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Hello! Welcome to a thread about paleontology, both the science of it and the politics! This is a thread to discuss anything that falls under the field of paleontology, defined by Wikipedia as "the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present)." This means motherfuckin' dinosaurs hell yeah!!!  But also any other ancient life, including Cenozoic mammals to the Cambrian explosion. However, this thread is also for discussing ongoing legal issues, court cases, or political disputes surrounding the fossils of ancient life, such as what happens when fossils are found on land belonging to Native peoples. You can also discuss scientific disputes surrounding ancient life, if that's your bag. But most importantly post pictures of motherfuckin' dinosaurs hell yeah!!! PS: the "Poo" in the title refers to coprolite which is the scientific name for fossilized poop. 
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GCU Quelle Suprise posted:Howdy, socially anxious paleontologist here! Also, Atrocious, are you Darren? Cuz you know me through the grapevine! please let me know if anything is wrong in the op or needs to be added, tia
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Apr 1, 2020 05:23
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Flavius Aetass posted:my daughter's apatosaurus: what, and I cannot stress this enough, the gently caress
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Apr 1, 2020 21:09
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do you think any dinosaurs could’ve been tipped like cows? my bet is stegosaurus
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Apr 11, 2020 11:04
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lmao
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Apr 22, 2020 13:52
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sullat posted:My son recently dug up some dinosaur fossils. He put them together like how the skeleton must have been. What do you guys think? He thinks its a new species of T-Rex, he calls it 'Minisaurus Rex'. He wanted me to show it to some scientists, and I figure you guys are close enough. Tell ur son that we want to see more of his paleontology digs, at his earliest convenience, please. 
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Apr 27, 2020 15:35
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that looks like a goddamned horse hoof
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May 6, 2020 23:06
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Bilirubin posted:I've seen some fossil marine reptile paddles where the bones were replaced by gem quality opal. these kinds of fossils are probably fairly valuable, getting any of them into museums or scientific labs instead of private collections - or worse, destroyed to make jewelry - is a minor miracle I imagine
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May 13, 2020 15:49
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Atrocious Joe posted:am I crazy for thinking private collections should be illegal, or at least heavily regulated and permitted? not necessarily for common stuff like invertebrates or plants, but it seems wild for rich people to buy up dinosaur fossils which the wider scientific community may never know about. I can't really think of a reason why not making sure fossils are held as heritage of all humankind, or what have you, and always stored in publicly owned and operated museums/research institutes, wouldn't be the correct thing to do.
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May 14, 2020 05:18
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Look at this sick filth https://twitter.com/ComicaI/status/1270129999903969280?s=19
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Jun 14, 2020 18:50
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rocks in their natural habitat lol owns
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Aug 27, 2020 14:13
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