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| Subject: | | Re: And you though I was weird... |
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Southlander
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Tue, Oct 13 2009, 1:01am
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On the Spinasaurus' frill why couldn't it have been a heat regulator like with Dimetridon? That would be my first hypothosis followed by being something similar to a modern anole's dewlap. |
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| Subject: | | Re: And you though I was weird... |
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Rainbow Medicine Man
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Tue, Oct 13 2009, 1:39am
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Truly there are some very, very strange critters today, some can put the worst dinos to shame. But it is always nice to take a look at dinos... |
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| Subject: | | Re: And you though I was weird... |
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finbar
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Wed, Oct 14 2009, 11:27am
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| Subject: | | Re: And you though I was weird... |
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Sordes
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Wed, Oct 14 2009, 1:45pm
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The dorsal spines of Dimetrodon and Spinosaurus were completely different in nearly every aspect, the only common trait is that both are very long. You should also keep in mind that the thermoregulation function is only a theory, a wide-spread theory, but was never proven. In the case of Spinosaurus it is very dubious that it hat a "sail" at all, because it is much more probable that the dorsal spines anchored muscles and sinews and were not only covered by skin. |
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| Subject: | | Re: And you though I was weird... |
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Rainbow Medicine Man
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Fri, Oct 16 2009, 12:41pm
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Spinosaurus used the "sail" to go windsurfing. I've seen him many times at Tarifa... |
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