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03 Jun 2018, 6:36 pm

I also like Stomatosuchus. It was a very large stem-crocodilian which had a pelican-like pouch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomatosuchus

In my opinion, females may have used this pouch to protect their young.


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06 Jun 2018, 9:27 pm

I've always loved ichthyosaurs because the line of evolutionary descent is so clear.

Triassic: In the wake of the Great Dying, primitive, lizards-like neodiapsids take to the water, giving rise to Utatsusaurus.

Jurassic: New ichthyosaurs evolve, with a more shark-like body layout. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temnodontosaurus

Cretaceous: Ichthyosaurs become even more fish-like ... and then go extinct because they cannot compete with other sea reptiles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypterygius

It's also interesting to note that ichthyosaurs go back further than dinosaurs. Dinosaurs evolved in the late Triassic. Ichthyosaurs evolved in the early Triassic.


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07 Jun 2018, 2:36 am

Everything we saw in movies may not reflect at all how dinosaurs really looked like, a T. Rex probably looked more like a giant chicken with teeth.



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07 Jun 2018, 7:55 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Everything we saw in movies may not reflect at all how dinosaurs really looked like, a T. Rex probably looked more like a giant chicken with teeth.


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07 Jun 2018, 11:29 am

Another dinosaur that I like is Aardonyx.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardonyx

I find that Aardonyx kinda looks like an ornithopod ... even though it was actually a sauropodomorph.


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12 Jun 2018, 2:26 pm

Dinosaurs are not overrated. Sharks may be underrated though. Natures perfect eating machine.


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12 Jun 2018, 2:30 pm

RainbowUnion wrote:
Dinosaurs are not overrated. Sharks may be underrated though. Natures perfect eating machine.


I like prehistoric sharks, especially Xenacanthus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenacanthus

Modern sharks aren't spikey enough for my tastes.


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18 Jun 2018, 7:41 pm

Yes dinosaurs are overrated. The popular media tends to ignore creatures of the Paleozoic.


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19 Jun 2018, 11:23 am

RetroGamer87 wrote:
Yes dinosaurs are overrated. The popular media tends to ignore creatures of the Paleozoic.


Well trilobites and ammonites wouldn't make for interesting movies except a nature documentary.


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19 Jun 2018, 12:23 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Everything we saw in movies may not reflect at all how dinosaurs really looked like, a T. Rex probably looked more like a giant chicken with teeth.


an oddly terrifying image :lol: :lol:


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19 Jun 2018, 8:25 pm

RainbowUnion wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
Yes dinosaurs are overrated. The popular media tends to ignore creatures of the Paleozoic.


Well trilobites and ammonites wouldn't make for interesting movies except a nature documentary.

Says you! I'm still waiting for Carboniferous Park!


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19 Jun 2018, 11:54 pm

RetroGamer87 wrote:
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Yes dinosaurs are overrated. The popular media tends to ignore creatures of the Paleozoic.


Well trilobites and ammonites wouldn't make for interesting movies except a nature documentary.

Says you! I'm still waiting for Carboniferous Park!


NO.

I, personally, think that Hollywood and prehistory should never mix under any circumstances. Hollywood likes to take the majesty of nature and turn it into a cheesy horror film full of jump scares.

BBC already made Walking With Monsters, which explored the Carboniferous to an extent. Was it perfect? No, but I doubt that Hollywood could represent the Carboniferous any better.


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21 Jun 2018, 12:28 pm

DarthMetaKnight wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
RainbowUnion wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
Yes dinosaurs are overrated. The popular media tends to ignore creatures of the Paleozoic.


Well trilobites and ammonites wouldn't make for interesting movies except a nature documentary.

Says you! I'm still waiting for Carboniferous Park!


NO.

I, personally, think that Hollywood and prehistory should never mix under any circumstances. Hollywood likes to take the majesty of nature and turn it into a cheesy horror film full of jump scares.

BBC already made Walking With Monsters, which explored the Carboniferous to an extent. Was it perfect? No, but I doubt that Hollywood could represent the Carboniferous any better.


These creatures are actually WAY underrated though. They even have names like Hallucinagia and Anamolocaris!


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21 Jun 2018, 4:15 pm

Cenozoic mammals are great too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9qxCGqA28M


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22 Jun 2018, 7:04 am

RainbowUnion wrote:
DarthMetaKnight wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
RainbowUnion wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
Yes dinosaurs are overrated. The popular media tends to ignore creatures of the Paleozoic.


Well trilobites and ammonites wouldn't make for interesting movies except a nature documentary.

Says you! I'm still waiting for Carboniferous Park!


NO.

I, personally, think that Hollywood and prehistory should never mix under any circumstances. Hollywood likes to take the majesty of nature and turn it into a cheesy horror film full of jump scares.

BBC already made Walking With Monsters, which explored the Carboniferous to an extent. Was it perfect? No, but I doubt that Hollywood could represent the Carboniferous any better.


These creatures are actually WAY underrated though. They even have names like Hallucinagia and Anamolocaris!


Anomalocaris is pretty cool. I googled for Hallucinagia and it only linked to this thread.


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22 Jun 2018, 9:23 am

RetroGamer87 wrote:
RainbowUnion wrote:
DarthMetaKnight wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
RainbowUnion wrote:
RetroGamer87 wrote:
Yes dinosaurs are overrated. The popular media tends to ignore creatures of the Paleozoic.


Well trilobites and ammonites wouldn't make for interesting movies except a nature documentary.

Says you! I'm still waiting for Carboniferous Park!


NO.

I, personally, think that Hollywood and prehistory should never mix under any circumstances. Hollywood likes to take the majesty of nature and turn it into a cheesy horror film full of jump scares.

BBC already made Walking With Monsters, which explored the Carboniferous to an extent. Was it perfect? No, but I doubt that Hollywood could represent the Carboniferous any better.


These creatures are actually WAY underrated though. They even have names like Hallucinagia and Anamolocaris!


Anomalocaris is pretty cool. I googled for Hallucinagia and it only linked to this thread.



You mean hallucigenia?

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