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Post by binsacd on Oct 9, 2015 3:49:03 GMT
so i know a few of you but not most of you. What are y'all into? like obviously i fucking know you like dinosaurs, or else you wouldnt follow a dinosaur a day. I'm talking like, what about paleontology? Really diggin cladistics? Sweet. More of an ecology person. Fuckin' rad. I'm just curious what kind of group we have going here.
I'll start, I'm really into biomechanics and ecology. I really dig thyreophorans, the cuddly bastards. Now its your turn.
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Post by Meg Dickson on Oct 9, 2015 3:54:16 GMT
I'm really into motherfucking CLADISTICS
and I'm interested in patterns of macroevolution
Big picture shit, like the history of life over all time, that sort of thing
I love the big picture man
BIG
PICTURE
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Post by raptorcivilization on Oct 9, 2015 3:59:46 GMT
Cladistics, ecology, some things involving anatomy, behavior, and some other things. And I love pterosaurs and coelurosaurs
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lythronax
Dinosaur
I believe the scientific term is "hella massive."
Posts: 62 
Gender: Category five kaiju
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Post by lythronax on Oct 9, 2015 5:18:22 GMT
My main interest would be the K-T/K-Pg extinction. I refuse to acknowledge that it was just an asteroid or that could have been only the asteroid and the Deccan traps (mainly because I thought of the asteroid+Deccan traps combo before the Berkeley crew announced it. Sob). The "Acid rain dissolved all of the dinosaur bones at the K-T boundary" theory is also something I dwell on too much. Behavior is pretty neat, too.
Dinosaur-wise, if it is a theropod, I love it. There are no exceptions.
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munkas02
Dinosauromorph
gotta love me summa dem trilobites!
Posts: 42
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Post by munkas02 on Oct 9, 2015 5:19:43 GMT
trilobites are my thing
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Post by spinosaurusthefisher on Oct 9, 2015 5:26:39 GMT
Not a palaeontology specialist, but I dabble in art as well as some cladistics. My main interests, though, have more to do with stats, programs, and genetics.
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Post by dracontes on Oct 9, 2015 11:31:44 GMT
My preference goes toward paleobiology, i.e., figuring out how critters lived and the limits of one's knowledge in that regard. As for the life forms themselves, there's too many to pick favourites.
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Post by theTorterra on Oct 10, 2015 6:16:03 GMT
OK.
You asked for it, man. Although you already know me...Regardless.
I love science so much omg. I'm interested in palaeontology and zoology as a whole. If I could focus on anything particular in these sciences, it would be...well shoot. I really, *really* like birds, to the point where I'm seriously considering going into ornithology. I also love marine tetrapods, especially cetaceans and walruses. If I had to focus on that last group in particular...Beaked whales?
Evolutionary biology, especially considering the above groups, fascinates me. I have numerous books on the subjects.
If I had to focus on something in palaeontology...hmmm. I want to know more about palaeoecology, because it's so awesome to be able to reconstruct ecosystems that haven't existed for millions of years. The evolution and palaeontology of cetaceans and birds is of great interest to me. I'm generally interested in palaeobiology. As much as I dislike the man, John Horner put it best when he said. "I don't give a [darn] how they died! I want to know how they lived!"
In terms of favorite organism groups, I've got cetaceans, birds, Strigiformes, Sphenisciformes, palaeognaths, archosaurs as a whole, ceratopsians, mosasaurs, crocodylians, etc. Gah! My favorites are all over the place!
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Post by Viergacht on Oct 10, 2015 8:27:08 GMT
I like a little bit of everything, but I'm especially thrilled when we discover things about appearance and behavior in ancient critters.
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