Comments on: The Greatest Dinosaur Hits of 2011

By: arani

arani — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:02:03 +0000

stegosaurus is my favourite still….39 foot Jurassic peacock with a deadly tail…how farkin cool.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:11:04 +0000

oh and the smell and vision links go nowhere.

By: chris y

chris y — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:19:48 +0000

Your links to DT are mildly broken by duplication of the date within the URL.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:36:59 +0000

I think the paper about the use of dromeosaur killing claws should be on there. It was a very interesting paper. Not only does it knock raptors off their pedestal as “vicious killer who killed prey larger than themselves” but also because it provides yet another link between dinosaurs and birds. I’m not just talking about how they kill prey the same way; i’m referring to the idea that the dinosaur wave it’s arms to stay balanced atop it’s prey as a possible origin of flapping . I think that paper was more than worthy of being on this list.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:54:32 +0000

I'm probably forgetting a lot, but here are a few of my favorites (not all strictly dinosaurs, I know): Dinosaur feathers caught in amber Dinosaurs may have been more active than modern mammals Plesiosaurs gave birth to live young Pterodactyls laid eggs (and perhaps only males had crests) Pterosaur wings were narrow, crescent-shaped, and further forward than previously thought