tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post2837456200041351577..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: The Spinosaurids Arrive in AsiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-15111192408038167282012-04-28T01:08:56.417-04:002012-04-28T01:08:56.417-04:00True, true.
The Torvo thing is interesting, since...True, true.<br /><br />The Torvo thing is interesting, since such a claw is certainly not out of the question for the animal. Really, this seems like grasping for straws just to make spinosaurs more global. It's possible that there simply would not have been room for them in the Morrison (though that's just me going off the top of my head). This paper needs to have a response!davorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970830405883835452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-63293612636585566712012-04-26T10:31:58.507-04:002012-04-26T10:31:58.507-04:00"If a head of Ichthyovenator turns up, there&..."If a head of Ichthyovenator turns up, there's the possibility it may have had a different diet, which would be a pretty interesting kink in this kinky-sailed dinosaur's story."<br /><br />If the head turns out to be something more akin to a non-spinosaurid Ichthyovenator might as well not be a spinosaurid at all.<br /><br />But the large thumb claw of Torvosaurus depicted in many reconstructions is a case of misidentify then? Or this single finger bone doesn't weight to large thumb claw in Torvosaurus?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-14847836481100232202012-04-26T07:23:20.057-04:002012-04-26T07:23:20.057-04:00Yes, of course... my brain not work so good. I'...Yes, of course... my brain not work so good. I'll have to revise that bit. Good catch!davorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970830405883835452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-58205921619058945862012-04-25T23:06:19.942-04:002012-04-25T23:06:19.942-04:00Regarding outsized first (hand) digits, the morpho...Regarding outsized first (hand) digits, the morphology might not be similar but don't Megaraptor and friends have very large recurved unguals on their "thumbs"?Mark Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05197384873600545231noreply@blogger.com