The Oldest Dinosaur Nesting Site Ever Found

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Ben G Thomas

Ben G Thomas

Жыл бұрын

Dinosaur nesting sites provide an incredible glimpse into deep time. Embryos of animals that would one day grow into colossal beasts have been found that can tell palaeontologists so much about how these creatures achieved such remarkable feats, as well as how certain dinosaurs cared for their young.
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@spinocario9721
@spinocario9721 Жыл бұрын
This a truly remarkable series I’ve been thoroughly enjoying it! I found the hypothesis that plateosaurus cared for their young rather wholesome!
@fleetskipper1810
@fleetskipper1810 Жыл бұрын
Each episode tops the one before, which is hard to believe.
@spinocario9721
@spinocario9721 Жыл бұрын
@@fleetskipper1810 Yeah agree
@dimakor5914
@dimakor5914 Жыл бұрын
Love the live feed from the sites and actual fossils. You don't see such thing often
@mistingwolf
@mistingwolf Жыл бұрын
Links please?
@Helix..
@Helix.. Жыл бұрын
links?
@dimakor5914
@dimakor5914 Жыл бұрын
@@Helix.. Links to what?
@Brentsfriend
@Brentsfriend Жыл бұрын
""Queen Elizabeth II died sad because her WOKE grand-daughter in law made her favorite grandson Prince Harry defect to live in California!!!!!""
@Helix..
@Helix.. Жыл бұрын
@@dimakor5914 links to the live feed
@SolofAvaldor
@SolofAvaldor Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you all got to do this trip and thank you for taking us along
@pauldogon2578
@pauldogon2578 Жыл бұрын
Loving the fact that one of my favourite channels is in my country (OK not entirely mine but where I was born) and that you have nailed the tricky pronunciation of the many different dialects of South Africa. South Africa is a treasure trove of the "old"
@persianking44
@persianking44 Жыл бұрын
@11:00 What also seems to be pretty astounding is that it indicates that sauropodomorphs and true sauropods evolved larger sizes very quickly and very early on.
@sassa82
@sassa82 Жыл бұрын
Such a wonderful discovery!
@artiefufkin88
@artiefufkin88 Жыл бұрын
Great job guys! So happy to watch you engage in your passion for paleontology. Keep it up!
@mimi4moe
@mimi4moe Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this. It truly amazes me what can still be found after this amount of time.
@bustavonnutz
@bustavonnutz Жыл бұрын
The fossil record is extremely sparse; one of my biggest issues with paleobiology is how cocksure many of these "scientists" are about the history of life on Earth.
@prairierider7569
@prairierider7569 Жыл бұрын
That is so rad for you! I live not far from a great area for dinosaurs, but I am fascinated by the pre Cambrian, proto mammals and the tiny mammals that lived during the dinosaur era!
@VictorianTimeTraveler
@VictorianTimeTraveler Жыл бұрын
I had an uncle from Rhodesia who lived in South Africa for a large portion of his life before he came to the United States. He had the most interesting stories, I was just a reminder of how much I miss him.
@maxplanck9055
@maxplanck9055 Жыл бұрын
Great to hear about last year's South Africa expedition,is almost forgotten about it, pleased to say I made a small contribution at the time so its nice to see some shows about the area,a great paleontology site!✌️❤️🇬🇧
@tessat338
@tessat338 Жыл бұрын
Great adventures! Thanks for bringing us along!
@HandsomeLad69
@HandsomeLad69 Жыл бұрын
That looks so much like Arizona or New Mexico
@DIEKALSTER8
@DIEKALSTER8 Жыл бұрын
I think we have a bit more rain here at the moment in central South Africa. We are just moving into spring now.
@wyvern723
@wyvern723 Жыл бұрын
What an incredible experience!
@bustavonnutz
@bustavonnutz Жыл бұрын
My brother went to SA & had a blast; I'm happy to see both of you get an opportunity to get a genuine taste of what it's like to be a paleontologist. It's truly inspiring, almost enough to go for my Master's.
@krigesiebrits
@krigesiebrits Жыл бұрын
Thats cool! Never know that we had that much dinosaurs here in SA
@gabshide
@gabshide Жыл бұрын
Join the Archeological Society of SA, there is loads of stuff to see, right on our doorstep. I'm going on a Karoo fossil trip with them next month.
