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Started by Queequeg, July 21, 2009, 09:23:30 PM

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Malthus

#30
July 22, 2009, 01:51:37 PM
Quote from: Jos Theelen on July 22, 2009, 01:45:17 PM


The Zalambdelestes, one of my favourites. One of those first small mammals, who survived all kind of disasters and could be called one of our ancestors.

Looks, quite literally, like something the cat dragged in.  ;)
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Neil

#31
July 22, 2009, 01:52:20 PM
Spellus' original thread topic was racist anyways, against large Permian synapsids.
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Habsburg

#32
July 22, 2009, 02:07:03 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 21, 2009, 09:30:30 PM
Smelling like Drakkar Noir.

"When you put it on...something happens."

Gross Gott im Himmel!  :bleeding:

Jos Theelen

#33
July 22, 2009, 02:13:03 PM
Strange evolution, Pakicetus: ended as whales

Queequeg

#34
July 22, 2009, 02:32:50 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 22, 2009, 01:52:20 PM
Spellus' original thread topic was racist anyways, against large Permian synapsids.
:rolleyes:
At least the Pareiasaurs had fantastically thick skin.  The early large herbivore synapsids were just silly.  At least Lystrosaurus was smart and could move reasonably quickly.
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Ed Anger

#35
July 22, 2009, 03:04:26 PM
Quote from: Habsburg on July 22, 2009, 02:07:03 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on July 21, 2009, 09:30:30 PM
Smelling like Drakkar Noir.

"When you put it on...something happens."

Gross Gott im Himmel!  :bleeding:

I got Drakkar Noir after shave as a gift. Pretty good stuff, but I'm not paying 40 bucks for aftershave.
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The Brain

#36
July 22, 2009, 03:06:53 PM
Your natural scent

...is wonderful. -_-
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ulmont

#37
July 22, 2009, 03:11:41 PM
Quote from: The Brain on July 22, 2009, 03:06:53 PM
Your natural scent

...is wonderful. -_-

Quote from: NapoleonI'll be home in 3 days. Don't bathe.

swallow

#38
July 22, 2009, 03:13:22 PM
Giant Sea Scorpion

Neil

#39
July 22, 2009, 03:15:24 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on July 22, 2009, 02:32:50 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 22, 2009, 01:52:20 PM
Spellus' original thread topic was racist anyways, against large Permian synapsids.
:rolleyes:
At least the Pareiasaurs had fantastically thick skin.  The early large herbivore synapsids were just silly.  At least Lystrosaurus was smart and could move reasonably quickly.
The pareiasaurs are much smaller animals.  Cotylorhynchus was ten times the size of the large, predatory pelycosaurs that would have been the top predators of the time.

Lystrosaurus came around almost 50 million years later, and occupied a different niche in the food chain.  It was quick (although not particularily smart?) and had a dangerous bite, but it lacked the huge size of the Cotylorhynchus.  In fact, the fact that it was relatively small no doubt helped it survive the Great Dying.  You're trying to compare Hyracotherium to a modern horse.

Besides, what's wrong with Edaphosaurus?
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Razgovory

#40
July 22, 2009, 03:43:02 PM



Opabinia.  Weird looking cambrian era bug.
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