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Old 04-02-2015, 23:04
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Thanks belly button.

I have not played the game (and due to the relentless progress of scientific discovery the Spinosaurus is now totally inaccurate) but it might be fun.

This also looks good judging by the preview clip on Youtube.

http://dinologue.com/2014/12/behind-...aur-simulator/

I think it's a game that would be good for youngsters really, but lots of people here have children so it might be interesting for them.

I've just clicked play and you can add sound effects and evvvvverrrry thing
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Old 04-02-2015, 23:10
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Genuine 'scientific' illustration from a Creationist website (presumably trying to explain dragons in the OT).

http://www.genesispark.com/wp-conten...g-Fire-ICR.jpg

The artistic and morphological accuracy combined with the attention to detail are simply beyond compare.

Just look on in sheer awe and wonder as a Parasaurolophus drenches a Tyrannosaurus rex with cleansing holy fire (presumably to save it's poor immortal soul).

I expect the rest of the site is of similar superb 'quality' - but I have not looked in case my cerebral cortex melts and pours out of my ears.
Breathing fire?! Even by creationist standards that seems off the weird scale.
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Old 04-02-2015, 23:34
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I think it's a game that would be good for youngsters really, but lots of people here have children so it might be interesting for them.

I've just clicked play and you can add sound effects and evvvvverrrry thing
Great stuff!

Yes thanks for the link - it seems brilliant for children!
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Old 04-02-2015, 23:35
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Breathing fire?! Even by creationist standards that seems off the weird scale.
I dread to think what utter bullshit exists on the rest of the site - but I can have a pretty good guess!
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Old 06-02-2015, 00:55
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A Tyrannosaurus tooth went into space!

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/02/th...-fly-to-space/

The Saurian game website - it looks incredible.

http://saurian.maxmediacorp.com/#prettyPhoto
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Old 09-02-2015, 01:37
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The dangers of Palaeontology.

Just say no.

http://36.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3...zyvqo1_500.png

I am currently following a very interesting discussion on another forum about the maximum size of pliosaurs - the two gigantic vertebra from Peterborough that exist really do suggest a 20 metre long, 75 ton + predator swimming through the Jurassic seas (rather than being a misidentified sauropod as has been previously suggested).

The fact that we have nothing more than very fragmentary remains of these 'super- pliosaurs' is a real shame and if they really were this size some of these species would be in the same league as Megalodon.

I hope that far more complete specimens are found in the future.
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Old 10-02-2015, 22:36
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http://extinctmonsters.net/2015/02/0...ce-of-science/

It's easy to forget how long theropod tails could be. For some reason in my mind I always think of them as being stubby.
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Old 10-02-2015, 23:19
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http://extinctmonsters.net/2015/02/0...ce-of-science/

It's easy to forget how long theropod tails could be. For some reason in my mind I always think of them as being stubby.
Well tyrannosaurids were far more heavily built and had robust, compact tails so perhaps this is why?

I think that photograph might be slightly deceiving - however Allosaurus did have quite a long tail and the genus was relatively light-bodied as giant theropods go.

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...an-d2v74v9.jpg

http://static.squarespace.com/static...aurus%20sp.jpg

http://s6.postimg.org/91329dztt/Allo..._Greg_Paul.png
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Old 15-02-2015, 01:22
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New mammals discovered from the time of the dinosaurs:

http://news.sciencemag.org/evolution...inosaurs?rss=1
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Old 15-02-2015, 20:18
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Jurassic Reptiles Were Good Parents
A well-preserved fossil from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning Province, China, represents the oldest record of post-natal parental care, according to a new study led by Dr Junchang Lu from the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences’ Institute of Geology.
http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology...nts-02417.html

It appears that the adults were actively protecting their young against predators and it shows that the fossil record can provide insights into social behaviour.

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Old 19-02-2015, 17:21
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Yes, it's fish-lizard time with a new discovery:

Forgotten fossil found to be new species of ichthyosaur
A fossil stored in a Doncaster museum for 30 years and thought to be a plaster copy has turned out to be a new species of ancient reptile. A young palaeontologist working with the University of Manchester found the fossil in 2008, in the collections of Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery. He realised it was the 189-million-year-old remains of an ichthyosaur - an extinct marine reptile.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31521719
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Old 25-02-2015, 23:39
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it takes time for some finds to be excavated..... nice to see you
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Old 25-02-2015, 23:42
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it takes time for some finds to be excavated..... nice to see you
Thank you very much - it's good to be back.
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Old 25-02-2015, 23:48
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Hi Keyser
Get busy on your thread, it's been missed
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Old 25-02-2015, 23:56
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Hi Keyser
Get busy on your thread, it's been missed
There is plenty of stuff coming up very soon.
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Old 26-02-2015, 18:02
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More prehistoric crocodilian diversity.

http://phys.org/news/2015-02-crocs-p...crocodile.html

http://www.livescience.com/49931-pre...iles-peru.html

http://www.livescience.com/49930-pho...iles-peru.html
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Old 26-02-2015, 21:17
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Lol they are rather amusing!!!
Well drawn as well.
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Old 27-02-2015, 19:15
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Meet Sasha - the world's first frozen baby Wooly Rhinoceros.

There are some really excellent photographs of her in this article - the preserved state of the body is simply astonishing after all those millennia.

http://siberiantimes.com/science/cas...-woolly-rhino/
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Old 27-02-2015, 19:30
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Meet Sasha - the world's first frozen baby Wooly Rhinoceros.

There are some really excellent photographs of her in this article - the preserved state of the body is simply astonishing after all those millennia.

http://siberiantimes.com/science/cas...-woolly-rhino/
that's amazing!
what wonderful preservation ....so fluffy!!!
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Old 27-02-2015, 19:54
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that's amazing!
what wonderful preservation ....so fluffy!!!
Yes it's very poignant as well - as if she died just yesterday instead of many millennia before human civilisation began.

On the other end of the scale is an interesting new paper on the bite force of the monstrous caiman Purrusaurus brasiliensis.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...l.pone.0117944

http://io9.com/this-ancient-crocodyl...mos-1688423786
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