the permian was a much slower event than the cretaceous wipeout, but for some reason it's imagery scares me more. The anoxic oceans where 95% of life was wiped out and the bacteria dense pondwater giving the planet a sickly pink glow from space. And just the idea of choking to death in a nightmare hothouse world.
― calzino, Friday, 19 May 2017 21:16 (nine years ago)
Yeah some of the CGI ones are alright but still prefer kid-drawn and lovingly hand-painted
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Friday, 19 May 2017 21:32 (nine years ago)
I remember 'mammals ate the eggs' and flatulence - also pictures of large predatory dinosaurs always stood up on two legs roaring into the air
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Friday, 19 May 2017 21:33 (nine years ago)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater
currently popular theory is this crater's time of impact lines up well with the major extinction period
― mh, Friday, 19 May 2017 21:35 (nine years ago)
(they also often had maps of the landmasses in various eras -- pangeaa and gondwanaland etc -- but continental drift wasn't established as the general scientific consensus until the mid-60s,
Did not know this - but they were aware of the landmasses having been in different place from I suppose sea-creature fossils found on land?
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Friday, 19 May 2017 21:36 (nine years ago)
wegener had proposed continental drift back in 1912 -- based on the way africa so obviously fits into south america, and many other less obvious tesselations and geological similarities between jigsawed pieces -- but no one could think of a mechanism for the plates to move, as the whole crust was assumed to be solid, and the idea wasn't taken up
― mark s, Friday, 19 May 2017 21:45 (nine years ago)
http://pre09.deviantart.net/f64d/th/pre/i/2015/117/9/9/dinosaur_extinction_by_sriramgubbi-d8r97qa.jpg
― new noise, Friday, 19 May 2017 21:53 (nine years ago)
http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/CKTEvent.jpg
― new noise, Friday, 19 May 2017 21:54 (nine years ago)
http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/CWetumpkaNo2Giclee16x20.jpg
― new noise, Friday, 19 May 2017 21:57 (nine years ago)
Always has to be at least two animal species on display
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Friday, 19 May 2017 22:03 (nine years ago)
haha otm
― HONOR THE FYRE (sleeve), Friday, 19 May 2017 22:14 (nine years ago)
long detailed essay in the rise of interest in exploring reasons why dinosaurs became extinct: http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Essays/Dino90.html
author puts the turning point at the start of the 1970s
― mark s, Friday, 19 May 2017 22:33 (nine years ago)
wait what happened in the 1970s that killed dinos
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 19 May 2017 22:40 (nine years ago)
Glam rock.
― nickn, Friday, 19 May 2017 22:48 (nine years ago)
prog rock dude
― mark s, Friday, 19 May 2017 22:49 (nine years ago)
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/files/2016/06/tarkus.jpeg?w=600&h=0&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89
― mark s, Friday, 19 May 2017 22:50 (nine years ago)
no meteor, no credibility
― HONOR THE FYRE (sleeve), Friday, 19 May 2017 22:51 (nine years ago)
http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/10/tim-and-eric-mind-blown.gif
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 19 May 2017 22:52 (nine years ago)
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/dore/rhin/37.jpg
gustav doré engraving of fossil of hapless dinosaur caught watching incoming meteor (not pictured)
― mark s, Friday, 19 May 2017 22:53 (nine years ago)
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/24/84/18/2484183fe64d3babad5b3dd10b44cd82.jpg
― devvvine, Friday, 19 May 2017 23:02 (nine years ago)
From that link, 'A Survey of Theories for the Death of the Dinosaurs' could make a good poll
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Friday, 19 May 2017 23:26 (nine years ago)
This thread is not only great to look at but great to read, the same is not true of the, superficially similar, Paul Weller thread. Paul Weller not being anywhere near as interesting as dinosaurs, or with their enduring appeal (who knows though, eh?)
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Friday, 19 May 2017 23:29 (nine years ago)
The asteroid theory is clearly being financed by kindergarten teacher special interest groups, who dread having to assign students to illustrate the rise of angiosperms.
