The Paleontology Thread

[BARAGONZILLA]

Anyone else feel like there’s something missing on diplodocus’s face? Seems like a bit of empty place don’t you think?
Ever since I have seen reconstructions with crests and such, I haven’t been able to go back.

[Dino-Mario]

Goodbye Amphicoelias fragilimus, hello Maraapunisaurus fragilimus. The so-called 60-meter long and highly controversial A.fragilimus has now been renamed and redescribed as a rebbachisaurid which may have measured 30.3 meters instead. Now, A.altus is the sole species in the Amphicoelias genus.
https://www.utahgeology.org/publication ... -colorado/

[Andrew the Gojifan]

Goodbye Amphicoelias fragilimus, hello Maraapunisaurus fragilimus. The so-called 60-meter long and highly controversial A.fragilimus has now been renamed and redescribed as a rebbachisaurid which may have measured 30.3 meters instead. Now, A.altus is the sole species in the Amphicoelias genus.
https://www.utahgeology.org/publication ... -colorado/

There was also a 32 meter estimate in the paper, wasn't there? Also it is the first rebbachisaurid to have ever lived and the only one from North America

[SoggyNoodles2016]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/ ... srcref=rss

OK, do we actually know ANYTHING about dinosaurs or is it all terribly wrong?

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Wait, does this mean Dracorex/Stigymoloch pachycephalosaur has been confirmed to not be Pachycephalosaurus?

[Leviarex]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/ ... srcref=rss

OK, do we actually know ANYTHING about dinosaurs or is it all terribly wrong?

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Wait, does this mean Dracorex/Stigymoloch pachycephalosaur has been confirmed to not be Pachycephalosaurus?

I recently saw this mentioned on 'Love In The Time Of Chasmosaurs', but never read about the actual details until now. Really compelling to say the least. On that note, it seems in hindsight that Don Bluth wasn't too far off in giving the three Pachycephalosaurs that menace Cera in the first 'The Land Before Time' film rather predatory behavior. As for the Pachycephalosaurus, Stygimoloch, Dracorex debate, well Paleo-King from deviantart has given some valid points as to why the three should be separate genera:

https://www.deviantart.com/paleo-king/j ... -683791309

[SoggyNoodles2016]

I recently saw this mentioned on 'Love In The Time Of Chasmosaurs', but never read about the actual details until now. Really compelling to say the least. On that note, it seems in hindsight that Don Bluth wasn't too far off in giving the three Pachycephalosaurs that menace Cera in the first 'The Land Before Time' film rather predatory behavior. As for the Pachycephalosaurus, Stygimoloch, Dracorex debate, well Paleo-King from deviantart has given some valid points as to why the three should be separate genera:

https://www.deviantart.com/paleo-king/j ... -683791309

Yeah, Bluth got it right. Who knew 2018, stuff like scaly T. Rexes and predatory herbivores would be a thing again?

I remember reading that journal! So far, I think I heard the common census is Styigomolch and Dracorex aren't Pachycephalosaurus, but they do seem to be young pacycephalosaurs, we're just unsure of the adult as they lived before Pachycephalosaursus. I was asking if we now know for sure Pachycephalosaurus is not the father.

[GodzillaFan1990's]

Goodbye Amphicoelias fragilimus, hello Maraapunisaurus fragilimus. The so-called 60-meter long and highly controversial A.fragilimus has now been renamed and redescribed as a rebbachisaurid which may have measured 30.3 meters instead. Now, A.altus is the sole species in the Amphicoelias genus.
https://www.utahgeology.org/publication ... -colorado/

First Brontosaurus, then Triceratops and now Amphicoelias. Who'll be next?

[Noble Saber]

Triceratops never got renamed though.

[Dv-218]

Triceratops never got renamed though.

THIS.

Seriously, the fact that this misconception still exists just boggles my mind. Aside from the fact that the two are most definitely NOT the same genus (and the aforementioned Paleo-King gave an entire list of good reasons why), even if they were it's TOROSAURUS who would have bitten the dust. Triceratops was discovered first, so it's genus name has the priority.
This is why I hate most news reports about paleonthology, they do nothing more than clickbaiting and promoting misconceptions.

[Gawdziller1954]

Goodbye Amphicoelias fragilimus, hello Maraapunisaurus fragilimus. The so-called 60-meter long and highly controversial A.fragilimus has now been renamed and redescribed as a rebbachisaurid which may have measured 30.3 meters instead. Now, A.altus is the sole species in the Amphicoelias genus.
https://www.utahgeology.org/publication ... -colorado/

First Brontosaurus, then Triceratops and now Amphicoelias. Who'll be next?

1. Brontosaurus is now a valid genus, it's seperate from Apatosaurus.
2. WHY IS THIS STILL A THING? Horner himself dropped the torotrike theory, and even if it was true, TOROSAURUS would've diappeared, as it was named after triceratops.

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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/ ... srcref=rss

OK, do we actually know ANYTHING about dinosaurs or is it all terribly wrong?

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Wait, does this mean Dracorex/Stigymoloch pachycephalosaur has been confirmed to not be Pachycephalosaurus?

No, it doesn't. Scientists are now considering some pachycephaolsaurs and Ceratopsians to be omnivorous.

[Dino-Mario]

Omnivorous pachycephalosaurs, huh? To think i had a bunch of old books which made that theory .

This is Lavocatisaurus, a new sauropod from Argentina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavocatisaurus

[SoggyNoodles2016]

This is Lavocatisaurus, a new sauropod from Argentina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavocatisaurus

It's so derpy, I love it.

New non-dinosaur discovery: Mirarce Eatoni, a enantiornithine the size of a turkey.

https://gizmodo.com/incredible-bird-din ... 1830408991

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hey, I just realized that was just in time for Thanksgiving!

[Noble Saber]

New non-dinosaur discovery: Mirarce Eatoni, a enantiornithine the size of a turkey.

https://gizmodo.com/incredible-bird-din ... 1830408991

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hey, I just realized that was just in time for Thanksgiving!

Weird flex, Cosmos, but okay.

[JAGzilla]

So if you could pick a dinosaur that's only known from fragmentary remains and have a complete, well-preserved specimen turn up that gives scientists a good, clear idea of what it was like, which one would it be?

I'd go with Spinosaurus, I think. Put the controversy to rest and establish once and for all what kind of life this thing would've lived.

[Dv-218]

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10. ... ode=ghbi20

So, a new Abelisaurid genus from Brazil was recently described.....

......And they literally named it "Thanos".

I don't think anything else needs to be said

[Kiryu2012]

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10. ... ode=ghbi20

So, a new Abelisaurid genus from Brazil was recently described.....

......And they literally named it "Thanos".

I don't think anything else needs to be said

They should have gone for the head.

[SoggyNoodles2016]

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10. ... ode=ghbi20

So, a new Abelisaurid genus from Brazil was recently described.....

......And they literally named it "Thanos".

I don't think anything else needs to be said

This does put a smile on my face.


also, now we know why only the bird half of the. dinosaurs survived.

[MoarCrossovers]

Jokes on you: abelisaur hands were too small to use the Infinity Gauntlet.

[Dino-Mario]

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10. ... ode=ghbi20

So, a new Abelisaurid genus from Brazil was recently described.....

......And they literally named it "Thanos".

I don't think anything else needs to be said

SNAP! And half of the dinosaurs went extinct...

[Noble Saber]

Can we just talk about the fact that they named a dinosaur Thanos based off some vertebrae? Found this pretty funny blog post about it.

Reminds me of the Gojirasaurus debacle.