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The Palaeontology thread
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Keyser_Soze1
14-12-2014
A couple of recent articles from the Laelaps blog on National Geographic.

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....-the-mastodon/

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....dy-prehistory/
Keyser_Soze1
17-12-2014
A few articles about the colossal Ammonite Parapuzosia seppenradensis with an estimated shell width of 2.55 to 3.5 metres and a minimum weight of around a ton and a half this great cephalopod was slighty bigger than the ones you can find on the beach.

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/...rapuzosia.html

http://www.paleonature.org/education...il-of-the-year

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapuzosia_seppenradensis

And some superb size charts also featuring the gigantic Orthoconic cephalopod genus Cameroceras in a thread on Tonmo.

https://www.tonmo.com/community/thre...mmonite.17222/

A few articles on that massive beast are here.

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/...meroceras.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroceras

Finally a list of giant prehistoric cephalopods.

http://pristichampsus.deviantart.com...pods-440058910
Keyser_Soze1
20-12-2014
One of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs that you have never heard off - the massive hump backed sauropod hunter Acrocanthosaurus atokensis.

It is also one of the few giant theropods to be known from an almost complete skeleton.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrocanthosaurus

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/...thosaurus.html

http://www.bhigr.com/store/home.php?cat=28

Some excellent reconstructions of which the first is my favourite because of the plumage.

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...is-d5kvkj2.jpg

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...on-d373jm1.jpg

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...es-d4g5ful.jpg

http://www.csotonyi.com/Acrocanthosaurus_atokensis.jpg

This one is almost impressionist - very atmospheric In my opinion.

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...y_rhill555.jpg
wilehelmas
20-12-2014
Originally Posted by Kapellmeister:
“For the last couple of months I've had a Tyrannosaurus Rex pic as my wallpaper.

It's a specimen from the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...s_skeleton.jpg”

I'd love to go see Sue in Chicago.

What I love about the tyrannosaur family is how varied and prolific it is. One of the most interesting of all dinosaur families imo.
wilehelmas
20-12-2014
Here's a great story from this morning. Computer programmer finds full ichthyosaur in Wales.

Better than binary any day!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-30522904

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Ichthyosaur
Keyser_Soze1
20-12-2014
Originally Posted by wilehelmas:
“I'd love to go see Sue in Chicago.

What I love about the tyrannosaur family is how varied and prolific it is. One of the most interesting of all dinosaur families imo.”

Indeed it is.

And just for you here is some Tyrannosaurus rex porn - sadly no huge 70's tashes but there is a link to some cheesy music to go with the illustration!

https://luisvrey.files.wordpress.com...6/tyr-sexb.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fYfdlKIon4
DavetheSensible
20-12-2014
Couple of articles: One on recovery post-Permian extinction
http://news.yahoo.com/low-oxygen-hob...115752898.html
not adding much, but a simple review. Loved the comment "In the first 500,000 years [after the die-off], the animals were not happy"
and one on pyritisation of fossils
http://news.yahoo.com/fools-gold-pre...113005674.html
Keyser_Soze1
20-12-2014
A couple of people's personal top ten paleontological discoveries of 2014 - some good choices in my opinion.

http://megabass22.deviantart.com/jou...2014-498821936

http://lordofstamps.deviantart.com/j...2014-500698883
Keyser_Soze1
22-12-2014
The highly diverse Tyrannosaurid family tree.

Every one of these species is absolutely fascinating in their own right - look them all up if you are at all interested in these advanced theropods.

http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploa...ily%20tree.jpg
RobinOfLoxley
22-12-2014
New research shows dinosaurs adapted very well to the cold at first
Keyser_Soze1
22-12-2014
Originally Posted by RobinOfLoxley:
“New research shows dinosaurs adapted very well to the cold at first”

Indeed they did!

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...ck-d5njbv4.jpg
Keyser_Soze1
23-12-2014
A nice article on Giganotosaurus carolinii - currently the closest rival to Tyrannosaurus rex as far as carnivorous dinosaur body mass is concerned (now that Spinosaurus has been found to weigh a 'mere' 7 tons).

Whenever a new species of enormous theropod is discovered it gets overhyped by the media as being bigger than rex. But every single time this has eventually proven to be not the case (so far).

