Talk:Hynerpeton
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[edit] Disputed Data About Hyneria
That "60% of the time, hyneria couldn't get back in the water" sounds like nonsense to me. Any reference for this? --Kaz 01:37, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
- A few people working on this article seem to be working entirely from the tv show Walking With Monsters, which consisted almost entirely of specualtion, and used some innacurate terms (like calling Hynerpeton an amphibian). Made-up stats like that 60% figure also seem to come from this show.Dinoguy2 02:29, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
I kind of disagree with 60% of the time, Hyneria couldn't get back into the water, because in Walking with Monsters, it was out of the water for about a minute, and was succesful catching the Hynerpeton. I also think that Hynerpeton was an amphibian, its lifestyle is like one. I think the superclass, tetrapoda, contains things like reptiles, amphibians, mammals etc. GBA 19:48, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
- WWM is not a scientific source, it's a TV show. While it was based loosely on fact, MOST of the info in that show was speculation or just flat-out wrong (we don't know much about the behavior of these animals, so there's room for specualtion, but that's all it is). Hynerpeton was not an amphibian just because its lifestyle is amphibian-like, just as a dolphin is not a fish just because its lifestyle is fish-like. Both reptiles and amphibians evolved from Hynerpeton-like animals, but Hynerpeton itself does not belong to either class (it's too primitive). You're right that superclass tetrapoda contains mammals, reptiles, amphibians, etc, but it also contains a lot of animals that don't go in any of these categories.Dinoguy2 20:02, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
In Walking With Monsters, that Hyneria was like crawling on land and then it grabbed that Hynerpeton. The end. There was nothing said about whether it could get into water or not. All it said was that it had strong fins for crawling on land. PS: Why are we talking about Hyneria on the Hynerpeton page?61.230.72.211 00:04, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
