Prehistoria - The Prehistoric Animal Fan Club

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #4: When Sauropods were first found it was believed they used their long necks like a snorkel with their entire body submerged and just their nostrils above the water. This is now not the case since, if they were fully submerged, the pressure of the water would crush their lungs so now it is known they were full terrestrial and probably only went near water to drink or cross it.

In The Lost World (Crichton), a character mentions that long-necked dinos did not eat from the tops of trees and kept there necks more parallel to the ground. Has there been any evidence for or against this?

Do you think there will be dinos in the current event? What kind of dines would you like to see?

That is true for certain Sauropods, such as Diplodocus, Mamenchisaurus and Apatosaurus, however others did actually lift their necks up high and eat from the treetops. Brachiosaurus is the perfect example for this.

I would indeed love dinosaurs to be in the current event however it seems that it might be more ice age, which is long after the dinosaurs died out. The dinosaurs I would like to see if they are going to be included are Iguanodon, Megalosaurus, Hylaeosaurus, Therizinosaurus and Magyarosaurus.

Well, turns out dinos are included after all. If you read the text for the characters in the cave, some of them comment on how there shouldn't be dinos. I was excited when I saw the triceratops (or do you think the frill matches a different breed better?) but disappointed when that turned out to be the only breed. I hope there are more. People are calling the hatchlings "raptors," but I think they might be archaeopteryx.

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Oh yes I did find that out! I'm surprised. There's Glyptodonts, a Dodo and some prehistoric giraffes.

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #7: While colours are thought to be impossible to preserve, scientists have found pigments in the fossil feathers of a Dromaeosaur (or "Raptor") called Sinornithosaurus. The pigments are similar shape to that of a modern bird and suggest it was brown, black and white, similar to most mordern birds.

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #8: Sinornithosaurus was once thought to be venomous, however, what the scientists believed was the venom sac was actually believed to be a new tooth growing in to replace an old one.

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #9: Despite often being portrayed as a clumsy, gliding animal, Archaeopteryx's bones show signs of powerful flight muscles and their brain is large enough to allow Archaeopteryx to fly as affectively as modern birds,

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #10: Despite often being called a dinosaur, marine reptiles and flying reptiles, Pterosaurs, are not. Pterosaurs are related, but are not true dinosaurs and Plesiosaurus, Pliosaurs and Ichthyosaurs all came from different ancestors and Mosasaurs are more closely related to Monitor Lizards and Snakes.

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #11: It was believed that no dinosaurs lived in water and none flew, however Microraptor is believed to have been able to glide (though there is some evidence it could flap) and, if not all Spinosaurids, at least Spinosaurus was semi-aquatic.

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #12: Despite Liopleurodon often being claimed to be only 6m long, there are actually fossils suggesting it got to 25.

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Daily Dinosaur Fact #13: Tyrannosaurus is often made fun of for it's relatively short arms. However, Abelisaurs such as Carnotaurus had even shorter arms, and they could not function at all since they were missing the fore-arm completely.

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Oohh, prehistoric thread yes!

To anyone who might read this: What is your favourite dinosaur and why?

Mine's Parasaurolophus. Just love those things. The more i learn about them, the more i love them! They might not have any dangerous claws or sharp teeth but they have their own charm! Big reptile cows with honking instrument on their head. What's not to love about a creature like that. 💖

my favorite dinosaur growing up was either the spinosaurus when i got a bit older, or the maiasaura forever!!!!!!!!!!!! did u watch land before the time obsessively as a kid??