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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 (256,302 Views)
Carnoraptorsaur
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Gosh darnit! So close yet so far xD
Edited by Carnoraptorsaur, Oct 4 2014, 12:37 AM.
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Similis
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Lack of public recognition to pretty much any dinosaur aside from those starring in monster movies.

This forces people who write news articles about paleontology (not necessarily on paleo-focused sites) to constantly refer to newly found dinosaurs as "A relative of the famous T-Wreckz" which only further advances the ignorance of humans that read these articles and don't feel compelled to google info about the mentioned animals - after all T-Wreckz is the famous monster who ate lawyers and terrorized poorly managed animal parks, and that's all they need to know. Drop in a name famous in paleo-community like "Edmontosaurus" and they'll become confused.

I know, I shouldn't be judgemental, but minimal knowledge of at least existance of such few iconic animals in past isn't anything beyond knowing that sometime ago, woolly mammoths walked the land and would allow for better reference point for the masses. But unless the popular media come up with a brilliant idea how to turn them into amusement tools, probably another monster, paleontology will be "kid stuff" or "nerd stuff" or "useless science stuff" for the masses.
Edited by Similis, Oct 4 2014, 12:55 AM.
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Carnoraptorsaur
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Could not agree more MrGosh. I know nobody that can name anymore than the 6 basics T.rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, "The Long necked" ones as they call them, the pterodactyls that ate people and killed anything it saw. And the swimming dinosaurs of course :silly:
Edited by Carnoraptorsaur, Oct 4 2014, 01:01 AM.
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Bigwhale
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Some even don't know any dinosaur species, and think that 'dinosaur' is a species.
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Similis
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Bigwhale
Oct 4 2014, 01:36 AM
Some even don't know any dinosaur species, and think that 'dinosaur' is a species.
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I wasn't aware. I... I can't... How.

It's as if I thought that "Car" is a brand. And tbh I am pretty ignorant when it comes to the car brands :P
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stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

Why would you buy a Ford? you should always buy from Car, they make the best cars ;)

but yah thats rather frightening if people really think that
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BossAggron
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Well then... If people think that Dinosaur.sp is an actual thing, i'm gonna leave to a different time.
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CyborgIguana
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I think there is actually a genus called Dinosaurus, but it's a pseudosuchian if I'm not mistaken (and I'm not even sure it's still valid).
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One time I got into a fight with some kind in second grade because he claimed that pteranodons, not ptserosaurs because obviously all pterosaurs are pteranodons right, were dinosaurs and I was like "Uh... NOPE!"
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BossAggron
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Oct 4 2014, 05:04 PM
One time I got into a fight with some kind in second grade because he claimed that pteranodons, not ptserosaurs because obviously all pterosaurs are pteranodons right, were dinosaurs and I was like "Uh... NOPE!"
I have to explain to almost everyone, Keep in mind this is in High School, What the hell a Dinosaur is, Not Crocodiles, Not Pterosaurs, and Not Bloody Marine Reptiles!
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Taurotragus
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How most people that aren't palaeontology fans could really give less of a care about dinosaurs that aren't the famous T WRECKZ and VELOCIRAPTA. There are so many dinosaurs out there that are cool and awesome, much more cool and awesome than T WRECKZ.
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Like Nanuqsaurus, Sauroposidian, Spinosaurus, Microraptor, and Kulindromeus for example, this is an add on the Diablo's statement.
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Nomis
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And now we come back to the "whoever isn't a paleo fan is stupid" claim
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I personally don't think people should have to be paleo-fans in order to recognize facts like pterosaurs aren't dinosaurs or that there are more than 6 friggin' dinosaur genera.
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do you guys know anything about engineering or Medicine?, i'm pretty sure outthere there are people mockign at us because we know almost anything about it, in that way i don't think we shoudl call anyone stupid for not wanting to know everything about paleontology.

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