Icythochads, we're so back!
>>4775860Is he ok?
>>4775863He's probably just asleep.
>>4775860>just a piece of jawbonePlace your bets, will it be upsized to bigger than a blue whale or downsized to 20 metres or below
>ichthyotitan Meh.Between Chingchongosaurus wasabi and Titansaurus biggus idk which I'm more tired of.
>>4775895Gone are the days of names like Tyrannosaurus rex, this is the age of Genericus blandi and Referencia popculturens
>>4775895>>4775898Ichthyotitan is a fucking awesome name, you retards are just contrarian normalfags and should possibly go back.
>>4775901It’s an alright name
>>4775901Waiting for Ichthyoterror, Ichthyotyrannus and Ichthyorex
>>4775901if you only pop into paleo news once every couple years, sure, but when a new "thing"titan drops every couple of months it gets tiresome.
>>4775860So what does this mean essentially?
>>4775933New Spinosaurus dropped.Spinosaurus was actually a 25m Ichtyosaur.
>>4775863>>4775868went too hard w/ the boys last night
>>4775860Where are the feathers?
>>4775967Drukbros ww@
>>4775901It's a cool name, it's just the -titan suffix is so played out nowadays.Personally I would've liked a name that references its likeness to whales.>Saurophyseter>Porphyriosaurus>Sauroleviathan
Mammalbros... how could this happen...
>>4777336How does this even happen? I mean it's a liberal estimate sure, but how the hell could this thing possibly feed itself? Warmer oceans usually have lower productivity and this thing lived in the fucking blazing hot Triassic, not to mention jawbones of its relatives like shonisaurus show normal ichthyosaur dentition which implies that it couldn't even filter feed. What the fuck did these things eat?
>>4777341tfw the actual kraken didn't fossilize
>>4777336Put it next to a blue whale
>>4777356Okay then. What did the literal kraken eat in that case?
>>4777341>how could this thing possibly feed itself?Ask yo momma
>>4777341>What the fuck did these things eat?The shape of the jaw implies it was predatory so possibly other ichthyosaurs, large invertebrates and fish. That said we already had perucetus go from 300 tonnes to like 60 in a month so time will tell
>>4777341Sperm whales are immense creatures too and they dont filter feed.
>>4777393):>>4777397I know yea, it's almost 100% gonna get downsized. They probably only say shit like this because it sells and gets clicks. Everybody wants to be the one to find the new biggest ________ ever.>>4777405Macropredatory animals have a size cap at around that size, the only animals that we know of that even get anywhere near the giant baleen whale range are filter feeders. I just don't see how an animal could possibly live in an ecosystem with less organic matter yet be three times the size of the largest known animals that lived similar lives to it.
>>4775892All of this fragmentary bullshit inevitably gets downsized
>>4775895It's a decent name, describes it petty well since it's a giant icthyosaurIt had it far better than the poor victims of pop culture jewgolems like dracorex and fucking thanos
>>4775860>what should our illustration choice be for what's possibly the biggest marine reptile that ever, ever existed?>I KNOW! HAVE IT DEAD ON THE BEACH, THAT'S HOW PEOPLE KNOW WHALES RIGHT?!?!What's the thought process behind that? Hell, there's an alternate illustration that other news websites use that's way better at giving a sense grandeur to it.
>>4777448>It had it far better than the poor victims of pop culture jewgolems like dracorex and fucking thanosAll pop culture reference names can go in the bin except for Ninjemys
>>4777449it's because they reckon that the skeleton was scavenged and picked apart after it washed up on a beach
>>4777449What a weird thing to be autistic about
>>4775860>25mBig Whale always makes sure they keep their precious Blue Whale the biggest. Sick of it.
>>4775860that looks like a deep sea creature, why did they drop him on the beach?
>>4777933Did you just assume xer habitat?
>>4777407>Macropredatory animals have a size cap at around that sizeI mean, says who?
