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| Topic Started: Nov 26 2013, 10:24 PM (193,339 Views) | |
| Incinerox | Nov 25 2015, 02:36 AM Post #2326 |
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It'll be released in a package alongside Half Life 3. |
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| babehunter1324 | Nov 25 2015, 09:27 AM Post #2327 |
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... And Team Fortress 3... (Used to include TLOU 2 in the joke but now that has been "allmost" confirmed I figured is no longer a valid analogy.) |
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| Paleop | Nov 25 2015, 10:09 AM Post #2328 |
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Paleopterix
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portal 3 sonic adventure 3 super Mario galaxy 3 where do most of these papers get released anyway? |
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| Paleodude | Nov 25 2015, 02:07 PM Post #2329 |
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Does anyone know how accurate T-Rex World (the game) is? Last time I talked to the developers they still defended Nanotyrannus as a valid genus, they even used the excuse the black and brown bears can exist in the same environment despite the fact that they are the same genus. |
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| Paleop | Nov 25 2015, 02:58 PM Post #2330 |
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Paleopterix
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![]() looking at the models, not very 1. all animals appear to be shrinkwraped/ underbulked 2. edmontosaurus's tail seems too short and not thick enough 3. 8 meters is a little large for a pachycephalosaurus. 4.5 meters would be more accurate 4. ornithomimus seems to completely lack feathery integument which directly contradicts evidence: link 5. dromeosaurus has a completely scaly face, witch considering what scales they put on it seems... ...unnatural 6. Quetzalcoatylus' wings aren't the right shape and the thing has no pycnofibres 7. tyrannosaurs lacks feathers and the osteoderm like plating is not suported by any evidence, cladistics or otherwise. 8. any chance for nanotyrannus to fit into the ecosystem was killed by dakotaraptor's discovery. i cant tell if the robust T. rex's arms and all of the herbivores front feet are pronated or not, which if they are pronated, is an inaccuracy. Also I take issue with the Gracile morph being just over half the size of the robust morph. so, in summary: not very. |
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| BossMan, Jake | Nov 26 2015, 12:31 AM Post #2331 |
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Now hold up a second. If nanotyrannus is valid why couldn't it exist? Since we lack most fossil material from both animals it's likely they wouldn't have been populous or the occupied different environments. One could hunt in more open areas while the other was adapted to more forested areas. And yes I realize new evidence points more towards it being a young Rex but until I see or hear more I'm gonna say it's a valid animal. |
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| Furka | Nov 26 2015, 05:41 AM Post #2332 |
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I wonder why they threw the Alaskan Troodon in there, if not just because bigger=better (eew I hate that mentality). |
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| Brach™ | Nov 26 2015, 03:52 PM Post #2333 |
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It has to be for that reason, Furka. Theres no justifiable reason to include it. I think the problem is that that niche is already occupied by adolescent tyrannosaurus. In terms of gracile, medium-ish predators Hell Creek is all ready pretty well covered with Adolescent Tyrants and Dakotaraptor. As for this game, I think you could get an idea how accurate "T-rex world" is by how they chose the name. The right spelling is "T. rex". At first glance it just seems like a Saurian fan-fic masquerading as it's own thing. They're shrink wrapped, skinny, The ornithopods are bald, They've got dromaeosaurus 10 million years out of place, The Quetzalcoatlus' posture is stiff, Quetz also is bald, They're using Nanotyrannus, Alaskan Troodon 1000 miles out of place (Just because something is on the same continent doesn't mean it can go anywhere on the continent. Might as well place Arctic Wolves in Texas as well), Torosaurus is risky to use in media given how uncertain it still is, Baby t. rex is just a scaled down adult; same with the Triceratops and the Edmontosaurus, Image quality makes it hard to tell but it looks like their Dromaeosaurus has bare hands making it a half-@$$ raptor, etc. TL;dr: No, it's not accurate, not in any sense of the word. Edited by Brach™, Nov 26 2015, 03:52 PM.
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| BossMan, Jake | Nov 26 2015, 04:25 PM Post #2334 |
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1. What evidence or ideas do we have about the idea of a plankton feeding Dunkleosteus? 2. Is there evidence to support the "frill" connecting the neck to the crest of the parasaurolophus? 3. We're there any abelisaurs that did not have vestigial arms? I see a lot of Rajasaurus reconstructions with longer forward facing arms. |
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| Hornchief | Nov 26 2015, 05:48 PM Post #2335 |
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Sorry if this is a stupid question but how do you normally differentiate a avian dinosaur to a non-avian dinosaur? EDIT: Thanks! So it's just consider them birds not dinosaurs?
Edited by Hornchief, Nov 26 2015, 06:33 PM.
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| Incinerox | Nov 26 2015, 05:52 PM Post #2336 |
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1) Literally none. Have you seen it's face? Its huge, armor plated, well muscled face? It self sharpens. 2) There's nothing really for or against it really as far as I'm aware. I think the technical thing to acknowledge here is that they are extended premaxilla and nasal bones, so it's a bit strange having a single flap of skin connecting from the nasals straight to the neck. I do really like that look anyway and I do hope we get something to support it. If not, that's science for ya, in it's all "zero-Fs-given" glory. For the time being though, go wild with it. 3) Yeeesss, I think we have some. Rajasaurus IS NOT be one of them. Rajasaurus was sister taxon to Majungasaurus, which we know to have the tiny useless arms the carnotaurines are famous for. Eoabelisaurus, our oldest true abelisaurid, still had elbows. Indosuchus MIGHT be another one assuming Greg Pauls's skeletal reconstruction is accurate (which I think is unlikely). Edited by Incinerox, Nov 26 2015, 05:53 PM.
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| Furka | Nov 26 2015, 06:11 PM Post #2337 |
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Isn't that the same as rodents teeth ? |
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| Paleop | Nov 26 2015, 06:21 PM Post #2338 |
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avian dinosaur: anything in the class aves (so just birds) non avian: any animal under the clade dinosauria, with the exception of aves |
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| Jules | Nov 26 2015, 07:31 PM Post #2339 |
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Mihi est imperare orbi universo
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Aves is not necessarily equal to birds though. Aves is part of Carinatae, which is part of Euornithes, itself part of Ornithothoraces, itself part of Pygostylia, etc. Birds such as Ichthyornis and Confuciusornis are not part of Aves, and neither are Enantiornithes. |
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| Incinerox | Nov 26 2015, 07:57 PM Post #2340 |
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It's the million dollar question, isn't it? Where do we draw the line between bird and not-birds? @Furka: Well in a way yes. Except rodent teeth don't look like this:
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So it's just consider them birds not dinosaurs?