@Smw006
@Smw006 Жыл бұрын
These long-form videos from your trip are very cool!
@kuitaranheatmorus9932
@kuitaranheatmorus9932 Жыл бұрын
I hope these dinosaurs babies had the best birthdays
@user-wb8jr9hr8q
@user-wb8jr9hr8q Жыл бұрын
Love the work u guy's r doing 👍
@nyarparablepsis872
@nyarparablepsis872 Жыл бұрын
IDK, but "Non-sauropod sauropodomorphs" sounds like a great band name.
@fenrirgg
@fenrirgg Жыл бұрын
I feel like there are amazing fossils under all those hills, but imagine destroying everything to see what's there 😅
@DIEKALSTER8
@DIEKALSTER8 Жыл бұрын
That Flat, flat land is the central Free State, where I stay. I'm from Welkom, meaning welcome. You might have seen the road signs lol.
@roderickreilly9666
@roderickreilly9666 Жыл бұрын
It's amazing how productive you were despite driving on the wrong side of the road. 😆
@Jaggerbush
@Jaggerbush Жыл бұрын
I love your logo! Great video here too.
@goldenageofdinosaurs7192
@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Жыл бұрын
Y’know, I looked at that logo every week, for the better part of a year, before I realized there were images of animals in the tree🤦‍♂️ And I agree. It’s a fantastic logo.
@sinjinadams2862
@sinjinadams2862 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! I really enjoyed it.
@hailgiratinathetruegod7564
@hailgiratinathetruegod7564 Жыл бұрын
I really never understood how the sauropodomorphs survived the Triasic Extinction event. Large body herbivores should be one of the most effected kinds of animal.
@tjarkschweizer
@tjarkschweizer Жыл бұрын
Obviously they were too awesome to just die like that.
@VictorianTimeTraveler
@VictorianTimeTraveler Жыл бұрын
South Africa looks so much like my home state of New Mexico. I could probably take footage of my own daily routine and trick people into thinking I was in South Africa. New Mexico also has great paleontological sites..
@stevefisher2553
@stevefisher2553 Жыл бұрын
INCREDIBLE series... THANK YOU
@drewstar412
@drewstar412 Жыл бұрын
Ben "It's not as easy as it looks!"....Doug " Shut up!" lol
@steakfou5042
@steakfou5042 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much !!
@LEDewey_MD
@LEDewey_MD Жыл бұрын
What an amazing adventure! I'm greatly enjoying every installment. Being a healthcare provider, I'm very curious about malarial prophylaxis.. (If you talked about it before, sorry that I missed it!) How did you deal with it?
@believeinpeace
@believeinpeace Жыл бұрын
This was exciting! Well done!
@MartinCHorowitz
@MartinCHorowitz Жыл бұрын
From the videos I can see that my donation is being well spent!
@thedoruk6324
@thedoruk6324 Жыл бұрын
So were the dinosaurs being good parents or Superprecocial is the game for them
@reubencaldwell8494
@reubencaldwell8494 Жыл бұрын
Depends on the species.
@erichtomanek4739
@erichtomanek4739 Жыл бұрын
If you're cute as a baby, at least one parent will look after you.
@miguelpedraentomology6080
@miguelpedraentomology6080 Жыл бұрын
@@erichtomanek4739 tell that to turtles and bush turkeys
@norarivkis2513
@norarivkis2513 Жыл бұрын
@@erichtomanek4739 Other way around: if you're parented, it means at least one of your parents is hard-wired to think you're appealing, even if nothing else does.
@kristianhubatka856
@kristianhubatka856 Жыл бұрын
Both 😂
@stevenmurray3238
@stevenmurray3238 Жыл бұрын
Great job with the video, love your channel, and I’m glad to see you guys go on a trip to find them, I would like to see other videos like this where you travel to see fossils
@emk7132
@emk7132 Жыл бұрын
Your content is spectacular!
@wishgodgirl1903
@wishgodgirl1903 Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful experience for you. Seems like a trip of a lifetime!
@ecurewitz
@ecurewitz Жыл бұрын
Must have been a wonder experience!
@dba750
@dba750 Жыл бұрын
Excellent series
@danieljob3184
@danieljob3184 Жыл бұрын
As usual, Doug looks absolutely stoked to be on camera!
