Prehistoric Animals

Doug McCrae · Dec 8, 2004

Is Argentinosaurus still the biggest?

Desdichado · Dec 8, 2004

Captain Howdy said:
Indeed I was. I remember them from this old stop-animation video I had as a kid... I'm trying to think of other animals from that... Oh yeah, here's one. It is like a cross between a dinosaur and an ostrich. It was about 9 feet tall and really mean. There was another one too, a tiny horse, I think named Eohippus. Hey Joshua, how about that bird animal?

Probably either Diatryma or Phorusrhacus. As for the "dawn horse" it's unfortunately been renamed Hyracotherium due to some obscure nomenclature rules. Too bad, Eohippus was a great name. Of course the same thing happened to a lot of classic dinoaurs -- Brontosaurus to Apatosaurus, Trachadon to Anatosaurus to Edmontosaurus, Gorgosaurus to Albertasaurus and plenty of others.

DMH · Dec 8, 2004

BOZ said:
*brane explodiates*

[Apu] Sanjai to aisle 4 for clean up, Sanjai to aisle 4 [/Apu]

Morpheus said:
If a 30-50 ft. shark can be considered a fish (like a guppy), I'd go with this...

Did I say guppy? I had those 4 notes because they were not land mammals. And it is still a fish whether or not you like that term.

Captain Howdy said:
I remember them from this old stop-animation video I had as a kid...

That reminds me- does anyone remember that documentary on dinosaurs that had Christopher Reeve as the narrator? It would be from the 80's.

Desdichado · Dec 8, 2004

Doug McCrae said:
Is Argentinosaurus still the biggest?

As far as we know, yup. Argentinasaurus is actually quite a bit bigger than paleontologists had theorized a land animal could be, which just goes to show you.

Captain Howdy · Dec 8, 2004

Joshua Dyal said:
Probably either Diatryma or Phorusrhacus. As for the "dawn horse" it's unfortunately been renamed Hyracotherium due to some obscure nomenclature rules.

It was Diatryma; I recognized the name when I saw it. I did a google image search to be sure, and I found a weirdly relevant drawing... It seems that this Diatryma is making a meal of the poor "dawn horse".

... Getting your name changed, then getting eaten; all in one day. That's sad.

DungeonmasterCal · Dec 8, 2004

Yeah, and genus Diatryma is now Gastornis. Dang it.

Desdichado · Dec 8, 2004

Is it? I wasn't sure if that was the same creature, or simply two birds that were closely related. Dang it, that is disappointing. I mean, I understand the nomenclature rules, but crap -- once something's been out there for decades and decades, there really oughtta be some kind of consideration for that...

elforcelf · Dec 8, 2004

Then remame Neanderthal man to Gilbrater (sp) man,THEN.elforcelf.

WmRAllen67 · Dec 8, 2004

BOZ said:
When you think of prehistoric mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, etc (non-dinosaur!), what creatures do you think of?

I'll have to second the Indricothere-- just 'cause I think thry're cool...

If I'm shivering in the snow out on the street during a cigarette break at work in winter, I sometimes imagine what it would be like if a herd of Mammoths would walk down the streets of Philadelphia...

Smilodon fatalis is always a favorite... and Archaeopteryx... Dimetrodon, though that might qualify as a dinosaur...

And I'll yoink that Floridian bird with the saurian wing/ limbs... Thanx!

Hand of Evil · Dec 8, 2004

I go with megafunna as found here: http://www.kokogiak.com/megafauna/default.asp

Prehistoric Animals

Doug McCrae

Legend

Desdichado

Hero

DMH

First Post

Desdichado

Hero

Captain Howdy

Explorer

Attachments

DungeonmasterCal

First Post

Desdichado

Hero

elforcelf

First Post

WmRAllen67

First Post

Hand of Evil

Hero

Similar Threads