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Whale Evolution

Started by Yutyrannus, August 17, 2014, 02:20:32 AM

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Ultimatedinoking

#60
August 18, 2014, 08:19:51 PM
As apposed to a coconut?  :D

I'm not sure  basilosaurus didn't. I'd assume that since mysticetes don't have melons, they fist appeared after the spilt between them and odontocetes.
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Yutyrannus

#61
August 18, 2014, 08:23:04 PM
Okay, thanks! What about my first question? How is it known that the hind limbs of Dorudon and Basilosaurus were actually visible in life?

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Ultimatedinoking

#62
August 18, 2014, 08:27:06 PM
Good question!

I guess it depends on how blubbery they were.

The legs were very tiny, probably not visible at all.
I may not like feathered dinosaurs and stumpy legged Spinosaurs, but I will keep those opinions to myself, I will not start a debate over it, I promise. 😇
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Yutyrannus

#63
August 18, 2014, 08:30:00 PM
Okay thanks! I guess I'll draw them with hardly any of the limb showing. The reason I was asking is because almost all reconstructions of Dorudon and Basilosaurus are shrink-wrapped and if modern whales were drawn that way, they would have visible hind limbs too.

"The world's still the same. There's just less in it."

Ultimatedinoking

#64
August 18, 2014, 08:31:35 PM
Quote from: Yutyrannus on August 18, 2014, 08:30:00 PM
Okay thanks! I guess I'll draw them with hardly any of the limb showing. The reason I was asking is because almost all reconstructions of Dorudon and Basilosaurus are shrink-wrapped and if modern whales were drawn that way, they would have visible hind limbs too.

If they showed at all, it was most likely a tiny bumb, like boa claws.
I may not like feathered dinosaurs and stumpy legged Spinosaurs, but I will keep those opinions to myself, I will not start a debate over it, I promise. 😇
-UDK

stargatedalek

#65
August 18, 2014, 10:39:32 PM
IIRC it was often depicted that way because of climate, their ancestors had yet to endure a climate with the need for thick insulating blubber
don't quote me on it

Yutyrannus

#66
August 18, 2014, 10:59:10 PM
Yes, but showing whales like this is just ridiculous.



And what's with the teeth? Not a single mammal lacks lips.

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Ultimatedinoking

#67
August 19, 2014, 05:50:44 PM
Quote from: Yutyrannus on August 18, 2014, 10:59:10 PM
Yes, but showing whales like this is just ridiculous.



And what's with the teeth? Not a single mammal lacks lips.

Maybe they confused them with mosasaurs? Every basilosaurus I've seen is lipless.
I may not like feathered dinosaurs and stumpy legged Spinosaurs, but I will keep those opinions to myself, I will not start a debate over it, I promise. 😇
-UDK

Yutyrannus

#68
August 19, 2014, 06:12:12 PM
I know, they may be archaeocetes but they are still whales. They probably would have looked more like this:
http://bestiarium.kryptozoologie.net/artikel/fossile-wale-teil-1-was-bei-vielen-darstellungen-von-urwalen-falsch-gemacht-wird/dorudon-atrox-by-markus-buhler/

I'm not even going to start on how most people depict Ambulocetus.

"The world's still the same. There's just less in it."

Ultimatedinoking

#69
August 19, 2014, 06:14:24 PM
Quote from: Yutyrannus on August 19, 2014, 06:12:12 PM
I know, they may be archaeocetes but they are still whales. They probably would have looked more like this:
http://bestiarium.kryptozoologie.net/artikel/fossile-wale-teil-1-was-bei-vielen-darstellungen-von-urwalen-falsch-gemacht-wird/dorudon-atrox-by-markus-buhler/

I'm not even going to start on how most people depict Ambulocetus.

That's much better.

Oh I know!
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