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| Topic Started: Nov 26 2013, 10:24 PM (193,291 Views) | |
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May 7 2016, 12:35 PM Post #3046 |
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In general, desert habitats favor animals with generalistic diets because of the scarcity of food, which would likely explain why you'd find so many oviraptorines. In general from what I'm finding Oviraptorids favored desert environments to begin with, particularly ones with low-growing plants. |
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| stargatedalek | May 7 2016, 01:00 PM Post #3047 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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The strong beaks of oviraptorosaurs could, in theory, have allowed them access to a wide variety of plants. Anything from fruiting plants to actual stems and branches. I'd look at that hadrosaur for what kind of low growing plants there were, but the presence of a sauropod probably indicates the presence of at least some trees. Given this I'd expect a desert comparable to the Sonoran or Outback rather than a sandy desert. Edited by stargatedalek, May 7 2016, 01:01 PM.
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| Paleop | May 7 2016, 09:32 PM Post #3048 |
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Could Oviraptorosaurs spread their tail feathers in a manner similar to turkeys? |
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May 7 2016, 09:40 PM Post #3049 |
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What are major biomes in Pleistocene North and South America that are still around today?
Edited by Guat, May 7 2016, 10:37 PM.
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| CyborgIguana | May 7 2016, 10:43 PM Post #3050 |
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All of them, pretty much.
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| stargatedalek | May 7 2016, 11:30 PM Post #3051 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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IIRC some of them had specialized tail joints for display allowing them to "flick" the tip vertically, so they probably did something using that instead. |
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| Incinerox | May 8 2016, 12:16 AM Post #3052 |
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti
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They had pygostyles. So yeah, they probably could. |
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| stargatedalek | May 8 2016, 11:01 AM Post #3053 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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Perhaps I'm simply unfamiliar with how turkeys display, but I thought they expanded their tail feathers by contracting muscles over the hips? |
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| Incinerox | May 8 2016, 11:27 AM Post #3054 |
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Not sure about turkeys specifically. I think it's just their tail feathers. PEAFOWL raise their tail feathers as support for their elongated, flashy tail coverts. |
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May 14 2016, 12:23 AM Post #3055 |
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Is it plausible that Dholes lived in Southern California during the Pleistocene? |
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| Incinerox | May 14 2016, 02:04 AM Post #3056 |
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti
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There is an account of Pleistocene dhole remains in the Yukon, and as far south as Mexico. So yes, Southern California is within that range. Edited by Incinerox, May 14 2016, 02:06 AM.
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| PrimevalBrony | May 15 2016, 05:26 AM Post #3057 |
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Youtuber. Combat robotics fan
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What's a good average speed for alioramines? |
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| Incinerox | May 15 2016, 06:16 AM Post #3058 |
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Not tested, but their proportions and such are similar to comparably heavy ornithomimids. And the fastest of those is estimated to hit about 70kph/43mph, which is exceeded only by ostriches and terror birds. Given that Giganotosaurus clocked in at 50kph, I'm very much convinced you'd ve looking at about 65kph/40mph for an alioramine. |
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| 54godamora | May 15 2016, 10:50 AM Post #3059 |
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is there any evidence for solitary cave lions? |
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| Paleop | May 15 2016, 07:57 PM Post #3060 |
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what is the widest ankylosaur? Pinacosaurus? |
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