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[spoiler]What is best dino and why is it velociraptor?[/spoiler]
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>>2013964
>best dino is memeraptor

>posts pic of better dino

you were so close anon
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>>2013964
>What is best dino and why is it velociraptor?
I'm just not sure what it is about v-raptor you guys like so much.

every cool thing about it some other raptor has more of.
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Ankylosaurus,because it smacks its bitch up
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>>2013985
>anklyo
>not Euoplocephalus
Pleb

Also, best dino is the Troodon, muh brain.

>inb4 marshnigger shits up this thread by screaming about birds or some shit.
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Posting best dino
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>>2013993
>inb4 marshnigger shits up this thread by screaming about birds or some shit.
He wouldn't really be wrong.
Troodon's brain mass/body weight ratio puts it firmly between the smartest crocodiles and the dumbest birds.

not exactly a paragon of thinking power. It's only really impressive when you realize most theropods had brain sizes proportionately smaller than alligators. Most of them were probably just mouths on legs with not much going on in their heads.

Which kinda explains why we have good fossil evidence of cannibalism in almost every theropod lineage. Even Deinonychus, which had a relatively large brain and is often used as an example of a social theropod- the associated fossils used to support the pack hypothesis include three individuals of Deinonychus that were eaten by their supposed pack mates.
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>>2014011
>low intelligence explains cannibalism
But that's wrong. Infanticide can be a good strategy for an alpha male to remove competition, and territorial animals like chimps cannibalize individuals from rival social groups frequently.
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>>2014032
>low intelligence explains cannibalism
no, it's just not promising for those trying to cast theropods as social animals.

I don't know of any examples of infanticide among theropods, infants rarely fossilize.

and while the chimp analogy is useful, it throws a wrench in the interpretation of Deinonychus at the Tenontosaurus feed site as both pack mates and victims of their own pack. The evidence would seem to support only one of these interpretations, and there's little question they were killed and eaten by members of their own group.
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>>2013964
>memeraptor
>best

True best dino incoming
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>>2013964
>too large
>doesn't live in the desert

nigga that's a fuckin deinonychus
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>>2014199
Actually they are baryonyx, you can tell that because they eat fish, have huge claw on their forelimbs and also because of the filename
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I like magpies. Not only are they really pretty and good at adapting to different environments, they are also one of the most intelligent dinosaurs there are.
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Dinosaurs never existed.
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Best dinosaur.
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>>2014241
But Anon, they still exist.
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Recommend some dino/marine reptile documentaries please!
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Coelophysis is my favorite dinosaur.
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>counting birds as dinosaurs
I'm down with that. Vultures need more love.
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Anyone got that pic of the trex with feathers that makes look fat kinda like a zebra finch?
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>>2014528
Not sure about the one your looking for but I will do a minor T. rex dump.
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>>2014573
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>>2014573
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>>2013964
>[spoiler]What is best dino and why is it velociraptor?[/spoiler]
You are objectively wrong.
The best dinosaur is stegosaurus.
www.thebestdinosaur.com
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>>2014006
Is it possible to keep a pet cassowary or two?
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>>2013964
>velociraptor

that's a baryonyx

the head shape is completely different from a velociraptor

disappointed in you tbqh
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>>2014630
yeah if you want to get your shit kicked in
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>>2014812
>that posture

Charles R. Knight pls go
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>>2014195
>true best dino

I'll admit that Carno was objectively the best dino in Primal Carnage
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>>2014527

fuck off

this is a prehistory thread
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>>2014891
If op had wanted a prehistory thread it would say prehistory general and not dinosaur general.
> Being this mad
Let me guess, BANDM?
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Avian aliens are based


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>>2014011
Troodon stronk
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>>2014903
That's not what they looked like.
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>>2015769
that drawing is not of an animal that could stand, let alone walk.
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>>2015769
>Those spines
>Rhinariums and vibrissae on pre-Triasic sinapsids

