Spinosaurus sail shape
I have finally got back around to working on a new Spinosaurus skeletal from scratch. I'm exploring some of the issues on my website, including a critical look at the new sail shape everyone seems keen on copying. Check it out here: https://www.skeletaldrawing.com/home/the-road-to-spinosaurus-ii-known-unknowns11252020
Not necessarily agreeing with all the conclusions but curious of the whole journey and looking forward to the next chapters of your Spinosaurid odyssey.
Out of curiosity, which conclusions are not not agreeing with?
Not agreeing may be a bit strong because I have no real firm opinion on the matter, as Spinosaurus and kin need more research, but I felt that calling Ibrahim's crest shape as speculative seemed a bit much, as I felt there is enough overlap to assess at least part of their reasoning behind that shape as solid. But again, I am in no authority to contradict your conclusions in the current state of knowledge nor do I wish to. ^^
"Speculative" is a lot nicer than "wrong." But it truly is speculative, there is no data from either the FSAC specimen or the type to justify the M-shaped sail. Which doesn't mean it's impossible, just that it's all paleoart-meme at this stage.
Fair enough. Again I did not claim to be sure of the contrary, just surprised as one might be when receiving new or contradicting information.
Should we expect a new skeletal from you soon?
Yeah, I'll post it to my blog tomorrow.