Acrocanthosaurus, Giganotosaurus, Carcharadontosaurus, Mapusaurus, Tyrannotitan and Spinosaurus.

Rex was heavier than all of the leading contenders (if very slightly shorter than a couple) although it is quite close and I suspect that rex and the others approached the biomechanical limits for a terrestrial predator.

However rex was more heavily built, probably faster, had a relatively huge brain, more advanced binocular vision, bigger teeth and a far more powerful bite when compared to the others.

Still the King (or Queen as the females were probably larger)?

In my eyes - yes.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/59815...giganotosaurus
Keyser_Soze1
23-12-2014


http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...in-d8aw4do.jpg
CLL Dodge
23-12-2014
A brief review of the past year in human DNA research:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/...reveal-secrets
Regis Magnae
23-12-2014
Originally Posted by Keyser_Soze1:
“

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...in-d8aw4do.jpg”

I like it.

Though I don't post much in this thread, I do like dipping in occasionally to read new articles.
DavetheSensible
23-12-2014
HAPPY CHRISTMAS KS.
Christmas present for you:

astounding find of Acanthodes with eye tissue intact that adds to out knowledge of vision
http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-eye-ce...164945078.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ods-cones.html
and a new reveal on the genetics of how limbs evolved, with reference to and library pics of the tetrapod Tiktaalik:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...rawl-land.html

Both Daily Mirror
Keyser_Soze1
24-12-2014
Originally Posted by DavetheSensible:
“HAPPY CHRISTMAS KS.
Christmas present for you:

astounding find of Acanthodes with eye tissue intact that adds to out knowledge of vision
http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-eye-ce...164945078.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ods-cones.html
and a new reveal on the genetics of how limbs evolved, with reference to and library pics of the tetrapod Tiktaalik:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...rawl-land.html

Both Daily Mirror”

Thanks Dave.

A busy to post much over the last day or so for obvious reasons.

Anyway in true Tyrannosaur (but not too festive) style - Happy Christmas to anyone who enjoys reading this thread.

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...an-d8axdfy.jpg
Keyser_Soze1
24-12-2014
Originally Posted by Regis Magnae:
“I like it.

Though I don't post much in this thread, I do like dipping in occasionally to read new articles.”

Thank you very much.
The Martian
24-12-2014
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Keyser_Soze1
24-12-2014
Originally Posted by The Martian:
“http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...rt-d5qf4lk.png ”



Father Christmas looks suspiciously like Charles Darwin here.

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...i1-d5p6ay3.png
CLL Dodge
24-12-2014
Originally Posted by Keyser_Soze1:
“

Father Christmas looks suspiciously like Charles Darwin here.

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...i1-d5p6ay3.png”

Though when Darwin came up with his theory he didn't have a beard.
Keyser_Soze1
24-12-2014
Originally Posted by CLL Dodge:
“Though when Darwin came up with his theory he didn't have a beard.”

True - but Father Christmas does!
Keyser_Soze1
27-12-2014
Just to keep the thread ticking over.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/di...saur-1.2878979

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/scien...covery-n271826

http://www.krank.ie/category/sci/nat...coveries-2014/
Keyser_Soze1
29-12-2014
A huge 12 metre long skeleton of a robust-morph, mature (probably female) T.rex is to be displayed at Leiden.

http://www.naturalis.nl/en/news/coll...l-come-leiden/

A nice video talk on the beast and why palaeontology is important in todays world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRQFkR7I8RE

I do love Tyrannosaurus rex - and this beautiful black and white reconstruction of an adorable little baby shows why.

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/20...dd-d8abwvm.jpg

At the other end of the scale another nice photo showing the sheer size of the monstrous, 12.3 metres long, 10 ton + Sue.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...eld_Museum.jpg
TelevisionUser
30-12-2014
Yes, it's Trilobitomorpha time with this picture here: http://tinypic.com/r/fq4hz/8

The creature on the right is a late origin fossil trilobite from the early Carboniferous period and it was a surprise Christmas present for me. It's next to a 15cm/6ins ruler for scale with my best ammonite fossil on the other side.

More about the long lasting trilobites here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite and there's an evolutionary diagram here http://www.trilobites.info/triloclass2009.png.
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