恐竜の時代（The Age of the Dinosaurs）記念切手 - その２

２０２４年３月１２日に、英国のロイヤルメール（Royal Mail）から、恐竜の時代（The Age of the Dinosaurs）に関する１２種類の記念切手が発行されたので、前回に引き続き、御紹介したい。

Stegosaurus（ステゴサウルス / 剣竜 - 草食恐竜） is one of the most recognisable dinosaurs,
although we know relatively little about it as remains are rare.  
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Diplodocus（ディプロドクス - 草食性大形四つ足恐竜） reached up to 27 metres in length 
and lived 150 million years ago at the end of the Jurassic  Period（ジュラ紀）.
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Megalosaurus（メガロサウルス - 二足歩行の巨大食肉竜） roamed what is now England
between 170 and 155 million years ago.
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Cryptoclidus（クリプトクリドゥス / 首長竜） was a plesiosaur and
is described as looking like a 'snake threaded through a turtle'.
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