Paleontology
 

In here we can talk about the latest discoveries and and or Fossil talk.

When I was a kid I wanted to be a palaeontologist. I actually work in a shoe shop, not exactly the next best thing.

I still find myself feeling stupidly excited when a new species of dinosaur is discovered.

I wanted to be a paleontologist as a kid too. I read so many books and journal articles and stuff, spent hours and hours at the natural history museum, collected a gazillion little plastic dinosaurs, and went to an allosaurus dig in Utah.

Then, I realized that a huge part of paleontology meant standing around in the hot sun all day finding nothing and decided my interests lay more in a dark, cool lab.:D

See I love the desert, and I love the lab, so really wouldn't bother me, what I'm going to do.

I live in the desert (sorta) and don't really like spending any time outside because I burn really easily. I'm practically translucent. I would probably like it more if I could stay outside for more than twenty minutes without turning pink.:p

I used to get a dinosaur magazine that came with bones that you had to piece together over weeks. It was awesome.

Felt like a paleontologist right there.

I wanted to be a paleontologist, but then I realized I didn't know that much about dinosaurs, and it'd involve physical labor... :D

The question should be who DIDNT want to be a paleontologist ?

Exactly. Maybe those who wanted to be a cop or a fireman :D

i wanted to be a pirate cop paleonto/archeolologist with a cowboy hat.
Or something like that.

I'm pretty sure it was a Fedora.

So, the Torosaurus never existed, eh?

http://kep.index.hu/1/0/157/1574/157...637914e_wm.jpg

http://io9.com/5606111/triceratops-c...y-to-its-bones

At least they kept the Triceratops name, I guess.

I have heard about that. I still think a little weird but hay, I'm not much of a paleontology.

Poor things must have had even a harder time growing up than us humans.

Something new in this category. What do you guys think, new species or just a deformity?

new dinosaur, yes. hump deformity, unlikely. its just to big.

I usually try to disagree with anything Jack horner says, but keep an open mind if that makes sense, he comes up with some of the most bizarre theories.

oh yeah, i find the t-rex scavenger theory to be the stupidest theory ever although i do believe the pachy, stygmoloch, dracoerex thing. like look here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...orex_skull.jpg

then compare it to here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...h_spinifer.jpg

although i think the pachy is to different though.

Surprised no one has talked about the Dromaeosaur with two sickle claws.http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/...nsylvania.html

broken link.