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| Topic Started: Nov 26 2013, 10:24 PM (193,431 Views) | |
| Yutyrannus the second | Jan 11 2015, 09:08 AM Post #946 |
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To witch modern country the climate in Yixian is comperable? And which Formations had similar climates to Yixian? |
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| Furka | Jan 11 2015, 09:21 AM Post #947 |
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IMO it's possible size alone could have solved everything. Think about it, sauropods became capable of breeding pretty early in their life, so there would have been lots of breeding animals, with plenty of size differences. And of course, it would be the biggest ones that get the females. |
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| Incinerox | Jan 11 2015, 01:13 PM Post #948 |
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PROBABLY the South Island of NZ. The Cretaceous was still comparatively warm, but for its time, Yixian was the coldest place on Earth. Colder than the South Pole woulda been. |
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| kepperbob | Jan 11 2015, 01:20 PM Post #949 |
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Could some species of spinosaurids have eaten ammonites |
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| Yutyrannus the second | Jan 11 2015, 01:43 PM Post #950 |
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Okay, thank you ^^ Which Formations (noz just mesozoic) had a similar temperature? |
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| stargatedalek | Jan 11 2015, 06:09 PM Post #951 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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its possible, if ammonites were living in shallow coastal waters or brackish water |
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| Sir Kingsley of Pangea | Jan 11 2015, 09:11 PM Post #952 |
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I doubt it, their teeth weren't suited for crunching shells. |
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| stargatedalek | Jan 11 2015, 10:07 PM Post #953 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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not as a staple food, but if it stumbled across one I doubt it would just leave it |
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| Sir Kingsley of Pangea | Jan 11 2015, 11:16 PM Post #954 |
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Would it slurp it out or something? Because it would be hard to get those things out of their shells. |
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Jan 11 2015, 11:22 PM Post #955 |
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It doesn't have to remove the shell. |
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| Furka | Jan 12 2015, 05:13 AM Post #956 |
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It could have just pulled out as much flesh as it could, or maybe even smashed it on rocks. |
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| Incinerox | Jan 12 2015, 07:00 AM Post #957 |
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Just because it had long and slender jaws doesn't mean it couldn't break open stuff. It was still a 50foot long, 20 ton (YES, TWENTY TONS) animal. It was large enough to pierce through and crack open a modest sized ammonite if it encountered one, surely. |
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| Furka | Jan 12 2015, 07:12 AM Post #958 |
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Well he asked a generic spinosaurid, not Spino itself
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| Even | Jan 12 2015, 07:59 AM Post #959 |
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Bigger baryonychines are still 10-12 meters long... If not, they can just pull the flesh off the shells... |
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| Incinerox | Jan 12 2015, 08:02 AM Post #960 |
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They've also got hands and feet, and the ground, and trees, and gravity etc. so they DO have options if they know how to use them. However, I don't think ammonites woulda been a COMMON food item for spinosaurids, especially baryonychines given their conflicting habitats. But if an ammonite washed up on the beach and was still reasonably fresh, it's fair game. |
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