tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post4632273603463218341..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: A Mosasaur's TailUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-34746242047290065602014-04-23T18:28:14.289-04:002014-04-23T18:28:14.289-04:00BTW I think I'll call LACM 128319 "Plato....BTW I think I'll call LACM 128319 "Plato."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03904394883991936726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-34203889603912075312014-04-23T18:25:28.967-04:002014-04-23T18:25:28.967-04:00I believe this is how the vestigial limbs function...I believe this is how the vestigial limbs functioned in early whales such as basilosaurus but they still ended up losing their hindlimbs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03904394883991936726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-18624066319206124822012-02-07T17:44:48.225-05:002012-02-07T17:44:48.225-05:00Zach, I'd be remiss in failing to mention that...Zach, I'd be remiss in failing to mention that some lizards and snakes use their back legs (or vestigial spurs in the case of snakes) to stimulate the female to mate with them, while mammals tend to do lots of other mushy stuff... I wonder if the retention of the back legs in Mesozoic aquatic reptiles was because of some reproductive function...?Historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288473066598647024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-35271397353450686082010-08-12T13:38:13.552-04:002010-08-12T13:38:13.552-04:00Pete. Pete the Platecarpus.
I'd be remiss in ...Pete. Pete the Platecarpus.<br /><br />I'd be remiss in failing to mention that only one group of tetrapods were thunniform swimmers: derived ichthyosaurs. What interesting to me is that mosasaurs and ichthyosaurs never got rid of their hindlimbs, even though they were probably of little importance to swimming, especially in ichthyosaurs, yet cetaceans chucked 'em pretty quickly.Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08692080707969333711noreply@blogger.com