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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 (256,144 Views)
heliosphoros
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That this remains unconfirmed.
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Incinerox
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti

YES.

I've been trying to figure out what that is for YEARS.
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CyborgIguana
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If that's real, then the giant rhamphorhynchoids that pop up in old B-movies from time to time shall be vindicated!
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Acinonyx Jubatus
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!

heliosphoros
Jun 24 2016, 12:41 PM
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That this remains unconfirmed.
OH MY GOSH NEED DETAILS

This is my new favourite prehistoric lifeform of all time if its true.
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heliosphoros
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A pterosaur described by Stoyanow all the way back into 1936. Keep in mind that its never been offiially published in a peer paper, just mentioned in a magazine, and wingspan measurements of that magnitude have often revealed smaller animals, like the 10 meter winged "Ornithocheirus" (now known to be a 4-6 meter wingspanned azhdarchoid).

Still, it is nonetheless said to be a much larger animal than any other "rhamphorhynchoid".
Edited by heliosphoros, Jun 24 2016, 05:57 PM.
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This is the most recently uploaded image on PalaeoFail.
Edited by Denomon3144, Jun 25 2016, 10:29 PM.
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BossMan, Jake
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Son of God

At least they got the date right, some people are still convinced it and Spinosaurus coexisted
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I hate the trope of making animal's keratin horns, spikes, plates, osteoderm covers, etc. brown or grey. It's just not realistic or even in some cases plausible. I HIGHLY DOUBT that Oviraptorids or Stegosaurs, which have these large structures likely covered in keratin that are basically used only for display, are going to have grey or brown crests/plates.
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CyborgIguana
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I think it stems from the mistake of using mammals as reference for such structures, since mammalian horns tend to be rather conservative in colour. And of course in some cases it's probably just general laziness/lack of imagination.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Jul 1 2016, 12:40 AM.
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Mathius Tyra
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Cassowary's keratinous casque isn't much colorful either. I think it depend on what animal need some form of camouflage or some degree of display or not. Solitary and elusive animals probably don't need much colorful keratin covering their crest/plate or spike.
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Cassowaries seem to be an exception, not the norm, at least among birds. Just about every bird with a beak used heavily for display (puffins, hornbills, toucans, some finches) have brightly colored beaks.
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CyborgIguana
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Plus cassowaries have colourful facial wattles to make up for the casque.
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Incinerox
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti

Not to mention that guineafowl, maleo, and many hornbills also lack colour in their casques too.

And the fact that not all birds are using their bills for display.
Edited by Incinerox, Jul 1 2016, 04:51 PM.
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Certainly not, but I feel it's just a silly trope to give every Dinosaur they draw black or brown or grey plates/scutes/horns. Seems a lot of effort to grow massive bony plates on your back and then just have them as solid grey. Like the trope of giving Dromaeosaurs eagle colors.
Edited by Flish, Jul 1 2016, 07:15 PM.
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stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

One also needs to keep in mind some birds (namely guinea fowls and cassowary) use their casques for fighting and not for display. And hornbills are predatory and probably need to be somewhat conservative with their colours because of this. Because birds see a wider range of colours than us what to us looks like complex patterns with simple colours may look very vibrant to other birds.


It bothers me when people feather Dilophosaurus but they don't feather any other non-coelurosaur. It's all or nothing if you go substantially more ancestral then Concavenator.
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