Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agoWhat did people think dinosaur bones were before we officially recognised dinosaurs?message-squaremessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down11
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareWhat did people think dinosaur bones were before we officially recognised dinosaurs?Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squareMelllvarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up92arrow-down1·9 days agoDragons, giants, monsters, that sort of thing. They weren’t entirely wrong.
minus-squareGreenBeard@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·9 days agoI mean, other than breathing fire, the difference between a particularly large pterosaur and a dragon mostly down to the shape of the head.
minus-squareGreenBeard@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoI mean, sure, they’re the biggest, but really most of the Azhdarchid Pterosaurs would count as some kind of Dragon.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoPterosaurs, terror soars, something something something some…
minus-squareWilco@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoI love the fact they believed elephant skulls were giant cyclops skulls.
Dragons, giants, monsters, that sort of thing. They weren’t entirely wrong.
I mean, other than breathing fire, the difference between a particularly large pterosaur and a dragon mostly down to the shape of the head.
Particularly large pterosaur you say?
I mean, sure, they’re the biggest, but really most of the Azhdarchid Pterosaurs would count as some kind of Dragon.
Pterosaurs, terror soars, something something something some…
I love the fact they believed elephant skulls were giant cyclops skulls.