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| Topic Started: Nov 26 2013, 10:24 PM (193,301 Views) | |
| nashd1 | Apr 11 2016, 03:53 AM Post #2896 |
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| Furka | Apr 11 2016, 04:00 AM Post #2897 |
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Just a tip nashd1, double posting is against the site rules, you can edit your previous post if you want to add content. Other than that, thanks for your opinions on the matter, they really give food for the brain,. |
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| BossMan, Jake | Apr 11 2016, 10:56 AM Post #2898 |
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Three questions here, 1) Was leedsicthys the largest Mesozoic fish known so far? 2) Were the Caenagnathidae primarily herbivorous? 3) Since Ozraptor is now considered a Abelisaur would it have resembled a typical cretaceous variety, or would it have been more primitive looking? (Like different skull shape, longer arms etc.) |
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| PrimevalBrony | Apr 11 2016, 11:42 AM Post #2899 |
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1) To my current knowledge, yes. The closely related Bonnerichthys was close 2) I believe so. Definitely the larger ones would be more apt for it. But still omnivores. 3) I'd say more like Eoabelisaurus in looks |
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Apr 11 2016, 03:14 PM Post #2900 |
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I'm no expert on Theropod anatomy, but is it not possible for Spinosaurus to have held its knees tightly to its torso and walked similar to a cormorant? I would think this would shift its center of mass and where it's being supported by quite a bit given the correct angle. |
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| 54godamora | Apr 12 2016, 03:57 PM Post #2901 |
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how big would a dakosaurus be compared to a 4 year old boy? and can I have a picture of its teeth? |
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| Furka | Apr 12 2016, 04:03 PM Post #2902 |
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![]() Just one of the many available pics of its teeth. |
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| Paleodude | Apr 12 2016, 08:24 PM Post #2903 |
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With the average height of a 4 year old male being around 1.1m in height when compared to an average fully grown Dakosaurus the kid would be about 3.9 meters shorter if layed side to side or 22% of the Dakosaurus' length. |
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| 54godamora | Apr 13 2016, 12:09 AM Post #2904 |
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so what is the length, height, and weight of the largest specimen of an arctodus? |
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| Incinerox | Apr 13 2016, 06:10 AM Post #2905 |
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti
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Learn to use google. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-faced_bear#Species |
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| BossMan, Jake | Apr 13 2016, 09:51 AM Post #2906 |
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After reading the information on the Short Faced bear I'm curious, would they have been more aggressive then modern bears seeing as how they were fully carnivorous? |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Apr 13 2016, 02:03 PM Post #2907 |
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It's possible. As far as I'm aware there's not much of a correlation between carnivorousness and aggression. |
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| BossMan, Jake | Apr 13 2016, 02:21 PM Post #2908 |
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Well one would think that a large carnivore who is the dominant predator would need to be aggressive to try and defend their kills |
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| babehunter1324 | Apr 13 2016, 02:47 PM Post #2909 |
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That and the fact that Arctodus being more carnivorous than modern bears is debatable. Sure, according to studies meassuring the isotopic count in short faced bears it had an hypercarnivorous diet, but according to latter studies on the morphology of ursids as well as teeth microwear studies Arctodus did not match the profile of an hypercarnivorous ursid. in fact the teeth microwear patterns matched Tremarctos ornatus the most. I would be somewhat warry though since the similarities in tooth microwear might be a result of the closer taxonomical relation of both genus relative to the other species of Ursids studied than with the actual diet, even if that was the case the ammount of wear in the teeth do not correlate to the expected pattern on a osteophagus mammal, so it seems it didn't gnaw on bones with any regularity. Also, yeah. Higher levels of carnivory =/=agression, as a matter of fact grizzly bears tend to be more agressive than polar bears to humans, and the former tend to dominate the latter over carcasses, even when they are greatly outsized. That said if Artodus simus was really a full flown kleptoparasit (and for the record I doubt any land mammal that size could sustain a fully scavenging diet) then you would expect it to be very aggresive around food. Edited by babehunter1324, Apr 13 2016, 02:51 PM.
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| Furka | Apr 13 2016, 03:08 PM Post #2910 |
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Do we know what did Richardoestesia look like "exactly" ? I've seen it restored in so many ways, from dromaeosaur to mircoraptor-like, and I think even Unenlaginae. |
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