Prehistoric Animal thread

[Jeff Gatherer]

The official thread for fanatics of animals that lived before recorded history. Are there any other fans here, or am I as deranged as I feared?

[xxombie]

I'll keep this open if you actually post some shit about Prehistoric Animals. I dig it, but you need to start the thread off with something.

[Jeff Gatherer]

Okay. What's the dealiest Marine animal ever? Megalodon, Tylosaurus, or Pliosaurus?

[xxombie]

Okay. What's the dealiest Marine animal ever? Megalodon, Tylosaurus, or Pliosaurus?

A quick google search reveals that all three of these creatures are fucked. This is why I fear the sea.

[Nisko]

Megalodon looks pretty fucking serious to me.

[Vizier]

Carcharodon megalodon was an epic beast. If you think white sharks are deadly and amazing, this is one was a hundred times better.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Megalodon_scale1.png

Spinosaurus.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Spinosaurus1DBa.png

That bastard there could have owned T-rex anyday. Largest carnivore dinosaur to have ever lived. Jurasic Park III was right, I guess.

I also like dragonflies, and here's the largest insect to have ever lived:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v478/Dwaggie67/Dinosaurs/OMB%20Pics/Meganeurid.jpg

Meganeura.

More Coming soon.

[Jeff Gatherer]

Does anyone else at Zoklet also have a ceaseless fascination with dinosaurs, therapsid mammals, sea scorpions or any other fauna that predates recorded history?

[ILTST9]

Dinosaurs are awesome. Raptors pwn all.

[Knight of Blackness]

Yep, I'm always into that kind of stuff too. Btw, Raptors do pwn! I bet they were the most elegant predators to have ever roamed the planet.

[Marijuanasaurus]

i feel like i belong here....

but yes i had an extreme fascination with dinosaurs as a young boy.
i would check out every book at the library on dinosaurs, and i was obsessed with all 3 jurassic park movies.

[Vizier]

Yes, this is my kind of thread.

I used to read many books about prehistoric life, from its beginning to our current era. I even wanted to be a paleontologist as a kid :(

Ancient animals were much, much more interesting sometimes. From the Paleozoic to the Mesozoic to our current Cenozoic, the wildlife was made of pure win. Well no, it wasn't, as the majority of them are extinct, lol.

[SHARP]

...but yes i had an extreme fascination with dinosaurs as a young boy.

I think all young boys have an extreme fascination with dino's, or at least they should have, I mean come on, they're friggin' huge and kickass just like Great Whites, who haven't changed noteworthy over a span of several million years...

[SHARP]

Yes, this is my kind of thread.

I used to read many books about prehistoric life, from its beginning to our current era. I even wanted to be a paleontologist as a kid :(

Ancient animals were much, much more interesting sometimes. From the Paleozoic to the Mesozoic to our current Cenozoic, the wildlife was made of pure win. Well no, it wasn't, as the majority of them are extinct, lol.

But, even if it's extinct, it's still the kickassest-and-made-of-pure-win (yes, that is a real word) dragonfly that ever flew, if we take the one I'm thinking of.
I faintly remember that it had a wing span of roughly 70 cm...

Can't remember where I got the info, can anyone confirm/deny?

But, I am quite sure the oxygen levels were higher "back in the days" (don't you just love that run of the mill inaccurate period?), which would facilitate the existence of quite large insects, arachnids, and so on.

[Jeff Gatherer]

Can't remember where I got the info, can anyone confirm/deny?

But, I am quite sure the oxygen levels were higher "back in the days" (don't you just love that run of the mill inaccurate period?), which would facilitate the existence of quite large insects, arachnids, and so on.

Back in the day? You must mean the Carboniferous, and the bug you speak of is Meganeura

[SHARP]

Seems 'bout right...

[Eridani]

But, even if it's extinct, it's still the kickassest-and-made-of-pure-win (yes, that is a real word) dragonfly that ever flew, if we take the one I'm thinking of.
I faintly remember that it had a wing span of roughly 70 cm...

Wow...

[Marijuanasaurus]

Wow...

yep. everything was bigger back in the days.

[poppy]

dinos are fucking awesome...just thinking about the fact there was awesome creatures before us is fucking cool.

[Eridani]

Does anyone else ever wonder if Dinosaurs were conscious like we were? Not all but maybe it was like it is today where mammals are the dominant lifeform and humans the "clever" ones (or so we think). Maybe then it was reptiles as the dominant lifeform and there was one species that held a comparable role to humans. Probably not I know, it's a nice thought though.

[Marijuanasaurus]

Does anyone else ever wonder if Dinosaurs were conscious like we were? Not all but maybe it was like it is today where mammals are the dominant lifeform and humans the "clever" ones (or so we think). Maybe then it was reptiles as the dominant lifeform and there was one species that held a comparable role to humans. Probably not I know, it's a nice thought though.

velociraptors. as far as i know, they were the most intelligent compared to other dinosaurs at the time(which is not saying much because they were no more intelligent than most modern day animals)

[poppy]

yea like the reptillians hahah

[Vizier]

Does anyone else ever wonder if Dinosaurs were conscious like we were? Not all but maybe it was like it is today where mammals are the dominant lifeform and humans the "clever" ones (or so we think). Maybe then it was reptiles as the dominant lifeform and there was one species that held a comparable role to humans. Probably not I know, it's a nice thought though.

