The Dinosaur Thread

[Teelie]

http://events.nationalgeographic.com/exhibits/2014/09/12/spinosaurus-lost-giant-cretaceous/

Taking my son on a play date to see the Spinosaurus exhibit at National Geographic Museum in DC with a couple of other 4 year olds and their moms tomorrow. We were going to go on Tuesday but decided that going into DC during a major power outage could be a suicide mission.

He watched Jurassic Park III last night and it did not change his view on the T Rex being the most awesome dinosaur ever, we'll see if this exhibit will change his mind.

And he's right. Spinosauraus was a pescatarian. It ate fish, not other dinosaurs.

 

[Enriquespy]

Everybody knows that fish eaters are the vegetarians of carnivores.

 

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Bizarre Cousin of T. Rex Was a Vegetarian

http://www.livescience.com/50631-t-rex-cousin-ate-plants.html

 

[m4st4]

No forum without a dinosaur thread should be allowed to exist.

There are actually quite a few, glad this isn't one.

 

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Dark Knight of the Jurassic? Tiny Dinosaur Had Batlike Wings

http://www.livescience.com/50663-bat-winged-dinosaur.html

 

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Chicken Embryos With Dinosaur Snouts Created in Lab

http://www.livescience.com/50802-chicken-embryos-with-dinosaur-snouts-created.html

 

[Iron_Stark]

hmmm with the news today that Christianity is at a decline in the U.S. and now this, I guess Ian Malcolm got it right

God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs.

 

[Enriquespy]

Which leads to the dark side right?

 

[Destructus86]

hmmm with the news today that Christianity is at a decline in the U.S. and now this, I guess Ian Malcolm got it right

Honestly...I think the numbers are good. In the past years I think those that called themselves Christian used it mainly as a label. Not necessarily dedicated Christians. I think what we are seeing are those that mainly used it as a label in the past are just dropping it completely which I would see as a good thing.


In fact, I would say the number of actual Christians is significantly lower than even the newest polls show. Which is fantastic because that means people are being more authentic in their beliefs or lack of belief rather than putting on a facade.

 

[:eek:]

20-Foot Monster Shark Once Trolled Mesozoic Seas

http://www.livescience.com/51072-giant-cretaceous-shark-uncovered.html

 

[Pink Ranger]

20-Foot Monster Shark Once Trolled Mesozoic Seas

http://www.livescience.com/51072-giant-cretaceous-shark-uncovered.html

I know it is close to 100% impossible for a dinosaur or plesiosaur to be alive today, but I wonder if deep down in the deepest parts of the ocean whether "extinct" fish like this still exist.

 

[Schlosser85]

I'd say it's very unlikely dinosaurs are alive today, but I'd say it's possible some remnants lived on far beyond the mass extinction in the Cretaceous. There are "dragon" stories across all ancient cultures, Biblical references that could refer to dinosaurs, and cave paintings that resemble sauropods.

 

[KevanG]

Dinosaur nicknamed 'Hellboy' but not for comic character

They called it Hellboy, and not just for the two horns sticking out over its eyes.

The skull from the new species of dinosaur did have cranial similarities to the famous comic book and movie character. But it was where it was found that really earned it the nickname.

"The Hellboy nickname is because of all the problems with the excavation," said Caleb Brown of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, whose paper on the new dinosaur and its bizarre armour-plating was published Thursday.

 

[Octoberist]

Chicken Embryos With Dinosaur Snouts Created in Lab

http://www.livescience.com/50802-chicken-embryos-with-dinosaur-snouts-created.html

I can't believe that article was written and provided zero photos.

 

[Schlosser85]

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

I know it is close to 100% impossible for a dinosaur or plesiosaur to be alive today, but I wonder if deep down in the deepest parts of the ocean whether "extinct" fish like this still exist.

Sharks like these don't live in the deep ocean, so unlikely. But I have no doubts that other 'extinct' fish are still out there somewhere. Famously the coelacanth was thought to have went extinct 65 million years ago until it was found alive in 1938.

Plesiosaurs are almost certainly extinct, but birds are dinosaurs so that clade is definitely not extinct and is in fact thriving.

 

[Schlosser85]

Personally I believe Champ and Nessie are Plesiosaurs.

I have a friend who saw Champ herself.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Personally I believe Champ and Nessie are Plesiosaurs.

I have a friend who saw Champ herself.

I think they are a fun story and nothing else.

 

[Teelie]

I know it is close to 100% impossible for a dinosaur or plesiosaur to be alive today, but I wonder if deep down in the deepest parts of the ocean whether "extinct" fish like this still exist.

Sharks like these don't live in the deep ocean, so unlikely. But I have no doubts that other 'extinct' fish are still out there somewhere. Famously the coelacanth was thought to have went extinct 65 million years ago until it was found alive in 1938.

Plesiosaurs are almost certainly extinct, but birds are dinosaurs so that clade is definitely not extinct and is in fact thriving.

And not just one Coelacanth, there are several species or subspecies of them in various places between Africa and the Southeast Asia oceans.

While it does not guarantee other fish are still alive it does mean the possibility of other thought extinct fish, invertebrates and so on could be lurking around down there.

 

[KalMart]

Everybody knows that fish eaters are the vegetarians of carnivores.

 

[BatmanVSuperman]

hahahahhaahhaahahahahhahahaha

 

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Will Dreadnoughtus Dinosaur Lose Its Heavyweight Title?

http://www.livescience.com/51158-dreadnoughtus-dinosaur-not-so-big.html

 

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Were Dinosaurs Warm-Blooded? New Study Fuels Debate

http://www.livescience.com/51162-dinosaurs-warm-blooded-growth-rates.html

 

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Beyond Dinosaurs, What Would We Need to Create a Jurassic World?

http://www.livescience.com/51196-beyond-dinosaurs-what-would-we-need-to-create-a-jurassic-world.html

 

[BatmanVSuperman]

A lot of dna.