Hey, have you ever looked through some good old retro prehistoric animals, and realized “I haven’t heard about this thing in a while - what happened?” The truth is that although all dinosaurs used to exist, some used to used to exist. Many pretty famous dinosaurs - Brontosaurus, Monoclonius, Ultrasauros - have been erased from the books as “fake dinosaurs”. But how do you even fake a dinosaur?
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Wikipedia Articles for the topics if you want to learn more about them:
Brontosaurus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brontosaurus
Dryptosaurus (Laelaps): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryptosaurus
Bone Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_Wars
Agathaumas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathaumas
Monoclonius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclonius
Supersaurus/Ultrasauros: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersaurus
Diplodocus/Seismosaurus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplodocus
Dakotaraptor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakotaraptor
Archaeoraptor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeoraptor
Tyrannosaurus/Nanotyrannus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus
Wikipedia articles, but I highly recommend you check out the more in-depth sources provided below:
Vertisol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertisol
Whistling thorn tree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vachellia_drepanolobium
African bush elephant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_bush_elephant
Crematogaster ants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crematogaster
Sources Used:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4060861?seq=3
http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/tmp/CurticeEtAl1996-ultrasauros.pdf
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41712175?seq=11
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41712176?seq=8
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whatever-happened-to-seismosaurus-78770907/
https://sci-hub.st/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/02724634.1991.10011413?needAccess=true
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4756751/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379902868_A_Unified_Framework_for_Predatory_Dinosaur_Macroevolution
https://www.mdpi.com/2813-6284/2/1/1?trk=public_post_main-feed-card-text