Best Holocene dinosaur placing your picture where it belongs.
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
>Banana sized teeth
>16 feet tall
>50 feet long
>Skull as strong as a fucking boulder
>could run really fast for its size
>Bite force of 10'000lbs per square inch average
> Little arms acted as supports for when it was drinking
>Nurturing parent

they call it king for a reason
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>>2016060
T. rex was a lazy scavenger.
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>>2014220
>fagpie
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>>2016095
>teeth found embedded in several remains with the bone healing around it
>scavenger

Rexes did about as much scavenging and hunting as coyotes. Not like its big fat prey could outrun it anyway.
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>>2015773
>>2015812
:^)
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Dimetrodon was a synapsid and therefore more closely related to mammals than dinosaurs. I wish I could sage posts. I would sage the pants off you.
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>>2016138
What is the point of having such huge bony spines on the back so fragile that they could break and cause damage to the animal? Specially considering it would have been on the top of the food chain ,if you are going to use defense as a reason.
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>>2016454
There is evidence that those spines used to break a lot throughout the animal's life, so if they were really connected by a sail there would be many kinds of problems.
That being said, I don't know how much of what this guy says is true, but I do like to listen to his stuff.
https://youtu.be/aK5IgMJxcAk
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>>2016454
Except theres is a lot of evidence showing they weren't covered in anything and DID break frequently.
You could say the same thing about a lot of animals.
>No way a peacock would have any of that stuff stuck to it's ass, they'd constantly be breaking and would get caught up in stuff every other step
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>>2016840
>>No way a dimetrodon would have any of that sail stuff stuck to it's back, they'd constantly be breaking and would get caught up in stuff every other step
i can do this all day buddy
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An the best seeing abilities of all dinosaurs go to
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>>2016865
https://youtu.be/3rtQPo4HKLY
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>>2016844
I...I don't understand what you're trying to communicate here. You're agreeing with me, but sound like you're trying to say i'm wrong.
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>>2016095
Its overall size and mass demanded large amounts of nourishment everyday. This is especially when considering it was very evidently homeothermic (aka: warmblooded) and seem to have a hyper-drive metabolism based on the extensive rapid bone healing seen so commonly on tyrannosaurs.

T rex was pretty much forced to hunt actively in order to survive.

Yes, tyrannosaurus likely scavenged as do apex predators to (i.e.sharks, lions, tigers and bears). But it would likely be on the side and made a small percentage of its diet.
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>>2016867
Sure thing faggot
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So, I just found out paleoecology is a thing.
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>>2016900
Seriously?
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>>2014220
Hey! That's not a magpie.
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>>2016903

Yes.
I come from the lands of /tg/, and frequent these boards for inspiration quite often.
It never occurred to me that there'd be a specialized field for it, which is strange considering that I love marine ecology.
And it didn't click for me until I saw this thread.
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>>2016911
Strictly speaking, paleontology deals only with the morphology and phylogeny of fossils.

So when people have a discussion about paleontology online, about 99% of the time they're actually talking paleoecology.

If you want to bore people to death, actually study some paleontology and try to talk about it on the interbutts.
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>>2016872
quadropedal spiny isn't real
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>>2016840
Can they lay those spines down?
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If corvids can make hooks, do they have spaces to keep their tools?

If a corvid had a broom closet, would it be a person?
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>>2013993
>>anklyo
>>not Euoplocephalus
What is even the difference besides obscurity
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>>2014282
Is that a giant fucking wart?
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>>2014571
>>2014573
>>2014577
>>2014586
Why do you save and repost thumbnails bro?
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>>2016060
>> Little arms acted as supports for when it was drinking
Of all the theories about tiny arms this is amongst the stupidest

>they call it king for a reason
sensationalism
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>>2017081
Because spinosaurus is blatantly far too front heavy either way, there was simply no more logical way for it to move on land than to have at least one arm on the ground

This is regardless if you believe in Scott Hartman's unofficial estimates of slightly longer legs.
http://natgeotv.com/uk/bigger-than-t-rex
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>>2017258
>spinosaurus is blatantly far too front heavy either way
there's no way to know that since a complete skeleton including both arms and legs has never been found.
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>>2014886
>doesn't know based zdenek
shame
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>>2016060
>50 feet long

