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| Topic Started: Nov 26 2013, 10:24 PM (193,242 Views) | |
| nashd1 | Apr 16 2017, 10:35 PM Post #3781 |
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I fear you have misinterpreted my post as several others have, read my reply to Acinonyx or better yet, reread the post and see that I never actually suggest that ceratopsids or ankylosaurids were semi-aquatic animals - merely that their density may have necessitated a bottom-punting hippo-ike movement throughout the water. "Duane's back at it, I see." Hmmm, I sense you don't approve of me. Well, regardless I'm OK with people not agreeing with me or suspending judgement. Let's just not misrepresent the argument I am actually making OK … it gets me feeling a little… salty.
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| magpiealamode | Apr 16 2017, 10:43 PM Post #3782 |
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No good hero is a one-trick phony.
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Ahaha, my apologies if I came across that way. I have nothing against you, although I was recently thrown into an existential crisis by your sabertooth post. I find your blog pretty interesting, actually. I did admit later that I didn't really read the blog post, just scanned it, so I am quite sure now that I misinterpreted. I relate to the salt, as you can see by my member title. Perhaps that would happen less if I took the time to slow down and actually read before running my keyboard
Edited by magpiealamode, Apr 16 2017, 10:45 PM.
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Apr 16 2017, 10:55 PM Post #3783 |
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!
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Excuse me, I'm still a little confused. Just so we're perfectly clear: you're not suggesting that they habitually lived a semiaquatic lifestyle a la Tapirs or Hippos, but that they did utilize a similar method of underwater locomotion (punting) when circumstances demanded it? Big fan of your Plesiosaur machinations series, by the way. |
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| magpiealamode | Apr 17 2017, 01:14 AM Post #3784 |
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No good hero is a one-trick phony.
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Like I said earlier: separate topic? Although that is technically an extinct animal question. |
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| BossMan, Jake | Apr 24 2017, 05:19 PM Post #3785 |
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Son of God
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How old are the specimens for the oldest confirmed Spinosaurus remains? Because I'm hearing stuff now that they were older then the estimates from what I can remember |
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| babehunter1324 | Apr 26 2017, 02:58 AM Post #3786 |
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Was Rhabdodon mainly quadrupedal or bipedal? Most of the skeletal reconstructions in museums show it as a quadrupedal with a Tenontosaurus like tail, however looking at more up to date skeletal reconstructions of several of it's relatives (Zalmoxes, Muttaburrasaurus) I wonder if it was more bipedal and shorter-tailed and I wonder if the current reconstructions are a result of a false consensus.
Edited by babehunter1324, Apr 26 2017, 03:02 AM.
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| Incinerox | Apr 26 2017, 06:42 AM Post #3787 |
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Āeksiot Zaldrīzoti
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Based off what I seemed to gather on Tenontosaurus's hands, they were bipedal. |
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| AnimalGenius | Apr 26 2017, 07:45 AM Post #3788 |
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Just a ZT Youtuber
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According this this websiteit says that the Rhabdodon was similar to the Tenontosaurus in being a quadruped. |
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| heliosphoros | Apr 26 2017, 09:34 AM Post #3789 |
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Yeah, no. Dinopedia is objectively garbage |
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| Ulquiorra | Apr 26 2017, 10:17 AM Post #3790 |
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After seeing this in Sam's projects, and looking at other sauropod reconstructions, does anyone know how did the fat, "slug" necked sauropod reconstructions became a thing? http://thezt2roundtable.com/single/?p=10036773&t=10804450 |
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| magpiealamode | Apr 26 2017, 11:01 AM Post #3791 |
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Well there's this painting by Mark Witton:![]() He said he liked the idea of sauropods (apatosaurines in particular I guess) using gigantic, chubby necks as weapons in intraspecific combat. If there's a basis before that, I'm not sure what it is. I'd have to go look it up. Edited by magpiealamode, Apr 26 2017, 11:14 AM.
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| babehunter1324 | Apr 26 2017, 11:11 AM Post #3792 |
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To be fair though even if the neck was covered in the thinnest layer of tissue possible it would still be pretty damn tall and wide.![]() In essence if you see a thin necked Apatosaurine sauropod in paleoart that means that the author didn't even pay attention to the animal's skeleton. Also I would wagger that if Incinerox comment on Tenontosaurus forelimbs is true then it's more like that Rhabdodon was bipedal though it may have foraged or rest in all fours (which seems to be the case with Camptosaurus and other Rhabdodontids). Edited by babehunter1324, Apr 26 2017, 11:15 AM.
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| AnimalGenius | Apr 26 2017, 02:27 PM Post #3793 |
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Just a ZT Youtuber
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They look like giant caterpillars on top of fat bodies.
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Apr 26 2017, 02:47 PM Post #3794 |
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!
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When this hypothesis first came out, there were quite a few jokes made about that very fact.
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| AnimalGenius | Apr 26 2017, 06:19 PM Post #3795 |
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Just a ZT Youtuber
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Spoiler: click to toggle That is great! I did some more research about these guys and found this picture about a sauropod which they titled: "Apatosaur inflato-porcupine fish neck-bag" and this one: ![]()
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caribou - most certainly are terrestrial - yet their hollow hairs (for insulation) and wide splaying hooves (for muddy, snowy terrain) certainly help them in crossing bodies of water. So we can see how the hollow hairs aid in buoyancy and big hooves act as paddles. Not explicitly aquatic adaptations but certainly help them cross bodies of water.






