The Paleontology Thread

[Noble Saber]

[Dino-Mario]

Totally loving the new Super-Saiyan Amargasaurus cousin.

[Rhedosaurus]

A new species of oviraptoroid found in Mongolia has been named and described as Gobiraptor.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 144454.htm

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New titanosaur with heart shaped tailbones that was found in Tanzania has been named and described as Mnyamawamtuka moyowamkia.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolo ... smsnnews11

[Gawdziller1954]

Could it be we discovered an animal that might be bigger than the blue whale?

Already done long time ago.

[LegendZilla]

It blows that aboriginal South Americans didn’t bother to domesticate Macrauchenia when it was still around.

[SoggyNoodles2016]

It blows that aboriginal South Americans didn’t bother to domesticate Macrauchenia when it was still around.

They couldn't even if they wanted to. Humans didn't reach South America until 14,000 years ago. Macruchenia was. long extinct by then

[LegendZilla]

It blows that aboriginal South Americans didn’t bother to domesticate Macrauchenia when it was still around.

They couldn't even if they wanted to. Humans didn't reach South America until 14,000 years ago. Macruchenia was. long extinct by then

There is evidence that the creatures were hunted.

[MoarCrossovers]

Seems like Megalodon has changed genus once more, and is now Otodus megalodon.

[SoggyNoodles2016]

It blows that aboriginal South Americans didn’t bother to domesticate Macrauchenia when it was still around.

They couldn't even if they wanted to. Humans didn't reach South America until 14,000 years ago. Macruchenia was. long extinct by then

There is evidence that the creatures were hunted.

oh they were alive then! double checked, my bad. I have to agree, that would have been something

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Seems like Megalodon has changed genus once more, and is now Otodus megalodon.

So people can stop making a Great White and calling it a Megalodon?

Nice.

[LegendZilla]

They couldn't even if they wanted to. Humans didn't reach South America until 14,000 years ago. Macruchenia was. long extinct by then

There is evidence that the creatures were hunted.

oh they were alive then! double checked, my bad. I have to agree, that would have been something.

My guess is that human beings did not evolve the intelligence to domesticate larger animals yet.

[GodzillaFan1990's]

I've heard of some claims of evidence humans arriving as early as 23,000 years or even 100,000 years ago in the Americas IIRC.

As with the Australian Aborigines who may had arrived in Australia as early as 80,000 years ago.

[Manuelito Canelito]

The Americas were prime stuff in terms of possible domesticable animals
I just can't help but love the idea of Native Americans riding Columbian Mammoths to battle

[GodzillaFan1990's]

The Americas were prime stuff in terms of possible domesticable animals
I just can't help but love the idea of Native Americans riding Columbian Mammoths to battle

At most they would had only been able to tame them like how Indians did with Asian elephants but to fully domesticate them wouldn't had happened.

Had the indigenous people of the New World of domesticated the New World horses and camels. They would be far more advanced (Though probably nowhere as close to the Old World) and have a better fighting resistance against Europeans although they'd still be devastated by diseases brought over.

If you like the idea of tamed mammoths. You should give A Different Flesh a read. An alternate history book where Native Americans don't exist instead the New World being inhabited by Sims (Homo erectus) and due to their lesser hunting skills various megafauna still thrive by the time Europeans arrive. One of the chapters involves hairy elephants (Woolly mammoths) having been tamed as a beast of burden to power railroads by pulling trains.

[SoggyNoodles2016]

a new species of early tyrannosaur named Moros Intrepidus (Impending doom) has been discovered in Utah Living 96 mya, scientists believe it is the missing link between tiny Jurassic tyrannosaurs and the giants of the late Cretaceous

edit: it was also discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation Aptian rocks, meaning it would have been a contemporary of the giant neovenatorid Siats Meekorum

[Rhedosaurus]

a new species of early tyrannosaur named Morors Intrepidus (Impending doom) has been discovered in Utah Living 96 mya, scientists believe it is the missing link between tiny Jurassic tyrannosaurs and the giants of the late Cretaceous

edit: it was also discovered in the Cedar Mountain Formation Aptian rocks, meaning it. would have been a contemporary of the giant neovenatorid Siats Meekorum

Here's an image. It was the size of a male mule deer.

[Tyrant_Lizard_King]

Tyrannosaurs always get the best names.

[Dino-Mario]

Well that's one ironic name

[JAGzilla]

Why? For a lizard, mammal, or small/baby dinosaur, a deer-sized predator would be impending doom.

[SoggyNoodles2016]

It also signfies the fact after Moros and his ancestors, the chances of any non-tyrannosaur theropod being top predator in North America were doomed

[Dino-Mario]

Why? For a lizard, mammal, or small/baby dinosaur, a deer-sized predator would be impending doom.

Well yeah, albeit Moros is pretty tiny for a tyrannosaur. On the other hand, it being a harbinger of the end times for theropods like Siats makes it rather appropiate, come to think of it, as SoggyNoodles said