The Skull Riddle Thread

aidoh · 04-10-2011 04:56PM

Extinct:

Sid_Justice · 04-10-2011 05:35PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

A right sid your friend with no science training without a hint of zoological training recognises a red panda skull?

yeah must have been a lucky guess. he didn't go to ucd maybe that was what saved him

Sid_Justice · 04-10-2011 05:37PM

aidoh wrote: »

Extinct:

First guess is velicoraptor

steddyeddy · 04-10-2011 05:41PM

Sid_Justice wrote: »

yeah must have been a lucky guess. he didn't go to ucd maybe that was what saved him

Well neither did I sid and I didnt get it but I would consider UCD's Zoology program excellent.

Sid_Justice · 04-10-2011 05:48PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

Well neither did I sid and I didnt get it but I would consider UCD's Zoology program excellent.

what experience of it do you have?

steddyeddy · 04-10-2011 05:50PM

Sid_Justice wrote: »

what experience of it do you have?

Start a new thread on zoology degrees well talk then.

steddyeddy · 04-10-2011 05:52PM

aidoh wrote: »

Extinct:

Some sort of extinct alligator.

aidoh · 04-10-2011 11:11PM

Nope. But it was aquatic.

Mickeroo · 04-10-2011 11:39PM

aidoh wrote: »

Nope. But it was aquatic.

Hardly a Plesiosaur is it?

aidoh · 05-10-2011 12:03AM

Nope but you're kind of close.

aidoh · 05-10-2011 12:04AM

*Not taxonomically but ecologically.

Sid_Justice · 05-10-2011 12:10AM

Plioplatecarpus sp. (Mosasaur)

perhaps better suited to the palaeo forum

Mickeroo · 05-10-2011 12:12AM

aidoh wrote: »

*Not taxonomically but ecologically.

surely a mosasaur then, plioplatecarpus

edit: oops,beaten to it

Sid_Justice · 05-10-2011 12:14AM

Mickeroo wrote: »

surely a mosasaur then, plioplatecarpus

edit: oops,beaten to it

when aidoh confirms i'm correct you throw one up please

aidoh · 05-10-2011 12:32AM

Sid_Justice wrote: »

Plioplatecarpus sp. (Mosasaur)

perhaps better suited to the palaeo forum

Yeah well done both of yiz.
Genus and everything, wow.

And where palaentology deals with fossil animals it's likely still within the discipline of zoology.

Mickeroo · 05-10-2011 07:22AM

Sid_Justice wrote: »

when aidoh confirms i'm correct you throw one up please

Righto!

I'll admit aidoh, once I realised it was a mososaur google provided me with the exact name

anyhoo:

Sid_Justice · 05-10-2011 08:04AM

dugong

aidoh · 05-10-2011 09:32AM

Dugngs have mental looking heads.

Mickeroo · 05-10-2011 01:12PM

Sid_Justice wrote: »

dugong

sure is!

Sid_Justice · 05-10-2011 07:25PM

aidoh · 05-10-2011 08:06PM

Sid_Justice · 05-10-2011 08:15PM

correct!

aidoh · 05-10-2011 08:33PM

Only a mother could love those poor giant salamanders.

steddyeddy · 05-10-2011 08:38PM

Can you give us a hint as to wheter its extinct or extanct aidoh?

Sid_Justice · 05-10-2011 08:42PM

Apalone%20mutica-head%20on-2.6-19-07.0017.jpg

aidoh · 05-10-2011 08:43PM

Oh yeah, sorry. It's extant.

aidoh · 05-10-2011 08:44PM

Well done Sid.
African softshell turtle.
EDIT: I think the picture you posted is an Asian species but... who cares. I would've said "correct" for any turtle.
Love turtles.

Sid_Justice · 05-10-2011 08:53PM

snowstreams · 06-10-2011 09:55AM

A horse?

Sid_Justice · 06-10-2011 11:57PM

no

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