I’m very sorry to be so late. It’s the final report about FPDM. Today, I’ll write about extra space. To surprise, there are so many perfect fossils in the space. Therizinosaurus cheloniformis has so huge claws, but it’s thought to be herbivore. How perfect these fossils are! They look as they still live. Urenchelys is …
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FPDM report(11): Cenozoic
Hello! Today, I’ll write about Cenozoic animals. Pakicetus attocki is the early whale that walked. It isn’t similar to modern whales, but there are same points in ears. Dorudon atrox is the early swimming whale. It is similar to modern whales, but it has small hind legs and structures of fore legs remain in its …
FPDM report (10): Mesozoic
I’m very sorry to be so late. Today, I’ll write about Mesozoic animals. Archelon ischyros is the biggest sea turtle ever lived. It looks easy that a man can ride on. Shape and thickness of ammonites’ shells are different and some of them are quite unique. these difference were made by difference of their own …
FPDM report(9): Paleozoic
I’m sorry to be late. Today, I’ll write about Paleozoic animals. This Dunkleosteus sp. is small as Dunkleosteus, but it looks scary. Dunkleosteus is one of the model of new fossil Pokemons. Gemuendina stuertzi looks like a ray, but it is a placodermi, the prehistoric armored fishes like Dunkleosteus or Bothriolepis. Bothriolepis canadensis has fins …
FPDM report(8): Japanese and Asian dinosaurs
I’m sorry to be late. Today, I’ll write about dinosaurs from Japan and Asia. In this museum, there are cast of dinosaurs all over Japan. No other museums I know has such many Japanese dinosaur fossils. There are ripple marks on the footprints because they were made on the bed. Ezo Group is the stratigraphic …
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FPDM report(7): Kitadani Formation
Today, I’ll write about dinosaurs from Fukui. Near the museum, there is Kitadani Formation, the geographic formation of Aptian, Early Cretaceous. Then, there is the swamp near the river and a lot of lives like dinosaurs, crocodiles and turtles lived there. Fukuisaurus tetoriensis is the basal hadrosauriformes. It is relative to Iguanodon, but it doesn’t …
FPDM report(6): marginocephala & thyreophora
Today, I’ll write about marginocephalan and thyreophoran dinosaurs. Archaeoceratops oshimai is the early ceratopsia, so it has neither frill nor horn. Protoceratops andrewsi also has no horn, but for fighting dinosaurs fossil, it fought with strong jaws. Triceratops sp. is the biggest, most famous, and last ceratopsia, but there is no hole on its frill. …
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FPDM report(5): ornithopods
I’m sorry to be late.Today, I’ll write about ornithopods. Iguanodon bernissartensis is unique for its big thumb like spike. It might be used as weapon. Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis is relative to Iguanodon, but it is smaller and has smaller arms and thumbs. Ouranosaurus nigeriensis has great sail. It is also relative to Iguanodon, but it has …
FPDM report(4): sauropodomorphs
Today, I’ll write about sauropodomorphs. Lufengosaurus huenei had been included in prosauropods, the group with same ancestor to sauropods but not connected to them directly. But now, prosauropods are broken and they are thought to be connected to sauropods directly. Bellusaurus sui is 4.5m long. It is very small as sauropod because it is juvenile. …
FPDM report(3): theropods
I’m sorry to be late. Today, I’ll write about theropods. Ceratosaurus nasicornis is seen its long teeth very well. Sinosaurus triassicus had been called Dilophosaurus sinensis until 2013. Its two crest is similar to Dilophosaurus‘s. This Allosaurus fragilis has an injury hurted by stegosaurid on its scapula. It might fought hardly. Acrocanthosaurus atokensis and Carcharodontosaurus …
Japanese Dino-mania 