Hell no, it never got that big. You did forget that if Rex could curl, he could curl more pounds with those three foot arms than a human at their strongest can.
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>>2017304
Oh, so that's why people are unsure about the way Spinosaurus may have walked.
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>>2017304
The legs of spinosaurus were found very well preserved with even most of the bones in its flat feet. This is how we know it had a very short leg ratio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT_wdX7lr00
Seriously, the 2014 specimen is even more complete than the original, as the documentary explains. But the legs and hips is the real highlight, because it forced us to view spinosaurus as an even weirder animal than what we thought prior.
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>>2017405
the legs have since been reassigned to a different species from the rest of the skeleton(s).

in fact the 2014 specimen is currently assigned to 4 different species and 2 different genera of dinosaur.
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>>2017405
>2014

Like what >>2017407 said, the stuff has been changed once again.
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>>2017407
It is speculated to possibly be to another species at best. But technically even the 2005 spinosaurus specimen is even less likely a spinosaurus due to being entirely based on a piece that the original spinosaurus never had to properly compare with.

By far, 2014 is the most valid of the spinosaurus specimens to date.
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>>2016832
I found and read some fragments of the study this was based on an "injured" specimen. Apparentely the specimen examinated had several broken spines which caused a deformed and even kinda discontinued sail that would be abnormal otherwise. Also:

>Furthermore, the distal morphology of spines in more complete specimens, including the type fmnh UC 112 and omnh 01727, suggests that the dorsal margin of the sail was located well proximal to the tips of the elongate neural spines.

Basically the end of the sail is the same as it was 5 years ago.

>>2016840
>Implying we haven't found females yet

Even if all the specimens were male and it WAS a case of sexual selection. Having such long spines NAKED and with the respective tissues inside just to impress the sloots would be counterproductive, to the point that it would reduce the overall fitness (basically like if the peacock was found with a 3 meter tail instead of the normal length).
It didn't have, however, the thermoregulating function as they didn't found blood vessels. But it could be some sort of crest like pic related.
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>>2017408
No, not really. All is the same but with Scott Hartman's proposed (but unofficial) estimates that spinosaurus legs might have been slightly longer than we thought. That's it, really.
As I explained just above, spinosaurus is still too front heavy. This is why it was likely still quadrupedal most of the time.
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>>2017409
>>2017411
no, a published study like last month literally reassigned the legs to a different species entirely.

it's not about Scott or anything else.

We've also found that Ibrahim lied about digging up the 2014 specimen. He actually bought it from a fossil seller that has no idea if it came from one animal or not.

the whole thing was a hoax. Well, not really a hoax, just a spectacular fuck up.
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>>2017413
>He actually bought it from a fossil seller that has no idea if it came from one animal or not.
Wasn't that known way before? I think I read on the NatGeo article that he did have contact with some of the fossil sellers, or maybe I misunderstood.
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>>2017415
possibly, but that's not what he wrote in his paper.

if he had written in his paper that the bones were obtained without a scientific dig or even a site map there's no way anyone would've taken his "discovery" seriously in the first place.

there's a huge difference between bones that are articulated with each other in the ground and a random pile of bones from all kinds of different animals.
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>>2017413
"no, a published study like last month literally reassigned the legs to a different species entirely."

Citation Needed.
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>>2017415
With a large assortment of other bones, such as the large sailed vertebrae.
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>>2017417
https://peerj.com/articles/1323/
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>>2017165
To fuck with you
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>>2017419
As I expected. It is at best suggesting that it might have been a separate species. This is unproven and speculative at best. However, it is very unlikely that there were two large spinosaurids in the same environment at about the same size eating the same prey.

If anything, we are just looking at a more complete version of the same animal.
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The real deinocheirus.
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>>2017424
that's one reason I hesitate to offer citations,
I'm guaranteed going to have to spend hours explaining.

