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| Best paleontology fails | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 11 2014, 01:18 PM (42,442 Views) | |
| magpiealamode | Feb 25 2017, 12:16 PM Post #601 |
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No good hero is a one-trick phony.
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Oh my goodness. That Gigantopithecus really looks like an overly hairy middle aged man. That's horrific. |
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| Cowrie | Mar 6 2017, 11:37 PM Post #602 |
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I can name one living species that can definitely grow longer than a blue whale, and another that debatably can, though the blue whale is still much heavier: the arctic lion's mane jelly has been recorded at lengths of over 120 feet. A bootlace worm was measured at 180 feet, making it arguably the longest animal ever, but that was a dead specimen that may have been stretched out to longer-than life lengths. Back on topic, museum reconstructions of T. rex will sometimes put the teeth so that most of the root is exposed, thus making it look toothier. Last I heard the Field Museum in Chicago was still guilty of this, but I'm on the other side of the state and it's been a while, so I may be behind the times. |
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| Imperator Furiosa | Mar 6 2017, 11:42 PM Post #603 |
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Chaos Theory
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Field Museum volunteer here, and yeah we're guilty of having pretty bad T. rex reconstructions. Sue's skeleton is absolutely wonderful but a lot of our displays featuring her just scream Retrosaur. Case and point, one of the IMAX films we have: Waking the T. rex
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| magpiealamode | Mar 6 2017, 11:52 PM Post #604 |
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No good hero is a one-trick phony.
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For some reason the eyes bother me the most... |
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Mar 8 2017, 11:01 AM Post #605 |
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ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏʙsᴇssᴇᴅ
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They stare into your soul. It's a whole 'nother level of discomfort. |
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| magpiealamode | Mar 8 2017, 06:26 PM Post #606 |
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No good hero is a one-trick phony.
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Every time I look at it it gets worse. It's just, it literally isn't a T-Rex. Like it's so not correct. |
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| Paleodude | Mar 8 2017, 06:49 PM Post #607 |
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ex-Krampus
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Honestly retrosaurs aren't just a problem with the Field Museum but most large museums in general. Started working over at Burpee and believe me there are plenty of outdated reconstructions of Jane. At least they're some plans to update soon enough. |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Mar 8 2017, 08:07 PM Post #608 |
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!
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So I was reading a blog, and I happened to see a photo of a Noripterus forelimb. For a good couple of seconds I seriously thought that it was a hindlimb (the paragraph before was talking about pterosaur femurs) and that one foot had two legs coming off of it. Silly me. |
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| BossMan, Jake | Apr 3 2017, 06:01 PM Post #609 |
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Son of God
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![]() Now the series has some notable animals that are highly awesomebro but this one stands out to me as the worst Edited by BossMan, Jake, Apr 3 2017, 06:01 PM.
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| stargatedalek | Apr 3 2017, 08:04 PM Post #610 |
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!
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And yet still better than most megalodon depictions. |
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| kepperbob | Apr 4 2017, 11:45 AM Post #611 |
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- Pure Shardana -
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Feathereless Rex, and bipedal, spino fighting, in the intro of Attack on titan season 2, we're in 1017 and thid id a paleontological fail |
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| Zoo Tycooner FR | Apr 4 2017, 02:48 PM Post #612 |
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#Lithopédion
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Wait... did we even know about them in 1017?! |
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| Acinonyx Jubatus | Apr 4 2017, 05:29 PM Post #613 |
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I AM THE UNSHRINKWRAPPER!
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I believe he means 2017. |
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| Zoo Tycooner FR | Apr 4 2017, 05:30 PM Post #614 |
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#Lithopédion
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I know , I was merely joking
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| Ulquiorra | Apr 5 2017, 05:53 AM Post #615 |
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At least it's not some great white clone that megalodon is usually depicted as. |
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