tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post9095653071633874606..comments2024-03-21T07:21:10.901-04:00Comments on The Lord Geekington: The Pig-Nosed TurtleCameron McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-10522411523352862872017-04-21T12:55:03.768-04:002017-04-21T12:55:03.768-04:00I feel a little wrong problem cặp supremeI feel a little wrong problem <a href="http://www.4teenshop.com/cap-supreme" rel="nofollow">cặp supreme</a>zemzemhttp://www.zemzemshop.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-50747445122461303072017-04-21T12:52:39.099-04:002017-04-21T12:52:39.099-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05863010492522955410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-71521843047057078782008-01-09T12:58:00.000-05:002008-01-09T12:58:00.000-05:00I must disagree with the very heart of your post. ...I must disagree with the very heart of your post. It should not be called a pig-nosed turtle, for that calls into mind some frankenstein like creature. The turtle did not steal the nose of a pig and attach it to it's own face. Rather it has a nose that is slightly comperable to a pig's snout, while remaining completely turtley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-48528724471988914602008-01-07T16:33:00.000-05:002008-01-07T16:33:00.000-05:00Well, something somewhere got really, really screw...Well, something somewhere got really, really screwed up. I checked, and you're right: Meylan <I>et al</I>. do say that the <I>Sandownia</I> skull is 600 mm long (p. 523), and in all of their figures their scale bars makes the specimen look huge. So I dug out a newspaper cutting I have from September 19th 2000, where an article in my local newspaper announces the discovery of <I>Sandownia</I>. Two photos show Martin Munt - the former senior curator at Dinosaur Isle (where the holotype is accessioned) - posing with the skull (and it is definitely THE skull: the <I>Sandownia</I> holotype). In both photos it is cupped in his hands (or someone's hands anyway: can't be sure in one of the photos). Martin is similar in size to me, so based on my hands in front of me now I estimate that the actual length is - yes - more like 60 mm. Come to think of it, 600 mm for a turtle skull would be exceptional: how big is the skull on an <I>Archelon</I> for example? Probably about 600 mm.<BR/><BR/>My conclusion is that Meylan <I>et al</I>. royally fucked up, and both screwed up the scale bars in their figures and got the length wrong in their text. By curious coincidence, I'm meeting with the second author on the paper - Dick Moody - this Thursday and will alert him to this problem.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for flagging this. For various reasons I've followed the discovery and description of <I>Sandownia</I>, but to my surprise I had totally missed this most egregious of errors...Darren Naishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324870234525004643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-35818052544650529102008-01-07T13:56:00.000-05:002008-01-07T13:56:00.000-05:00I thought I went crazy there, but I double-checked...I thought I went crazy there, but I double-checked and it definitely does say "60 cm in condobasylar length" and figures 2-5 have a 30 cm scale bar. Did they mess up the units like NASA here? I was pretty confused why they didn't discuss the size anyways. A super-gigantic Trionychoidean would have been nice, but oh well...Cameron McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521083680718243221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-23615956568424723122008-01-07T04:54:00.000-05:002008-01-07T04:54:00.000-05:00Happy 21st! It's all downhill from here.Moving on....Happy 21st! It's all downhill from here.<BR/><BR/>Moving on.. no no no, the skull of <I>Sandownia</I> is most definitely not 60 cm long: in fact it's more like 60 mm.Darren Naishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324870234525004643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903316070344664352.post-26138484826187590672008-01-06T21:46:00.000-05:002008-01-06T21:46:00.000-05:00Bravo! A longtime personal favorite of mine. A t...Bravo! A longtime personal favorite of mine. A toast of Gewurztraminer to your birthday and the Pig-Nose!Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293693723899837239noreply@blogger.com