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Dinosaurs They Don't Make Anymore

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  • 06-09-2013 12:50pm
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    Galvasean
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    I'm doing another one of those weird little series that I like to do. This one is about dinosaurs that were common in my childhood but no longer grace books and popular culture anymore. More musing than actual science reporting...

    The first instalment is about strange spinosaur reconstructions like this guy:
    80s-Spinosaurus.jpg

    http://www.krank.ie/category/sci/dinosaurs-dont-make-anymore-weirdo-spinosaurs/


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    Adam Khor
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    There's an innacuracy in your article... the Spino was always chasing after Tea Leoni, not William H Macy :pac:


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    Owryan
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    Are you gonna go near the whole feathered v scaled dinosaur issue ? ie feathered or scaly t-rex


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    Kess73
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    Scaly T Rex. No other option :D


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    Owryan
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    The feathered one looks cute


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    Red Nissan
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    In an around the 1900s they made actual model of these and displayed them to the public as real. :)

    I'm increasingly going with the feathers, when one sees an Ostrich up close it's all to similar.

    However, big birds don't sound as, erm, romantic?


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    Kess73
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    No to feathers. Yes to a time machine.


    All feathers do is allow Horner to further push his turkey vulture theory for T Rex. Would give him a chance to say that Rex was feathered save for a big bald head :(


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    Rubecula
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    Kess73 wrote: »
    Scaly T Rex. No other option :D

    I got thrown out of a paleontology class at Uni over a comment I made about this. :D:D


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    Adam Khor
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    Rubecula wrote: »
    I got thrown out of a paleontology class at Uni over a comment I made about this. :D:D

    What did you say?


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    Rubecula
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    Adam Khor wrote: »
    What did you say?

    We were shown what were then up to date models of various creatures and asked to identify them. Nobody actually got that one. Lecturer said "Come on Comen on It has short fleshy limbs, and scaley skin, what is it? Apparently shouting out "Nikki Lauda" was wrong.


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    Galvasean
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    I wasn't planning on doing feathers v scales as such, but I did want to do something on Deinonychus' fall from vogue.
    Was planning an doing another installment this week, but too busy as it stands. Hopefully will make it a fortnightly series.


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    Galvasean
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    Forgot to post part 2! :o

    http://www.krank.ie/category/sci/iguanodon-man/


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