― jmm, Friday, 19 May 2017 23:37 (nine years ago)
kids still love dinosaurs, right? I remember being into them really young and practicing drawing brontosaurus necks
― mh, Friday, 19 May 2017 23:52 (nine years ago)
They have Dinosaur World near Lakeland here. The kids dig it
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 May 2017 01:03 (nine years ago)
Thanks, y'all, for filling in so much backstory! Yeah, I now remember egg-eating mammals mixed in with death comet, in my childhood.
mark s, hope your lengthy and engaging posts are signs that all is well.
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 20 May 2017 01:17 (nine years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/1UYKHy1.png
― “Yeah. Huh, thanks.” (los blue jeans), Saturday, 20 May 2017 03:15 (nine years ago)
only dino video game I really acknowledge is primal rage
― mh, Saturday, 20 May 2017 05:02 (nine years ago)
um, bubble bobble?!
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 20 May 2017 05:18 (nine years ago)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2487/3801892004_ab85c209c6.jpg
― soref, Saturday, 20 May 2017 08:13 (nine years ago)
https://thumb9.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/3009806/622124582/stock-vector-stegosaurus-tattoo-art-comet-has-destroyed-dinosaurs-symbol-of-prehistoric-paleontology-622124582.jpg
― mark s, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:33 (nine years ago)
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/27/54/3e/27543e5f928d26e8b26606328a8e7f18.jpg
― mark s, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:39 (nine years ago)
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/02/09/article-2276154-1774995E000005DC-205_634x722.jpg
subject's best angle
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee68/tbricker/TouringPlans%20DinosaurIndy/051210096.jpg
― mark s, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:41 (nine years ago)
https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ateroid-660x280.jpg
i like the atmospheric make-u-ponder ones best i think
― mark s, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:42 (nine years ago)
https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/yugioh/images/3/31/JurracMeteor-HA04-EN-ScR-1E.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20120225063955
when this card is Synchro Summoned, destroy all cards on the field
― mark s, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:44 (nine years ago)
http://pssreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/How-Deep-Sea-Creatures-Survived-Dinosaur-Killing-Asteroid.jpg
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:45 (nine years ago)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eU7yYZz7vaw/Uxz5FTEZjKI/AAAAAAAAM9c/TKCsZ_6Rec4/s1600/dino.jpg
― devvvine, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:45 (nine years ago)
https://68.media.tumblr.com/de799a766b20210d6deaee7d08251f2c/tumblr_ol9luknwU11sqn3dxo1_500.jpg
― mark s, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:45 (nine years ago)
http://www.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/MAC32_DINOSAUR_CAROUSEL.jpg
http://blog.capterra.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/giphy-1.gif
― mark s, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:46 (nine years ago)
http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/meteor-soaring-overhead-of-inflatable-dinosaur-picture-id200171962-001?s=170667a
― mark s, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:48 (nine years ago)
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a7/49/5f/a7495f68a375558e37d132f43b91947a.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:48 (nine years ago)
https://68.media.tumblr.com/e4b249215754bb68c095c6814404dc6a/tumblr_nl5n09PslU1u1ofgwo1_500.jpg
― mark s, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:49 (nine years ago)
loving this
― Treeship, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:49 (nine years ago)
http://bio.sunyorange.edu/updated2/pl%20new/periods/mesozoic/d_end.jpg
― devvvine, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:50 (nine years ago)
http://garysanis.com/Pics/Animals/DinosaurRunningFromComet_Big.gif
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:50 (nine years ago)
https://cdn.drawception.com/images/panels/2012/4-14/e3bdpfR6QS-4.png
― mark s, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:51 (nine years ago)
http://www.sushi-x.com/gallery/3d/chicxulub2.jpg
― devvvine, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:52 (nine years ago)
http://image.dhgate.com/0x0/f2/albu/g4/M01/29/71/rBVaEVgSzTeAewGtAAPd-i4fXtE621.jpg
dinosaur eye 3D wall sticker (feat.v subtle meteor)
― mark s, Saturday, 20 May 2017 12:54 (nine years ago)