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Our fascination with the Biggest, Fastest, Strongest, Most Rare, etc.
Rock Hound posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
One man's junk, is another man's treasure. We all have our own perspective; on what is good enough, big enough, etc. I never wish, to fail to appreciate; the smaller or more common fossils. Every fossil tells a story. Does anyone else, feel this way? ***Edits are now made to the above original post; because apparently, I suggested the exact opposite of what I was trying to say? I never wish to overlook the smaller or.more common fossils. Dog gone late night posting..... Either that, or I'm just getting old? -
What's the largest a sauropod could hypothetically achieve?
Rh_4m posted a topic in Questions & Answers
How big could a sauropod get? Like, not what's the biggest sauropod, but what's the maximum size a sauropod could hypothetically achieve? what would be the maximum length, mass and/or height one of these animals could get to and still be biologically feasible? and how might these "maximum dimensions" change with different types of sauropods like brachiosaurs, titanosaurs, diplodocids etc? Also I know this isn't really fossil discussion and moreso dinosaurs in general, but idk where to ask. If any of y'all know any good dinosaur or other paleontology forums I would really appreciate some suggestions! -
If you still have to watch or want to watch 'Jurrasic World Dominon' this topic is not for you , click away! spoilers ahead So I went to the movies yesterday and saw the new movie as the first day you could watch it. There were a few things that caught my eye and don't seem right. 1. They mentioned a few times that Giganotosaurus from Argentinië was the biggest meat eating Dinosaur ever lived the earth. This was Spinosaurus ? Very weird that they would say this over and over in the movie, while Spino was the biggest, the Spinosaurus was not even featured. 2. They showed the Mongolian Deinocherius, with its impressive massive arms and claws. They showed it as a vicious killing machine, it killed a deer in the movie lol and hunted one of the main cast. While it was actually most likely a sauropod (it did not have any teeth and a flat horse like beek and skull, it used it claws to fetch fruits most likely or to protect itself. Just found it a bit wierd that it was shown like an predator like Trex. 3. I could see a few times the movement of the dinosaurs was a little chunky , cgi was not that impressive sometimes. What also is weird because Spielberg's first take in 1993, is still today awesome to watch. So bottomline, it was no were near as good as the first one, what was expected, its impossible to beat it. Still enjoyed it. What are your thoughts on it?
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without a doubt, fish fossils are my favorite type of fossils. the fact something so squishy at first can be turned into stone in a million years or 2 absolutely FASCINATES me. i also have not seen much "lets see your latest" discussions, so i decided to make this .
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