@Nightscape_
@Nightscape_ Жыл бұрын
South Africa looks incredibly similar to Southern California.
@fleetskipper1810
@fleetskipper1810 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking it looked a lot like southern Utah
@susanfarley1332
@susanfarley1332 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same
@dforrest4503
@dforrest4503 Жыл бұрын
A very entertaining and interesting video!
@hristoforminev1453
@hristoforminev1453 Жыл бұрын
0:36 Sick watch dude
@johnmoore8599
@johnmoore8599 Жыл бұрын
It's like driving around Montana or West Texas during field work.
@tolbaszy8067
@tolbaszy8067 Жыл бұрын
I don't recall distinctly, but I suspect I was quadrupedal as a young hatchling. Boy, Doug seemed sullen and morose in all his appearances. I hope it was just an editing issue, not an attitude! Thanks for the excellent video!
@tinamclaughlin1991
@tinamclaughlin1991 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Thanks! 🥰😘
@John.0z
@John.0z Жыл бұрын
I would love to be able to stand right on the transition line of the K-Pg boundary. The land around here is from the period after the extinction.... so there are very few fossils.
@willschweitzer9784
@willschweitzer9784 Жыл бұрын
Last year, I flew to Seattle for a five-day vacation. It was a reunion. When I flew back home, I was deeply sad.
@susanfarley1332
@susanfarley1332 Жыл бұрын
I'm having trouble with KZfaq on my phone. It made a weird sound when it was turned off. Staticky growl with oooh oooh. Freaking weird. Now when I get on you tube I click on a video and I can't get out of it until I click on another video which I can't get out of either. Sun spots maybe? Heard they are going on right now. But KZfaq on TV is normal. Anyway, glad to see this video by my favorite channel.
@onandonitgoes5957
@onandonitgoes5957 Жыл бұрын
I can see little holes in the muzzle. Were those for nerves? Did they have feeling in their lips? Did they perhaps have prehensile lips? That would be a really advantageous adaptation for a long necked animal... It would seem a lot like a giraffe or a ground sloth then. Actually I guess most long necked high grazing animals have prehensile lips... Probably a prehensile tongue too then, if the same adaptations follow. It'd also be likely to make care of their young easier too.
@julienbenoit547
@julienbenoit547 Жыл бұрын
I actually talked about that at a conference, here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e7Kda8-F2NicYY0.html
@onandonitgoes5957
@onandonitgoes5957 Жыл бұрын
@@julienbenoit547 o! Nifty!
@erichtomanek4739
@erichtomanek4739 Жыл бұрын
South Africa has: The Karoo The Little Karoo The Succulent Karoo. Nice. Are there any other 'Karoos'?
@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods
@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods Жыл бұрын
The contrast between Ben and Doug is hilarious.
@osmosisjones4912
@osmosisjones4912 Жыл бұрын
Wonder if dinosaurs might have had avatar horse still wind pipes .on side of the body more directly to the lungs
@sleepingbag2424
@sleepingbag2424 Жыл бұрын
We here in south Louisiana have something similar to that zoo right next to the gas station-- it's the "Tiger Truckstop" Basically, there's this gas station that has had several tigers over many years (only one at a time) and they're kept in a really small cage with no escape from the sounds of the interstate :( Although I do believe that after their last tiger, they have not gotten a new one, thank god
@Grand_History
@Grand_History Жыл бұрын
Bro all the driving footage you show just looks like America
@dr_schneeplstein2637
@dr_schneeplstein2637 Жыл бұрын
banger as usual
@jaryd7544
@jaryd7544 Жыл бұрын
Watching you guys drive through my home area is so cool but so disorienting at the same time
@giottist3624
@giottist3624 Жыл бұрын
I' enjoing every minute!
@jamesalanstephensmith7930
@jamesalanstephensmith7930 Жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@thomasbell7033
@thomasbell7033 Жыл бұрын
Took a hit of Tennessee whiskey every time the narrators said "incredible," and now I'm all to' up, just blind, stinkin', messed-around, pukin' snozzled.
@thomasbell7033
@thomasbell7033 10 ай бұрын
I did not post this. How very strange. But while we're here, you left out "all to' up."
@patrick247two
@patrick247two Жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@christopherjackson2301
@christopherjackson2301 Жыл бұрын
Wow oldest dinosaur nest?