Ibrahim had to synonymize three different species and 2 genera to get his "S. aegyptiacus" neotype.

if any of those species he synonymized turn out to be real and distinct species, his neotype doesn't exist.

this study reaffirms the existence of at least one separate genus and two different species in Ibrahim's neotype. Which means it isn't real.

that's all.
perhaps Ibrahim can hit back and say that Sigilmassasaurus is actually Spinosaurus, but it doesn't look like that's true at all. Most likely Ibrahim's version of Spinosaurus will die a quiet death. It's already dead, the public just hasn't noticed.
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>>2017424
>This is unproven and speculative at best
I don't think you understand how science works.
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>>2017434
>dropbear Deinocheirus

that would be so awesome yet retarded
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>>2017425
Trees looked awfully strange during the Cretaceous period.
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>>2017424
>it is very unlikely that there were two large spinosaurids in the same environment at about the same size eating the same prey.
it's not actually unlikely at all.

in fact the T. rex fauna in north america is the only post-Triassic dinosaur fauna I can think of right off the bat that DIDN'T have multiple gigantic theropods competing for the same food. Entire books have been written about that oddity - why no gigantic theropods could compete with Tyrannosaurus.
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>>2017438
>>2017425
>giant predator using same strategy as stick insect
Who's responsible for this idea
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>>2017448
>stick insect
you mean mantid.
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>>2017129
Some apparently keep the tools they really like.
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>>2017444
>>2017444
i remember reading quite a few years back about tentative skull fragments of what appeared to be a carcharodontosaurid from hell creek but nothing since, I still hold out hope they find a hypothetical hell creek carcharodontosaurid.
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>>2014195
(spoilers)Is that you trent(/spoilers)
>>2013964
>memeraptor that literally everyone over hypes
They weren't the best dinosaur, not even best raptor by far
Ill post a pic of my favourite dino later i have to get one, but one of my fav raptors is probably euroraptor cause i just think its adorable
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I plan on moving cross country with 2 cats and 1 bird in a few years
I currently live in NJ and plan to move to MN
I plan to drive there
Any tips on how to make it an easier ride for my cats? The bird loves car rides, not worried about her.
But how do i let them go to the bathroom? Do i harness train them and pull over every few hours?
Is there any way i can make it relaxing to them at all?
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>>2018326
they presumably weren't a carcharadontosaurid. People make mistakes. If they were actually a carcharodontosaurid they'd be published by now.

Even as a hypothetical it's pretty unlikely. Usually when gigantic theropods competed, they were of the same genus. The Morrison Assemblage is probably the most diverse known, but even then there appear to have been at least two species of Allosaurus present, and at least two species of Ceratosaurus, together making 4 of the 5 gigantic theropods present in the fauna. The only weird outlier was Torvosaurus.
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>>2018326
the other problem is that the skull features used to ID carcharodontosaurs are the same ones used to ID animals as tyrannosaurs, and even then they're not useful for identification.

I mean, skull-wise, a carcharodontosaur is identified primarily by the presence of the jugal fenestra (pneumaticization of the jugal), presence of the maxillary fenestra, and expansion of the antorbital fossa.

these exact same features are used to ID tyrannosauroids (i.e., there's no difference between the skull of a tyrannosauroid and an allosauroid). With tyrannosaur skulls another key point concerns the teeth, they have a fore-aft heterodonty with a D-shaped basal cross section of the PM teeth. Unfortunately this same arrangement is ALSO found in allosauroids.

In fact, if you start poking around enough, you find all these characters of the skull in other theropod groups as well. Dromaeosaurs for example are found to have jugal foramina, maxillary fenestrae, expansion of the antorbital fossae, heterodonty, and PM teeth with a D-shaped basal cross section.

in reality the skull traits used to classify the various taxa of cretaceous theropods are mostly shit, they're found in every group so they're useless for classification.

there's no way to tell most tyrannosauroid skull parts apart from carcharodontosaurid skull parts. Or droaeosaurid skull parts. The distinguishing characteristics of each are actually the same. A problem that plenty of paleontologists have noticed but nobody seems too inclined to try to fix.
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>>2017438
>Preys! Look and marvel, get astonished at my marvelous shaven balls! Stand in awe before them! Very soon you'll be an offer to my mate and you'll make me able to finally have sex!
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>>2019512

