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Completely stolen:
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Sorry if I sound rude, but Cau's just discovered that.
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New material of the enigmatic giant viperid Laophis crotaloides (Squamata, Serpentes) from the Pliocene of Greece, with comments on reptilian gigantism in the Neogene of Southeastern Europe.
Abstract:
A fragmentary isolated vertebra from the early Pliocene of Megalo Emvolon (also known Karabournou) in Northern Greece is referred to the gigantic extinct viper Laophis crotaloides Owen. This taxon was originally named on the basis of 13 vertebrae recovered from Megalo Emvolon in 1857, and subsequently lodged in the collection of The Natural History Museum in London. Unfortunately, the type remains have since been lost and the species thus ignored or relegated to a nomen dubium, in spite of its estimated body length having potentially exceeded 3.5 metres. The incomplete and isolated nature of the new Laophis specimen hinders resolution to lower taxonomic levels. However, the fossil can be unequivocally placed within Viperidae because of its proportionally wide cotyle and condyle (the latter being markedly robust), probable presence of a hypapophysis, and most notably its dorsally tilted prezygapophyseal facets. Moreover, a multivariate quantitative approach supports previous assertions of large body size with an estimated maximum length and body mass, comparable to, if not larger than Lachesis muta, the largest extant viperid - a size that distinguish Laophis as amongst the largest extinct or extant venomous snakes ever known. The presence of a colossal viperid within the late Neogene ecosystems of mainland Greece is also significant because it concurs with the distribution of other gigantic Mio-Pliocene reptiles, including the large elapid Naja sp., another substantial but indeterminate species of Vipera, the varanid lizard Varanus marathonensis, and the colossal tortoises Cheirogaster. Similar coeval taxa have been found throughout the Balkan peninsula, southwestern Europe, and Asia Minor, and coincide with the onset of widespread climatic cooling during the late Miocene–late Pliocene. The spread of savannah grasslands throughout Mediterranean Europe during this time has been used to explain increased body sizes in herbivorous tortoises via dietary selection for greater consumption of C4 vegetation. However alternative ecological and/or physiological factors must be sought for large ectothermic predators, which would have had to effectively compete within a trophic system otherwise dominated by a broad range of mammalian carnivores.
There a lot of sea scorpions. They're called Eurypterids and some of them aren't much larger than a spider.
If you like giant ichtyosaurs, Shastasaurus is even bigger than Shonisaurus.
Dunkleosteus is likely smaller than that, at roughly 5-6 meters.
Pliosaurus funkei likely wasn't 14-16 m. It likely was somewhere between 10 and 13 m. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2218538/The-mystery-Predator-X--fearsome-prehistoric-monsters-er-wasnt-frightening-thought.html
Liopleurodon was likely shorter than 7 m, closer to 6 m. Using Kronosaurus as basis, scientists goy ~6.4 m.
No, there weren't. The largest skull is 1.54 m long and if we apply the skull/body ratio of Kronosaurus, the whole animal isn't longer than ~6.4 m. Megalodon likely exceeded 16 m in lenght. Liopleurodon has litterally no chance to kill Megalodon.
I just wanted to say that you cannot tell if an animal is more agile than another animal or not from a tooth, wich is doubtful as well.
It was a good year and hopefully there will be many more to come, Here's an article that reviews 2014 in the Palentology World pretty good.
Also in the T-rex bio,they hinted a family living in the new park!
There were some specimens reaching 40 feet.
Yes i know that! But it was said that it was like a megalosaurid so for the sake of the thread so lets say it is.shall we?
Wakinosaurus is a nomen dubium. I mean, it's just a tooth! On a side note, Szechuanosaurus is a nomen dubium as well.
We know it from a tooth, and some other stuff. They have already made a rough guess on the size and that is around 5 to 6 meters. Smaller then schecn and certainly more agile.
Liopleurodon wouldn't stand a chance. It was less than 7 m long, the 25 m figure is a WWD invention.
We don't even know if Wakinosaurus existed or not, how can you say that it was more agile than Szechuanosaurus?
You missed Kulindadromeus.
can you also send it my way?
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YES!!!!! They released the Mosasur!!!!
It truly was.
Featured.
TYRANT KING - Oh, this is a very neat debate topic! Hmm...In my opinion, Szechuanosaurus would likely have been the victor of a combat exchange between itself and Wakinosaurus. This is due to the fact that Szechuanosaurus was, from what has been discovered, likely larger and stronger than Wakinosaurus. :)
I'd say it's a pretty good year for dinosaur discoveries.
I'm going with Szcechuanosaurus because we know next to nothing about Wakinosaurus.
I may start up my series again.
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please send it to loadmassah@gmail.com beans763@gmail.com @danielosaurus
Can I get in on this?
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Well, Your not wrong. Major marketing should begin in those months.
I had a theory that marketing might start either January or March.
There Have been Updates, There small, and slightly Insignifigant.
The most recent ones were the pages about The Hammond Creation center and I think something else on main street.
There small, Its usually just something explaining more on the Map.
They did add an Adition, Where you can see the current Exact number of guests in the park.
The current Belief is that it is Monthly updates, But don't get your hopes up. We're still a while away from the movie, If they released everything now, It'd be useless in terms of advertising/marketting.
Universal has begun marketting the film this month, So, We should see it speed up soon.
Can you please send me?
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I've sent it to all who asked, if you didn't get anything, make sure you've spelled the email right.
Now I've sent it to all the people above, if you didn't get anything make sure you've spelled your emails right.
Thanks so much @danielosaurous
^Then Earth would have a new dominant species...
Ofta course everybody, I'll do it later today.
@DANIELOSAURUS,
I'd be grateful if you sent me your video,
My email is jeddrury1997@gmail.com
Regards,
Joe
Hey hope you all had a great Christmas , I'm new here and I was wondering could you please send me the trailer of it's not too much work samleatherbarrow@mail.com
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