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Yo dinos. This Friday we want to unleash some brand new Nigel Marven episodes. We’ll be having a movie party to watch all of them too (I’m thinking around 13:00 WST). But first… we want to know which ones you want to see the most!

Below I’ve listed five of the new Webosodes, although there are more where that came from. Pick the two you want to see the most. The two with the most votes by Friday morning will be selected for the party. Can’t wait!

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PrimaryGames and Nitro are coming back to the island for another super awesome quiz party. PG and Nitro will be asking questions taken from the Daily Dino Facts. First person to answer a question will receive a shiny WeboPedia trophy to show off in their cave.

Be prepared for the quiz! We’ll be taking questions from ANY Daily Dino Fact that was ever published on the blog, so you might want to check out some oldies!

Party starts at 18:00 WST in the Jurassic server this Friday. To get to the party spot, you’ll have to do some hiking and make your way into the heart of the volcano. Quiz party is going down at the Carnivorous Cavern!

-Rex

Q: Tawa Hallae is a dinosaur scientists now know of and I wonder what family do they go in? -HornTrio

A: Great question HornTrio! For those of you who don’t know, Tawa Hallae is a carnivorous dinosaur that was recently found in New Mexico. The 213-million-year-old dinosaur existed on the great supercontinent Pangaea during the Triassic period. Several different skeletons were found but one was the most complete: a juvenile dinosaur standing about 28 inches (70 centimeters) tall and was about 6 feet (2 meters) long.

During the Triassic, at least the earlier parts, dinosaurs were essentially the same. They are said to have originated in what is now South America but was part of Pangaea at the time. Because land was one solid mass there wasn’t a whole lot of room for evolution. The discovery of Tawa Hallae points to a time where dinosaurs evolved into three different groups: sauropods, ornithischians and theropods. To answer your question specifically, HornTrio, Tawa Hallae was an early theropod – the meat eating dinosaurs.

-Rex

The fun doesn’t stop this weekend as Primary Games has graciously accepted to host a DINOSAUR QUIZ PARTY! The party will be going down this Saturday at 13:00 WST at Buckland’s Peak with our favorite pals PrimaryGames and _Nitro_. They are going  to be asking some dinosaur trivia questions and if you’re the first to answer one, you win a sweeeet Webopedia trophy.

I’ll be on hand to catch the winners of each question as PG and _Nitro_ test your dinosaur knowledge. They’ll be pulling dinosaur questions from the scavenger hunts we’ve been having so I hope you remember them!

Jurassic server – be there or be a mammal

-Rex

In case you didn’t know, this Saturday is Rainforest Adoption Day. To celebrate the rainforests we’re going to throw a rainforest quiz party at 12:00 WST at the Forest Floor in the Jurassic server on Saturday.

Rainforests are a precious resource on earth holding over 50% of the world’s flora and fauna. Rainforests used to cover 14% of the earth’s surface and now the cover only 6%. Rainforest Adoption Day encourages people to give back to the rainforests and help non-profit organizations save these beautiful places.

Our quiz will be on generalized facts about the rainforest. Study what you can about them and I promise I’ll take it easy on you guys

There will be about 20 questions to answer and the first person to answer each one will get a gold Webopedia trophy! Can’t wait to see you all there and see how much you know about the rainforests.

-Rex

Hey gang,

In preparation for this week’s Raptor Quiz Contest, Rex and Flyboy are going to host a special study party tomorrow, Wednesday September 30th. Meet us at the Wild Walkersaurus Bunker at Sanoran Sands in the Mesozoic Server. We’ll be meeting at 17:00 WST for this awesome event.

Rex and Fly will be hanging around and talking about the dinosaur of the week, the raptor! Rex will be teaching you about all kinds of cool raptor things you get you ready for the quiz contest. Don’t let Rex have all the fun though! Bring your own arsenal of raptor knowledge and see if you can stump him.

See you guys there!

Q: What type of mammals did we have when dinos were around? -Caden

A: That is a wonderful question, Caden. The Mesozoic was an amazing era of life. Dinosaurs became the dominant creatures, the first birds took flight and giant reptiles roamed the seas. A lot of people don’t realize that mammals even existed during this time which is incredible because 2/3 of mammalian history occurred in the Mesozoic!

Mammals of the Mesozoic weren’t the mammals that we see today, virtually all of them were very small rodents that fed on insects. One of the most common that we’ve found is a little guy called Morganucodon that was about 10cm long. He had goofy little teeth and scuttled around awkwardly on hind legs that stuck out from it’s body.

Morganucodon

The biggest mammals that were around in the Mesozoic were about as big as a medium-sized dog. Repenomamus was about 50cm (20in) long and there is good evidence that it actually fed on dinosaurs. A couple fossils have been found that contained dinosaur bones in it’s stomach.

Repenomamus

Although these guys were able to eek out a living, dinosaurs were still kings of the Mesozoic. At least we know where they got a start.

-Rex