Cotylorhynchus, a genus of late Permian synapsids. It's herbivorous and it's huge gut was possibly necessary to digest the nutrient-poor plant life it fed on.
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 21 Dec 2024 20:07
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propter_hog@hexbear.net on 21 Dec 2024 20:34 next collapse

It’s like a turtle without the turtle part

normal_user@hexbear.net on 21 Dec 2024 21:56 collapse

You know what, I feel like the shell part of the turtle is best represented by the “turt” part of the world turtle. It just looks the way “turt” sounds.

So a turtle without it’s shell I think should start to be called a “le” (pronounced like in the world turtle), which represents very well, as a sound, a “turt”-less turtle

algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org on 22 Dec 2024 00:46 collapse

This comment deals 10 points psychic damage

normal_user@hexbear.net on 22 Dec 2024 06:38 collapse

I also just noticed that the first “t” could be the legs and the tail of the turtle, while the “l” are the front legs and the “e” is the head and mouth.

Meaning that the shell part would actually be “urt”.
More research is going to be needed to figure out this one.

qarbone@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 2024 20:54 next collapse

It looks like it was made in Spore

Kowowow@lemmy.ca on 21 Dec 2024 21:06 next collapse

Is he voiced by danny devito?

BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works on 22 Dec 2024 08:51 collapse

I can picture it now. An Ice Age movie where Sid, Manny, and Diego are hanging around a bar and this chonky boy shows up out of nowhere and makes an outrageous claim. Queue “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” music.

EstraDoll@hexbear.net on 21 Dec 2024 21:17 next collapse

BIG CHUNGUS

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev on 21 Dec 2024 21:22 next collapse

If turtle shells were on the inside.

USSMojave@startrek.website on 21 Dec 2024 22:28 collapse

Turtle shells are already on the inside. The entire surface of their shells is skin!

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev on 21 Dec 2024 23:23 collapse

So they’re more naked than I thought…

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca on 21 Dec 2024 21:40 next collapse

it’s

Yes it is.

usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca on 22 Dec 2024 01:04 collapse

I don’t understand how they used it correctly and then didn’t

Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee on 21 Dec 2024 21:45 next collapse

Looks like Elon musk as a reptile more of a reptile.

TankieTanuki@hexbear.net on 21 Dec 2024 21:59 next collapse

It’s shaped like a cheeseburger. I’ll call it Americanis.

SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 21 Dec 2024 23:23 next collapse

I feel like this is one of those models we’re completely wrong about.

Zagorath@aussie.zone on 22 Dec 2024 02:10 collapse

Yeah this looks like a stupid degree of shrink wrapping of the neck.

fulcrummed@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 01:55 next collapse

Direct descendent:

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/bc635950-8788-466e-afdd-5b9289c7a6df.jpeg">

LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works on 22 Dec 2024 05:05 collapse

Okay so is this photoshopped or what’s going on here

myrrh@ttrpg.network on 22 Dec 2024 06:52 collapse

hormones

Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works on 22 Dec 2024 08:40 collapse

Also, repeated liposuction and no exercise.

muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee on 22 Dec 2024 04:56 next collapse

Looks like a turtle without its shell. Are the scientists sure it didnt have a shell made of cartilage thats been lost to time?

umbraroze@lemmy.world on 22 Dec 2024 08:22 collapse

I don’t know where this particular fella fits in the history, but turtles evolved from similar quadruped reptiles. Basically, their ribs evolved flat and wide so that their chests could support them better while burrowing tunnels. That turned into the turtle plastron.

muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee on 22 Dec 2024 08:40 collapse

Huh the more u know

Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net on 22 Dec 2024 07:59 collapse

we probably just have the bones of the weirdest-looking critter in the species

uncanny resemblance <img alt="" src="https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/39d10de6-1aad-411b-a3b3-eb3d1b514f07.jpeg">