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Old 11-11-2016, 00:08
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Interesting that dinosaurs were still diversifying prior to extinction which backs the apocalypse theory for their demise.

Sad that part of the fossil was blown away by the use of dynamite that exposed it.
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Old 11-11-2016, 00:15
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I like that massive salmon get in the news and not just dinosaurs. What a beast.
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Old 11-11-2016, 00:18
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Interesting that dinosaurs were still diversifying prior to extinction which backs the apocalypse theory for their demise.

Sad that part of the fossil was blown away by the use of dynamite that exposed it.
Well the non avian dinosaurs may have gone but at least we have over ten thousand living birds to marvel at (although we killed off all of the most spectacular species very recently, the Demon ducks, the Teratorns, the Cuban Giant owl, Haast's eagle, the Moas, the Elephant bird etc).
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Old 13-11-2016, 13:22
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Highly interesting research on the astonishing anatomy of Sauropod hind feet - with which they utilised their unique claw flexing arrangement an adaptation for excavating deep trench-like nests.

https://www.cmnh.org/announcements/sauropod-tracks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6i-68-kN8M

Another article (with a short video) about Tongtianlong limosus - 'the muddy dragon on the road to heaven' - what a very descriptive and beautiful name.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37902583
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Old 17-11-2016, 10:53
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More palaeo articles.

https://gimpasaura.wordpress.com/2016/11/11/palaeoart/

http://www.eartharchives.org/article...eeds-paleoart/

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com...ned-dinosaurs/

http://www.livescience.com/56897-slo...-dinosaur.html
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Old 17-11-2016, 11:14
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I bought a dinosaur Christmas decoration this week. TK Maxx made me.
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Old 17-11-2016, 12:07
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I bought a dinosaur Christmas decoration this week. TK Maxx made me.
Good for you!

Do you have a favourite prehistoric animal?
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Old 17-11-2016, 12:54
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I prefer plants but it's really hard to find a Christmas Neuropteris. My favourite animal fossils are sea urchins. Dinosaurs are okay, I am just always way more drawn to boring things.
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Old 17-11-2016, 13:25
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I prefer plants but it's really hard to find a Christmas Neuropteris. My favourite animal fossils are sea urchins. Dinosaurs are okay, I am just always way more drawn to boring things.
And here I am!
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Old 17-11-2016, 16:10
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You're nowhere near as exciting as a sea urchin.
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Old 17-11-2016, 17:27
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You're nowhere near as exciting as a sea urchin.
Not even as exciting as a 12 inch Belemnite?

http://oceansofkansas.com/Invertebra...SM_IP-699a.jpg
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Old 18-11-2016, 01:38
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A 12 inch belemnite, well I never.
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Old 19-11-2016, 17:40
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A 12 inch belemnite, well I never.
Going offline now - but here is a very big 'rock'.

http://yeinjee.com/discovery/wp-cont...lrus-penis.jpg
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Old 20-11-2016, 04:02
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That dude looks traumatised.
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Old 20-11-2016, 04:08
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That dude looks traumatised.
An inferiority complex is a truly terrible thing!
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Old 20-11-2016, 10:46
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maybe it will come in handy if he wants to take up pole vaulting.
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Old 22-11-2016, 20:25
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maybe it will come in handy if he wants to take up pole vaulting.
Captain Kirk finds a fossil of me in the far future.

https://gorightly.files.wordpress.co...stalagtite.jpg

Weight estimates don't seem too bad to me for this image of the four largest terrestrial predators of the Apocalypse.

Left to right:

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus - MSNM V4047 - 15.05 meters, ~7550-7880 kg.
Tyrannosaurus rex - FMNH PR 2081 - 12.35 meters, ~8400-8770 kg.
Giganotosaurus carolinii - MUCPv-95 - 12.47 meters ~7300-7620 kg.
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus - SGM-Din 1 - 12.35 meters, ~6880-7180 kg.

http://orig11.deviantart.net/0dce/f/...os-daoaocl.png

Other stories.

http://www.skeletaldrawing.com/home/...turydimetrodon

http://www.eartharchives.org/article...horse-hybrids/
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Old 24-11-2016, 09:13
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Do you ever do palaeo/paleo art? and doesn't a gorilla horse hybrid sound exciting?
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Old 24-11-2016, 19:18
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Do you ever do palaeo/paleo art? and doesn't a gorilla horse hybrid sound exciting?
I did at one point many years ago (used to look at photos of skeletons - a (T.rex skull for example) and use that to try and reconstruct the muscles and tendons and soft tissue for a more realistic portrayal (just before JP1 actually).

Prehistoric animal illustration used to be very slapdash in most books of the 70's and '80's (Robert. T. Bakker, Gregory S. Paul and John Gurshe being notable exceptions) but now it is a highly refined science in itself.
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Old 26-11-2016, 20:45
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I am not on these forums much atm but I will keep this and a few other threads going when I can.

http://www.livescience.com/56974-anc...in-fossil.html

http://www.livescience.com/56957-fie...-prothero.html

http://www.livescience.com/56930-pre...in-images.html
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Old 29-11-2016, 05:42
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Fully mature adult Barosaurus (50 metres or so) v Blue whale.

http://pre14.deviantart.net/aff5/th/...op-dap4su2.png

The four theropods of the Apocalypse again.

http://pre09.deviantart.net/5720/th/...ys-da6zspc.jpg

Other stories that may be of interest to some.

http://phys.org/news/2016-11-fossil-...t-climate.html

http://www.eartharchives.org/article...-sperm-whales/

http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blo...an-museum.html

T. rex was shit at gunfights.

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-st...-0.jpg?no-auto
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Old 29-11-2016, 13:53
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Dinosaurs are okay, but look at this beetle! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38145258

You should post some palaeo art.
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Old 30-11-2016, 21:05
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Dinosaurs are okay, but look at this beetle! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38145258

You should post some palaeo art.
Yes that is a lovely discovery.

Speculative restoration of Triceratops display behaviour following this article by Darren Naish on Tetrapod Zoology.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com...ned-dinosaurs/

http://pre08.deviantart.net/fe85/th/...ix-daotbho.png

A few recent rex reconstructions.

http://img11.deviantart.net/fc9b/i/2...ne-dapl96o.png

http://pre03.deviantart.net/7ffa/th/...98-dankt5h.png

http://img07.deviantart.net/c60e/i/2...rt-dakmesu.jpg

http://pre06.deviantart.net/df2f/th/...ee-dal7gai.png

The monstrous Phorusrhacid Keleken.

http://img00.deviantart.net/664a/i/2...ni-d9rb1x3.jpg

Slightly surreal reconstruction of Megalodon attacking an unfortunate couple of Orcas.

http://pre03.deviantart.net/ca07/th/...yv-da7ya6q.jpg
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Old 03-12-2016, 00:16
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A few stories of the long and forgotten dead that a few may find of interest.

http://www.eartharchives.org/article...cent-feathers/

http://www.livescience.com/57056-cou...saurs-fly.html

http://www.palaeontologyonline.com/a...uropodomorpha/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/...ustache-baleen

The role of the Cosmos in the evolution of life.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161...e-of-evolution
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Old 03-12-2016, 20:21
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I know people do read this thread even though no one replies much so I just wanted to get the festive cheer out of the way (love the feathers on this rexy).

https://img.ifcdn.com/images/c61bc30...187130e2_1.jpg
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