et's daddy Posted March 7, 2006 #1 Share Posted March 7, 2006 makes me wonder how they come up with them other then lizards look that way now is that a good enough reason ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^SolidSnake^ Posted March 7, 2006 #2 Share Posted March 7, 2006 I don't think you can know I mean I dunno but I think that dinosaur designs are basically a rough sketch on the skeleton...I dunno though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
distortedpandy Posted March 8, 2006 #3 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I think it's just a guess *shrugs* I really don't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogfish Posted March 8, 2006 #4 Share Posted March 8, 2006 (edited) Many dinosaur colors are just pure speculation, but its practical that the head crests of dinos like Dilophosaurus and Crylophosaurus were brightly colored to attract mates. Maybe even the sails or Spinosaurus and Ournanosaurus were used for mating Edited March 8, 2006 by frogfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax Unum Posted March 8, 2006 #5 Share Posted March 8, 2006 for all we know, some may have had color control like a cameleon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conspiracy Posted March 8, 2006 #6 Share Posted March 8, 2006 i guess we will never really know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yelekiah Posted March 8, 2006 #7 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I thought Jurassic Park looked pretty good, but all we can do is speculate. Hell they could have been pink with purple stripes, although I doubt this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogfish Posted March 8, 2006 #8 Share Posted March 8, 2006 We do know for mating, bright colors are the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pax Unum Posted March 8, 2006 #9 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I thought Jurassic Park looked pretty good, but all we can do is speculate. Hell they could have been pink with purple stripes, although I doubt this. I also thought the dino's in JP looked 'realistic'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
et's daddy Posted March 9, 2006 Author #10 Share Posted March 9, 2006 We do know for mating, bright colors are the best. im gonna paint myself bright pink then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogfish Posted March 9, 2006 #11 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Good luck et! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortal Norway Posted March 19, 2006 #12 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Well... if someone had a timemachine we just could have gone to the past and see them by ourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofia Alexandra Posted March 19, 2006 #13 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Someday I'm gonna draw a great big ferocious T.Rex munching on some prey, and the Rex is going to be bright pink, just for the sake of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunZero Posted March 20, 2006 #14 Share Posted March 20, 2006 I'm wearing a pink shirt right now.. Anyway, you draw that picture then come show it to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
et's daddy Posted March 27, 2006 Author #15 Share Posted March 27, 2006 (edited) i wish they looked like this there's your pink T-Rex Edited March 27, 2006 by et's daddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phowl Posted March 27, 2006 #16 Share Posted March 27, 2006 i wish they looked like this there's your pink T-Rex haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim_Shadow Posted March 27, 2006 #17 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Many dinosaur colors are just pure speculation, but its practical that the head crests of dinos like Dilophosaurus and Crylophosaurus were brightly colored to attract mates. Maybe even the sails or Spinosaurus and Ournanosaurus were used for mating Quite so. Also - and this is important - most reptiles and birds have color vision. Most mammals do not, so mammals often have drab coloration. Birds and reptiles, however, are extremely colorful. Since dinosaurs are closely related to both birds and reptiles, it seems reasonable to assume that many of them had color vision as well. And when you have color vision, you can use color to differentiate your species from another. I think it's likely that dinosaurs were, on the whole, colorful creatures. Whereas they are usually depicted in drab olive green or dusty brown, they probably had numerous spots, stripes, or other patterns of brown, black, white, green, red, orange...some used to find mates, some used for cameoflauge, some used as a warning to other creatures. -Pilgrim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyWeather Posted March 30, 2006 #18 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Quite so. Also - and this is important - most reptiles and birds have color vision. Most mammals do not, so mammals often have drab coloration. Birds and reptiles, however, are extremely colorful. Since dinosaurs are closely related to both birds and reptiles, it seems reasonable to assume that many of them had color vision as well. And when you have color vision, you can use color to differentiate your species from another. I think it's likely that dinosaurs were, on the whole, colorful creatures. Whereas they are usually depicted in drab olive green or dusty brown, they probably had numerous spots, stripes, or other patterns of brown, black, white, green, red, orange...some used to find mates, some used for cameoflauge, some used as a warning to other creatures. -Pilgrim also, aren't the sail's thought to have been a way to keep them cool? as the sail 'bones' are hollow, allowing blood to circulate therefore cooling them down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim_Shadow Posted March 30, 2006 #19 Share Posted March 30, 2006 also, aren't the sail's thought to have been a way to keep them cool? as the sail 'bones' are hollow, allowing blood to circulate therefore cooling them down. That is the prevailing theory, although not the only one. However, a sail can serve more than one function. It could help regulate body temperature AND have bright markings to attract mates. -Pilgrim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyWeather Posted March 30, 2006 #20 Share Posted March 30, 2006 That is the prevailing theory, although not the only one. However, a sail can serve more than one function. It could help regulate body temperature AND have bright markings to attract mates. -Pilgrim yeah, s'why I said "also" at the beginning of my post, as to carry it on and name another feature they could have been used for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogfish Posted March 31, 2006 #21 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Sails were probably also used for mating, if indeed the dinosaurs were "dino-blooded". Pilgrim, the only problem I have with Warning stripes is that no dinosaur is venemous or such..."Warning Colors" would act more like a dinner bell for large theropods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim_Shadow Posted March 31, 2006 #22 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Sails were probably also used for mating, if indeed the dinosaurs were "dino-blooded". Pilgrim, the only problem I have with Warning stripes is that no dinosaur is venemous or such..."Warning Colors" would act more like a dinner bell for large theropods. No dinosaur is known to have been venomous. Given the incomplete nature of the fossil record, that cannot be assumed to be absolute. At any rate, I was speaking hypothetically. -Pilgrim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogfish Posted April 1, 2006 #23 Share Posted April 1, 2006 Well, any KNOWN dino is not venemous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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