@derekdreke4990
@derekdreke4990 Жыл бұрын
Man those roads look fun too y'all need a fast wagon leave more time for exploring
@Badger1776
@Badger1776 Жыл бұрын
“I go on a trip to get offended” -Ben G Thomas
@dvinny4608
@dvinny4608 Жыл бұрын
Doug looks like he loves those early mornings
@oneshotme
@oneshotme Жыл бұрын
Not going to name names but one sure looking like they were enjoying the trip more than the other one Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
@thomasbell7033
@thomasbell7033 10 ай бұрын
That's a bizarre sight for this American as well. Florida, however, has roadside alligator farms, but that's, well, Florida. 'Nuff said.
@jthomas8263
@jthomas8263 Жыл бұрын
😁🦖 New carnivorous dinosaur species dating back 90M years discovered in Argentina, meet "Elemgasem Nubilus".
@aceundead4750
@aceundead4750 Жыл бұрын
I bet a 200,000,000 year old egg tastes worse than 100 year eggs.
@joshpellett9783
@joshpellett9783 Жыл бұрын
Yo is that a covet vinyl on your shelf?!
@TheCbot88
@TheCbot88 Жыл бұрын
I’m just glad the English weren’t as rampagey as the last time they came to Africa
@AccidentalNinja
@AccidentalNinja Жыл бұрын
"Walking where dinosaurs walked", but wouldn't that be everywhere?
@Five_y_kay
@Five_y_kay 10 ай бұрын
Oh cool! I had a feeling he’d say dracovenator since I am making a dracovenator reconstruction and have studied the what ecology it wiuld find itself in.
@MikiBreki
@MikiBreki Жыл бұрын
Nice
@squirbywormy787
@squirbywormy787 Жыл бұрын
i aspire to be like you
@JuanGarnicaVera
@JuanGarnicaVera Жыл бұрын
Wasn't the oldest nest in Argentina?
@sebastianmalpica3795
@sebastianmalpica3795 Жыл бұрын
I thought the same
@ryans3001
@ryans3001 Жыл бұрын
That roadside zoo was super sus.
@mugwugthemagnificful
@mugwugthemagnificful Жыл бұрын
Melanistic leopards are found but rare in Africa , they are usually Asian.
@Titus-as-the-Roman
@Titus-as-the-Roman Жыл бұрын
Talk about a Paleo-logical Jackpot the whole of south Africa is it. From the earliest of the Permian all the way to early Humans, specially with the Rising Star cave system and Homo Naledi, which is changing the way we understand human development.
@gelinrefira
@gelinrefira Жыл бұрын
Oh god, they must had been adorable.
@scottowens1535
@scottowens1535 Жыл бұрын
Young crawl before they walk, I get continually amazed at science proving what is easily observed. We're so astounded at our achievements and self fufilling we can't see the obvious looking at US
@patreekotime4578
@patreekotime4578 Жыл бұрын
Nonsense. The walking characteristics of multiton long necked dinosauria is not at all related to the crawling of human infants.
@tjarkschweizer
@tjarkschweizer Жыл бұрын
@@patreekotime4578 This guy is basically calling scientists dumb. People like that tend to be dumb themselves.
@peabrain6872
@peabrain6872 Жыл бұрын
The thumbnail is in a book i have!
@jeffbybee5207
@jeffbybee5207 Жыл бұрын
Why is it called goldengate park?
@Fletch.
@Fletch. Жыл бұрын
What courses should I do in grade 11 and 12 for getting ready for uni palaeontology?
@megallosaurus
@megallosaurus Жыл бұрын
I haven't taken any formal courses in paleontology so I wouldn't know exactly, but maybe taking some geology courses to start? I noticed that in my university you need to take some geology courses as prerequisites for paleontology. Again I haven't taken any paleontology courses, I'm just an art student who has an interest in natural history. I'd just look into it from there!
@Fletch.
@Fletch. Жыл бұрын
@@megallosaurus Thank you so much :)
@ats-3693
@ats-3693 Жыл бұрын
I'd suggest something to do with zoology, if that's possible? Paleontology is really heavy on taxonomy, that is the classification of different species and how they are or aren't related, getting familiar with the classification system and the current species on earth will make it easier to build on backwards into the past. I'm not a paleontologist but I am a geophysicist I took several paleo papers during my initial studies in geology, many years ago 😏
@Fletch.
