Zegh's Dinosaur Thread

THAT IS A TORTOISE GODDAMMIT.

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So you guys are too cold I take it to have turtles crossing the road every single time it rains?
 
HAHAHAHA! But they are entirely different animals....

One is dry the other is all wet and stuff.
 
Ape Fighting Vehicle said:
Also, hnnnrgh new fossil released of small titanosaur and fossilized placoderm with PRESERVED INTERNAL ORGANS

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There have probably been plenty of previously discovered fossils with preserved internal organs. But, all they were looking for was bones. Fossilized soft tissue? PREPOSTEROUS!
 
Morgan_ said:
Shield toad sounds like something from a Zelda game.
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Richwizard said:
There have probably been plenty of previously discovered fossils with preserved internal organs. But, all they were looking for was bones. Fossilized soft tissue? PREPOSTEROUS!
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Correct, it is extremely rare, but extremely rare in millions still mean a few here and there. Like, a mummified leg of a dinosaur that THEN becomes fossilized. Now that's a real treat to see.
 
I guess there is always this kind of thing, It's not a turtle ... it's not a crocodile ... it's not a frog ... it''s not a monkey ... people.
 
None whatsoever - but definitely something
I 100% urge you to literally take that stone, and bring it to your local natural history museum, and see if they are interested.
They will be interested in exact provenance first and foremost - the *exact* location where you found it!

If you don't wanna pester your local museum front desk staff, see if you can email or even phone-call them - it might be a bit awkward, but they usually appreciate this sort of contact highly!
A lot of specimens are brought in by random pedestrians - in fact, they often depend on the public reporting finds to them, since they can't be everywhere!
If you're lucky, you found something
If you're luckier, you got something unique
If you're the luckiest of boys, they might name it after you :V

Seriously though, check whatever geology/natural history/university-type institutions you have nearby, mail or call them, and show them the rock or the photo - even if it's nothing! Tell us whatever you find out next :D
 
Omnivory and vegetarianism is also common among Theropods, with Elaphrosaurids being examples of more basal lineaged specializing in omnivory and herbivory to the point of tooth-loss.
Then you got Ornithomimids and Oviraptorosaurs - both omnivored + tooth-loss, and then the entirely flipped Therizinosaurs, that were not omnivorous, but herbivorous theropods, with specialized leaf-shaped teeth, giant bellies for breaking down plants, tiny heads

Other way around, as often - seems less likely, for settled herbivore to switch to carnivory - but Marginocephalians (Pachycephalosaurs + Ceratopsids) are often paleo-meme'd to be analogous to pigs, mostly cus of their physique; basal forms often have fangs, and later forms got extremely strong jaws, that would have potential to break up bones, slurp some marrow, even if there's no direct evidence for it. These hints-at-omnivory then seem to dissipate in the larger, later forms (fangs disappear, jaws grow more slender).
 
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