Dakotaraptor
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Post by Dakotaraptor on Oct 30, 2013 23:34:11 GMT 5
I know there is related thread here (Size comparison scale) But this thread is only about the worst and most terrible scale charts/size comparisons that you have ever seen.
I give two examples...  
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Post by creature386 on Oct 30, 2013 23:54:59 GMT 5
 As broly (or Spinodontosaurus, I am not sure) said, one could spend all day searching for errors there. |
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Post by theropod on Oct 31, 2013 2:54:08 GMT 5
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Post by creature386 on Oct 31, 2013 2:58:03 GMT 5
At least the author said that this is an old version which needs to be updated.
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Post by Grey on Oct 31, 2013 3:04:27 GMT 5
I remember this guy, Harry The Fox, has no knowledge of paleontology and uses his own guess in any of his works. And he really thinks his models are good and reliable.
There are certainly hundred of bad comparisons in google image...
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Post by creature386 on Oct 31, 2013 18:06:44 GMT 5
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Fragillimus335
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Post by Fragillimus335 on Nov 1, 2013 21:19:36 GMT 5
 A challenger to the horrible scale throne! |
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Fragillimus335
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Post by Fragillimus335 on Nov 1, 2013 21:21:23 GMT 5
 lolololololol |
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Post by theropod on Nov 1, 2013 22:17:27 GMT 5
I already posted this elsewhere, but this also belongs here: www.davidpetersstudio.com/GIANTS-book.pdfFunny enough, amazing artistic work on most of them (contrary to some other awful scales), and a good concept, but disastrous palaeontology for many of the animals he portrays. |
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Post by creature386 on Nov 1, 2013 22:33:10 GMT 5
How old are these size scales?
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Fragillimus335
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Post by Fragillimus335 on Nov 1, 2013 22:35:42 GMT 5
I already posted this elsewhere, but this also belongs here: www.davidpetersstudio.com/GIANTS-book.pdfFunny enough, amazing artistic work on most of them (contrary to some other awful scales), and a good concept, but disastrous palaeontology for many of the animals he portrays. WHATTTTT!?!?!  Giants of Land Sea and Air bad?? That was the single greatest book I ever read! I must have checked out that old thing from my library at least 25 times! The scales aren't bad for 1985 either. It might be the book that hooked me on paleontology! |
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Dakotaraptor
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Post by Dakotaraptor on Nov 2, 2013 2:40:02 GMT 5
The Carcharocles/Carcharodon megalodon is only around half of Sperm whale's length and over 3 times shorter than Blue Whale in this parody of size comparison. |
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Post by Grey on Nov 2, 2013 2:47:03 GMT 5
The author of that scale was convinced that megalodon did not exceed 12 m TL, that's why.
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Post by creature386 on Nov 2, 2013 3:01:36 GMT 5
According to what he said, he just tried to stay conservative (in his other scale, Megalodon is 18 m+ long).
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Post by Grey on Nov 2, 2013 3:13:20 GMT 5
12 m is not really conservative. I like to be conservative but 12 m is a vast underestimate. Siversson estimates the set of teeth owned by Gordon Hubbell to belong to a 11-12 m shark and its teeth are 11 cm high max...
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Giants of Land Sea and Air bad?? That was the single greatest book I ever read! I must have checked out that old thing from my library at least 25 times! The scales aren't bad for 1985 either. It might be the book that hooked me on paleontology!