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Gorgosaurus-
Late Cretaceous period, about 76.6-75.1 million years ago |
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CANADA - 1968 TO DATE |
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S$20 2018 Gorgosaurus Early Releases |
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NGC MS 70 ANTIQUED |
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Gorgosaurus, meaning "dreadful lizard") is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, between about 76.6 and 75.1 million years ago. Fossil remains have been found in the Canadian province of Alberta and possibly the U.S. state of Montana. Like most known tyrannosaurids, Gorgosaurus was a bipedal predator weighing more than two metric tons as an adult; dozens of large, sharp teeth lined its jaws, while its two-fingered forelimbs were comparatively small. Gorgosaurus was most closely related to Albertosaurus, and more distantly related to the larger Tyrannosaurus.
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Ornithomimus-
Late Cretaceous period, 76.5-66.5 million years ago |
| Origin/Country: |
CANADA - 1968 TO DATE |
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S$20 2017 ORNITHOMIMUS EARLY RELEASES |
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NGC MS 70 ANTIQUED |
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Ornithomimus is a genus of ornithomimid dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America. Ornithomimus was a swift bipedal theropod which fossil evidence indicates was covered in feathers, equipped with a small toothless beak that may indicate an omnivorous diet. Many of the best fossils have been found in Alberta, Canada.
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Tyrannosaurus Rex-Cretaceous period, 68-66 million years ago |
| Origin/Country: |
CANADA - 1968 TO DATE Canada 2016 |
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Silver S$20 2016 TYRANNOSAURUS REX |
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NGC SP 69 |
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Impressive T-Rex on a $20 fv 1/4 oz silver coin.
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Saber-Toothed Cat-Eocene to Pleistocene periods, 42 million to 11,000 years ago |
| Origin/Country: |
CANADA - 1968 TO DATE |
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S$20 2015 SABRE-TOOTHED CAT |
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO |
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Although extinct, this cat was the Mother of all Big Cats and deserved to have a place in this set!
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Thylacoleo-Pliocene to Pleistocene periods, 2 million to 46,000 years ago |
| Origin/Country: |
AUSTRALIA - COMMEMORATIVE |
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S$1 2014P THYLACOLEO COLORIZED |
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NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO |
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Thylacoleo ("pouch lion") is an extinct genus of carnivorous marsupials that lived in Australia from the late Pliocene to the late Pleistocene (2 million to 46 thousand years ago). Some of these "marsupial lions" were the largest mammalian predators in Australia of that time, with Thylacoleo carnifex approaching the weight of a small lion. The estimated average weight for the species ranges from 101 to 130 kg.
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Genyornis-Late Pleistocene period, went extinct about 30,000 years ago. |
| Origin/Country: |
AUSTRALIA - COMMEMORATIVE |
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S$1 2014P GENYORNIS COLORIZED |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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Genyornis newtoni was a large, flightless bird that lived in Australia. Over two metres in height, they were likely either omnivorous or herbivorous. They became extinct 30±5 thousand years ago.[1] Many other species became extinct in Australia around that time, coinciding with the arrival of humans. Their closest living relatives are fowl.
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Jurassic Park, commorating the 25th Anniversary of the blockbuster film from 1993! |
| Origin/Country: |
NIUE Niue 2018 |
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Antiqued |
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Silver S$2 2018 Jurassic Park 25th Anniversary |
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NGC MS 69 ANTIQUED |
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This coin celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the film from 1993. An interesting fact:
In 2018, the first film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
The Jurassic was a geologic period and system that spanned 56 million years from the end of the Triassic Period 201.3 million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period 145 Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of the Mesozoic Era, also known as the Age of Reptiles.
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Ogygopsis-
Cambrian period, 541-485.4 million years ago |
| Origin/Country: |
CANADA - 1968 TO DATE |
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S$20 2017 OGYGOPSIS EARLY RELEASES |
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NGC MS 70 ANTIQUED |
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Ogygopsis is a genus of trilobite from the Cambrian period, found mostly in the Burgess Shale, a huge fossil bed deposit area in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia. It is the most common fossil in the Mt. Stephen fossil beds there, but rare in other Cambrian faunas. Its major characteristics are a prominent glabella with eye ridges, lack of pleural spines, a large spineless pygidium about as long as the thorax or cephalon, and its length: up to 12 cm.
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Bathygnathus Borealis-Early Permian period, 270 million years ago |
| Origin/Country: |
CANADA - 1968 TO DATE |
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Canadian Dinosaurs |
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Silver S$20 2013 BATHYGNATHUS BOREALIS FIRST RELEASES |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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Scutellosaurus-Early Jurassic period, 196 million years ago |
| Origin/Country: |
CANADA - 1968 TO DATE |
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Canadian Dinosaurs |
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Silver S$20 2014 SCUTELLOSAURUS FIRST RELEASES |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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Minmi-Cretaceous period, 119-113 million years ago
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AUSTRALIA - COMMEMORATIVE |
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S$1 2015P MINMI COLORIZED |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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Albertosaurus-Late Cretaceous period, 70 million years ago |
| Origin/Country: |
CANADA - 1968 TO DATE |
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Canadian Dinosaurs |
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Silver S$20 2015 ALBERTOSAURUS EARLY RELEASES |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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Australovenator-Late Cretaceous period, 95 million years ago |
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AUSTRALIA - COMMEMORATIVE |
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S$1 2014P AUSTRALOVENATOR COLORIZED-EARLY RELEASES |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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Perfect proof 70 of the Australovenator
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Leaellynasaura-Early Cretaceous period, 118-110 million years agony |
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AUSTRALIA - COMMEMORATIVE |
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S$1 2015P LEAELLYNASAURA COLORIZED-EARLY RELEASES |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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Perfect proof 70 of Leaellynsaura
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Diamantinasaurus-Late Cretaceous period, about 94 million years ago |
| Origin/Country: |
AUSTRALIA - COMMEMORATIVE |
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S$1 2015P DIAMANTINASAURUS COLORIZED-EARLY RELEASES |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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Perfect proof 70 example of Diamantinasaurus.
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