Surfactant Chemist, Amateur Researcher and Author. Propose a new methodology, Petrified Embryology to searching & study mummified specimens of dinosaur embryos.
The movie back to the future is my favorite ever which inside got one part really suitable for people who saying me are fully talking nonsense. I can only say that the more embryo you handle the more you trust they are real! You guys might not yet ready to accept this new idea nw
Did Spinosaurus also contain cervical osteoderms (neck scute) like modern crocodile and iguana?
Find more in below article:
https://t.co/8eEysaN7qq
Note that study of dinosaur embryo belongs to red zone in current paleontology, like on your own risk.
@cannerygrow@W_A_S_D_Trike I also not so sure, but I think they only hunt in river side way. Is difficult to imagine as we are not in that era already.
@cannerygrow@W_A_S_D_Trike Because of its spine pattern, the long spines likely help prevent back muscle fatigue when the animal remains stationary while hunting on the water’s surface. For this reason, it may also suggest that Spino hunted more often on top of the water rather than immersing itself deeply
@cannerygrow@W_A_S_D_Trike Potential just a convergent evolution, but Theropod with rough skin or embedded scute are likely occur more on rough skull surface dinosaur or dinosaur type that lack of lips pattern like crocodile skin, under my opinion.
@cannerygrow@W_A_S_D_Trike That’s about it. Unfortunately, I haven't found any evidence of these scutes on the fossilized bones. It’s possible they were similar to the skin integument of abelisaurids like Carnotaurus—feature bumps or structures that lack a bony osteoderm
Well, we have a close look of how the sacral vertebra Spinosaurus connect to proximal caudal vertebra (tail).
A. Isolated sacral vertebra, GCE2005277999 (or old code FOS7MORO); B. Proximal caudal vertebra, GCE2104146785 of Spinosaurus dorsojuvencus.
Both specimens from Morocco.
@Darknightofark I'm also not very sure my friend. But one thing can be sure the anterior part of few dorsal vertebra of Spinosaurus will frequent found have a very deep area on the centrum vertebra probably they are derivative from the same ancestor like the sauropod.
Under rebuild the limb bone of Spinosaurus dorsojuvencus from various composite material (not in size). The height of this arm is about the size of adult.
@Darknightofark Yes, from my point of view, the neotype shows emaciated vertebrae, and the cervical vertebrae appear slowly evolve into skinny, somewhat slightly raptor-like in proportion.
@Darknightofark @W_A_S_D_Trike Attached is the potential how the forelimb of Spinosaurus look like. From my study of Spinosaurus the evidence shows that Morocco have at least 3 type of Spinosaurus. The neotype is completely new species. Your new photo to me is Spino femur, likely different species from neotype
@Darknightofark @W_A_S_D_Trike This one is quite impressive, like me they are build from composite. Its small thumb bone should be leg phalanx. The humerus are likely cast. The ulna probably from Carcharodontosaurid. The radius never see before, not very sure belongs to what species but overall is still nice:)
@Darknightofark @W_A_S_D_Trike I think that estimation is based on its jaw growing pattern. The teeth socket appear to be continuous replace by larger teeth and the size is continue turn larger. Not based on the embryo