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  • Could T. rex (and other theropods) swim?

    From John Harshman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 8 12:06:30 2022
    I offer this contribution to an important controversy in paleontology.

    Henderson DM. 2018. A buoyancy, balance and stability challenge to the hypothesis of a semi-aquatic Spinosaurus Stromer, 1915 (Dinosauria:
    Theropoda) PeerJ 6:e5409

    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5409

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  • From erik simpson@21:1/5 to John Harshman on Thu Sep 8 12:58:03 2022
    On Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 12:06:38 PM UTC-7, John Harshman wrote:
    I offer this contribution to an important controversy in paleontology.

    Henderson DM. 2018. A buoyancy, balance and stability challenge to the hypothesis of a semi-aquatic Spinosaurus Stromer, 1915 (Dinosauria: Theropoda) PeerJ 6:e5409

    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5409

    Interesting. I was intrigued by the modeling suggesting that Spinosaurus was unsinkable.
    Didn't they say that about the Titanic?

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  • From erik simpson@21:1/5 to John Harshman on Thu Sep 8 13:26:27 2022
    On Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 1:25:07 PM UTC-7, John Harshman wrote:
    On 9/8/22 12:58 PM, erik simpson wrote:
    On Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 12:06:38 PM UTC-7, John Harshman wrote:
    I offer this contribution to an important controversy in paleontology.

    Henderson DM. 2018. A buoyancy, balance and stability challenge to the
    hypothesis of a semi-aquatic Spinosaurus Stromer, 1915 (Dinosauria:
    Theropoda) PeerJ 6:e5409

    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5409

    Interesting. I was intrigued by the modeling suggesting that Spinosaurus was unsinkable.
    Didn't they say that about the Titanic?
    Spinosaurus is not known to every have encountered any icebergs.

    I suspect there weren't any icebergs on earth then anyway.

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  • From John Harshman@21:1/5 to erik simpson on Thu Sep 8 13:25:01 2022
    On 9/8/22 12:58 PM, erik simpson wrote:
    On Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 12:06:38 PM UTC-7, John Harshman wrote:
    I offer this contribution to an important controversy in paleontology.

    Henderson DM. 2018. A buoyancy, balance and stability challenge to the
    hypothesis of a semi-aquatic Spinosaurus Stromer, 1915 (Dinosauria:
    Theropoda) PeerJ 6:e5409

    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5409

    Interesting. I was intrigued by the modeling suggesting that Spinosaurus was unsinkable.
    Didn't they say that about the Titanic?

    Spinosaurus is not known to every have encountered any icebergs.

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  • From Glenn@21:1/5 to John Harshman on Thu Sep 8 14:40:50 2022
    On Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 12:06:38 PM UTC-7, John Harshman wrote:
    I offer this contribution to an important controversy in paleontology.

    Henderson DM. 2018. A buoyancy, balance and stability challenge to the hypothesis of a semi-aquatic Spinosaurus Stromer, 1915 (Dinosauria: Theropoda) PeerJ 6:e5409

    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5409

    Careful, if you aren't right, your head will fall off.

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