🧵 Paleontology Thread
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 01:31:17 UTC No. 16266991
'Someone kick this nigger back into the water' edition
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 03:17:30 UTC No. 16267093
>>16266991
>kick this nigger back
>kick implies having legs
>this nigga back to the water means no legs for everyone
it's a paradox
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 04:03:52 UTC No. 16267173
I'm still trying to figure why he done it.
Get back, lil nigga, get back.
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 07:48:06 UTC No. 16267365
>inb4 paleoschizo
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 07:55:13 UTC No. 16267372
In our previous thread, someone typed the following question:
>Why did the Permian stem mammals have sailbacks?
Does anyone have an answer?
Synapsids and whether or not they had "sails", how many did or not, and what their function was isn't really my specialty nor area of interest.
>Thermoregulation was disproven by simulations, and structural support is the only theory that makes sense
Again, not something I follow at all, but sexual selection might have been a big factor, I'd not be surprised.
Mandatory picture of non-mammalian dimetrodon.
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 08:48:07 UTC No. 16267394
>>16267372
>but sexual selection might have been a big factor
It usually is with extravagant structures that get in the way and take up a lot of space and energy
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 10:34:24 UTC No. 16267449
>>16267372
>Thermoregulation was disproven by simulations
is that so? I fail to see how such a sail area would not be of extreme importance for the animals thermal equilibrium. It's a huge surface area that would gather the sun's early light and get the animal warm and ready for daytime activities, for example.
I'm not finding anything "disproving" the thermoregulatory hypothesis, does anyone have anything on that?
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 10:35:34 UTC No. 16267450
Fags
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 11:49:35 UTC No. 16267494
"We need put sair on this one", Qui Tin said.
"Not even Angro dumb enough to berieve that", Chen Ti Ped objected.
"Recarr the wisdom of Ro Chi, we need make more unberievabre the better to faciritate berief!", Qui Tin remarked.
*Scurrying noises*, Chen Ti Ped scurried.
Anonymous at Thu, 4 Jul 2024 23:34:04 UTC No. 16268233
>>16267372
>the dimetrodon she tells you not to worry about
Anonymous at Fri, 5 Jul 2024 06:46:38 UTC No. 16268606
>>16267494
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