mmmm@sopuli.xyz to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoThree dinosaurs in a trenchcoatsopuli.xyzimagemessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1578arrow-down14
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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·3 months agoI mean, probably happens a lot that the bones of different dinosaurs end up next to each other. Would it happen for every T-Rex fossil in the same way? Well, less likely…
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·3 months agoI’m assuming the research more meant that there were 3 cryptic species lumped into what we today call t-rex
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoOh yeah, that was my assumption, for sure, too. I was just playing devil’s advocate for the trenchcoat theory, because it’s funny.
minus-squareLibertyLizard@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoWell I believe this has happened. Wasn’t brachiosaurus found to be a mashup of multiple species? Or maybe it was a different one…
I mean, probably happens a lot that the bones of different dinosaurs end up next to each other.
Would it happen for every T-Rex fossil in the same way? Well, less likely…
I’m assuming the research more meant that there were 3 cryptic species lumped into what we today call t-rex
Oh yeah, that was my assumption, for sure, too. I was just playing devil’s advocate for the trenchcoat theory, because it’s funny.
Well I believe this has happened. Wasn’t brachiosaurus found to be a mashup of multiple species? Or maybe it was a different one…