>at the paleoartist studio
>just cock my shit up senpai
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Greatest of all time or just a poor man's Spinosaurus?
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>>2019811
It's a Spinosaurus that can't fly, poor thing.
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>>2019942
>Spinosaurus that can't fly
What?
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>>2019947
Obviously this anon is saying that the spinosaurus used its sail to sail through the skies.
it's main source of food was the prehistoric giant flying fish, a fish previously thought to be related to the not extinct and quite a bit smaller flying fish, but now believed to be more closely related to landsharks.
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>>2019947
Just like many species of Dimetrodon. God, what are you doing in a paleontology thread?
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>>2019994
holy fuckin kek
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>>2019994
10/10
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>>2019994
It is a sin I have never seen this before.
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>>2019994
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>>2020016
>>2020499
>not having a dedicated dino reaction folder
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>>2019994
This image is highly inacurate, dimetrodon didn't have ear holes.
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>>2020584
If they didn't have earholes, where did they keep their earwax? Checkmate paleontologists
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>>2020613
That's what the sail is for.
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>>2019994
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Protoceratops and megalosaurus
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>>2021239
>you will never have a cute little proto as a pet
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>>2019994
>Guys listen.
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>>2021515
>you will never be a rancher in Cretaceous period
Mongolia.
>you will never shoot the velociraptors that threaten your protoceratops herd on a daily basis.
>you will mever raise the orphaned velociraptor chicks because you felt bad about killing their parents.
>you will never domesticate velociraptors and train them to protect your protoceratops.
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>>2021872
Is that proto taking a shit?
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>>2021872
serious feels
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>>2014903
>>2015769
guys I'm pretty sure dimetrodons n edaphosaurus aren't dinosaurs
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>>2022800
We can talk about other prehistoric creatures too.
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>>2022800
>edaphosaurus
What's up with all the spikes?
Why does it look so evil?
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>>2020629
The sail is for symbiotic flight.
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>>2013985
Saw this illustration in those di Agostini Dinosaur books. Takes me back :-)
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>>2023349
Ops my bad. That was only the published in the Iberian Peninsula.

You probably know what books I'm talking about nonetheless.
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>tfw dinosaurs ruined everything
Earth was set back 200 million years by those primitive shitheads
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>>2023312
>Pachycephalosauria
>feather/filaments

TOP
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>>2024522
>partial protofeather covering basal to ornitischian
>butt quills basal to ceratopsian
Keep living in denial scalefag
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Utah Chicken is best Chicken
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Utah chicken is best chicken now with pic
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>>2024552
Has nothing to do with "denial" when that literally means nothing since we've got concrete evidence of scales. I accept feathers when they are supported by evidence, I support scales similarly.

Phylogenetic bracketing like that to assume feathers (or scales and other traits) can only be used when there isn't any preserved evidence in a particular species, when we have evidence of scales then you can't use bracketing like that as you're essentially overwriting the facts because of how you want dinosaurs to look and are essentially being a "scalefag" in reverse.
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>>2022005
>ankylosaurus
>Spikes

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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>>2015769
did anyone actually read the paper describing that specimen.. it admittedly had broken spines... like finding a rex with a broken leg and then surmising all rexes couldnt walk right.. now every paleo pleb that thinks they know everything cause they watched paleo profiles on youtube thinks Dimetrodon looked like this... I mean spine wise glandular/scaley skin and erect stance is fine but those spines neh
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>>2024779
>he doesn't like spikes
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>>2025006
where is that shit from?
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>>2017390
This picture is shit, it was proven brachiosaurus would be fucking crushed by the pressure at that depths.
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>>2018438
Wrong thread mate?
Actually possibly wrong board entirely.
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>>2025015
>active 1930-1980's
that's history you're looking at.
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>>2019811
If you're interested recently the BBC did another dinosaur documentary and they had a large part to baryonyx, so top quality visauls too, I think it was called planet dinosaur.
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>>2025014
ARK: survival evolved apparently.
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>>2025015
>crushed by the pressure
What the fuck are you even talking about? Thats like 25 feet deep, dinosaurs aren't miles tall.
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>>2025032
http://caterpickles.com/2011/07/04/why-did-they-draw-that-dinosaur-underwater/
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>>2025014
Ark. It's a game where you tame and ride dinosaurs around.
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>>2014577
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>>2025020
I can't seem to find it. Can you help?
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>>2025006
>video game image
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>>2025198
cantunsee pls
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>>2025658
I'll take edgy ankylosaurus over realistic blob any day of the week
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>>2025673
what the fuck are you doing on /an/ then?
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Just get back from the natural history museum in Paris they have one of the biggest t rex skull i've seen. Don't know of it's a cast tho.