@Fletch. Жыл бұрын
@@ats-3693, geophysicist? Wow! Thanks you so much for your advice :)
@peterclegg2609
@peterclegg2609 Жыл бұрын
Why does Doug always look like someone's just pinched his sandwiches?
@dragonfox2.058
@dragonfox2.058 Жыл бұрын
good job boys! Tell Doug to smile sometimes, he doesn't look like he's having fun ( and he'd be much more attractive!)
@cosmo5805
@cosmo5805 Жыл бұрын
What a nice couple.
@amandastakeonit7402
@amandastakeonit7402 Жыл бұрын
Not sure they are a couple, but if so, I think nice only applies to one. Smart would fit both!
@jcoats150
@jcoats150 Жыл бұрын
Fun!
@julianshepherd2038
@julianshepherd2038 Жыл бұрын
so what is the newest
@cyborgar15
@cyborgar15 Жыл бұрын
Cool..
@pigeonwithweed3425
@pigeonwithweed3425 Жыл бұрын
We have therizinosaurus a herbivores therapod so imagine a meateating sauropod ( It would be much smaller than normal saurpods if it exists) modern herbivores eat meat once in awhile as sauropod eating a small animal on tree.
@hcollins9941
@hcollins9941 Жыл бұрын
We actually do have something close. While Therizinosaurs had a carnivorous/Omnivorous relative Falcarius, so too did the Sauropods. Eoraptor lunensis, a small bipedal omnivorous dinosaur from Argentina, South America.
@pigeonwithweed3425
@pigeonwithweed3425 Жыл бұрын
I know about eoraptor but like a more sauropod like creature if we can find it one day.
@Daft_Vader
@Daft_Vader Жыл бұрын
@@pigeonwithweed3425 I think the problem is that sauropods were much too large and slow for a predatory lifestyle, while the fast hunter lifestyle of the therapods also can be much more easily adapted to evade predators as a herbivore
@pigeonwithweed3425
@pigeonwithweed3425 Жыл бұрын
@@Daft_Vader true but on an island hmmmmmm
@TevvoWevvo
@TevvoWevvo Жыл бұрын
@@pigeonwithweed3425 ​ I’m sure a sauropod would gulp down a small animal or two every now and then, but yea similar to what Daft Vader said, sauropods are built much too large and slow to decide to go full omnivore/carnivore without reversing a lot of their adaptations and evolving some pretty expensive new adaptations. They’re literally designed to eat as many greens (and whatever happens to be sitting or sleeping on those greens, maybe) as possible without moving and using energy to haul their massive weight around, so a giant predatory slow giraffe might not catch enough food to survive. Maybe we’ll find another sauropodomorph that is closer to true sauropods that also happens to be carnivorous, or maybe we’ll find some basal looking sauropod somehow surviving somewhere isolated that also happens to be carnivorous or more omnivorous. I personally don’t think it’s super likely, but hey, we can always make some badass discoveries.
@5daboz
@5daboz Жыл бұрын
Was Doug also in the ZOO?
@SniperRed0092
@SniperRed0092 Жыл бұрын
Congrats.
@KOurboi
@KOurboi Жыл бұрын
I’ve been to some of these places 😂
@AM-qc4qt
@AM-qc4qt Жыл бұрын
This is probably a stupid question, but why did dinosaurs like t-rex have their eyes on the sides of their head instead of front-facing eyes? I thought typically prey animals have rhe former and predators have the latter. Surely it's not that black or white, but Im still curious about this topic.
@D_Cragoon
@D_Cragoon Жыл бұрын
So they went on all 4s as babies but then became bipedal as they grew up? Hey, that's what we do! I bet they were cute babies.
@VictorianTimeTraveler
@VictorianTimeTraveler Жыл бұрын
They must have been so freaking cute
@sneeringimperialist6667
@sneeringimperialist6667 Жыл бұрын
Is that plaster on your hands, or are you just happy to see me?
@chriscarson1256
@chriscarson1256 Жыл бұрын
What does luggage and a zoo have to do with dinosaurs?
@lucidality
@lucidality Жыл бұрын
It's crazy how much the land there looks like the southwestern United States
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