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OldsFiero DEC 16, 01:49 PM
TheDigitalAlchemist DEC 17, 02:45 PM
Gravity was a LOT less back then, so was EASY for those guys to get airborne. Even the big boys like T-rex and Brontosaurus and Stegosaurus we able to get some "air" when they would leap gracefully from tree to tree, but as time went on, they all started dying, and their huge carcasses made the Earth heavier and then Gravity increased and we started talking and hanging out and stuff.
Patrick DEC 17, 03:55 PM

Rumor, you've been into the Christmas eggnog.
rinselberg FEB 12, 04:25 AM
This is a very elegant animation of how the largest of the pterosaurs managed to launch themselves into flight. It's narrated by University of Bristol paleontologist Dr. Elizabeth G. Martin-Silverstone, who explores a most hypothetical scenario: Could (and how could) a human ride a giant pterosaur in flight, like riding aboard a flying dragon?

"Pterosaurs: Winged prehistoric giants that ruled the skies"
BBC REEL; March 4, 2021.
Video duration: 9 minutes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/reel/...rigins?vpid=p098tv2x

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ray b FEB 13, 10:39 AM

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Originally posted by maryjane:

Birds of a feather flock together....



dinos had feathers too

this big bird need feathers
rinselberg MAY 24, 11:07 PM
Was this 'Death Dragon' the largest-ever animal to take to the skies?

Thanatosdrakon amaru? Maybe. Or maybe that honor belongs to Quetzalcoatlus northropi (at the very beginning of this thread.) This is a new YouTube presentation with some impressively realistic-looking animation. It's inspired by recently discovered fossil remains unearthed in Argentina.

E.D.G.E.
April 29, 2022.
almost 12 minutes
https://youtu.be/jMMmsXnHP6w


These new reports include artist-created and photographic images.

"Giant ‘dragon of death’ with 30-foot wingspan unearthed in Argentina"
Jennifer Nalewicki for Live Science; May 24, 2022.
https://www.livescience.com...erosaur-in-argentina

"Flying reptile: Remains of scary prehistoric creature discovered"
Leo Sands for BBC News; May 24, 2022.
https://www.bbc.com/news/sc...environment-61568468

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82-T/A [At Work] MAY 25, 08:00 AM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:

Was this 'Death Dragon' the largest-ever animal to take to the skies?

Thanatosdrakon amaru? Maybe. Or maybe that honor belongs to Quetzalcoatlus northropi (at the very beginning of this thread.) This is a new YouTube presentation with some impressively realistic-looking animation. It's inspired by recently discovered fossil remains unearthed in Argentina.

E.D.G.E.
April 29, 2022.
almost 12 minutes
https://youtu.be/jMMmsXnHP6w


These new reports include artist-created and photographic images.

"Giant ‘dragon of death’ with 30-foot wingspan unearthed in Argentina"
Jennifer Nalewicki for Live Science; May 24, 2022.
https://www.livescience.com...erosaur-in-argentina

"Flying reptile: Remains of scary prehistoric creature discovered"
Leo Sands for BBC News; May 24, 2022.
https://www.bbc.com/news/sc...environment-61568468





Makes you wonder where the earliest idea of "dragons" came from. I suppose I could look it up, but I'm going to guess... I figure someone found a dinosaur carcass somewhere in Europe and presumed it belonged to something which they identified as a dragon.