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What annoys you about paleontology?; Rant on about moronic theories, complaints, or just animals that annoy you.
Topic Started: Sep 28 2013, 05:04 PM (256,367 Views)
Mathius Tyra
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Rat snake is love... Rat snake is life

My guess judges from the size would be Utahraptor, or maybe Deinonychus since it is one of the earliest Dromaeosaurs back in that day...

Yet, both of them never live with Parasaurolophus. :p
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stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

the claws are so large, it almost feels like caricature
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Bigwhale
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It is Deinonychus, and yep, size is also the inaccuracy xD
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Jannick
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Papua merdeka!

Admiral General Aladeen
Jul 6 2014, 12:25 AM
Swimming Spaghetti Monster
Jul 5 2014, 04:35 PM
Jannick
Jul 4 2014, 11:52 AM
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MAURICIO ANTÓN WOOOOOOO
What's so bad about this one? I didn't read his books, but he is a talented painter, restoring many Cenozoic animals. He seems especially interested in sabertooths, but what's wrong with that?
I don't think jannick was criticizing it. I think they were happy someone wrote a book on Cenozoic wildlife. :)
Exactly. Mauricio Antón is probably my favorite paleoartist. I love that he doesn't just focus on his favorite subjects (Sabertooths in most cases), but also their environment and the other species they lived with.
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CyborgIguana
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When it is claimed that all skeletal mounts in museums are casts, which is more often than you might think. While it's true that a great many of them are casts nowadays since they're lighter and easier to assemble, mounted skeletons with real fossil bones are not unheard of, especially for older museums.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Jul 6 2014, 09:33 PM.
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Meerkatmatt2
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Jul 6 2014, 12:29 AM
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The only real inaccuracy with that is that the mammoths tusks are upside down, it's amazing how little has our depiction of prehistoric mammals changed over the years.
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stargatedalek
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being closer to modern relatives probably has much to do with it
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CyborgIguana
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People who are behind enough in pterosaur science to still think of azhdarchids as coastal skim-feeders, which has been rejected since the mid-2000s.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Jul 6 2014, 09:45 PM.
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stargatedalek
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while I find it impossible they could have lived such a life style, I don't see why (especially the smaller species) they couldn't have skim fed should they have stumbled across some prey

the bill is long enough that it could have been used in such a manner, albeit not very well, but on occasion I could imagine an azhdarchid spotting activity near the coast and investigating

if they were to be presumed to feed on aquatic prey honestly I find it more likely they fed like spoonbills than by skimming
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CyborgIguana
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They could've fed on aquatic prey occasionally, but the main problem with the theory is the amount of drag on their bills that attempted skim-feeding would produce. Though I don't see why they couldn't have fished in streams like herons on occasion.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Jul 6 2014, 10:16 PM.
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stargatedalek
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*spec feeding habits of fictional skim feeding azhdarchid*

they would have to reach their necks rather far down in order to get any sort of effective skimming angle
with the entire lower skull being submerged holding the body out of reach of the waves
as opposed to the supposed of lower bill dunking of other species
thus the bill could point forward like a fish and reduce drag
almost more like a flying tanystropheus than any sort of extant skim feeding
the eyes being so low on the skull could perhaps give it underwater vision


still a crazy theory, but if they were to skim feed in any way I think this would be the most plausible manner
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Admantus
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With skim feeding, there's the problem of the pterosaur falling flat into the water because it's bill isn't adapted to that.

Modern day skimmers can afford to skim because they are both small and their beaks are shaped like the bow of a ship, which allows them to effortlessly cut through the water and snag fish.
Now we may never know if any pterosaur had the necessary adaptations to skim from the water due to keratin not fossilizing, but it's an interesting topic to discuss.
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stargatedalek
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I may do a diagram if I get bored later :P
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Nomis
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the Mountain Born

Part 1 of the stupidity
Part 2 of the stupidity
and another creationist saying no to dinosaurs
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stargatedalek
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Nomis
Jul 7 2014, 12:44 PM
some people deserve to feel pain....
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