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Post by dinosauria101 on Feb 9, 2020 17:13:53 GMT 5
I suspect it's one of the smaller species. IIRC, there were a few, and some were smaller than the others.
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Post by kekistani on Feb 9, 2020 22:50:20 GMT 5
I suspect it's one of the smaller species. IIRC, there were a few, and some were smaller than the others. A. Wingei was about inland Grizzly size IIRC.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Feb 10, 2020 1:52:25 GMT 5
Yes, I could definitely see a grizzly size bear population eek out a living in SA.
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Post by kekistani on Feb 10, 2020 5:03:45 GMT 5
Yes, I could definitely see a grizzly size bear population eek out a living in SA. Then again, the massive footprint implies a size larger than a Kodiak (which Clark compared his bear to).
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Post by dinosauria101 on Feb 10, 2020 5:18:57 GMT 5
That's not unfeasible either, I suppose. Lots of SA is unexplored RN so who knows what's out there?
That said, do Kodiaks and Arctotherium have different paw proportions? This may affect size estimates if they do as the latter is much more lightly built.
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Post by kekistani on Feb 10, 2020 10:27:11 GMT 5
That's not unfeasible either, I suppose. Lots of SA is unexplored RN so who knows what's out there? That said, do Kodiaks and Arctotherium have different paw proportions? This may affect size estimates if they do as the latter is much more lightly built. Well, in the chart I used as the post image, the foot skeleton is shown to be 37cm on A. Anguistidens, soooo...
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Post by dinosauria101 on Feb 10, 2020 14:14:55 GMT 5
So, roughly 37 cm for 590 kg bear.
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Post by kekistani on Feb 10, 2020 20:55:04 GMT 5
So, roughly 37 cm for 590 kg bear. with BLAZE's size, yeah. The bear in his chart is a lot smaller than the one shown here, mind you.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Feb 10, 2020 21:25:07 GMT 5
Ah, so scaling down to blaze's figure gets just under 28 cm footprint.
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Post by kekistani on Feb 11, 2020 1:08:50 GMT 5
Ah, so scaling down to blaze's figure gets just under 28 cm footprint. Yep
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