Daku Rinku
Sum quod sum
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Hahahaha, nay just a dash of anointing oil. XD
What Made You Happy Today?
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Excited to see the new Looney Tunes movie with my dad.
Echolight
❤️ love yourself ❤️
It always makes me happy to see ZeldaDungeon running smoothly, I love talking with my friends. It's all thanks to scrapper of course! :)
Echo is a bot.
Echolight
❤️ love yourself ❤️
what? I'm sorry, your post isn't valid because I'm not a bot, I'm simply a loyal citizen <3
DarthCreeper10
mowing my life away
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- where she ain't
went to watch some baseball with my gf for a couple hours...had a blast man. these past months have been amazing with her
Found out I am going to Comicon on the 18th.
Man, I love making a correct prediction!
Back in 2017-ish, there was a whole debate on whether or not theropod dinosaurs generally had extra-oral tissues that covered their teeth.
I, and a few other people into vertebrate paleontology, including tyrannosaur experts, predicted that large tyrannosaurids like T. rex had extra-oral tissues, and that popular, toothy depictions like you'd see in Jurassic Park and other movies are moreso a cultural anachronism, not a biological one.
That is to say, the animal didn't look like that in reality.
The reason they, and I, made such a prediction?
The presence of foramina (little holes) in a row near their tooth row, which, for reptiles, exists for one purpose, blood supply to tissues, and depending on how tight the facial muscles of the animal are, you'd smile like a crocodile, or look more like a monitor lizard.
For the former, you'd get a rough skull shape, with lots of foramina everywhere. For the latter, you'd get particular foramina in a neat row along the maxilla.
T. rex, and other large tyrannosaurs more generally, and even more generally, theropod dinosaurs, probably had extra-oral tissues that obscured their teeth.
Well, that prediction was confirmed to have evidentiary basis! Gotta love it!
Here's the study in question.
Here's also the skull of a T. rex. Look along the tooth row, and you see lots of small holes in a nice, neat row. That's there because there was tissue covering that area.
There's a lot of interesting things about osteological correlates in T. rex, and if you wanted to know, you can always ask.
Back in 2017-ish, there was a whole debate on whether or not theropod dinosaurs generally had extra-oral tissues that covered their teeth.
I, and a few other people into vertebrate paleontology, including tyrannosaur experts, predicted that large tyrannosaurids like T. rex had extra-oral tissues, and that popular, toothy depictions like you'd see in Jurassic Park and other movies are moreso a cultural anachronism, not a biological one.
That is to say, the animal didn't look like that in reality.
The reason they, and I, made such a prediction?
The presence of foramina (little holes) in a row near their tooth row, which, for reptiles, exists for one purpose, blood supply to tissues, and depending on how tight the facial muscles of the animal are, you'd smile like a crocodile, or look more like a monitor lizard.
For the former, you'd get a rough skull shape, with lots of foramina everywhere. For the latter, you'd get particular foramina in a neat row along the maxilla.
T. rex, and other large tyrannosaurs more generally, and even more generally, theropod dinosaurs, probably had extra-oral tissues that obscured their teeth.
Well, that prediction was confirmed to have evidentiary basis! Gotta love it!
Here's the study in question.
Here's also the skull of a T. rex. Look along the tooth row, and you see lots of small holes in a nice, neat row. That's there because there was tissue covering that area.
There's a lot of interesting things about osteological correlates in T. rex, and if you wanted to know, you can always ask.
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TheCurunír
I need a weapon
It was 65° and sunny today! Awesome weather is always uplifting, and I’m so ready for the warm months!
Daku Rinku
Sum quod sum
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Getting my Zelda Merch.
More sunlight in the evenings!
Borrowed two games (including a Mario one for MAR10!) Can't play until 12:30 though because my Dad has important meetings and my gaming setup is in the basement too...
Just found out I am going to New York City on Wednesday!!!! Yay!
Cetoddle769
Naydra Reincarnate
*Maybe. Mixed feelings rn.*
Getting back on this site?
This feels wrong. Maybe I should quit forever...
I feel happy about it yet guilty at the same time.
Getting back on this site?
This feels wrong. Maybe I should quit forever...
I feel happy about it yet guilty at the same time.
thePlinko
What’s the character limit on this? Aksnfiskwjfjsk
Just got accepted into the Youtube partnership program!