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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 (256,235 Views) | |
| CyborgIguana | Apr 8 2015, 04:29 PM Post #3976 |
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The misconception that Brontosaurus was a chimaera. Nope, the name already existed a LONG time before the chimaera that ended up being associated with it came into being. |
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| BossAggron | Apr 8 2015, 06:04 PM Post #3977 |
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Formerly Dilophoraptor
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After reading it about the confusion seems to come from the fact they modeled a hypothetical skull after Camarasaurus. |
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| Paleop | Apr 8 2015, 06:58 PM Post #3978 |
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Paleopterix
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if you search brontosaurus Jurassic Park on Google images you get lots of brachiosaurus people should know better, if it looks like bronto but has proportionally longer front legs and neck (also a head crest) than it is at-least distantly related but not the same animal.in laymen eyes Apatosaurus= Brontosaurus (weird how the meaning of this one kind of inverted recently) Styracosaurus=Triceratops theropod lacking a sail=T rex t rex with feathers= 'thats a dinosaur?' Edited by Paleop, Apr 8 2015, 06:58 PM.
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| BossAggron | Apr 9 2015, 07:35 AM Post #3979 |
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Formerly Dilophoraptor
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The Jurassic Laymen Vocabulary. |
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| Orthoceras | Apr 9 2015, 04:46 PM Post #3980 |
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I guess this is something in general science that bugs me, but a lot of scientists or science enthusiasts(Mostly the latter group) have such big egos, thinking they know everything about a certain topic and their knowledge encompasses a greater area than that of others (Not being passive-aggressive to anyone on this board, you're all lovely people). Sometimes, people need to accept that they aren't always right or smarter than everyone else and will inevitably make mistakes. I make mistakes all the time, ridiculous ones at that (Exams...). Fine, it may be embarrassing, but if you brush it off the situation becomes a learning experience for everyone. Even experts make mistakes. Speaking of egos, don't get me STARTED on creationists... Also, the term "Evolutionist" makes me cringe. |
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| Denomon3144 | Apr 14 2015, 05:16 PM Post #3981 |
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Pick a god and pray!
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| babehunter1324 | Apr 14 2015, 05:22 PM Post #3982 |
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Ironically a recently descirbed Titanosaurid from South America was called "Aeolosaurus" |
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| Denomon3144 | Apr 14 2015, 05:53 PM Post #3983 |
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Pick a god and pray!
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Also, Rhedosaurus is a kaiju that preceded Godzilla.
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| Sir Kingsley of Pangea | Apr 23 2015, 11:32 PM Post #3984 |
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I have no idea what I am doing
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It makes a lot more sense in context: http://chasmosaurs.blogspot.com/2013/09/vintage-dinosaur-art-be-dinosaur.html |
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Apr 23 2015, 11:49 PM Post #3985 |
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This is just... so... ARGH!!! http://loveforlife.com.au/content/10/09/14/dinosaur-deception-dinosaurs-never-existed-dinosaur-fossils-are-hoax-dinosaurs-scie
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Apr 23 2015, 11:58 PM Post #3986 |
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What. The. Fuck. Excuse me for the language, but seriously. I can't believe someone wasted time typing up that crap. |
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| Tyranachu | Apr 24 2015, 12:59 AM Post #3987 |
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Nerdasaurus
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It's so cute when they try to disprove hard fact. Seriously, it's adorable, it's like watching a baby trying to type a novel.
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| Similis | Apr 24 2015, 12:59 AM Post #3988 |
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Some people are really trying too hard...
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| babehunter1324 | Apr 24 2015, 06:17 AM Post #3989 |
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Yeah I knew what Rhedosaurus is I was just pointing out that they end out naming a new Dinosaur after the other ficticious genus name... |
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| CyborgIguana | Apr 24 2015, 06:23 AM Post #3990 |
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@Slappio: Damn it, I was just starting to forget about the existence of such people until you posted that!
Edited by CyborgIguana, Apr 24 2015, 06:25 AM.
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people should know better, if it looks like bronto but has proportionally longer front legs and neck (also a head crest) than it is at-least distantly related but not the same animal.









