I think it would be better to say it's comparable in size to the great white shark, and in the body you should probably put the average size of the great white shark and (if you want) a picture of the great white considering they have a similar body outline User:Dunkleosteus77 |
push to talk17:07, 17 November 2019 (UTC)reply
"consists of deep root lobes that do not extend beyond the shoulders of the crown and a strongly arched base" so did the lobes go in an upward direction? Why would anything on the root surpass the crown? User:Dunkleosteus77 |
push to talk04:58, 17 November 2019 (UTC)reply
They only suggested similar body plans based on converging dentition. Do you think it would be too much of a stretch to suggest similar ecological roles?
Reading the study, it doesn't say anything about a symbiotic relationship, it just says "A. palatasi teeth are typically found comingled with the teeth of the giant otodontid Carcharocles chubutensis, a species well represented in the Burdigalian to Langhian and possibly into the Serravallian" User:Dunkleosteus77 |
push to talk04:58, 17 November 2019 (UTC)reply
When I wrote the article I thought that comingling would imply a symbiotic relationship. If that's an unreliable stretch, then cut.
We shouldn't really stretch information. It's okay to explain inferences the author made in greater detail s/he didn't go into, but only if it's clear that's the direction the author was going in. There doesn't seem to be indication that they thought the two sharks had a symbiotic relationship User:Dunkleosteus77 |
push to talk17:11, 17 November 2019 (UTC)reply
It's what was referred to by fossil collectors/amateurs along with Trigonotodus serratus, but it seems that nobody ever mentioned anything in scientific literature until Kent and Ward. Cut.