Picture Quiz

Yitzhak Rabin

Kess73 wrote: »

Right one that is picked to be confused with a similar shaped beastie.:)

Chaohusaurus?

Kess73

Nope, but you have the right time period and are close in terms of geographical location.

The mystery beastie is about twice the size of your guess.

Yitzhak Rabin

Kess73 wrote: »

Right one that is picked to be confused with a similar shaped beastie.:)

Utatsusaurus? If I'm wrong, am I close taxonomically?

Kess73

You are 100% correct.

Yitzhak Rabin

Kess73

Dinocephalosaurus?

Yitzhak Rabin

Kess73 wrote: »

Dinocephalosaurus?

Close. Its about 5x bigger.

Kess73

Tanystropheus

Yitzhak Rabin

Kess73 wrote: »

Tanystropheus

Yup, too easy I think!

Kess73

Yeah once I saw the picture, there were not an awful lot of choices that would be similar.


Ok my next one.


Should be a lot easier than some of my other ones.

Dublin_Gunner

Doedicurus?

Kess73

yep

Dublin_Gunner

Keeping with the theme (should be easy enough for you I'd imagine!)

Yitzhak Rabin

Amphicyon?

Dublin_Gunner

yekahs wrote: »

Amphicyon?

Nope. You're gone a little too far back

Rubecula

Short faced bear?

Dublin_Gunner

Rubecula wrote: »

Short faced bear?

Correct, Arctodus

Rubecula

OK this is not quite what it seems.:)

Kess73

Hmm your comment suggests that it is not a true sabre tooth cat, but a certain marsupial which looked like a sabre tooth cat and was driven to extinction by the likes of Smilodon

Yitzhak Rabin

Thylacosmilus.... trying to sneak a marsupial off as a cat!

Kess73

And Google gets me the correct spelling as I was making a mess of spelling it by myself.:D



Thylacosmilus atrox

Kess73

Yer up next Yekahs, you posted the name before I did.

Rubecula

<<<< hides after the deliberate attempt to pass off a Marsupial as a North American beastie.

Yitzhak Rabin

Kess73 wrote: »

Yer up next Yekahs, you posted the name before I did.

Sorry, was replying and then saw yours!

Ok I'll try a less well known one...

Dublin_Gunner

Edaphosaurus?

Rubecula

it does look like that and you got there first. If it is a wrong answer, thaen I dunno what else it could be.

It is a mammal like reptile similar to Dimetrodon, and it is not that.

has to be edaphosaurus.

Dublin_Gunner

Rubecula wrote: »

it does look like that and you got there first. If it is a wrong answer, thaen I dunno what else it could be.

It is a mammal like reptile similar to Dimetrodon, and it is not that.

has to be edaphosaurus.

Although its not a great artists rendition, I came to that conclusion due to the short tail, and it looks like its being portrayed as a herbivore.

The only animal I know that fits that bill would be Edaphosaurus.

However, I'm just about to leave work - so if it is Edaphosaurus or Dimetrodon - you can pick the next picture!

Kess73

I'm trying to guess if it is a Synapsid or a Temnospondyl.

Have a feeling it may fall under the latter heading but that may be beacuse the head in the drawing reminds me of a frog somewhat.

Only problem is my knowledge of Temnospondyls is not great, despite the fact that one with a big fin should stand out. But I am pretty sure that it is not a reptile, and is an amphibian.

Rubecula

Very kind of you. Hopefully you will be able to do it yourself though.


LOL Kess, a frog with a fin. (ROFL at the thought)

Yitzhak Rabin

Rubecula wrote: »

it does look like that and you got there first. If it is a wrong answer, thaen I dunno what else it could be.

It is a mammal like reptile similar to Dimetrodon, and it is not that.

has to be edaphosaurus.

Nope its neither. But it often gets confused with synapsids like Dimetrodon.

But its not a reptile, or a mammal!