Allosaurus hands down.
The Paleontology Thread
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Stegosaurus, Allosaurus and so many Sauropods (Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus, Brachiosaurus) are iconic.
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I’m really stupid, so feel free to dismantle what I’m about to say if it’s right to.
Say, since Mapusaurus roseae is the dinosaur’s scientific name, what would it’s common name be? Rose (or Rose’s) Earth Lizard?
Say, since Mapusaurus roseae is the dinosaur’s scientific name, what would it’s common name be? Rose (or Rose’s) Earth Lizard?
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Could honestly be anything. Would have to depend on like situation I guess?
Like.
Lion is Panthera leo.
We call it a lion but to someone in Kenya, it's simba.
There's no real way to define a common name. Hell we can barely agree on common names for animals (pumas. That is all) which is why we HAVE scientific names:because they're standardized and specific.
Long story short: idk, but that works for me.
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When I was younger, I used to create common names for dinosaurs and other prehistoric fauna.
One I can remember well was one for Utahraptor. I just called it the Utah Ground Hawk. I think it's quite fitting.
One I can remember well was one for Utahraptor. I just called it the Utah Ground Hawk. I think it's quite fitting.
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I bring two new dinosaurs
Australotitan cooperensis, a titanosaur of the Winton Formation which may have been Australia's largest dinosaur known.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/n ... uthern.amp
Fylax thyrakolasus, a hadrosauroid of the Latest Cretaceous in Spain
http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app008212020.html
Australotitan cooperensis, a titanosaur of the Winton Formation which may have been Australia's largest dinosaur known.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/n ... uthern.amp
Fylax thyrakolasus, a hadrosauroid of the Latest Cretaceous in Spain
http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app008212020.html
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To be honest, at this point scientific names of dinosaurs (and other creatures that went extinct) would be their common name.
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With exceptions, though. Mammuthus primigenius, for example, is commonly called the woolly mammoth. Smilodon is the saber-toothed tiger. Arctodus is the short-faced bear.
But those have the advantage of being closely related and very similar to modern animals, so the common names are easily invented. Dinosaurs... it's hard to say what they would've been commonly called if scientific naming hadn't gotten to them early on like it did. Iguanodon might've been the giant iguana, or something. Who knows. Common names aren't universal, anyway; case in point, we call species in the genus Iguana.... iguanas. Same with Gorilla, Bison, Hippopotamus, and others.
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Apparently, according to scientist, Megalodon might have actually been even bigger than we thought!
https://www.sciencealert.com/prehistori ... we-thought
https://www.sciencealert.com/prehistori ... we-thought
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Anyone see the study that showed tyrannosaurus dominated multiple niches? Juveniles were the dominant medium predators and adults were the dominant large predators
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 101227.htm
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 101227.htm
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^ That's insane. There can't be many other predators throughout history that just monopolized the whole market like that.
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Oh, wow, I thought Megalodon got a downgrade.
Sperm Whale still supreme.
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I really do adore how despite all the contenders for size, tyrannosaurs still are super unique and succesful predators that dominated the late Creatceous.gottatalktothefake wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 10:34 am Anyone see the study that showed tyrannosaurus dominated multiple niches? Juveniles were the dominant medium predators and adults were the dominant large predators
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 101227.htm
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Soooo i'm guessing Livyatan Mevilli isn't just "Sperm Whale but smaller" anymore because of that shillouete?
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Never was, it was a far more active predator and had larger teeth
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I have been developing an interest in extinct proboscideans over the past few days. Particularly Mammutidae (Mastodons) and Gomphotheriidae. Anyone care to discuss them?
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I’m a huge lover of elephants, so I’m down. Where do you want to start?LegendZilla wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:34 pm I have been developing an interest in extinct proboscideans over the past few days. Particularly Mammutidae (Mastodons) and Gomphotheriidae. Anyone care to discuss them?
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First of all, I think it blows that there’s only 3 extant members of the order surviving today. The others came just soooo close to making it past the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary. makes me wish we had more megafauna around today.TyrantGojira wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:24 pmI’m a huge lover of elephants, so I’m down. Where do you want to start?LegendZilla wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 7:34 pm I have been developing an interest in extinct proboscideans over the past few days. Particularly Mammutidae (Mastodons) and Gomphotheriidae. Anyone care to discuss them?
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