>pic this bad boy
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>>2025779
mines bigger
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>>2025770
Man, anky is fucking best dinosaur.
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>>2025785

Where is yours ?

Another pic with a big Carnotaurus.
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>>2025770
>no proto feathers

Don't they realise a basal ornithischian was found with them?
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So i did some homeworks, the biggest T-Rex skull is in Montana, Rockies museum.

Man i would love to live in a dinosaur state to dig up bones.

>you will never discover a Sue-like T-Rex in your lifetime
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>>2025795
don't you realize every ankylosaur skin fossil shows no evidence of any type of integument only the typical peddle skin and thick hide
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>>2025791
Is that a cast or is that the original? There is only one in existence right?
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I'm not into conspiracy theory but this one seems made up.

how the fuck you can have a skull like this ? Even for making advantage it seems retard

>titanoceratops, yeah right.
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>>2025673
not sure why Ankylosaurus get the praise Saichania is real spike covered club weilding leg breaker
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>>2025806

There are at least 50 complete t rex in the world.


SUE is the most complete and largest.
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>>2025810
literally the slightly larger relative of Pentaceratops
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>>2025816
Yeah even a child could tell it's likely the two same species.

There must be a shiload of fake fossils in museum made by knowlegeable artists. If i was a museum i would not tell i was rob

>this one is a cast head tho.
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>Centrosorus

Looks like the offspring of the one above
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>>2025816
I was asking about the carnotaurus
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>>2025822
>>2025810
You do realize that is the same cast right?
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>>2025822
the key word was "relative" Titanoceratops was considered Pentaceratops until they where separated, finding Titan having more features in common with Torosaurus although people do contest this
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>>2025826
how many hours of work does it take to prepare a skull like that.

don't they have to remove the shit around it with fucking brushes and tiny drills?
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>>2025849
"hope this fossil doesn't turn to fucking dust in my hands... aww shit!"
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>>2025826
>implying centrosaurus is juvenile pentaceratops
You have no idea what you're talking about
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>>2017390
More of Zdenek
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Why crocodiles and turtles dont have feathers?
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>>2025954
They branched off earlier in the reptile line before feathers evolved.
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>>2025828

Do you have a source about this ? Can't find if it's a cast. Looks really clean.

Short story i was so happy to have seen dinosaurs i has a few drinks alone and i ordered this. Am i crazy ? It's 18 pounds/9kg
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>>2025976
>Am i crazy
you should see my recent orders.
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>>2025978

Post a pic !

Would love some fossils but i'm too broke for more than a small Spinosorus theeth.
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>>2025976
Almost FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS for almost 20 POUNDS of TIS and REX!
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CUHRAZY
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>>2025954
But they do. Scalies BTFO.
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>>2026003
That's fur
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>>2025981

Paid 450$ with the shipping charges. And the dollar is high.
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What's the best t rex piece to have ?
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We need a prehistory board so you fuckers can leave /an/ alone.
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>>2026130
>being this mad about interesting content
Go post in a "why is my dog sick" thread
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>>2026130
Oh no, people are discussing animals on the animal discussion board. Somebody call the police.
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Reply with your favorite Dinosaur.
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>>2027875
my favorite is goofychinesefraduasarrus
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>>2027887
Acheaoraptor?
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>>2027875
Now and always the best dinosaur.
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>>2025198
kek
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>no Yutyrannus huali
What the fuck guys?
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>>2027906
THIS! THIS! A THOUSAND TIMES THIS!
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>>2027875
You posted mine, so here's my second place.
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>>2027875
Stegosaurus and stegosaurs in general have been my favourite since I was young.
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>>2026003
Anon, that's fucking moss
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>>2028184
My nigga
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>>2028327
Oh really? Thanks for pointing that out.
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Why does T-rex and other dinosaurs when drawn usually have extra fluff on the tail?
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>>2029221
because the tip of the tail in some maniraptorans was fused into a single rod-type pygostyle, which was hypothesized to support display feathers. This hypothesis was verified later when a couple dinosaurs were found to have tail fans of display feathers attached to the pygostyle. Of course the pygostyle later took on the role of supporting flight feathers.

