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JPGuchiha [2018-06-28 07:15:07 +0000 UTC]
What's with the feathers?
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Mcraelodon In reply to JPGuchiha [2018-06-29 01:17:19 +0000 UTC]
this was made before the the preserved scales were published
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Nazrindi [2017-04-26 03:22:23 +0000 UTC]
Wonderful!
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Mcraelodon In reply to Nazrindi [2017-04-26 06:14:44 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much
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SonofThunderCatholic [2017-04-03 22:16:21 +0000 UTC]
That is great!
Just a warning: recent discoveries suggest that tyrannosaurids may have indeed been lipless or at least had short lips that would not cover the teeth. I think you should see it for yourself.
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SonofThunderCatholic In reply to Mcraelodon [2017-04-12 01:40:41 +0000 UTC]
Now you just showed that you do not care if it is accurate or not, just like most of the ones that think the intornation of the paper is innacurate. You just said "That is not how it works" but did not say why, did not bring images or any source for such claim and you order ME to do research. Science has nothing to do with what you enjoy and what you like (the whole reason of why I changed my positions many times), and yet when your points are refuted you just come with a "it is not like that and do more research". You are pathetic.
And you may also consider explaining why the skulls of alligators are not as rugose and rough as those of crocodiles (ep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-7986362833… www.skullsunlimited.com/record… ) and is far more similar to what is seen in D. horneri, even tough they still have keratinized skin on the snout.
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Mcraelodon In reply to SonofThunderCatholic [2017-04-13 22:37:18 +0000 UTC]
birds also have an irregular texture to them because they have pathways for blood vessels to feed the keratin
also alligators dont have cracking in the keratin covering their faces and thats why their faces arent as rough
thats not how it works because crocodilians are highly derived members of pseudosuchia and as such cant be reliably used to infer facial integument of dinosaurs
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…
also other fossils seem to be more bird-like than crocodile like
ep.yimg.com/ca/I/prehistory_22… here is an irregular pattern on the face of a bird
thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/bird-s…
you say my point are refuted but i dont see any such evidence you thick headed piece of shit
many dinosaurs probably had protobeaks, just look how many times true beaks have evolved within ornithodira
pteranodon and its relatives, ahzdarcids, and rhamphoryncus has evidence for a protobeak/solid keratin covering the face, basal ornithiscians, some sauropods like camarasaurus, and lots of theropods like ornithomimus, oviraptor, birds, and therizinosaurs. all of these groups probably had a protobeaked ancestor and as such would include tyrannosaurus
and this also makes your claim that their lips would be too flexible moot because the keratin would stiffen them
and just beakause (sorry but i couldnt resist the pun) they had stiffened keratin on their faces doesnt mean they couldnt open their mouths like you propose
because if this were true birds wouldnt be able to open their mouths
in conclusion
your conclusion is false due to how derived crocodiles are compared to their exinct relatives, the teeth would dry out, the pattern has a better explanation that would support lips and would help explain the evolution of beaks in modern birds, and you think i didnt tell you why since i thought i was obvious but apparently not
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SonofThunderCatholic In reply to Mcraelodon [2017-04-14 21:13:51 +0000 UTC]
First of all: you tried to prove your point with a REPLICA of a daspletosaurus skull, huh? Lets take a look at the real one: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daspleto… in this one, the surface of the snout is far more irregular than in the cast, looking far more like an alligator than the duck I showed. And maybe next time you can consider the fact that the smooth texture of the duck skull shows that irregular texture on bird snouts are not caused by the presence of a beak.
As always you show how superficial your researches are. You said that alligators do not have cracks on their faces, and this already shows how your researches are superficial and how you are biased, because if these www.hdfinewallpapers.com/HDWal… images.stockfreeimages.com/216… thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/alliga… not have cracks, these f.fwallpapers.com/images/croco… orig04.deviantart.net/feeb/f/2… also do not. The fact is that the cracks on crocodiles are larger and more common than in alligators, what only proves my point. Without mentioning that you have shown how dumb you are by denying something that is already perfectly proven (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23… the link clearely mentions, in the "Publication type" part, that it has to do with both crocodile and alligator embriology).
"you say my point are refuted but i dont see any such evidence you thick headed piece of shit" you do not see it because you do not want to, because you are so dumb that you make extremely superficial observations and thinks that your positions will be strong like this (or must I remind you about what you wrote about bird "irregular" bone texture, even tough the causes for such marks in birds and crocodilians are very different?).
And now you show your stupidity and bias by showing other members of dinosauria and archosauria as evidences. Lets just forget that som,e specific groups of dinosaurs could have been different from the rest in some minor aspects. And your claim is weak in the aspect of the evidence for it, because tyrannosaurid skulls are still very rough, without any pattern, unlike what is seen in birds (and yes: the bird skulls you showed look nothing like a croc or an alligator).
"and just beakause (sorry but i couldnt resist the pun) they had stiffened keratin on their faces doesnt mean they couldnt open their mouths like you propose
because if this were true birds wouldnt be able to open their mouths
in conclusion" SURPRISE: birds do have less keratinized tissue on their mouths that make them able to open their mouths, but that was not even what we were talking about. You are so biased and stupid that you even change the subject when you see your position is weak. Pathetic and ridiculous.
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Mcraelodon In reply to SonofThunderCatholic [2017-04-15 03:57:43 +0000 UTC]
Get the fuck off my fucking image
i don't see you drawing paleoart in response nor do I see you trying to do anything worthwhile by coming not my art and basically complaining
come back when you actually do something
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SonofThunderCatholic In reply to Mcraelodon [2017-04-15 16:12:48 +0000 UTC]
Got out of arguments and got mad? www.dafont.com/forum/attach/or…
Well I do not do anything? That must be why I did actual in deep research instead of trying to change data in order to make it support my statements. After you miserably lose an argument you just order the person to fuck off for "complaining". You are pathetic.
If you do not like to be criticized, stop making paleoart or anything related to something controversial, or simply get out of the internet, since anyone can criticise your points here.
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Glavenychus [2017-03-27 02:44:49 +0000 UTC]
Amazing deep black reddish coloration on the feathers
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9Weegee [2017-03-26 13:55:32 +0000 UTC]
this shows how badass a t rex can look with feathers
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9Weegee In reply to 9Weegee [2017-03-29 11:08:40 +0000 UTC]
your wrlcome
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