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| Topic Started: Nov 26 2013, 10:24 PM (193,352 Views) | |
| BossAggron | Oct 9 2015, 07:53 AM Post #2131 |
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Formerly Dilophoraptor
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What is the possible Swimming capability for Stegosaurus, rough guesses are fine, it just seems like a really awkward body type for swimming. |
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| Incinerox | Oct 9 2015, 10:18 AM Post #2132 |
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti
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I reckon fairly reasonable. The fact they were rear heavy likely allowed them to keep their heads above water, despite their unusual posture. |
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| Fireplume | Oct 9 2015, 10:25 AM Post #2133 |
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Snok Snok Snerson
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That's the same for ankylosauroids, right? Their squat posture keeping them afloat, like armadillos? |
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| Incinerox | Oct 9 2015, 04:36 PM Post #2134 |
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti
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Yeah, though I imagine the weight of their armour would make it a struggle. |
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| Paleop | Oct 9 2015, 06:19 PM Post #2135 |
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Paleopterix
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they might be more buoyant due to gasses in their guts? |
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| Denomon3144 | Oct 9 2015, 11:52 PM Post #2136 |
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Pick a god and pray!
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Okay, I have another pronunciation question. I've always pronounced Parasaurolophus like this: para-SAUR-oh-lo-fus. However, I'm in Utah near Dinosaur National Monument right now, and when I visited the Natural History Museum of Utah earlier this week, I heard several paleontologists pronounce it like this: para-SAUR-OL-oh-fus. Seriously, which is correct? I've always heard it pronounced my way in documentaries and such, but the paleontologists I met certainly aren't amateurs. |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Oct 10 2015, 12:32 AM Post #2137 |
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!
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It really doesn't matter. Species names are meant to be written, not spoken, and different people pronounce them different ways. Going by the root words of the name it would be Para- Sauro- Lophus, but I've always read it as para-SAUR-OL-oh-fus, and I don't see any reason to stop now. |
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| BossAggron | Oct 10 2015, 01:10 AM Post #2138 |
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Formerly Dilophoraptor
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I've used both many times. |
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| Dino Keeper | Oct 12 2015, 01:42 AM Post #2139 |
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The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
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Alright, this seems to have become a trend in paleoart recently(?), so I have to ask: can pterosaurs seriously dive and swim? Looking at their limbs I just can't imagine them managing to get back out and take off again. |
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| Mathius Tyra | Oct 12 2015, 02:27 AM Post #2140 |
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Rat snake is love... Rat snake is life
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Mark Witton did explain about this. Apparently, Pterosaurs use their wing plate to stay floating on the surface while using hind legs to paddle forward. As for the take off.... Here is how Witton explain it. |
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| BossMan, Jake | Oct 12 2015, 08:13 AM Post #2141 |
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Son of God
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Hmm I always figured the could dive like modern sea birds such as Gannets. Never would have thought they'd stay afloat |
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| Incinerox | Oct 12 2015, 09:53 AM Post #2142 |
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Why not? They have air sacs too. They'd be more buoyant than birds, I'd have thought. |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Oct 12 2015, 12:05 PM Post #2143 |
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Though despite their floatyness they were very front-heavy, so would have had to have worked to keep their heads above water and wouldn't have been as comfortable in the water as birds. How capable were large and small plesiosaurs of moving about on land? |
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| Deviljho | Oct 12 2015, 01:44 PM Post #2144 |
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I think it depends on the size of their fins not of their body size how capable they are, because plesiosaurs with large fins would be more able to move on land than plesiosaurs with small fins. |
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| CyborgIguana | Oct 12 2015, 01:53 PM Post #2145 |
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TBH I'm not sure plesiosaurs would have been on land at all, seeing as they gave birth to live young. |
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