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Post by creature386 on May 4, 2016 20:13:26 GMT 5
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Post by theropod on May 7, 2016 0:02:55 GMT 5
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Post by Infinity Blade on May 7, 2016 0:07:50 GMT 5
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Post by creature386 on May 10, 2016 15:11:38 GMT 5
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Post by creature386 on Jun 10, 2016 15:58:47 GMT 5
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Post by spartan on Jun 10, 2016 18:55:06 GMT 5
Why are they considered small-brained? 380cm3 doesn't seem low for a hominid of 1m height.
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Post by Infinity Blade on Jun 11, 2016 0:28:55 GMT 5
I've been trying to find this thread, but somehow I couldn't find it. Anyway, here's a link to a link ( link). It pertains to the J/K transition, namely in regards to the change in biota and environment; while not Big Five level, it was an important period of time in the history of life on Earth. |
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Post by theropod on Jul 10, 2016 19:31:16 GMT 5
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Post by creature386 on Jul 10, 2016 21:13:32 GMT 5
Now I understand you comment about the poor Europasaurus…
Anyway, great finding, finally something I can share in a certain German speaking dinosaur forum.
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Post by theropod on Jul 11, 2016 1:16:13 GMT 5
It was cross who originally alerted me to it.
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Post by theropod on Aug 28, 2016 19:10:03 GMT 5
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Post by Infinity Blade on Aug 29, 2016 20:05:18 GMT 5
The link wasn't working for me, so I couldn't view the abstract. Thanks to FishFossil on Carnivora for it.
Fish Hunting Ankylosaurs (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Cretaceous of China
JI Qiang; WU Xiaochun; CHENG Yennien; TEN Fangfang; WANG Xuri; JI Yannan; Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences; Canadian Museum of Nature; National Museum of Natural Science; Xinghai Museum of Paleontology; China Geological Environmental Monitoring Institute
All ornithischian dinosaurs are herbivorous or omnivorous. Ornithischian Liaoningosaurus paradoxus Xu et al., 2001 is an ankylosaur. Here we report a new specimen of L. paradoxus from China. It contains a number of fish skeletons. We interpret those remains as stomach or gut contents and hence as strong evidence for the meat-eating diet of the dinosaur. With elongate and fork-like denticles of cheek tooth crowns, L. paradoxus has a dentition capable of penetrating into animals like small fishes. The carnivorous adaptation of the dinosaur is also supported by the ungual modification to a sharp claw in both the fore- and hind-limbs. The evolution of a shield-like ventral armor plate and the loose sacrum-pelvic connection suggest that L. paradoxus may have adopted an aquatic way of life, using the ventral armor plate to protect the body from underwater attacks; as such, the open suture between the neural arch and centrum of the vertebrae cannot be used to indicate the juvenile nature of the type specimen. L. paradoxus is the first carnivorous ornithischian dinosaur since dinosaur was first known in the 18th century and represents not only the first aquatic or semi aquatic example of armored dinosaurs but also the smallest species of ornithischian dinosaur so far known.
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Post by Infinity Blade on Sept 3, 2016 9:05:05 GMT 5
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Post by creature386 on Sept 5, 2016 17:45:49 GMT 5
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Post by creature386 on Sept 8, 2016 1:01:36 GMT 5
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