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| Topic Started: Nov 26 2013, 10:24 PM (193,312 Views) | |
| TheToastinator | Feb 22 2016, 11:43 PM Post #2731 |
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A piece of toast and a terminator.
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What's the deal with Nanotyrannus? Was it ever confirmed to be its own genus? Or is it just a juvenile Tyrannosaurus?
Edited by TheToastinator, Feb 22 2016, 11:44 PM.
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| Paleodude | Feb 23 2016, 12:15 AM Post #2732 |
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"Nannotyrannus" based on current knowledge is a juvenile Tyrannosaurus and any support for Nannotyrannus has either been not published, lost, or completely unfounded. At this point the niche for a medium sized carnivore is hypothesized to be occupied by Dakotaraptor making even less evidence for "Nannotyrannus". |
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| TheNotFakeDK | Feb 23 2016, 04:06 AM Post #2733 |
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@Stan The Man: Me thinks you're looking for Cothurnocystis. |
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| Stan The Man | Feb 23 2016, 09:34 PM Post #2734 |
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I thought no one would find that- nicely done DK. While I was making the post I realized the book that had this thing was downstairs by my copy of Dr. Holtz Jr.'s book. I decided to publish the post anyway to see if people might go crazy trying to find such an obscure animal. |
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| BossMan, Jake | Mar 1 2016, 02:32 PM Post #2735 |
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Son of God
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What was the largest member of the nothosaur family? |
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| Incinerox | Mar 1 2016, 04:33 PM Post #2736 |
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti
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Nothosaurus itself at about 4m is the largest I'm seeing. |
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| TheNotFakeDK | Mar 1 2016, 05:43 PM Post #2737 |
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Nothosaurus zhangi has a length estimated between 5-7 metres depending on its proportions, with the largest lower jaw of any Triassic sauropterygian at 65 cm long, compared to the 59 cm lower jaw of N. giganteus. |
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| Incinerox | Mar 1 2016, 09:05 PM Post #2738 |
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti
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Oh good! I was half right. |
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| BossMan, Jake | Mar 2 2016, 12:36 AM Post #2739 |
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Son of God
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Do we have any other fossils or evidence of large Cephalopods minus tusoteuthis, the Svalbard squid and dare I say it? Triassic Kraken? |
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| CyborgIguana | Mar 2 2016, 12:38 AM Post #2740 |
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Wouldn't exactly say the Triassic "kraken" is supported by any solid evidence. You also left out Cameroceras, which wasn't exactly tiny either (in fact it's the largest known animal of the Paleozoic IIRC). |
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| Incinerox | Mar 2 2016, 04:44 AM Post #2741 |
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti
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The largest ammonites we have, of the genus Parapuzosia could reach 2m in shell diameter.
Edited by Incinerox, Mar 2 2016, 04:49 AM.
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| Furka | Mar 2 2016, 05:05 AM Post #2742 |
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IIRC Niobrarateuthis was also quite big. |
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| Ulquiorra | Mar 3 2016, 07:25 PM Post #2743 |
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Earlier I noticed this on the wikipedia article for the irish elk
Is it true that the Irish elk was actually an large species of red deer, rather than an giant fallow deer? Also if it is related the red deer, wouldn't that make it's common name 'Irish Elk' be more appropriate, considering red deer belong to the same genus as the Wapiti, which is also called Elk? Edited by Ulquiorra, Mar 4 2016, 07:14 AM.
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| Luizo | Mar 3 2016, 07:36 PM Post #2744 |
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#MOREBADGES
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What happened at the end with the Amphicoelias? |
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| CyborgIguana | Mar 3 2016, 07:41 PM Post #2745 |
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What makes you assume there's been closure on it? It's been a long-lost mystery of paleontology for over a century and it still is. |
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