tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088231884643890429.post7188613114029732014..comments2023-06-08T19:39:52.557-05:00Comments on Symbion pandora: Building a desmostylian.Symbion pandorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434242079067525777noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088231884643890429.post-14121233935294699222010-07-26T12:59:42.115-05:002010-07-26T12:59:42.115-05:00First link looks good. Thanks.First link looks good. Thanks.Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324209159007145774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088231884643890429.post-49227343292669133842010-07-25T08:52:01.825-05:002010-07-25T08:52:01.825-05:00Up to date... well that's a tough one really, ...Up to date... well that's a tough one really, b/c the whole thing is so incredibly labyrinthine. If you start from the major phyla like Archaeobacteria, Metazoa etc you're going to get pretty lost because as you go down the tree you'll hit the larger categories most people haven't read about like Deuterostomia, Craniata, Metatheria etc.<br /><br />Check if this site is less unwieldy? http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/default.htmIt has a simpler interface I think, and alphabetical lists and such. I just linked to chordates so you can see an easy list of the main groups that are identifiable.<br /><br />http://www.zo.utexas.edu/faculty/antisense/DownloadfilesToL.html Good times!!! XDSymbion pandorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434242079067525777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088231884643890429.post-6618640647322492232010-07-25T05:43:20.037-05:002010-07-25T05:43:20.037-05:00So much is putative and open to debate, as the blo...So much is putative and open to debate, as the blogger there says.<br /><br />I went through the ToL website you've linked at the side wondering if it could be recommended to someone...but lost my place pretty soon D:<br /><br />It's a GREAT project, but how useful is it for layppl who do want an up to date and reasonably comprehensive ToL diagram without getting lost in the branches? Any thoughts?Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324209159007145774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088231884643890429.post-40760375792449026532010-07-24T14:12:25.214-05:002010-07-24T14:12:25.214-05:00Oh, I know what you mean. I just kinda took what ...Oh, I know what you mean. I just kinda took what I could from the pics I could find, and mostly referencing a skeletal mount for the angle on the hind legs. It's a debate as to how their posture in life was. I'm not sure if anyone has seriously studied the mechanics of their joint articulations though. And they're pretty much assumed to be semi-aquatic, like hippos. SO they'd have less need to run around on land.Symbion pandorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434242079067525777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088231884643890429.post-26392794942340292212010-07-24T03:27:20.916-05:002010-07-24T03:27:20.916-05:00Not quibbling over the reconstruction(s), my inexp...Not quibbling over the reconstruction(s), my inexpert eye knows nothing about building animals from the bone up. :D It's interesting that a couple of artists drew it as seal-like.<br /><br />Yeah, no what I meant was the splayed hind limbs on those reconsts. in the 2nd link don't look very land-efficient. But if it was semiaquatic, it makes sense..i think?Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324209159007145774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088231884643890429.post-67178747653463049972010-07-23T09:19:33.360-05:002010-07-23T09:19:33.360-05:00Yeah, I have no idea. Ask that guy. :P But at l...Yeah, I have no idea. Ask that guy. :P But at least they KNOW about desmostylus.<br /><br />I'd take a few of those reconstructions with a grain of salt. XDSymbion pandorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434242079067525777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1088231884643890429.post-1369511778245580072010-07-23T06:23:43.544-05:002010-07-23T06:23:43.544-05:00The reconstructions don't exactly emphasize it...The reconstructions don't exactly emphasize its SPEED, do they? Those low-strung haunches would make it difficult to get away from predators...no wonder it went extinct XD<br /><br />Oh is there really any correlation btn the no. of Desumons and the quality of sc./math education? It's more like their predilection for turning everything into kawaii XDNormahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324209159007145774noreply@blogger.com