tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post564237916891465024..comments2024-03-18T18:17:34.333+01:00Comments on Theropoda: Coming Soon: Tyrannotitan reloaded!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-91061112453190292302014-01-12T21:33:16.594+01:002014-01-12T21:33:16.594+01:00Thanks for your explanation.Thanks for your explanation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-33755188992506252302014-01-12T11:41:19.240+01:002014-01-12T11:41:19.240+01:00Ok, you meant the referred Tyrannotitan. From the ...Ok, you meant the referred Tyrannotitan. From the same source, note the variation in both preservation and sizes among the vertebrae. For example, the posteriormost dorsal is very badly preserved compared to more anterior dorsal vertebrae. This has to be taken into account when compared to "Sue". This specimen has clearly suffered a more severe amount of deformation and erosion than theAndrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-4277769719784840932014-01-12T06:48:24.340+01:002014-01-12T06:48:24.340+01:00OK, I was referring to the anterior articular surf...OK, I was referring to the anterior articular surface height of the centrum of the 14th dorsal of Tyrannotitan specimen MPEF-PV 1157, not Tyrannosaurus Sue. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-7377840535299231402014-01-12T06:37:44.848+01:002014-01-12T06:37:44.848+01:00Anonymous, I usually avoid to reply to anonymous, ...Anonymous, I usually avoid to reply to anonymous, thus this is my last comment.<br />Where, in published literature, is "listed to be only 18cm tall"? The whole Tyrannosaurus vertebra is stated in Brochu (2003), as you rightly wrote, to be 78 cm tall.<br />Note that the figure here is in low resolution due to Blogger format, thus the precise edges are not visible in these scans. MarginsAndrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-66457591888580362852014-01-12T06:20:54.235+01:002014-01-12T06:20:54.235+01:00The anterior articular surface is listed to be onl...The anterior articular surface is listed to be only 18cm tall.<br />I'm no paleontologist, so I'm not really sure where the edges are. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-46653034225677631262014-01-12T06:05:37.052+01:002014-01-12T06:05:37.052+01:00Scale bar = 15 cm.Scale bar = 15 cm.Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-89999892250997361452014-01-11T23:24:24.696+01:002014-01-11T23:24:24.696+01:00You might have scaled the last dorsal of Sue too s...You might have scaled the last dorsal of Sue too small. I'm guessing the scale bar in your pic is 10cm? Sue's last dorsal is 78cm tall, looks to be about 50 some cm tall in your image.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-14926540410481086642014-01-10T10:41:22.777+01:002014-01-10T10:41:22.777+01:00PS: lasciatemi il tempo di scrivere il post, e par...PS: lasciatemi il tempo di scrivere il post, e parlerò di Tyrannotitan con tutti i dovuti dettagli, inclusa la dimensione, massa, robustezza e simpatia.Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-52792942490264442562014-01-10T10:39:21.854+01:002014-01-10T10:39:21.854+01:00La mia risposta era un modo sarcastico per dire: &...La mia risposta era un modo sarcastico per dire: "scusa, ma perché non parli come mangi?". <br />Ovvero, non serve fare domande contorte, pseudo-tecniche, quando basta semplicemente chiedere: "Tyrannotitan era più robusto degli altri carcharodontosauridi?". <br />Rileggi la domanda, e noterai quanto sia contorta, in modo forzato, e solo per dire "Tyrannotitan era più Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-25984009263921023562014-01-10T10:30:18.461+01:002014-01-10T10:30:18.461+01:00Assolutamente,ma le prove fossili potrebbero suppo...Assolutamente,ma le prove fossili potrebbero supportare (o falsificare) un ipotesi, ed in questo permetterci di affermare che a Tyrannotitan fosse (o no) più massiccio di altri carcharodotosauridi. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-59411686807136512532014-01-09T21:01:04.489+01:002014-01-09T21:01:04.489+01:00@Marco: "è possibile stando ai dati attualmen...@Marco: "è possibile stando ai dati attualmente in nostro possesso ipotizzare che Tyrannotitan fosse più robusto/massiccio degli altri carcharodotosauridi giganti?"<br /><br />Uno ha la possibilità di ipotizzare qualunque cosa. Non esistono vincoli alla possibilità di ipotizzare. Quindi, la risposta alla tua domanda è "sì".Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-47822012508948847112014-01-09T20:54:30.884+01:002014-01-09T20:54:30.884+01:00Ora sono curioso di leggere il post (e anche l'...Ora sono curioso di leggere il post (e anche l'articolo se possibile) riguardante Tyrannotitan.<br />Una domandina frivola, è possibile stando ai dati attualmente in nostro possesso ipotizzare che Tyrannotitan fosse più robusto/massiccio degli altri carcharodotosauridi giganti?<br /><br />MarcoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-1930559896603726862014-01-09T20:10:01.089+01:002014-01-09T20:10:01.089+01:00Most of the neural arch is missing in the Tyrannot...Most of the neural arch is missing in the Tyrannotitan vertebra. The comparison is thus limited to the centra, almost preserved in Tyrannotitan vertebra.Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-46763091315417803122014-01-09T20:08:33.423+01:002014-01-09T20:08:33.423+01:00Ne parlerò dettagliatamente in un prossimo post.Ne parlerò dettagliatamente in un prossimo post.Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-12391208316779917652014-01-09T13:27:22.304+01:002014-01-09T13:27:22.304+01:00Yes, both vertabrae size and femur dimension (both...Yes, both vertabrae size and femur dimension (both lenght and diameter) in Tyrannosaurus and Tyrannotitan are comparable. Thus, it's plausible they has comparable mass.Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-87355272112096120672014-01-09T11:41:50.188+01:002014-01-09T11:41:50.188+01:00I mean : hence, Tyrannotitan being almost or equal...I mean : hence, Tyrannotitan being almost or equaly as massive as Tyrannosaurus ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-20230735770287882802014-01-09T11:40:19.797+01:002014-01-09T11:40:19.797+01:00Hey thanks for the information !
Looking at the ...Hey thanks for the information !<br /><br />Looking at the comparison, I cannot distinguishly compare the vertebra of Tyrannotitan (were they searching the most badass possibe naming ?) with that of Tyrannosaurus (still a badass). Is it me or Tyrannotitan's is just as wide and nearly as thick as the Tyrannosaurus vertebra ? Though it lacks the superior part of Tyrannotitan's...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-29451199066019262322014-01-09T05:56:42.929+01:002014-01-09T05:56:42.929+01:00It's the 14th dorsal in both Tyrannosaurus and...It's the 14th dorsal in both Tyrannosaurus and Tyrannotitan, thus the largest. The exact position in Spinosaurus is unknown, but it's the largest among those known, and all authors place it among the posteriormost dorsals or eventually the anteriormost caudals: that is the part of the axial skeleton with the biggest vertebrae in theropods. What matters is the fact that even if it was not Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-35045964669214200832014-01-08T22:43:50.218+01:002014-01-08T22:43:50.218+01:00But is that the largest vertebra in Tyrannotitan a...But is that the largest vertebra in Tyrannotitan and Spinosaurus ? As I guess this vertebra is the largest in Sue ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-88040319872276864792014-01-08T22:36:31.782+01:002014-01-08T22:36:31.782+01:00Qual è lo studio relativo a Tyrannotitan (sperando...Qual è lo studio relativo a Tyrannotitan (sperando sia accessibile online)?<br /><br />RobertoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-23157030784627576992014-01-08T22:06:24.307+01:002014-01-08T22:06:24.307+01:00io comunque ho capito a cosa serviva la vela allo ...io comunque ho capito a cosa serviva la vela allo spinosaurus: a navigare è ovvio! tutti lì ad affannarsi quando la soluzione era semplice e a portata di mano :)<br /><br />EmilianoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-15672219786228910282014-01-08T21:21:55.488+01:002014-01-08T21:21:55.488+01:00Porcaccia!
K.Porcaccia!<br /><br />K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-1787767442741860702014-01-08T21:18:37.884+01:002014-01-08T21:18:37.884+01:00Sì, tutte alla stessa scala.Sì, tutte alla stessa scala.Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-12376775498875759812014-01-08T21:04:47.059+01:002014-01-08T21:04:47.059+01:00E sono tutte in proporzione?
K.E sono tutte in proporzione?<br /><br />K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com