munkas02
Dinosauromorph
gotta love me summa dem trilobites!
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Post by munkas02 on Oct 10, 2015 9:57:00 GMT
comment if u agree
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Post by Meg Dickson on Oct 10, 2015 20:06:49 GMT
Not sure if I do or not
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Post by theTorterra on Oct 11, 2015 2:18:22 GMT
Well I mean I support this, wholeheartedly. Not only am I a Dinotopia fan, but it fits a lot better with what we know of the theropod. It's even possible that the first specimen was a female, and had a subdued crest!
However, that's sadly not how taxonomy works. Osborn named it Oviraptor, and Oviraptor it shall remain.
On a related note, who else wants to see the whole "Citipati (or possibly related genus) being called Oviraptor by everyone" thing cleared up? Seriously.
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Post by raptorcivilization on Oct 11, 2015 19:42:33 GMT
Rinchenia also used to be Oviraptor
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Post by ornithopsis on Oct 11, 2015 20:28:24 GMT
Actually, even though Osborn's reasoning in thinking that Oviraptor ate eggs was wrong, there's actually some evidence that it may have eaten eggs after all.
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citipati
Avemetatarsalian
Friendly Neighbourhood Oviraptorosaur
Posts: 18 
Gender: Agender/Nonbinary/THERE IS NO SPOON
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Post by citipati on Oct 11, 2015 21:50:03 GMT
I think they were generalist omnivores (though their eyes probably weren't the best for hunting) so eggs were definitely on the menu.
As for the whole Ovipati/Citiraptor thing I WOULD SERIOUSLY LIKE THAT CLEARED UP though until they find a more complete Oviraptor philoceratops skull, everyone is just going to keep using Citipati.
Unless someone's going to start lumping them all like I saw Greg Paul doing in the newest version of his dinosaur field guide (I can't find it atm but I swear he had things like Nemegtomaia/Rinchenia/someone else with "Citipati" in the middle...)
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Post by raptorcivilization on Oct 12, 2015 6:50:04 GMT
A Citipati or Rinchenia skull is probably preferable to this:   |
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Post by Meg Dickson on Oct 12, 2015 7:00:26 GMT
that looks like that one iguanodon in Disney's dinosaur
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Post by theTorterra on Oct 12, 2015 8:44:15 GMT
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munkas02
Dinosauromorph
gotta love me summa dem trilobites!
Posts: 42
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Post by munkas02 on Oct 13, 2015 20:57:20 GMT
you all commented, that means you all agree
i win
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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 15, 2015 5:11:28 GMT
The real debate is if Egg Mom/Dad/Entity will Steal all of the Egg Children like its name implies
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