Expect my last post in a couple of minutes…After all I can’t leave on a SATURDAY without posting my last fact at TRODIN’S…You can read them now at Sludges Webosaurs Gang:http://webosaursgang.net/

Until the next time,
Blug on and Have fun!

~Snarl~

Weekly Dino Fact: Koreaceratops go fetch!

“Hey gang, our dino fact this week comes directly from our old buddy Rex! I was going to write about one of the questions you left as a comment on last week’s post about Dunkleosteus, but Rex told me about Koreaceratops yesterday and it was too good to pass up! Finally a new dinosaur was discovered somewhere other than China, although Koreaceratops was also discovered in East Asia. Koreaceratops is the first horned dinosaur (ceratopsian) to be discovered on the Korean Peninsula. Koreaceratops roamed around the Korean Peninsula around 103 million years ago and is a cousin of the famed Triceratops… just much smaller and without horns. This little guy was about the size of a Labrador Retriever and like Labs probably loved to swim. Koreaceratops had long spines called neural arches protruding from it’s tail, what this means is that he had some sort of large fan sticking out of the top of his powerful tail. This has lead scientists to conclude that Koreaceratops spent a lot of time swimming in the water looking for food. Because he was so small, taking to the water was probably a good form of defense for Koreaceratops too. I bet he was great at playing fetch, Horns probably spent hours tossing a stick into the water for Koreacertops to bring back. I wonder if Koreaceratops could play dead and roll over too? He looks like such a good dino. What do you think about Koreacertops? They seem like they would be really playful dinos, we might need to bring in some Koreaceratops as Webosaurs pets! Leave your comments here!

-Mio”

Koreaceratops as pets? sounds really cool! xD

~Snarl~

Winter Weather Holiday Party – Saturday/Sunday

“Hey gang, as I’m sure you all know we’re right in the middle of WeboGames 2010. I’m sure we’re all going to be playing games and trying to get to the tops of Leader Boards all weekend long, but for those of you that need a break from the competition and those of you that just want to party we’re going to be celebrating the beginning of winter and the Holiday Season in true Webosaurs style. We’ll be meeting up each day in Webo Ridge and then moving throughout the winter landscapes spreading holiday cheer. We’ll be caroling, singing holiday songs, playing games, playing winter trivia AND most importantly announcing the WeboGames leaders through the first week. That’s right, on Saturday and Sunday we’ll be announcing who is currently in the lead and then later posting them on the Blog and on the Forum. See if you’re in the lead or close to the top, then you’ll know what kind of work you have to do to earn a WeboGames Trophy. There will also be a couple of Surprise Guests throughout the weekend and we’ll be giving out past winter items in exchange for winter trivia! So stay warm and keep playing games, the end of the WeboGames will be here before you know it! See you this weekend!

Where: Webo Ridge

When: Saturday and Sunday, December 11th and 12th – 10:00 WST

Server: Jurassic

-Mio”

Awesome! I wonder if they’ll give out these really bluggin’ snowdinos as party items or maybe egg hunts….That would be soo cool! I really want the Stretch one! xD

~Snarl~

Blogosaur Meetings – Friday

“Hey gang, you may be aware that we recently started having weekly Blogosaur Meetings on Fridays to discuss Blog related issues and to talk to dinos about how to become a Blogosaur. Well, we are going to continue to do this and have Blogosaur Meetings every Friday, so if you’re interested please join us this Friday! Woot!

Where: Lizard Lounge

When: Friday, December 10th – 12:00 WST and 16:00 WST

Server: Cretaceous

-Mio”

Yay! Awesome! Maybe we’ll talk more about WeboGames and Christmas Webo Stuff?

