• Prehistory Megathread - Welcome...to Facepunch Park
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[QUOTE=Rofl my Waff;44295210]This is a better example in my opinion. [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalapteryx[/URL] [IMG]https://fbcdn-photos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1229917_523836667693159_2016268839_n.jpg[/IMG]And the Emu[IMG]http://sybilsden.com/images/imgemu/10rockyf2.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Not only does it look more like a dromaeosaur's foot, it also has a dewclaw.
This seems like my kind of thread, 1st year undergraduate geologist here! And I live practically opposite the Natural History Museum, lots of great dinosaur stuff there, especially Itchyosaurs. I'd be happy to present some material on the whole dinosaurs warm blooded/cold blooded debate if anyone wants. Fieldtrip down to the Jurassic coast next week, so should get plenty of opportunity to grab some good ammonite fossils.
[img]http://www.rareresource.com/photos/dinosaur-gallery/Dimetrodon5.jpg[/img] Errbody's favourite Synapsid
Dinosaurs are fucking dumb [editline]22nd March 2014[/editline] Got reminded of my favorite dinosaur game, check this out: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/games/dinosaur_world/[/url] [quote]Requirements This prototype game is a large download (20MB) suitable for fast internet connections only. Check you have the minimum specification required to play the beta version of this game: Low spec version: P2, 333 MHz with 64 Mb RAM, 8 Mb 3D card*, and DirectX 8.1 Higher spec version: P2, 533 Mhz with 128 Mb RAM, 16 Mb 3D card*, and DirectX 8.1[/quote] Now THAT is prehistory.
you wanna know a dino fact? the velociraptors in jurassic park were actually utahraptors. velociraptors were really more like the size of a turkey!!!! cool discussion question - which dinosaur was the strongest? please tell me
[QUOTE=CadetBailey;44323481]you wanna know a dino fact? the velociraptors in jurassic park were actually utahraptors. velociraptors were really more like the size of a turkey!!!! cool discussion question - which dinosaur was the strongest? please tell me[/QUOTE] They were actually closer to Deinonychus though.
[QUOTE=CadetBailey;44323481]you wanna know a dino fact? the velociraptors in jurassic park were actually utahraptors. velociraptors were really more like the size of a turkey!!!! cool discussion question - which dinosaur was the strongest? please tell me[/QUOTE] Actually they're Deinonychus, called Velociraptor antirrhopus at the time thanks to Greg Paul being Greg Paul.
I thought they were Dromaeosaurs.
wow that is so interesting thank you for the knowledge. but a utah raptor would probably win in a fight against a deinonynchus right?
[QUOTE=CadetBailey;44323972]wow that is so interesting thank you for the knowledge. but a utah raptor would probably win in a fight against a deinonynchus right?[/QUOTE] Probably would.
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;44323623]Actually they're Deinonychus, called Velociraptor antirrhopus at the time thanks to Greg Paul being Greg Paul.[/QUOTE]Isn't that the guy who wanted to copyright the dinosaur reconstructions/skeletals/poses he did? And sued people who based their reconstructions off of his work? At least according to Scott Hartman and many other people.
[QUOTE=CadetBailey;44323972]wow that is so interesting thank you for the knowledge. but a utah raptor would probably win in a fight against a deinonynchus right?[/QUOTE] A Utahraptor is twice as big as a Deinonychus, so I'd assume it'd win. Deinonychus lived in packs though, and there's no real evidence that Utahraptor did, so in a real encounter ( if they didn't live 20 million years apart from each other) the Deinonychus pack would win.
Actually there's no evidence any Dromaeosaurid lived in packs. There is evidence that some traveled in pairs on occasion and temporarily grouped together to attack large prey, but none that they lived in permanent groups. Modern day Ratites like Emus do this when it is beneficial, Cassowarys will travel together for a short while during the mating season and Crocodiles will gather at crossings to increase the chances of catching an animal as it crosses a river.
[QUOTE=RR_Raptor65;44330937]Actually there's no evidence any Dromaeosaurid lived in packs. There is evidence that some traveled in pairs on occasion and temporarily grouped together to attack large prey, but none that they lived in permanent groups. Modern day Ratites like Emus do this when it is beneficial, Cassowarys will travel together for a short while during the mating season and Crocodiles will gather at crossings to increase the chances of catching an animal as it crosses a river.[/QUOTE] That's true, but they did hunt Tenontosaurus, which was way too big to kill alone. Of course it's also possible that they only hunted juvenile Tenontosaurus.
That's what I said, there is evidence that they tackled large animals as a group, but there is no evidence that they were the social pack animals depicted in media. This strategy is not unheard of in modern day animals nor is it rare.
