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Post by theropod on Oct 24, 2014 18:13:05 GMT 5
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Post by theropod on Oct 24, 2014 19:42:13 GMT 5
Btw isn’t it an odd coincidence that both the arguably least and the arguably most pneumatic theropod got described this fall, and both from new specimens to add to insufficient remains?
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Post by gigadino96 on Oct 24, 2014 21:36:36 GMT 5
That's likely the weirdest Theropod. I like it so much. Did you realize that Theropods are getting stranger lately (Spinosaurus, Deinocheirus…for the next year, I want a three-headed Giganotosaurus and a eight-legged Carcharodontosaurus)?
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Post by theropod on Oct 24, 2014 21:54:26 GMT 5
Yes, they definitely are getting stranger. I hope this trend continues.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2014 22:39:17 GMT 5
Well, these new theropods better get the spotlight soon enough! I'd like to see them in dinosaur-related fiction before 2025. I still await my dream theropod: a ~15-tonne herbivorous basal-sauropodomorph-mimic from the Jurassic  |
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Post by theropod on Oct 26, 2014 0:09:18 GMT 5
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Post by Infinity Blade on Oct 26, 2014 1:16:17 GMT 5
Just wondering, is it possible the Deinocheirus specimen in question was consuming fish as a supplement to a diet of plants or something?
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Post by theropod on Oct 26, 2014 1:36:52 GMT 5
I would assume so.
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Post by gigadino96 on Oct 26, 2014 1:46:56 GMT 5
Is possible that Deinocheirus used its hump just like how camels use their humps today?
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Post by theropod on Oct 26, 2014 2:20:57 GMT 5
Because of the presence of an intric- ate system of interspinous ligaments, they were probably specialized to support the abdomen from the hips and hind limbs in a manner sim- ilar to an asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge. The elongate spines might also have served in display. from: Resolving the long-standing enigmas of a giant ornithomimosaur Deinocheirus mirificus I think the spines probably served several purposes, ligamentous and muscular support for the big belly and strongly curved back being the most important (the spinous processes are fairly broad anteroposteriorly and mediolaterally, increasing towards the top–strongly reminiscent of a bison’s). I could imagine it was also covered in fat, and it might have been ornamented in such a way that it could serve as display. |
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Post by blaze on Oct 26, 2014 3:52:26 GMT 5
I just noticed one thing, the equation they reference for their mass estimate (log10BM = 2.749*log10(FC * 2^0.5) – 1.104) actually gives a body mass of 7,320kg for the adult Deinocheirus, not 6,358kg.
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Post by theropod on Oct 26, 2014 14:59:36 GMT 5
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Post by gigadino96 on Oct 26, 2014 16:17:01 GMT 5
I just noticed one thing, the equation they reference for their mass estimate (log10BM = 2.749*log10(FC * 2^0.5) – 1.104) actually gives a body mass of 7,320kg for the adult Deinocheirus, not 6,358kg. That thing would be massive, as heavy as some T.rex specimens. It definitely deserves a place in the Largest Theropods list I'm making. |
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Post by creature386 on Nov 2, 2014 17:50:03 GMT 5
Wow, some really beautiful paleoart! I definitely missed something.
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