Cautionary tales on the use of proxies to estimate body size and form of extinct animals

[dingo2]

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11368419/

 

 

Edited September 6 by dingo2

[Jaybot]

Wait.. WHAT!?  Don't tell me Dunk is that much smaller!  Definitely a cautionary tale.

[Jaybot]

Looking at that chart, I feel that some of the animals have their size estimate ''rubberbanded'' too much.  It does make a point, however no need to go extreme in the opposite size direction, because then that is just as inaccurate.

 

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and more recent estimates, the validity of which remain uncertain (black silhouettes).

 

Edited September 7 by Jaybot