Troodon Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Interesting You Tube discussion about the Ceratopsian Triceratops using a toy. It's long but I found it informative and dispelled lots of misinformation about the purpose of the horns, frill etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runner64 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Thanks for sharing! Looks like I have something I'll have to watch later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killclaw Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Fascinating, and I'm glad he didn't try and push the Triceratops=Torosaurus theory which really grinds my gears! I was happy so spare 25 minutes digesting that anyway, and in the less engaging sections I could amuse myself trying to identify the dinoar shapes in the background. I'm going for (from top left) Corythosaurus, T-Rex, Therizinosaurus, Pteranodon, Allosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Parasaurolophus, Velociraptor, Diplodocus, Stegosaurus, Iguanodon, Dilophosaurs (or possibly Cryolophosaurus) and Edmontosaurus, though certainly they're not to scale or else the Velociraptor would be the size of a diplodocus and imagine having that sickle claw in your guts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Fascinating, and I'm glad he didn't try and push the Triceratops=Torosaurus theory which really grinds my gears! Interesting presentation, and I agree with you it was just mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgroper Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 That was really interesting, thanks for sharing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 On the contrary, I disagree; not even mentioning Triceratops-Torosaurus synonymy as a possibility - in positive or negative light - comes across as disingenuous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killclaw Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 On the contrary, I disagree; not even mentioning Triceratops-Torosaurus synonymy as a possibility - in positive or negative light - comes across as disingenuous. It was discussed towards the end to be fair, just concluded as unlikely. I'm pragmatic about these split and merge genus issues. I tend to agree Monoclonius was most likely an immature Centrosaurus, I can buy that Dracorex was a development phase of Stygimoloch (though Pachyceph seems improbable) and I am firmly in the camp of Nanno rex being a juvenile T-rex but the idea of Torosaurus being a superannuated Triceratops just seems completely outlandish and inexplicable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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