Timeline for Would pleopod swimming scale?
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| Aug 9, 2021 at 1:14 | history | edited | Drakio-X | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 9, 2021 at 1:11 | comment | added | Drakio-X | @rek . Sorry, even if I could give the required calculations would be useless at the end, because the swimming method that I assumed (comparing Pliosaurus and Aegirocassis with the Isopods) its completly different of what you require. | |
| Aug 9, 2021 at 1:09 | history | edited | Drakio-X | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 9, 2021 at 0:53 | comment | added | Drakio-X | @John . Looks like you have reason, my wrong to confuse both swimming methods, but also looks like the example provided by the question for biggest pleopod swimmer is deficient too, for what what I know dinocarids had plepods on the sides of the body, more like what you describe in your own answer. | |
| Aug 8, 2021 at 20:25 | comment | added | John | sea turtles are not drag swimmers they are hydrofoil swimmers. | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 16:00 | comment | added | rek | If you could put more focus/specific detail into the energy requirement aspect I'd appreciate it. (I would definitely expect specialization to happen, but the evolution of this creature is out of scope.) | |
| Aug 6, 2021 at 8:19 | history | answered | Drakio-X | CC BY-SA 4.0 |