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Post by Verdugo on Sept 19, 2019 17:55:42 GMT 5
But you cannot go in both directions at the same time, razor-sharp, blade-like teeth and massive, bone-pulverizing bite forces don’t mix, so there is no "best of both worlds", at best there is an optimum function space where most predators tend to fall, or a morphology particularly suited to a particular situation. Piranhas actually have both slicing dentition and high BF at the same time. In fact, their BF are ridiculous (try running a regression of BF and BM of them and you'll see). What is even more insane is that the BF figures from Grubich 2012 are just anterior BF. It's just something interesting that i want to mention, not that it has any relevance to this thread of course. |
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Post by Grey on Sept 20, 2019 0:52:26 GMT 5
Randomdino pliosaur size chart is one of the best out there and he updates it regularly.
Based on Frey and Stinnesbeck observation, I still think 14 m in not impossible for the MOA but the lost detailled study about sizing is still McHenry's.
So for now, I see pliosaurs leveling off at around 12 m. Remarkably, plesiosaurs seem to stay at a similar size range (Aristonectes)...
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