Comment on tall tails

Zexks@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Soft tissues can also become fossils under the right conditions. For an example, here is the fossil used for the B. markmitchelli holotype:

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  • volvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyz ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The articles on that are a fascinating read, thank you!

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• bytesonbike@discuss.online ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Don’t ruin my dream of fluffy dinosaurs 😭

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  • leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Smaller dinosaurs might have had fluff, bigger ones probably didn’t, like most big mammals.

    Giraffes have hair, though, and woolly mammoths were a thing, so big fluffy dinosaurs might have been a thing, especially in colder climates.

    Also, looking at bird behaviour, I wouldn’t be surprised if even mostly bald dinos had some colorful feathers on their arms, tail, or head for displaying…

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  • hector@lemmy.today ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It is thought now that dinosaurs had a sort of fluff. Like feathers but not evolved to fly with yet.

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• psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Too late, i already imagined a flat-tailed T-rex.

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• sleen@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Soft tissues leave marks on bones

  Could you explain how they leave marks?

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  • bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Your bones aren’t just swimming around in a sea of muscles. They are attached to the muscles and sinews. So those places where they are attached are formed in specific ways depending on what is attached.

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