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minus-squaresinkingship@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoAren’t these changes, because there are just have bones to look at, so skin properties etc are a guessing game? But how did that jaw bone double in length in 2001? Was the skull a missing part until then?
minus-squareGloomy@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agohttps://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2023/3821-the-osteology-of-irritator This is the Paper that started it. They used some (at the time) new techniques to 3d model an old fossil they had, if I recall it correctly.
minus-squareMeowZedong@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoPaper my ass, that was a small book! As a scientist, I’m disappointed there were no models with big, goofy lips, even if it was to show how unlikely and ridiculous it would be.
Aren’t these changes, because there are just have bones to look at, so skin properties etc are a guessing game?
But how did that jaw bone double in length in 2001? Was the skull a missing part until then?
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2023/3821-the-osteology-of-irritator
This is the Paper that started it. They used some (at the time) new techniques to 3d model an old fossil they had, if I recall it correctly.
Paper my ass, that was a small book!
As a scientist, I’m disappointed there were no models with big, goofy lips, even if it was to show how unlikely and ridiculous it would be.