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originally posted by: the owlbear
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: the owlbear
originally posted by: intrptr
While it's hard to estimate the size of an extinct pterosaur solely from chunks of neck...
Or whether it had feathers, lol.
But lets call it a birdosaur anyway.
That's why I have issues with quite a bit of paleontology. A few bones here, a few there. Then, extrapolation by people that still probably make toy dinosaurs fight on their desks when no one is looking.
And yes, I do know a few paleontologists. And yes, They do have toy dinosaurs...
I did too as a kid. One fish-lizard-saurus was called Ichthyosaur, its toy model was a nessie thingy: long neck, small head and fins with a tail... then they discover it was really a porpoise.
So the record reflects the ichthyosaur is a porpoise, now...
Getting harder to find the toy model I remember, but I did...
The "Ichthyosaur" is the grey one, just below the white dinosaur in the center:
I especially enjoy the ankylosaurus (I think that's the name). The one with the turtle shell and the morning star tail it looks like the Ichthyosaur is trying to bite it.
originally posted by: the owlbear
originally posted by: intrptr
While it's hard to estimate the size of an extinct pterosaur solely from chunks of neck...
Or whether it had feathers, lol.
But lets call it a birdosaur anyway.
That's why I have issues with quite a bit of paleontology. A few bones here, a few there. Then, extrapolation by people that still probably make toy dinosaurs fight on their desks when no one is looking.
And yes, I do know a few paleontologists. And yes, They do have toy dinosaurs...