Apparently, what we knew about Spinosaurus was wrong again as now it was discovered to have a very wide, swimming tail. All I have to say is I can't wait until five years when we discovered it shoots lasers from its eyes.
Paleontology history is fascinating, with real-world politics often cutting into the field. Untapped documentary potential.Spinosaurus is one of those interesting cases in dinosaur history with Brontosaurus and Therizinosaurus. They just keep finding new stuff about it that completely changes how we look at it.
Honestly, I'm pretty sure it's a sail considering another aquatic animal, the swordfish also has a sail pretty similar sail. got a look at convergent evolution to make a hypothesis.But will we ever solve the part where it either has a dorsal fin or a hump? Find out next time on Tully's Paleo Mysteries!
Yeah I love reading about it all the time. When Dracovish and its buddies where introduced to the Pokemon world I was like "ohhh boy" and learned a lot of the crazy history behind all the scams in paleontology. This is all really fascinating stuff.Paleontology history is fascinating, with real-world politics often cutting into the field. Untapped documentary potential.
I'm on Team Sail myself because yeah the sail appears a lot during history, like Dimetrodon for example despite not being related to dinosaurs. I can understand why people think its a hump and the advantage for it, namely for temperature, but a sail makes more sense like the swordfish example as it helps "cut" through water faster. And if research on similar structures like Stegosaurus' plates then it has temperature regulation anyways. lolHonestly, I'm pretty sure it's a sail considering another aquatic animal, the swordfish also has a sail pretty similar sail. got a look at convergent evolution to make a hypothesis.