2015 Palaeontological Predictions and Wishes

[Yutyrannus]

We haven't had one of these threads in a while, so I decided I would start one. Here are mine:

*The new Utahraptor material will be published
*The paper about Ichthyovenator being a spinosaurine will be published
*More material of Andrewsarchus will be recovered
*Zhenyuanlong's coloration will be revealed
*The paper on Balaenoptera sibbaldina will be published
*A giant alvarezsaurid will be discovered
*The short-necked azhdarchid from Hateg will be named
*At least two new odd cerotopsians will be discovered, probably in either Utah or Alberta
*More material of Nanuqsaurus will be found
*A European tyrannosaurid will be discovered
*Another new basal tyrannosauroid will be discovered and/or named
*That giant abelisaurid will be described
*Sereno's burrowing noasaurid will be described
*A paper on "Mycocephale" will finally be published
*The Hatzegopteryx material showing that it had a short neck will be published finally
*A new mosasaur will be discovered
*The giant Troodon from the Prince Creek Formation will be described
*That Saurolophus specimen showing it a had a whip-like end to its tail will be described

And isn't there supposed to be a monograph on Spinosaurus aegyptiacus published by Ibrahim et al.?

[Halichoeres]

Someone will describe a Diplocaulus specimen with flaps connecting the head flanges to the flanks.

Holocephalan dentition will get even weirder.

[Takama]

The Stats of Megaraptor and his family being Tyrannosaurs will be more clearer

[suspsy]

A juvenile tyrannosaurid with feather impressions will be discovered.

[Kayakasaurus]

More awesome Ceratopsian skulls will be discovered! Maybe even some skin impressions!

[Balaur]

1. A fuzzy sauropod will be discovered in China.
2. Some guy is going to come up with an absurd theory about some dinosaur.
3. A fox sized mammal from Hateg Island will be found. (Please!)
4. Spinosaurus trackways will be found.
5. Baryonyx will turn out to have webbed feet.

So, likely none of these predictions will come true.

By the way Yutyrannus, it was a Saurolophus, not Edmontosaurus, that had the whiplike tail.

[Yutyrannus]

By the way Yutyrannus, it was a Saurolophus, not Edmontosaurus, that had the whiplike tail.

Oh, thanks I had forgotten about that .

[stargatedalek]

Wishlist
-more spinosaurus remains
-balaurs head
-feathers on a tyrannosaurid
-impressions of a plesiosaur

Predictions
-Horner will steal another random theory from the internet
-another ceratopsian will be described

[Patrx]

I keep hoping someone will find more feather remains in ordinary fluvial deposits like the Ornithomimus find from 2012. Alas, I've heard of nothing so far.

[suspsy]

A juvenile Torosaurus will be discovered, thereby putting Horner in his place.

[Balaur]

I believe there are already juvenile Torosaurus.

[stargatedalek]

Horner's triceratops theory has been long discounted. His pachycephalosaurus theory however still warrants plausibility.

[Gwangi]

A feathered non-coelurosaur theropod would be nice.

[suspsy]

Horner's triceratops theory has been long discounted.

Courtesy of Farke and Longrich, yes. But try getting Horner to admit that.

[Wellnhoferia]

The australian spinosaurid material from 2011 will be described

[amargasaurus cazaui]

More awesome Ceratopsian skulls will be discovered! Maybe even some skin impressions!

There are no shortage of scale and skin impressions from ceratopsians, and I even saw a paper if anyone wants it showing supposed preservation of stegosaurus integument....

[amargasaurus cazaui]

I guess my quick ten would read something like this...


2016 will see another psittacosaurus surface with quill preservation, answering many questions about them
A major nesting site will be found in the Cretaceous deposits of North america
A major paleo figure will pass away leaving us all saddened
Torosaurus will be cloned and manage to impale consultant Jack Horner as ironic retribution for his offhand theory about Torotriceratops
A major new feathered theropod will emerge from the Jehol Biota in China
A major fossil specimen will be stolen and the scandal will attract international attention
Another specimen of Archaeopteryx will surface
Martin Garrat will continue churning out some of the best models and repaints known to dinosaur fans anywhere.
I will remain penniless and destitute as dinosaurs continue to consume my entire earnings scale
A new species of psittacosaurus will emerge that shares less derived traits with a more primitive sister...

[suspsy]

More remains of Therizinosaurus will be discovered, including the skull.

[Yutyrannus]

*A new mosasaur will be discovered

Well, I got one right .

[E.D.G.E. (PainterRex)]

*A new mosasaur will be discovered

Well, I got one right .

Phosphorosaurus right?