Dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures

[Lovely Maggot]

I didn't read all the posts here so excuse me if anyone already asked this but is anyone insterested in prehistoric arthropods? 

My personal favourite is Arthropleura, it just defiles what we know about arthropods so far because it's just so damn big! In fact it might well be the biggest arthropod that ever existed simply because the fossils are of shed exoskeletons which means that a living adult might be bigger than expected 

[DoomRulz]

It would make a great guard dog.

[Lovely Maggot]

It would make a great guard dog.

It's supposed to be slow and docile so I don't think that'll work Then again it would scare most entomophobes away

[OmegaZilla]

A bit of nostalgia:

[Blacklabel]

The T-rex in the original King Kong is definitely my favourite on screen representation of dinos in that era.

[DoomRulz]

http://io9.com/a-simple-chart-to-help-you-understand-how-birds-evolved-1639741326

[DoomRulz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4pJL1eAh00#ws

On a different note, Happy Belated 109th Birthday to Tyrannosaurus Rex!!!

[Hubbs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0oP7CK8zl0#ws

[Vertigo]

Larry Witmer and a few other researchers from Ohio and Calgary universities will be presenting research in November about a new method of estimating dinosaur intelligence. Apparently they've found a way to calculate evolutionary changes to brain structure, and the preview states that existing calculations of dino encephalisation quotients are too low.

The sample group will be Stegosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Hypacrosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus, Diplodocus, Majungasaurus and Troodon, they'll be compared with birds and reptiles. I'm hoping the findings make their way online quickly.

[DoomRulz]

No shit! I wonder how much more intelligent ankylosaurids will become, given that the prevailing idea that having a reinforced head doesn't leave much room for brain space.

[DoomRulz]

I read Nat Geo's piece on Spinosaurus; interesting stuff. Of course now it's outdated since Scott Hartman's analysis, along with Ibrahim's new take on it, were released soon after the initial announcement, but it was still nice. Looking at the old Stromer photos, I'm surprised no one caught on to the true shape of the sail. It had the look that is used now, rather than a single, smooth half-moon that we used to see.

[DoomRulz]

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13874.html

New Deinocheirus paper!

[Vertigo]

Fish-eaters, interesting. Also, I thought they were desert-dwellers, but the article states they lived in more of a temperate, moistish area.

[Immortan Jonesy]

Deinocheirus it's looked like this?

[Lovely Maggot]

Love his hairdo though.