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What If The Asteroid Missed??

Started by suspsy, April 29, 2019, 06:02:38 PM

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suspsy

https://gizmodo.com/what-if-the-asteroid-never-killed-the-dinosaurs-1834377309

A neat article with tidbits by Thomas Holtz, Paul Sereno, and other experts. Short answer: dinosaurs would still be ruling Earth, but they wouldn't be much like the ones from the Cretaceous. No Tyrannosaurus rex, but rather a descendent with thicker plumage and perhaps no arms whatsoever.

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Loon

#1
Here I thought they'd become farmers, and somehow humans would still evolve. Guess I was wrong.

Takama

Quote from: Loon on April 29, 2019, 06:41:05 PM
Here I thought they'd become farmers, and somehow humans would still evolve. Guess I was wrong.

The Power Hollywood has on the Squishy minds of the genaral public :))

UtahraptorFan

"Well, the answer in short is we humans probably never would have evolved to ask such a question."
-Paul Sereno

Then it seems we're fortunate that the K/Pg extinction did happen.
Guide to whether I use suffixes in clade references:
-If it has the unaltered name of a member genus, even a nomen dubium, include it. Examples: Tyrannosaurid, Titanosaurian
-If it has the name of a genus + sauria, leave it off. Examples: Ornithomimosaur, Oviraptorosaur.
-If it's not named for a genus, leave it off. Examples: Genasaur, Gravisaur.
-Exceptions to the 3rd: Maniraptoran, Saur-/Ornithischian

Libraraptor

This is an interesting read indeed.
Actually, this question is nearly  as old as dinosaur palaeontology itself.
I love the ideas of Dougal Dixon´s classic book "The New Dinosaurs".
And of course there is the iconic picture of the Troondotid that evolved into something quite human-like.

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