▲ 226 ▼ Dunkle (mander.xyz) submitted 4 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (3 children) could be like turtle shells permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children) still it isn't the bone that's on the outside but even if we had a vertebrate fossil that had parts of their endoskeleton exposed, it's so rare that it's safe to assume it wasn't. imma bet the thagomiser was covered with tissues, hardened skin, ketarin, not just naked bone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) still it isn't the bone that's on the outside That's what I mean. Skin that gives color but mostly preserves the look of the bone plates, with gaps remaining visible permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago That is fair, but I don't think the edges of the bones would be visible, look at the turtle skeleton for example. Sadly we will never know how it really looked, we just get to be less wrong about how badly we draw it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children) still it isn't the bone that's on the outside but even if we had a vertebrate fossil that had parts of their endoskeleton exposed, it's so rare that it's safe to assume it wasn't. imma bet the thagomiser was covered with tissues, hardened skin, ketarin, not just naked bone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) still it isn't the bone that's on the outside That's what I mean. Skin that gives color but mostly preserves the look of the bone plates, with gaps remaining visible permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago That is fair, but I don't think the edges of the bones would be visible, look at the turtle skeleton for example. Sadly we will never know how it really looked, we just get to be less wrong about how badly we draw it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) still it isn't the bone that's on the outside That's what I mean. Skin that gives color but mostly preserves the look of the bone plates, with gaps remaining visible permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago That is fair, but I don't think the edges of the bones would be visible, look at the turtle skeleton for example. Sadly we will never know how it really looked, we just get to be less wrong about how badly we draw it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago That is fair, but I don't think the edges of the bones would be visible, look at the turtle skeleton for example. Sadly we will never know how it really looked, we just get to be less wrong about how badly we draw it. permalink fedilink source parent
