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| What annoys you about paleontology?; Rant on about moronic theories, complaints, or just animals that annoy you. | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 28 2013, 05:04 PM (256,295 Views) | |
| Incinerox | Oct 16 2014, 08:13 PM Post #3076 |
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti
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That's because unlike feathered theropods which seem to be on the news at least 3 times a month for more than a decade, Dimetrodon skin is relatively new and very underpublished find. |
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| Yi Qi | Oct 16 2014, 08:20 PM Post #3077 |
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Unpublished it may be, but i'm pretty sure it has been around for atleast since 2006 |
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| CyborgIguana | Oct 17 2014, 06:38 PM Post #3078 |
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People who take speculation way too far in paleo-art to the point where their reconstructions are barely even recognizable as the species they're intended to represent, sometimes even creating things that contradict what we know from fossil evidence in the process. While speculation is acceptable, even necessary, in most forms of paleo-art, a good restoration should still be consistent with what we know of these animals. This may or may not be a response to the floofy Dimetrodons on the previous page. Edited by CyborgIguana, Oct 17 2014, 06:43 PM.
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| stargatedalek | Oct 17 2014, 07:43 PM Post #3079 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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a few whisker like hairs seems plausible to me, but a thick coating of hair/fur is a big no-no
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| CyborgIguana | Oct 17 2014, 08:26 PM Post #3080 |
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The fact that very few of the reconstructions shown in Wikipedia's paleontology articles aren't shrink-wrapped, over-conservative abominations. |
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| Yi Qi | Oct 17 2014, 09:38 PM Post #3081 |
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Fur likely hadn't evolved untill the near triassic, IIRC theres a paper on that. plus all we have of dimetrodon show rhino like skin, so all sorts of fur on it are a big no no. Edited by Yi Qi, Oct 17 2014, 09:39 PM.
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| stargatedalek | Oct 17 2014, 10:09 PM Post #3082 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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Rhinoceros have hair though, so I don't see why its a guarantee that dimetrodon was entirely lacking in any kind of integument |
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| Yi Qi | Oct 17 2014, 10:21 PM Post #3083 |
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Like i said, dimetrodon existed BEFORE the evolution of hair, which appeared somewhere near the triassic, Incinerox has showed me a paper once that explains it in detail, ill ask him for it tomorrow. Rhinos only secondarily lost hair because, like elephants, some of their ancestors came from a semi aquatic lineage. Edited by Yi Qi, Oct 17 2014, 10:22 PM.
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| Furka | Oct 18 2014, 04:59 AM Post #3084 |
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So Gorgonopsids lacked fur too ? |
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| Yi Qi | Oct 18 2014, 12:41 PM Post #3085 |
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Probably yes, and so did anything before cynodonts, Dicynodonts. |
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| stargatedalek | Oct 18 2014, 01:34 PM Post #3086 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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![]() and I thought rex vs spino was sad... (thats a hadrosaur btw) |
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| Similis | Oct 18 2014, 01:35 PM Post #3087 |
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^About tree fiddy.
Edited by Similis, Oct 18 2014, 01:36 PM.
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| CyborgIguana | Oct 18 2014, 01:58 PM Post #3088 |
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Basically this was before anyone gave the slightest damn about scientific accuracy in paleo-art.
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| stargatedalek | Oct 18 2014, 02:37 PM Post #3089 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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excusing the anatomical errors because of the times, placing brontornis in the mesozoic is still just so odd |
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| CyborgIguana | Oct 18 2014, 03:20 PM Post #3090 |
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And really why would anyone want to pit it against a hadrosaur?
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