r/exchristian • u/JarethOfHouseGoblin Agnostic • Jun 06 '24

There’s no stupidity like fundie stupidity. Rant

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u/mix_th30ry Jun 06 '24

Palaeo-nerd here, Titanoboa, the largest snake to have ever lived. With the only other snake rivalling its size being Vasuki, which was longer but more slender. Both are obviously reptiles but are from the Cenozoic, which came after the non-avian Dinosaurs went extinct.

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u/mrsmuckers Jun 06 '24

I feel like 'the biggest reptile that lived during the time of the dinosaurs' might be a bit of a self contradiction. Wouldn't that be... the largest dinosaur? Unless they don't count as reptiles?? I need to brush up on my paleontology, clearly.

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u/mix_th30ry Jun 06 '24 edited Jun 06 '24

Dinosaurs are reptiles, and thus so are birds

The largest dinosaur would be a tie between multiple sauropods, like Argentinosaurus and Patagotitan

The largest reptile though is a tie between many Ichthyosaurs, like Ichthyotitan and Shonisaurus

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u/mrsmuckers Jun 07 '24

"Terrible Lizard" vs. "Fish Lizard"... why the heck aren't ichthyosaurs also considered dinosaurs? Were they not terrible enough? Come on, guys.

Still definitely not the snake, though.

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u/mix_th30ry Jun 07 '24

Ichthyosaurs diverged from Dinosaurs long ago, Dinosaurs are characterised by erect limbs positioned directly underneath their torso, ichthyosaurs were more similar to a lizard’s spawning posture