Well, not quite at that level, but in the later days of the dino era theropods, or bipedal hunters, hunted in packs and used "intelligent" strategies to get their larger prey, as well as social behaviour. Without doubt they could have evolved into something more intelligent.

Also, dinosaurs are much more related to birds than to the actual reptiles we know today.

http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/tp/smartestdinos.htm

I found that link; it's an interesting read about the 10 smartest dinosaurs studied so far. Not as smart as dolphins or chimps, but its still something.

They fucked up with number ten though.

[Marijuanasaurus]

Well, not quite at that level, but in the later days of the dino era theropods, or bipedal hunters, hunted in packs and used "intelligent" strategies to get their larger prey, as well as social behaviour. Without doubt they could have evolved into something more intelligent.

Also, dinosaurs are much more related to birds than to the actual reptiles we know today.

http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/tp/smartestdinos.htm

I found that link; it's an interesting read about the 10 smartest dinosaurs studied so far. Not as smart as dolphins or chimps, but its still something.

They fucked up with number ten though.

cool thx for the link.

i wonder if they have the top 10 stupidest dinosaurs.

[Jeff Gatherer]

moar posts nao!

[Marijuanasaurus]

http://timesonline.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/22/jesus_and_the_dinosaurs.jpg

[xilikeeggs0]

I can't believe nobody's said it yet...

SCREEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!

[Jeff Gatherer]

I can't believe nobody's said it yet...

SCREEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!

http://www.linternaute.com/science/biologie/diaporamas/05/dinosaures/images/pteranodon.jpg :mad:

[Cathy McGee]

i wish dinos were still around :sad:

[Lao Tzu]

I was seriously into evolution for some years as a kid. I read a fuckton of stuff about it. Particularly interesting was how mammals came to be, or how the scientists think they did.

[Marijuanasaurus]

i wish dinos were still around :sad:

im right here baby... im right here..

[SHANE14]

I feel at home

[Jeff Gatherer]

I was seriously into evolution for some years as a kid. I read a fuckton of stuff about it. Particularly interesting was how mammals came to be, or how the scientists think they did.

Cynodonts! ;)

[Cathy McGee]

im right here baby... im right here..

rawr! ;)

[Cir]

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8156/screeawww.gif

There is no such thing as prehistory, the world is only 5000 years old.

[Slave of the Beast]

Well, not quite at that level, but in the later days of the dino era theropods, or bipedal hunters, hunted in packs and used "intelligent" strategies to get their larger prey, as well as social behaviour. Without doubt they could have evolved into something more intelligent.

Also, dinosaurs are much more related to birds than to the actual reptiles we know today.

http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/tp/smartestdinos.htm

I found that link; it's an interesting read about the 10 smartest dinosaurs studied so far. Not as smart as dolphins or chimps, but its still something.

They fucked up with number ten though.

Waaaaaay too much speculation to be definitive.

Except for Barney - you could actually test him if you wanted to.

[ArmsMerchant]

I am partial to Orthoceras.

[Cir]

I am partial to Orthoceras.

It's natural to want friends within your own age group.

;)

[SpadedJoker]

Dinosaurs are awesome. Raptors pwn all.

This. Raptors have always and will always remain my personal fave. :thumbsup:

[Vizier]

Waaaaaay too much speculation to be definitive.

Except for Barney - you could actually test him if you wanted to.

I know. But who knows what might have happened. Humans mysteriously evolved from apes to ourselves in what, a million years? That's quick, IMO.

*ahem*

Baluchitherium - Largest land mammal to ever live
http://big_game.at.infoseek.co.jp/Pleistocene/Baluchitherium/Baluchitherium.jpg

Arthopleura (centepede) and Meganeura (dragonfly), 2 of the largest arthropods to have ever lived:
http://www.bizleyart.com/Root%20folder/Prehistoric/0503-Carboniferous-lg-.jpg

Dinichthys, the largest armored fish.
http://www.carampangue.cl/Biocarampangue/3-Dinichthys.jpe

[Jeff Gatherer]

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/seamonsters/factfiles/images/leedsichthys_closeup.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/seamonsters/factfiles/closeup.shtml%3Fleedsichthys&usg=__a17LhBe07uFvxmZ62LWo6dSd4q8=&h=450&w=600&sz=13&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=6ysPzscJipiodM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dleedsichthys%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26 client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26hs%3D4uK%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1 Leedsichthys, an 88-foot long fish... :O

[Lao Tzu]

Cynodonts! ;)

Yes! Such odd, interesting creatures.

It's natural to want friends within your own age group.

;)

lmao that is the best

[Jeff Gatherer]

Add this to the list of Badass prehistoric life. Another 50+ foot, 45 ton monster found in Norway. This Pliosaur was probably the largest carnivore on Earth