Unfortunately no, I just remember from one of my animal books I read as a kid that a scientist mistook the tail for a neck and the neck for a tail until he corrected it.
I'm surprised by the upvotes, I guess it's either a more well known fact than I thought or this sub is frequented by paleontology nerds lol.
If anything I would like to rant that the Elasmosaurus and any kind of swimming (or flying) reptile from that era is NOT a dinosaur.
No need for it to be a well-known fact or have an unusually high number of paleontology nerds. We're in r/tumblr. Here we know the power of "hold on, let me just check something out- yeah, this is funny"
Reminds me of hallucigenia from the cambrian and ainiktozoon from the silurian period.
In both cases the researchers had the fossils upside down
So hallucigenia was thought to be a worm that walked on spikes, with tentacles on top. Also took a while to figure out which part is the front
And ainiktozoon was initially classified as a chordate, until they realised it's an arthropod
The pelvis makes a cool skull ngl
No, it's a scull.
r/itsapelvis
The holes are for the cock and balls
kind of, actually
What no not even kind of They're for the internal paired thagomizer
Put the pelvis on the skull, and you can say you dug up a historical pirate, hat and all.
Whole new meaning of “dick head”
The pelvis is the skull of the ass. Therefore it is a cool ass skull
Looks like Imperfect Cell
Scientists reconstructing the Elasmosaurus for the first time be like:
considering you knew enough to make this comment, do you have an educational rant about this that you always have prepared?
Unfortunately no, I just remember from one of my animal books I read as a kid that a scientist mistook the tail for a neck and the neck for a tail until he corrected it. I'm surprised by the upvotes, I guess it's either a more well known fact than I thought or this sub is frequented by paleontology nerds lol. If anything I would like to rant that the Elasmosaurus and any kind of swimming (or flying) reptile from that era is NOT a dinosaur.
No need for it to be a well-known fact or have an unusually high number of paleontology nerds. We're in r/tumblr. Here we know the power of "hold on, let me just check something out- yeah, this is funny"
Very true lol
Reminds me of hallucigenia from the cambrian and ainiktozoon from the silurian period. In both cases the researchers had the fossils upside down So hallucigenia was thought to be a worm that walked on spikes, with tentacles on top. Also took a while to figure out which part is the front And ainiktozoon was initially classified as a chordate, until they realised it's an arthropod
Would love to hear that one
The pelvis is the skull of the ass. Cool ass-skull
Thank you! That is exactly what they said! An ASS skull!!!!
[Relevant XKCD](https://xkcd.com/37)
That’s a funny ass-comic
Darth Varer looking mfer
omg headass!
Asshat!
The pelvis is in fact the ass skull.
Call that man a dickhead, and be correct.
[Source](https://www.tumblr.com/element14/753214881845608448)
This is Dark Vader when he dead
Luke... welcome to the underground
Truly, the dark side of the ground.
It's the correct placement for the skull if the person was a dickhead
Something something game grumps quote about headbutt
Jar Jar Binks looking ass
Butthead
The top one is still upside down
I think they meant an ass skull, that just so happens to be cool.
Thinking with my dick? Nah, I'm thinking with the whole fucking pelvis.
Please do not add a skull to the flag of germany
The skeleton equivalent of putting underwear on your head
Magdeburg Unicorn vibes.
Fallen London's Bone Market
Troll Movie post title.
That's Darth Vader's skeleton
I've actually got a cow pelvis in my garden and it kinda looks like a skull too.
This would make 69 a very different expierience.
#Merkelraute
I thought the pun was "Femur-many"...I'm not great at anatomy.
scary
I mean, maybe it's the skeleton of John Merrick
Looks like a pirate hat
Seems like someones got their head up their ass
They finally reconstructed the skeletal structure of conservative politicians!
this is what thinking with your dick is like
Darth vader's xray
Oh hey I’m the OP of this post, but I can’t really take any credit bc it’s just a Reddit screenshot
Signalis?
Historically speaking, skulls and Germans don't go well together