I’m sorry to be late. On December 30th, I visited Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (FPDM). I’ll write about there from today. Today, I’ll write about the special exhibition “Discovering New Species!! The Mystery of Dinosaur Name”.
Fukuipteryx prima is the early bird from Fukui. If you know about it particularly, read this article, please.
Siamraptor suwati is the Carcharodontosaurian dinosaur from Thailand. It was named on last November 13th. Its genus name means “Thai thief” and species name was named after Mr. Suwat Liptapanlop.
Carcharodontosaurus‘s name means “great white shark lizard” because its sharp, thin teeth are like great white shark’s.
Subadult Gorgosaurus libratus is slenderer than adult. Its genus name means ” dreadful lizard” and species name means “balanced”.
Psittacosaurus sp. is the early ceratopsian dinosaur. Its name means “parrot lizard” because its beak looks like parrot’s. It lived in Early Cretaceous Asia widely and had at least 11species.
“Gallimimus mongoliensis”‘s name isn’t officially. It is researched now. It has points older than G. bullatus, so it may be different genus to Gallimimus.
Tyrannosaurus rex‘s name means “tyrant lizard king”.This name is particularly match for it.
Tarbosaurus bataar is quite similar to T. rex. Some paleontologists think it is included in Tyrannosaurus. Its genus name means “alarming lizard” and species name is misspelling of “baatar”, “hero” in Mongolian.
Animantarx ramaljonesi is the nodosaurid dinosaur. Its genus name means “living fortress”, from the comment by paleontologist R.S.Lull. Its species name was named after Ramal Jones who found it.
Conchoraptor gracilis is the oviraptorid dinosaur. Its genus name means “shell thief” because its beak looks good for cracking hard object like shell. But it is uncertain that it ate shell. Its species name means “graceful”.
Heyuannia yanshini is the oviraptorid dinosaur. At first, it is named Ingenia, but this name had already been used for roundworm. So it was renamed Ajancingenia, but it was included in Heyuannia.
Troodon formosus or Stenonychosaurus sp. is the troodontid dinosaur from Egg Mountain site. In 2017, Troodon‘s name was disappeared and Stenonychosaurus‘s name came again. But some paleontologists say that Troodon‘s name should come again with designating neotype.
Juvenile Brachiosaurus sp. was thought as Apatosaurus, so its artifact parts are based on Apatosaurus.
Dromaeosauripus yongjingensis is the footprint of dromaeosaurid dinosaur. footprint fossil is named its own scientific name because it is uncertain which made it.
Thanks for reading! Next time, I’ll start writing about permanent exhibition.
Japanese Dino-mania 