@Sparkxtube Dracorex is its own species, those are my thoughts. There are fossils of young Pachycephalosaurus specimens and they do not look like Dracorex.
Horner's thesis is not only that Dracorex (dragon king) and Stygimoloch (roughly, sacrifice-demanding god from hell, two of the best genus names of all times) are actually Pachycephali (thick-heads), but that almost a third of the currently described dinosaur species are actually juveniles or very old versions of other known species. The picture of the Dracorex skull from the TV series is incorrect, because dracorex was a plant eater and had the classic Iguanodon beak, not a meat-eater's teeth.
On zootycoon i download one and there awsome! Thay look just like the one in the first picture, oh, and thats cool that the knight thought he was a dragon, I think hes dumb.
@Kingcobrasaurus there is a ton of evidence in that they've only found jueviniles of Stygimoloch and one of Dracorex(only on known discovery of the Dracorex), and only adults of Pachycephalosaurus. Plus the Dome growth makes alot of sense.
But animals don't just lose their horns as they grow up. That would be like baby Spinosaurus having a sail but adults having none. It would be the other way around.
@Kingcobrasaurus: Not true. A simple example is current deer and elk, who loose their antlers every year and grow them back in changing configurations. Bones in all animals change considerably during life, growing and shrinking. And it isn't just anyone suggesting this, it is Jack Horner, curator of the Museum of the Rockies and discoverer of Maiasaurus.
@puncheex But that doesn't mean he is always right. Even the best scientists have wrong theories sometimes. Like Robert Bakker's old theory about sauropods with trunks.
Also, deer antlers just snap off. They don't shrink back into the head.
@Kingcobrasaurus: You're absolutely right, and only more fossil collections will tell, both in this case and in the general case. My point is that this isn't some internet yahoo (like me!) talking, this is a gen-u-ine paleo, so his point needs to be examined seriously.
You're right about the antlers. Perhaps the spikes on Dracorex also snapped off? Who knows? Stranger things have happened.
Never heard of Bakker's trunks. I'll look that up. Isn't it interesting that he described Dracorex?
@steventean: drak'-o-rex, an elision of draco (dragon) and rex (king), both Latin words. the whole species name of the sample found is Dracorex hogwartsia. Of course, if Horner's thesis is verified, it will be a lost name, and that will be a pity.
@AllieSaurus: Dr. Saurus? :) Not that I'm prying, don't tell us his name here. Robert Bakker and Sullivan described it; I hear it was discovered by three amateur paleontologists in the Hell's Creek formation in North Dakota.
wait so thad thing actualy lived?
LiamJoly 2 months ago
Now Palaeontologist think Dracorex Is a Teen aged Pachycephalosaurus
quintanafaj2009 2 months ago
Harry Potter's Dragon King
memebutler 3 months ago
New evidence is speculated that Dracorex is not its own species, but a young Stygimoloch or Pachycephalosaurus, what are your thoughts on this?
Sparkxtube 1 year ago
@Sparkxtube Dracorex is its own species, those are my thoughts. There are fossils of young Pachycephalosaurus specimens and they do not look like Dracorex.
dynomax101 7 months ago
@dynomax101
as I posted 7 months ago, Its only a guess what those paleontologists think about it, I personaly agree with you, and Dracorex is its own species. :3
Sparkxtube 7 months ago
@Sparkxtube correct
titan133760 2 months ago
one of my fravourite creatures
gadunka245 1 year ago
1:54 awesomest one
abc22281 1 year ago
awesome!
abc22281 1 year ago
the pachycephalosaurids are my 2nd favorites!
AQW1stLordOfChaos 1 year ago
Horner's thesis is not only that Dracorex (dragon king) and Stygimoloch (roughly, sacrifice-demanding god from hell, two of the best genus names of all times) are actually Pachycephali (thick-heads), but that almost a third of the currently described dinosaur species are actually juveniles or very old versions of other known species. The picture of the Dracorex skull from the TV series is incorrect, because dracorex was a plant eater and had the classic Iguanodon beak, not a meat-eater's teeth.
puncheex 1 year ago
On zootycoon i download one and there awsome! Thay look just like the one in the first picture, oh, and thats cool that the knight thought he was a dragon, I think hes dumb.
tracerplus2 1 year ago
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Kingcobrasaurus 2 years ago
I agree with that people
dinox3raptor 2 years ago
@Kingcobrasaurus there is a ton of evidence in that they've only found jueviniles of Stygimoloch and one of Dracorex(only on known discovery of the Dracorex), and only adults of Pachycephalosaurus. Plus the Dome growth makes alot of sense.
HAZARDouszilla 2 years ago
But animals don't just lose their horns as they grow up. That would be like baby Spinosaurus having a sail but adults having none. It would be the other way around.
IIRC, Dracorex was bigger than Stygimoloch too.
Kingcobrasaurus 2 years ago
@Kingcobrasaurus: Not true. A simple example is current deer and elk, who loose their antlers every year and grow them back in changing configurations. Bones in all animals change considerably during life, growing and shrinking. And it isn't just anyone suggesting this, it is Jack Horner, curator of the Museum of the Rockies and discoverer of Maiasaurus.
puncheex 1 year ago
@puncheex But that doesn't mean he is always right. Even the best scientists have wrong theories sometimes. Like Robert Bakker's old theory about sauropods with trunks.
Also, deer antlers just snap off. They don't shrink back into the head.
Kingcobrasaurus 1 year ago
@Kingcobrasaurus: You're absolutely right, and only more fossil collections will tell, both in this case and in the general case. My point is that this isn't some internet yahoo (like me!) talking, this is a gen-u-ine paleo, so his point needs to be examined seriously.
You're right about the antlers. Perhaps the spikes on Dracorex also snapped off? Who knows? Stranger things have happened.
Never heard of Bakker's trunks. I'll look that up. Isn't it interesting that he described Dracorex?
puncheex 1 year ago
@Kingcobrasaurus
I think you mean paleontologists said it's a juvenile.
JamesThWilliams 1 year ago
@Kingcobrasaurus They are right
SimKoning 1 year ago
how do u pronounce dracorex?
steventean 2 years ago
@steventean: drak'-o-rex, an elision of draco (dragon) and rex (king), both Latin words. the whole species name of the sample found is Dracorex hogwartsia. Of course, if Horner's thesis is verified, it will be a lost name, and that will be a pity.
puncheex 1 year ago
wait....that hing is real!
Princo809 2 years ago
That's so cool that you're interested in the species!
My dad is one of the discoverers
AllieSaurus 2 years ago
Your dad is paleontologist?
dinox3raptor 2 years ago
Yeah, look him up
AllieSaurus 2 years ago
@AllieSaurus: Dr. Saurus? :) Not that I'm prying, don't tell us his name here. Robert Bakker and Sullivan described it; I hear it was discovered by three amateur paleontologists in the Hell's Creek formation in North Dakota.
puncheex 1 year ago
@AllieSaurus Your dads a palientologists!? Thats awsome!
Hunter55111 1 year ago
@AllieSaurus Your dads a paleontologist! Thats awsome!
Hunter55111 1 year ago