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*Icedhope* · 06/19/2010, 03:40 pm

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

guitarsareboring · 06/19/2010, 04:45 pm

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.

Alcoremortis · 06/19/2010, 09:30 pm

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.

*Icedhope* · 06/20/2010, 12:07 am

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Originally Posted by Alcoremortis

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.

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

Alcoremortis · 06/21/2010, 10:03 am

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Originally Posted by Icedhope

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.

Steve2911 · 06/24/2010, 11:46 am

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.

TomPravetz · 06/24/2010, 12:47 pm

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

Astro Gnocci · 06/24/2010, 10:13 pm

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

PainDealer · 06/29/2010, 11:49 am

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

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

Astro Gnocci · 06/30/2010, 12:11 am

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

MusicallyInspired · 06/30/2010, 12:48 pm

I'm pretty sure it was a Fedora.

jp-30 · 08/06/2010, 07:40 pm

So, the Torosaurus never existed, eh?

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

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Paleontologists Jack Horner and John Scannella published a paper this week in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology that overturned long-held beliefs about the famous Triceratops and Torosaurus, both discovered in the late nineteenth century. Until recently, scientists believed they were related species, but Horner and Scannella took a hard look at the creatures' fossils and discovered they were in fact seeing the maturation phases of the same animal.

At least they kept the Triceratops name, I guess.

evolution_rex · 08/06/2010, 07:56 pm

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

Crispy Onion · 08/07/2010, 10:28 am

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

PainDealer · 09/08/2010, 03:05 pm

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

koiboi59 · 09/08/2010, 04:16 pm

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Originally Posted by PainDealer

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.

*Icedhope* · 09/10/2010, 11:55 am

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.

koiboi59 · 09/10/2010, 01:28 pm

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Originally Posted by Icedhope

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.

evolution_rex · 09/17/2010, 08:23 pm

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

koiboi59 · 09/18/2010, 05:29 am

broken link.

06/19/2010, 03:40 pm	#1
Icedhope 007 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: IL Posts: 3,292	Paleontology In here we can talk about the latest discoveries and and or Fossil talk. __________________ Good things come to those who wait, bad things come to those who hate, girlfriends come to those who date, children come to those who mate. ~ Haggis "My opinons are my own and reflect myself and not TTG also I don't work for them...they just gave me mod powers." "Requiescat in pace my father and nephew" Now Playing: ~~MGS3~~ - ~~Portable Ops~~ - Peace Walker - Metal Gear - Solid Snake - Metal Gear Solid - MGS2 - MGS4

06/19/2010, 09:30 pm	#3
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06/24/2010, 12:47 pm	#7
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06/24/2010, 10:13 pm	#8
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06/30/2010, 12:11 am	#10
Astro Gnocci Buck Naked - Texas Ranger Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 683	i wanted to be a pirate cop paleonto/archeolologist with a cowboy hat. Or something like that. __________________ Drink Cheap, Evil-Smellin Beer Everyday of Your Life.

06/19/2010, 04:45 pm	#2
guitarsareboring Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 1,274	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.

06/24/2010, 11:46 am	#6
Steve2911 Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Essex, UK Posts: 79	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.

08/06/2010, 07:56 pm	#13
evolution_rex Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: at Jurassic Park Posts: 88	I have heard about that. I still think a little weird but hay, I'm not much of a paleontology. __________________ Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, he had no hair, he wasn't very fuzzy wuzzy?

08/07/2010, 10:28 am	#14
Crispy Onion Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 87	Poor things must have had even a harder time growing up than us humans.

09/08/2010, 03:05 pm	#15
PainDealer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pyhtää/Kotka, Finland Posts: 424	Something new in this category. What do you guys think, new species or just a deformity?

09/10/2010, 11:55 am	#17
Icedhope 007 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: IL Posts: 3,292	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. __________________ Good things come to those who wait, bad things come to those who hate, girlfriends come to those who date, children come to those who mate. ~ Haggis "My opinons are my own and reflect myself and not TTG also I don't work for them...they just gave me mod powers." "Requiescat in pace my father and nephew" Now Playing: ~~MGS3~~ - ~~Portable Ops~~ - Peace Walker - Metal Gear - Solid Snake - Metal Gear Solid - MGS2 - MGS4

09/17/2010, 08:23 pm	#19
evolution_rex Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: at Jurassic Park Posts: 88	Surprised no one has talked about the Dromaeosaur with two sickle claws.http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/...nsylvania.html __________________ Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, he had no hair, he wasn't very fuzzy wuzzy?

09/18/2010, 05:29 am	#20
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