lol, somehow it didn't occur to me that someone would do this, well-played. :P
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Prehistoric animals unfairly ignored by pop culture
- Thread starter Toxi
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Koolasuchus - a massive predatory amphibian that was an anachronism and a relic even during its time!
A Roland Emmerich movie is the only one to give us big-budget terror birds. How messed up is that?
A lot of people are unaware of how diverse crocodilians were at one point.
Some of them could possibly run you down like lion. ...Some things, I'm glad are extinct.
Awe hell naw
Much has been said about giant crocs, but arguably the most badass one with possibly the most horrific skull lived AFTER the dinosaurs.
Purrusaurus
LOOK AT THOSE JAWS
Purrusaurus
LOOK AT THOSE JAWS
you dont realize how fast i would throw that on the grill with a big ass fire
I feel like basing fantastical creatures on real animals, at least to some extent, is a smart thing to do.
At the very least, this has served Capcom well with Monster Hunter.
I like the concept of Maori warriors straight up going to war against Haast's eagles because they were basically murderous big birds who killed children. There should be a movie about that.
That's so far what I've been doing for my game. I'm also trying to pull a lot from prehistoric creatures. The Pterosaur at the start of my thread happens to be one Im already going to be using but some of these I had never seen, so much great stuff in here.
Not really, it seems
Why we think giant pterosaurs could fly
Giant azhdarchid pterosaur in flight. Images like this virtually always trigger discussions about the validity of giant pterosaur flight h...
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Not really, it seems
Why we think giant pterosaurs could fly
Giant azhdarchid pterosaur in flight. Images like this virtually always trigger discussions about the validity of giant pterosaur flight h...
Cheers for this. Interesting read!
Ah so Dynamoterror is getting into ten Hollywood movies as we speak?
Yes, someone called a T-Rex relative that.
Like, scientifically.
Bless that scientist, but I think they were trying a bit too hard on that one.
Too many dinosaurs in there. Monster Hunter needs more mammalian monsters.
What's weird was that there were two versions of these things (knuckle walkers and the regular walkers, you can see the knuckle walker in 1 and 2) and basically lived together because they had two different niches.Have we done Chalicotheres in here, yet? Prehistoric horse gorilla.
Hey, someone else named a dinosaur Thanos.
That is what it is called now, scientifically.
And no it's not named after mythology. It's straight up named after the purple Marvel man.
Thanos simanattoi
I'm fascinated by the idea that the Midwest was a Savannah with hyenas, rhinos, elephants, lions, cheetahs as well as extant species like bison and antelope and bear.
These were so dope
These were so dope
Those physical differences can also be found in other orders as well. For instance, the sea hippoes came in two versions, one with limbs closer to those of modern hippoes (Desmostylidae), and one with limbs ending in paddles (Paleoparadoxiidae). One of them specialized in shallow coastal waters, the other was semipelagic.
Hey, someone else named a dinosaur Thanos.
That is what it is called now, scientifically.
And no it's not named after mythology. It's straight up named after the purple Marvel man.
Thanos simanattoi
Pop culture names like this make me wonder if, a long time from now, the order gets flipped and people think Thanos is named after that one kinda-goofy dinosaur.
I wish sea hippos and calicotheres are still alive today.
actually maybe just the calicotheres. Normal hippos are already pretty cool.
I'd settle for the giant sloths and the tankadillos (glyptodontinae).
I've said it before and I'll say it again, we desperately need the BBC to revive the Walking With... series to showcase some of these fascinating creatures. I don't want to hear Branagh say "T-Rex", pick some of these lesser known ones and make them the stars!
What is going on with his arm? And he looks so happy! Like he's doing a ninja run.Hey, someone else named a dinosaur Thanos.
That is what it is called now, scientifically.
And no it's not named after mythology. It's straight up named after the purple Marvel man.
Thanos simanattoi
PBS digital studios in general do awesome work. Monstrum is pretty cool as well and focus on creatures of the more fantastical variety.
The Demon Duck of Doom, aka Bullockornis. Might have been a hunter, might have been an herbivore there is debate
A mere 600 years ago we had something similar before they were killed off by humans (the largest eagle to ever exist hunted them also died off)
This is debatable. They are stem-arthropods.
I think anomalocarida are probably the most criminally overlooked group, especially when anomalocaris is the earliest known apex predator.
Thanos was an Abelisaur. Abelisaurs are renown for their tiny vestigial arms.What is going on with his arm? And he looks so happy! Like he's doing a ninja run.
People make fun of T-Rex arms, but they still retained some functionality (seeing how they were muscled and all) compared to arms these guys had. These were vestigial.
The end of episode one legit hit me hard lol.
I just thought about it, but would works of speculative zoology (scientifically grounded speculative future animals or alternate timeline aliens or future aliens) be of use to you?
Here's a cool web-site for imagined alien fauna
I want mockumentaries and even video games set on that world.
Speaking of games, a photo hunting game where you go into the past and photo-hunt prehistoric animals would be amazing.
This is actually surprisingly and oddly relevant. I have a form of monsters that if added is going to be centered around otherworldly creatures. Ive been looking into cryptids, folklore, deep sea creatures and science fiction for concepts. This is more in line with the kind of thinking I wanted though, speculative off world life forms. Amazing. Just having that vergbage makes looking up references more viable now.
Very much appreciated for sure. Thank you.
There are some really unfortunate and questionable names for some of these creatures.
Here is a project from a YouTuber about creating your own life forms and charting out its evolution based on what we know so far.
Alien Biospheres: Part 1 - The Planet (ft. Artifexian)
By popular demand, today I bring you my first ever video concerning speculative biology. In this preliminary episode of my upcoming series on designing alien...
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