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| Topic Started: Nov 26 2013, 10:24 PM (193,264 Views) | |
| stargatedalek | Sep 14 2016, 11:34 AM Post #3451 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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I don't think anyone ever published a formal paper on that idea. I doubt I was the first but I thought it up a few months back and discussed it briefly but eventually came to the conclusion that it didn't matter how many counterbalances it had because of the muscle atrophy in the legs. Unless we get some new information all we can say for sure is that Spinosaurus legs were not stable enough (regardless of their relative size) to support sustained or regular bipedal movement. |
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Sep 14 2016, 01:53 PM Post #3452 |
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Okay but how tall are They? |
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| BossMan, Jake | Sep 14 2016, 04:57 PM Post #3453 |
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Son of God
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Like he said there is no complete skeleton so we have no real way of knowing, this would just depend on the species in question. Really if you were to compare those lengths to other stegosaurs around that same size you'd probably find the height of Wuerhosaurus So the 5 meters species maybe as tall as Kentrosaurus While the 7 meter species maybe as tall as S. Stenops |
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| 54godamora | Sep 15 2016, 04:39 PM Post #3454 |
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ok, what flying vertebrates could maneuver well in the dense forests of say a rainforest? |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Sep 15 2016, 05:50 PM Post #3455 |
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!
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-Any bird or bat that lives in rainforests today -Anurognathids -Potentially some other early pterosaurs such as Campylognathoides and Dimorphodon; depends on the species -Most bats -Critters like Microraptor -Basically anything with proportionally short, broad wings. Long, slender wings will do in a pinch, but only on very small creatures. |
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| Paleodude | Sep 16 2016, 11:20 AM Post #3456 |
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ex-Krampus
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Do we have any transitional marginocephalians before the split between Ceratopsia and Pachycephalosauria? |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Sep 16 2016, 11:37 AM Post #3457 |
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Aren't Heterodontosaurs supposed to be basal Marginocephalians? |
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Sep 16 2016, 11:51 AM Post #3458 |
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What if Sebecids had survived through the Miocene all the way into the Pleistocene and explored out into North America? |
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| heliosphoros | Sep 16 2016, 12:08 PM Post #3459 |
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Volaticotherians. |
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| stargatedalek | Sep 16 2016, 12:11 PM Post #3460 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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Please stop asking these questions. |
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Sep 16 2016, 12:46 PM Post #3461 |
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Why? |
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| Imperator Furiosa | Sep 16 2016, 12:53 PM Post #3462 |
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Chaos Theory
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What would be some color suggestions for Beipaiosaurus, Deinonychus, and Caudipteryx? |
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| heliosphoros | Sep 16 2016, 01:07 PM Post #3463 |
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We do know the latter has possible stripes on its wing feathers |
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| BossMan, Jake | Sep 16 2016, 01:57 PM Post #3464 |
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Son of God
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@Yixian there is a place called "Speculative Evolution" that would be far more suited to questions like that not here cause simply we have no idea. @Furiosa Maybe nothing to colorful as this would limit the use of camoflauge from predators and prey so maybe the classic dark Browns and tans. Though and beipaiosaurus it would be interesting to see a darker green like an olive or miss like color |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Sep 16 2016, 04:20 PM Post #3465 |
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And Beipiaosaurus seems to have been largely brown. As for Deinonychus, no idea. Look to modern predators of a similar habitat and size for comparison. |
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