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| Topic Started: Nov 26 2013, 10:24 PM (193,277 Views) | |
| babehunter1324 | Jul 18 2016, 03:08 AM Post #3256 |
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Or taken from semifossil already death animals... (It's done in Siberia with Woolie Mammoths). |
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| CyborgIguana | Jul 18 2016, 12:47 PM Post #3257 |
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Something I've been curious about for a while: I've noticed that Cryolophosaurus reconstructions seem to vary somewhat in body proportions. Some show a rather stocky, carnosaur-like build while others depict it with a more gracile form similar to Dilophosaurus. Which one is more accurate, assuming they're not equally valid interpretations? |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Jul 18 2016, 02:46 PM Post #3258 |
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Ivory decays, especially in hot environments like Cyprus. In Siberia the Mammoth tusks are preserved in permafrost and have to be prepared quickly once unearthed, or else they will crack. |
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| Incinerox | Jul 18 2016, 02:47 PM Post #3259 |
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The one that puts it as either a basal tetanuran or a dilophosaur. It rolls with Sinosaurus triassicus aka. "Dilophosaurus sinensis". And we're still not 100% sure on that. Basically, you'd be looking at a longer and more slender animal than the old school bulldog faced carnosaur-like thing they thought it used to be. |
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| CyborgIguana | Jul 18 2016, 05:00 PM Post #3260 |
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So in short I'm assuming this:![]() Is a more accurate skeletal reconstruction than this: ![]() Correct? |
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| Incinerox | Jul 18 2016, 08:43 PM Post #3261 |
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I think the second skeletal is actually the dilophosaur-based restoration. Foreshortening is why it has a blunt face. It's got the distinctive jaw-kink which wouldn't otherwise be there in such a short-faced restoration. Both are within reason. The one I meshed a while ago is basically like Hartman's only I've kept a more pronounced jaw kink - splitting the difference basically in a crude and speculative manner. Basically, these are examples of what are wrong: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Jul 19 2016, 02:33 PM Post #3262 |
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What was the environment of the Permian Red Beds in Texas like? |
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| CyborgIguana | Jul 19 2016, 02:54 PM Post #3263 |
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It was a wetland environment IIRC, but that's all I can say with certainty.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Jul 19 2016, 02:55 PM.
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Jul 19 2016, 03:48 PM Post #3264 |
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Okay... Does anyone know if it would it have been more open, or forested? What was the climate? Also, would Eryops have swam using its legs or tail? |
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| Incinerox | Jul 19 2016, 04:46 PM Post #3265 |
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Regarding Eryops:
As for paleoenvironment, the best comparison to that part of the world at the time would probably be today's Everglades. Edited by Incinerox, Jul 19 2016, 04:46 PM.
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Jul 19 2016, 04:48 PM Post #3266 |
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So basically it didn't swim at all if it could help it? |
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| BossAggron | Jul 19 2016, 05:04 PM Post #3267 |
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Formerly Dilophoraptor
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It would probably paddle with its legs if it needed to swim, it just probably wouldn't have been good. |
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| Jannick | Jul 19 2016, 05:58 PM Post #3268 |
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Papua merdeka!
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I'm no expert, but everything about Eryops' physique screams "ambush predator" to me. I imagine it spending most of its time on the bottom of rivers and lakes, waiting for an unsuspecting fish to swim by and then opening its giant mouth to suck it in, sort of like a cross between an angel shark and a snapping turtle. But this is based solely on external appearance, so I could be completely off
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| babehunter1324 | Jul 19 2016, 06:07 PM Post #3269 |
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Maybe Eryops was adapted for underwater punting. It had relatively barrel shaped body, tall neural processes (not Dimetrodon sized but pretty large), short legs, relatively stout feet, eyes design to look upwards... |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Jul 19 2016, 08:29 PM Post #3270 |
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This makes sense, except for the presence of huge backwards-pointing spikes on its palate and the robustness of its teeth. It was clearly adapted for gobbling down large prey. Also, does anyone have a good side-view of its skull? Edited by Acinonyx Jubatus, Jul 19 2016, 09:25 PM.
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