~Snarl~

Weekly Environmental Fact: Troubled Bluefin Tuna

“The mighty Bluefin Tuna is in serious trouble. You may not be able to tell from this picture, but Atlantic Bluefin Tuna are seriously beastly machines. These bad boys (and gals) can weigh over 900 lbs, are apex predators and along with Marlins are the largest bony fish on earth. I’m sure they don’t look quite as powerful on your tuna fish sandwich, but if you’re not a picky eater, you’ve probably eaten one of these for lunch at some point in your life. Which is precisely why they are in such trouble, Atlantic Bluefin Tuna have been a commercial catch for as long as mankind has been fishing, from the ancient Greeks and Phoenicians right up to the can of tuna in your pantry and the delicious pink meat in your sushi roll. As delicious as these powerful fish are, the problem is that we’re getting greedy and taking too many out of our oceans. Conservationists were hoping that fishermen would stop hauling them in during 2011 in order to allow the Bluefin time to recover, but sadly fishermen from 48 countries decided to barely lower the limit on Bluefin that will be caught during 2011. Conservationists from Greenpeace and other environmental groups are fighting the decision, but if we don’t stop fishing for Bluefin so heavily we’re going to lose them forever. The Bluefin Tuna are in need of a group similar to the Sea Shephards to look out for them, we can still fish for them and eat them, but not in such high numbers. What do you think about Atlantic Bluefin Tuna? What do you think can be done to protect our world’s oceans? Leave your thoughts here!

-Mio”

This is really sad, that again because of mankind, other animal species are dissapearing! We have to put a stop to this!are we really so careless?I don’t think so! Something has to be done!

~Snarl~

Games Tour – Friday

“Hey gang, it’s Rexxy appreciation time! You may know that Webosaurs’ very own PERcY came up with the idea for WeboGames, but Rexxy has been working serious overtime to make the games a success this year. You see, all of the Leader Boards are seriously rusted and Rexxy is having to go from game to game and put some serious elbow grease into turning them back and wiping them clean. He was clearing them all off for a week before the games and is going to be clearing them this week and next week as well. Since Rexxy’s been working so hard I think we should let him have a little fun and join us for a party! What do you think, he deserves a party right? I think so too, this Friday at 17 WST we’re going to let Rexxy have some fun and play some of the games he’s been working so hard on, we’re also going to give him a big thank you for bringing WeboGames back to the Island this year. Rexxy’s been working so hard that he’s been sleeping in the Tree Fort, can you believe that? So let’s meet him there on Friday at 17:00 WST and have a great time making a ton of Leader Boards around the Island! Woot!

Where: Tree Fort – Croc. Peninsula

When: Friday, December 10th – 17:00 WST

Server: Jurassic

-Mio”

WeboGames Update

“Hey gang, WeboGames 2010 are upon us and dinos are scrambling around the Island trying to get to the top of as many Leader Boards as possible. Have you gotten to the top of any yet!? I just wanted to give you all a sneak peak of the trophies that we’re going to be giving out at the conclusion of the WeboGames. They are a special 2010 edition, what do you think, pretty sweet huh? Don’t worry if you’re not in the top three at the end of WeboGames there may be another opportunity for you to win one of these sweet trophies this weekend too, so stay tuned. Also, everyone who participates in the WeboGames this year will receive this rad medal.

I also have to correct a previous mistake that I made on the GOTW post yesterday. Dino Dig will NOT be included in the final tally for the WeboGames because there is a cap and everyone who finds a dino gets the same score. That being said, everything else is fair game! So get after it, I’ll see you out there!

-Mio”

Webogames have Begun!

Yes! That’s right! WeboGames have finally begun! So You better get your buddies and head over to Webo! Play some games and score some boards! Every board you’re on gives you one point!I already made it to 3 boards! Woo-hoo!Anyway…Good Luck to all!I heard that This year all who entered get a red ribbon and The Winners get a Trophy with 10 on the front…

~Snarl~

More updates at the Forum

Woah more updates on the forum???That’s really cool! One new thread sections has been added- Prairie Poll and Putt Putt Hut was renamed to Food and Poo’d (Although Putt Putt Hut was better).They all were ideas given by forum members…This means that they’re really looking into our suggestions!
If they keep it up at this rate…

~Snarl~