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Published: 2017-05-29 00:13:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 541; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 0
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The whole croc-lip D. horneri is a crock of shite, the supposed evidence does not substantiate the authour's claims in my personal opinion.Related content
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Despite the mouth looking a bit strange, I love how you drew the eye in this as well as the texture above and around the eyes.
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Thank you! The whole point of the odd mouth however was to communicate visually how unnatural and ridiculous the claims are.
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Maybe this version is wrong, but it's definitely more plausible than a mammal-like lips by Nash.
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Lizard-like lips look the most likely to me.
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In my opinion, more likely three versions: 1) with protruding teeth, but without the crocodile-like texture; 2) with lips like lizards; 3) with orca-like lips. I personally like 1 and 3 version. In any case, I really want to see in the future new information about it. But they are clearly not mammal-like (dog-like) lips, and even more he could not to grin.
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What do you mean with orca-like lips? Stiff tissue?
(the "mammal-like" lips by Nash are btw not like mammals, as in: they're not muscular or so)
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The upper lip hides the teeth and the lower jaw is the growth of the soft tissues (the place of closing). You can look for pictures, if that.
Maybe, but such big lips certainly was not. And especially if he has such big lips, no facial muscles can not do definitely.
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I could imagine stiff lips with a cartilaginous support under the skin, I think monitor lizards posses something similar.
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Ah, didn't know that. I always assumed it were just the scales that kept them stiff.
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No, that's not the case. If that were the case, then scaleless snakes and lizards would have droopy lips, but they still keep their shape even in scaleless specimens:
i.ytimg.com/vi/OWZcLuFH6rI/hqd… <-- Ball python without scales.
www.dachiu.com/gallery/silk66.… <-- Bearded dragon without scales.
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Cool, looks like lizard-type lips are still the most likely then.
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Yeah, it seems like it.
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Orca-like lips sounds interesting, I'm going to have to look them up 
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Crocodiles can be quite a long time to travel by land without bad effects on their teeth.
Interestingly, orca's, like most whales, the facial musculature is atrophied.
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I'm curious as to why you believe that the croc lips aren't a well supported claim.
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A more sensitive snout is a definite, but the tight, cracked looking skin of a crocodile follows the contours and cracks in the skull itself. The skull of D. horneri showed nothing of the sort.
The fact that the official reconstruction was featherless just sealed the deal.
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I think that that was more to show the skin textures.
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