ThePiedPiperofRuination
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I saw a post claiming a Megalodon tooth mounted on a whale vertebra is the most badass fossil.
I say a Velociraptor and Protoceratops locked in a fight to the death is more badass. And it's real https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/fighting-dinos/the-fighting-dinosaurs
Unlike that tooth/vertebra set-up https://www.fossilera.com/blog/about-that-badass-megalodon-tooth-in-a-whale-vertebrae
DavidHawa
I’m gonna break a lot of hearts when I tell you guys that velociraptors were only about 2 ft tall and 6 ft long including the tail.
VibratingNipples
If I'm going to die, I'm taking you with me mother fucker
SynthAndy7
NewarkWilder
Cascadia1977
Until you realize that these animals were the size of a turkey and a pygmy goat.
HessianGhost
A pygmy goat and a vicious carnivorous turkey, locked in mortal combat for all time. Still cool.
Cascadia1977
Agreed. I think it's cool af. But I like birds and goats
cntdn
I saw a documentary about this fight. Like they built a scenario leading to the fight and how it ended up as a fossil. Still have the DVD.
RickMartinezmd
gamer2k4
Maybe this fish fossilized while eating another fish?
IAmTheBeachIWorship
This is just a model but the real thing is also badass
jansenart
The turtles fucking was better. This is close though.
plainoldfool
Maybe they were lovers and not fighters... http://pbfcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/onetimething.png
TheDudeSkywalker
Saw that post too, I believe I commented about this fossil as well
SgtThunderfistMD
Fight to the death? Or loving embrace? The world may never know.
WarlocknLoad
EnthusiasticPickle
Velociraptors never got that big through. The movies made them bigger for the scares. They were only the size of a cat.
BlueskydragonFX
The raptors were based on the Deinonychus. But they renamed them in the movie because Velociraptor sounds better then Deinonychus.
Raptor65
Also when the book was written Deinonychus was considered synonymous with Velociraptor, that's probably where Crichton got it.
HerpestonMcDerping
*turkey, quite a bit larger than a cat.
JuliusPepperwoodFromChicago
Agree. To be fair he didn’t say what kind of cat. Also, cat is an odd choice of animal to use as comparison.
ThePiedPiperofRuination
I'm taking a dinosaur class as an elective and this was used as an example of inferring behavior. According to the professor, it was a 1/2
ThePiedPiperofRuination
Young Protoceratops. This is why it and the Velociraptor are similar in size. 2/2
EnthusiasticPickle
I guess that makes sense
Sauroctonus
Yeah, adult protoceratops were only sheep-sized, so it adds up.
IveSeenYourButthole
Those sets of bones seem way to complete for me
ThePiedPiperofRuination
According to another commenter, what I posted is a model, and the actual bones are less orderly. They should be in the museum link I posted.
IveSeenYourButthole
Thank you for the clarification, cool post too!
thatwoodguy
The tooth on a whale vertebra is a fake
Triatticus
To me it looks more like the megalodon tooth hit the softer interior spot on the bone, hence not breaking the bone
LeviathanOmega
Actually there's a more badass one = Duelling Dinosaurs. The public will likely never get to see it though - but was a juvenille T-Rex 1/2
LeviathanOmega
locked in combat with a Triceratops. Sadly bought by a private collector :( 2/2
AKnightOfMind
jherazob
They do move in herds!
stonekaiju
Awesome! <3
TyrannusEquus
The greatest fossil specimans found so far!
AccountA87
What about the borealopela fossil found recently
sickreferencebruh
Grumpalumpacuss
Kabutops fighting a charmeleon.
AlmightyDiapahbetusGarlicGerbil
"PETERRRR...! YOU'RE BITING ME.." "FELECIA! IT'S CALLED A LOVE BITE!"
charltonexile
OK, this is awesome
Kingdugga
Not so clever girl
DustinJL
DustinJL
@ExtraUpvote
WellDuh13
VashtheStampede47
limerind
metal
MericanFunkYeah
I think they're just bones
aPokal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium
Smayds
Here is an interesting lesson on calcium (but watch out for Helvetica!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBaVwwuErmU
Cheomesh
Makes me wonder how they both died and were both undisturbed long enough to not only decay,but to be covered and fossilized.
flamingflamingo
The mechanism for both was probably one thing, like a landslide.
ThePiedPiperofRuination
It's thought they got buried by a landslide while the Velociraptor was trying to disembowel the Protoceratops.
floyd007
I remember seeing a CGI re-enactment of this on Discovery
HerpestonMcDerping
That's a model. The real fossil is less...orderly. https://i1.wp.com/www.dinotoyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/FightVelo-pht-l.jpg
RaspK
I'd say it's even more amazing (and realistic, knowing what scuffles are like).
Chronomechanist
I was going to say, there's no way that was real.
sciencetothefrontpage
Thank you.
BabySharkEtc
TrombeOverride
It seems to me that if you viewed the real thing from above and not from the side, it would look rather more like the reproduction, though.
TrombeOverride
Anyway, upvotes for the real deal!
DracoSicarius
Still bad ass
tryskochvost
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/078/174/a69.gif
IfILikeYourJokeITellYou
thegreatlord
Sigh, unzips
HaberdasherInGold
itsonlyamodel.gif
tarataqa
Shhh, Imgurians don't like facts. They like to believe everything they see.
Xedi22
The real one is even more awesome....
FrederickThunderbitchJohnson
Shut up
tarataqa
easybrz
Fact: you’re retarded.
tarataqa
easybrz
I guess imgurians really don’t like facts.