The Tanystropheus thing is kinda funny and sad at the same time
@jessehunter362 Жыл бұрын
27:18 Note: teiids aren’t anguimorphs, but instead are more closely related to wall lizards. For other anguimorphs closely related to the glyptosaurines, think about the glass lizards, galliwasps, and knob-scaled lizards.
@bkjeong4302 Жыл бұрын
The Woolong paper is indicative of something I’ve criticized the Microraptor coloration paper about: we should NOT assume that iridescent black plumage in certain modern birds served the same functions for dromaeosaurs that we already know were ecologically nothing like those birds. (This is also why the “Microraptor could not have been nocturnal because it has iridescent black feathers” argument was never actually valid).
@calvingrondahl1011 Жыл бұрын
Salute from the Dinosaur Park in Utah, thanks RC🤠👍
@helenesimon5188 Жыл бұрын
You used a picture of the Basilosaurus fossil from Nantes natural history museum :D I love it and have seen it again last month :) Also, French medias talked about the ornithomimids femurs months ago. It's possible I first heard of it in 2022.
@cw7429 Жыл бұрын
Great vid!
@tomsaussieanimals9935 Жыл бұрын
I love the idea of the giant shingle back haha
@RaptorChatter Жыл бұрын
It would be incredible to see a living one. Any lizard that large that isn't a monitor or a tegu would be very different
@hatsudopia5085 Жыл бұрын
Another great month of fossils
@Eloraurora Жыл бұрын
Poor Tanystropheus. Most of the stuff I've seen suggests limited cervical flexibility, so they wouldn't have been able to yoink their heads back to safety like a turtle.
@catherinehubbard1167 Жыл бұрын
“Yoink” definitely needs to be in the dictionary.
@jessehunter362 Жыл бұрын
20:12 Chapalmalania moment
@seiridgleason8251 Жыл бұрын
love this channel
@wallace2286 Жыл бұрын
What about calvarius that was described last month?
@StonedtotheBones13 Жыл бұрын
Man... I can just imagine ppl with giant lizards and geckos as pets.
@RaptorChatter Жыл бұрын
Some people already keep pretty large monitor lizards and tegus, so they absolutely would have been involved in the trade.
@Pwnagotchi-0 Жыл бұрын
15:45 concerning the comment that was made saying, "this paper didn't try to find out how they evolved directly but instead tried to find out how they were related" There is nothing wrong with searching for evidence instead of beliefs, like what science should be all about.
@StonedtotheBones13 Жыл бұрын
I don't think it was meant negatively. Rather, just an example of what ppl usually do. You're right it's good we're getting more evidence tho
@RaptorChatter Жыл бұрын
I know. I didn't mean it as a this is bad sort of thing, but that we statistically have issues for our understanding of paleontology, and that we should be aware of that, and work to fix those issues with new statistical tests.
@Pwnagotchi-0 Жыл бұрын
12:34-12:45 pardon
@Pwnagotchi-0 Жыл бұрын
15:34-15:45 pardon me again lol
@glenncullen4378 Жыл бұрын
Really enjoy these monthly updates!! Can't always follow all the details but I find it fascinating. Keep up the great work of bringing this complicated subject to us in plain language. My only suggestion is to place labels on the graphs you use. I see them but often can't decipher what particular point in the graph you are referring to. Thanks again.
@dennismason3740 Жыл бұрын
When an alligator lizard bites your finger there is nothing you can do but weep. It will let go when it wants to. The Alligator Lizard looks slow and it can move like lightning when it bites.
@keerthivasannambiraju955 Жыл бұрын
You forget the discovery of the new ornithischian from spain, Calvarius.
@DrBunnyMedicinal Жыл бұрын
That picture of Keichousaurus at 18:16 has me deeply puzzled. A Triassic marine reptile found in China, from a paper authored by two scholars out of Hefei University of Technology, two scholars from University of Bonn, and one from Tokyo City University. Nothing especially odd or confusing so far. So why is there in the bottom right of this shot, an Australian 10 cent piece? 🧐
@RaptorChatter Жыл бұрын
That was a separate image not from the paper of a Keichousaurus fossil. So that one was from an Australian collection.
@DrBunnyMedicinal Жыл бұрын
@@RaptorChatter Makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
@Tuishimi Жыл бұрын
It stinks because there is no guarantee that the poachers are skilled enough to recognize important pieces associated with fossil they target... could be missing a ton of valuable data.
@RaptorChatter Жыл бұрын
The first Eocene bat fossil was damaged by the prepwork for it. The museum that bought the first one asked the private group that found it to give them another one without prepping it if they find another one (they did).
@HeyHeyHarmonicaLuke9 ай бұрын
I totally want to go giant giant gecko hunting now!
@RaptorChatter9 ай бұрын
I have to imagine the team that studied these is already planning some trips to go see if they're still out there
@Sirdilophosaurusthethird Жыл бұрын
That poor random marine reptiles head
@laurachapple6795 Жыл бұрын
Crossing my fingers for the giant gecko. Also hope your foot feels better.
@dennismason3740 Жыл бұрын
The Youth even have an acronym for it - IDK. See how easy that is, paleoz? Ezekiel gets it.
@michaeldarby3503 Жыл бұрын
OMFG......I thought you would know the difference between a turtle and a tortoise!
@RaptorChatter Жыл бұрын
Tortoises are turtles adapted for dry environments and life on land.
@dennismason3740 Жыл бұрын
When I was Ezekiel's age all dinos were lumbering, stupid and cold blooded except of course for T-Rex. Dinos were so simple then.
@dennismason3740 Жыл бұрын
Gingko Biloba! I just like to say it.
@Pwnagotchi-0 Жыл бұрын
Didn’t say it was but I apologize if it seemed implied, sometimes I may across harsh without knowing it 😂
@dennismason3740 Жыл бұрын
What about Hell's Creek makes it Dino Central? Is this a loaded question? Is it a perfect nesting crossroads for millions of years?
@RaptorChatter Жыл бұрын
A lot of it is because it's relatively widespread as a formation, and there's a lot of fossils, so it's a good area to search for fossils.
@dennismason3740 Жыл бұрын
Japanese ROV footage, thus far, has gigantic critters swimming by and the Japanese researchers are awaiting confirmation from their own cameras. Even deepsea researchers can be quite conservative. "We don't know what that is.." said one.
@QUIRK1019 Жыл бұрын
Sorry Tanystropheus, but that's what you get for sticking your neck out there