[QUOTE=Callinstead;44291050] [IMG_thumb]http://www.allmystery.de/dateien/tp58441,1278351802,Figura2Paraceratherium.jpg[/IMG_thumb] Imagine seeing that from your back porch.[/QUOTE] Zandastu ?
as much as i [I]love[/I] dinosaurs, i don't know much about them - at least not enough to enter an argument about who'd win a free-for-all punchfest. but i know the internet. [IMG]http://25.media.tumblr.com/d3fc8005cc616db243d08ca13fc0f598/tumblr_mxiy7pye991rsiohpo1_500.jpg[/IMG]
is this a thread where we talk about mikfoz
[video=youtube;9INO6a3LkWw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9INO6a3LkWw[/video] this is math rock band I gave a try by title turned out to be nice [editline]28th March 2014[/editline] but this motherfucker amazes the fuck out of me [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Daeodon_skull.jpg[/IMG] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daeodon"]This dude was about the size of a rhino[/URL], and while modern boars are just angry pigs with fur, this thing was also equal parts Cape buffalo and leopard, not to mention it looked like somebody had illustrated the nastier parts of the Bible. [URL="http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459179#page/449/mode/1up"]Like, he had such huge inscisors and a lack of chin[/URL] that his chases would - when successfully - end up with him running side by side with his prey, sinking his teeth on their heads and rolling around with the stumbling corpse, like a one hit attack. [IMG]http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/6/0/3/130603.jpg?v=1[/IMG] BBC's reconstitution of the bleeding thing [IMG]http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/6/0/5/130605_v1.jpg[/IMG]
Entelodonts aren't that related to pigs, though. As far as I recall, they fall more near hippos and whales (and extinct critters like Andrewsarchus) in the phylogenetic tree. It's a similar case with hyenas: they look like dogs on steroids but are felids, not canids.
Regardless, Entelodonts are hardcore motherfuckers.
I'll never know enough about the prehistoric seas. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OlAovXC.jpg[/IMG] [I]I don't think anyone knows what this fuckers suppose to look like.[/I] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vpfHvbP.png[/IMG]
Oh god, Helicoprion, what the fuck was Evolution doing :v:
As far as I know that is an outdated version of the shark. The spiral teeth are believed to have been in the back of the jaw.
[QUOTE=OvB;44407939]I'll never know enough about the prehistoric seas. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OlAovXC.jpg[/IMG] [I]I don't think anyone knows what this fuckers suppose to look like.[/I] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vpfHvbP.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Like this, maybe? [t]http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2014/089/3/1/helicoprion_as_chimeroid_by_dibgd-d7c8ljg.jpg[/t]
[img]http://sportfishingweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Muasisaurus.jpg[/img] this plesiosaur bitch is literally 75% neck.
[QUOTE=fudge blood;44425365][IMG]http://sportfishingweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Muasisaurus.jpg[/IMG] this plesiosaur bitch is literally 75% neck.[/QUOTE] I see your 75% neck and raise you 85% neck [IMG]http://ayay.co.uk/backgrounds/dinosaurs/strange/tanystropheus-long-necked-lizard.jpg[/IMG]
I see your 75% neck and raise you this: 0% neck, 100% jaws. [IMG]http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/14/145389/3395401-1434274787-deino.jpg[/IMG] The Deinosuchus. They found Deinosuchus bite marks on Tyrannosaurus fossils. That proves they are the single most bad ass prehistoric animal. They also probably had the single strongest bite force ever, although we'll never know. Even modern day crocodilians came close to a realistic speculation of the Tyrannosaurus Rex's bite force, so an alligator more than twice the size of salt water crocodiles would probably have way more bite force than a T-Rex. They estimate the bite force to be slightly less than double the T-Rex's, at 103,750 Newtons, while the T-Rex is estimated at 57,000 Newtons.
Even the Tyrannosaurus is flipping his shit in that picture because he knows he's no match for this bad ass motherfucker. [editline]2nd April 2014[/editline] Oh shit no automerge after 6 hours well damn. [editline]2nd April 2014[/editline] Might as well make this post useful then: [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Crocodilians_scale.png/800px-Crocodilians_scale.png[/IMG] This fucker is twice as big as a salt water crocodile. If this guy had brains, he'd be smart enough to just bite with all his force slightly below the water surface, creating an air bubble going at such high speed that it implodes on itself, creating light and temperatures at nearly the temperature of the sun, like pistol shrimp. With his bite force he'd probably just fire lasers, rather than just immense pressure waves.
[QUOTE=joost1120;44428326]They found Deinosuchus bite marks on Tyrannosaurus fossils. That proves they are the single most bad ass prehistoric animal. [/QUOTE] That'd be quite a trick considering they lived about 6 million years apart.
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