So anyways, when feathered dinosaurs are drawn a lot of times the tail fan will be added even if the animal didn't have a pygostyle.

or in the case of T. rex, even if the animal didn't have feathers.
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>>2029226
>even if the animal didn't have feathers.
They most likely did though, no?
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>>2029237
no.
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>>2029240
Why not?
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>>2029242
skin impressions.
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>>2029245
of the face. They can have feathers other places.
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>>2029250
they're from all over the body.
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>>2029251
Their back? Close relatives had feathers, and its ancestors had feathers.
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>>2029254
>Close relatives had feathers, and its ancestors had feathers.
or we don't know who their close relatives and ancestors are.

or they lost their feathers secondarily.

yes, if we're counting tyrannosaurids in general we have skin impressions from the back. (Tarbosaurus bataar and "Nanotyrannus").
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>>2029256
So you can't say they definitely didn't,
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>>2029258
that's not how science works.

the evidence indicates they didn't.
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So what does /an/ think of Jurassic Park Builder?
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>>2029320
It's shitty. JW the game is better.
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>>2014006
I hate that thing to the very essence of my soul
>>2014630
You wanna die?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSodD9FaVzA
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>>2029259
The evidence also said that this didn't have feathers until very recently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juravenator

Granted, this fucker was tiny.
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>>2029320
>>2029527
What about Operation Genesis?
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Reminder that terrifying giant lizards evolved into high velocity bullet birds

And some of these birds are '''The One''
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>>2029740
Probably the best JP game, still kinda mediocre.
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>>2029728
yes, it's possible the evidence will change in future.
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>>2029779
Majestic as fuck.
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>>2020050
That looks really good. Found the source and that artist is fucking savage.

>Artfag here
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>>2029779
Wow ride of the valkyries started playing as soon as I looked at this.
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>>2030196
Bro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtsKL0d4uXs
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>>2030337
bro.
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>>2030194
Shit, could I get the name?
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>>2030625
John Brosio
http://www.johnbrosio.com/
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>>2029779
What exactly is happening here? It's beautiful.
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>>2030775
>>2029779

sincs up perfectly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM33Hr94SKw
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>>2014630
It isn't enough for you to keep ONE diabolical hellspawn, oh no, you're entertaining the notion of keeping TWO of Satan's lieutenants.

What the hell is wrong with you.
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>>2031011
Nice
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>>2016060
>giganotosaurus
>charcaradontosaurus
>spinosaurus
all bigger than t-rex
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>>2031641
bigger =/= better
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>>2029226
I thought that was just a "rule of cool" thing like the feather mohawk.
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>>2031641
>thinking Giganoto and Carcharo are bigger then rex
and with Spino resent leg size he might be smaller too
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>>2031676
no, the feather Mohawk is also based on a couple actual fossil finds.
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>>2031659
It is an advantage, however.
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>>2031689
really Anchiornis was the only true known "mohawked" fossil all other fossils with impressions show typical mohawkless feathers
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>>2031698
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>>2031699
certainly not a mohawk
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>>2031688
>in which we assume gigantic theropods had determinate growth and the largest fossil we've found so far is the largest we'll ever find.
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>>2031704
of course it's not because you said so.

and we all know you're never wrong.
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>>2031707
I mean its long integument on its head but Beiapiosaurus had the same length filaments over most of the fossil not just its head
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>>2031706
theyre are bigger theropods out there.. as complete and and large as Sue is there are small fragments of Tyrannosaurus 5-10 percent larger then her but are only known from toes
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