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16243505 No.16243505 [Reply] [Original]

why in the hell does this goofy ass dinosaur trigger you sciencetards so goddamn much?

>> No.16243508

he big

>> No.16243509

he strong

>> No.16244779

he long

>> No.16244840

>>16243505
his cock

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>>16243505
>why in the hell does this goofy ass dinosaur trigger you sciencetards so goddamn much?

We don't actually have a lot of complete Spinosaurus skeletons; they're constantly missing pieces because it's a semi-aquatic animal and they fuck off down the river, etc.. Additionally, Spinosauridae were mostly indigineous to Africa, so time between finding bones is a little spacious due to Muslim/African shenanigans.
Combine those two things, with the inherit over-inflated ego of the average paleontologist, and you have a community practically climbing over each other in a mad fervor to constantly correct one another with yet another "latest and greatest most accurate Spino model".

In the absence of actual bones we also filled in the gaps be inferring its' appearance based on it's closest relatives: other Spinsauridae species like the Baryonyx n' so forth. This "sounds like a good idea", but then: these animals lived in different parts of the world and were possibly separated by 30 million years of evolution, so it didn't pan out like expected.

>> No.16244970

>>16244855
god damn is that second specimen doing a lot of legwork (heh)

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>doesn't even shoot plasma
git gud

>> No.16245285

>>16244855
An actual coherent reply? On my /sci/?

>> No.16245298

>>16243505
for many of the reason this anon mentioned:
>>16244855

And it's also not clear what type of feeding and lifestyle the animal had because it shares different characteristics with different extant animals that do not share the same lifestyles and feeding.
So, it's a big puzzle for now.
Fun!

>> No.16245302

>>16245285
we're trying!:
>>16234033
>>/sci/thread/16220066

>> No.16245321

>>16245302
>Have to dig paleontology threads out of archives
I see what you did there.

>> No.16245345

>>16243505
Because the modern reconstructions are so obviously retarded. Especially how everyone insists on giving it a Nessie back despite that clearly being unlikely and based on ONE spinal column.

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>>16243505
>>16244855
>>16245298
how timely, new video out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmXVISEkQjk