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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 (256,433 Views)
CyborgIguana
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I wouldn't call them flaws, just holes that need to be filled up with new fossils.
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extremos
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Where's Mr Pig?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_in_paleontology
How come they know what they'll find next year!
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philly
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extremos
Dec 9 2013, 12:10 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_in_paleontology
How come they know what they'll find next year!
It are yet unreleased and described, the descriptions are set for 2014 ;)
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extremos
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Where's Mr Pig?

Well that makes sense...
Anyways, I just discovered the actual size of a Pyroraptor and I must say I feel depressed...
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Mathius Tyra
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Rat snake is love... Rat snake is life

I have known before that Pyroraptor is quite small dromaeosaur, even smaller than Velociraptor in the term of length. Not sure about the heigh though.
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Sheather
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Thank you for the set, Azrael!

Pod was a great character but pretty much inaccurate in every way. :(
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CyborgIguana
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Contrary to popular belief, dromaeosaurids were generally very small animals. The only ones that could be called "big", as to my knowledge, were Utahraptor, Deinonychus (which was still under 4 feet tall), Achillobator, and Austroraptor.
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Similis
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There are also velociraptorine teeth from Isle of Wight suggesting animal the size of Utahraptor, which would be first truly giant velociraptorine :P But teeth aren't THAT reliable.
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BossAggron
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Formerly Dilophoraptor

The fact that all the good dinosaur names are taken by beetles.
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Megaraptorking
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I stand in the shadows waiting for you to return me to the light.

Ha nice Dilophoraptor

That some dinosaur names or even modern animal names are named from some random thing or person like a spider named after a singer or a dinosaur named after the child of the paleontologist.

However contradicting myself most other dinosaurs without proper seeming naming like Lythornax actually have pretty cool names and with great meaning. I just kinda feel sorry for the animal that will be named after Justin beiber......
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Megaraptorking
Dec 10 2013, 07:14 AM
I just kinda feel sorry for the animal that will be named after Justin beiber......
Justinosaurus bieberi

:implode:

Just... no.
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Mathius Tyra
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It's real! Justinosaurus bieberi lives in Mexico during late Cretaceous. Their location is so limit and can be found only near Yucatán Peninsula. And when the asteroid arrive. Every single members of them are gathered around for beach party next to the impact area.....

So, we don't have any pieces of their fossil remain, have to wait for Justin Biber to meet them accidently through anomaly...
Edited by Mathius Tyra, Dec 10 2013, 08:08 AM.
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Jules
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Mihi est imperare orbi universo

So guys, if any of us has to describe a dinosaur, we'll name it Dogesaurus theroundtablei xD
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Mathius Tyra
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Crookedjaw
Dec 10 2013, 08:09 AM
So guys, if any of us has to describe a dinosaur, we'll name it Dogesaurus theroundtablei xD
I wonder how will it looked like....

Such cool
Very dangerous
Super agility
Apex predator
Wow
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Furka
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Megaraptorking
Dec 10 2013, 07:14 AM
That some dinosaur names or even modern animal names are named from some random thing or person like a spider named after a singer or a dinosaur named after the child of the paleontologist.

However contradicting myself most other dinosaurs without proper seeming naming like Lythornax actually have pretty cool names and with great meaning. I just kinda feel sorry for the animal that will be named after Justin beiber......
Justin Bieber jokes aside, I don't see what's wrong with naming dinosaurs like that: I think people should be honoured, and I actually prefer something in the line of Furkasaurus longicollis than some stupid name like Lythornax, which looks like it was made by one of those M***n kids who think dinos are Kewl because they always fight everything like characters from animes or mangas.
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