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A new titanosaur from Kenya, footprints on Tyrants Aisle, and teaching evolution through paleoart

A new titanosaur from Kenya, footprints on Tyrants Aisle, and teaching evolution through paleoart

FromI Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast


A new titanosaur from Kenya, footprints on Tyrants Aisle, and teaching evolution through paleoart

FromI Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

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76 minutes
Released:
Oct 23, 2019
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Podcast episode

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Dinosaur of the day Coloradisaurus, a Triassic sauropodomorph known from a nearly complete skull that was found in Argentina. Interview with Taissa Rodrigues, from the Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo in Brazil. She presented a poster at SVP about teaching evolution using paleoart. She also led a session on women in paleontology and had a student present a poster on a pterosaur. Follow her on twitter @paleotaissa Presentations from the first day of SVP: New dating shows Lythronax argestes is older than previously thought, no longer coinciding with a global sea-level drop There are tons of new sauropod fossil fields in southwest Queensland, Australia, near Eromanga Probable ornithopod, ceratopsid, deinonychosaur, and tyrannosaur tracks were found on a 200ft cliff in Alaska In Alberta, Tyrants Aisle has over 120 tracks likely belonging to Edmontosaurus, a troodontid, Tyrannosaurus, and another theropod CT scans of track slabs shows how dinosaur feet moved through soft sediments Laser-stimulated fluorescence (LSF) is being used to gather evidence of the first aerodynamically significant wings A new track site shows a couple sauropods walking together when a larger sauropod skids to avoid squashing a smaller individual. New sauropod finds in Hateg island Transylvania, Romania may be a fourth genus, but isn’t complete enough to get a new name Dinosaurs and crocodiles have hard eggshells that evolved independently A new titanosaur was found in NW Kenya Low melanosome (color pigment producer) diversity may be linked to low metabolism Compacted coarse cancellous bone (CCCB) that is common in burrowing animals was found in the hind limbs of a new Oryctodromeus relative Exceptional fossils don’t necessarily translate to good cellular and molecular preservation New opalized femur fragments from an ornithopod in lightening ridge show that young were born in the area Melanosomes are not enough to determine color. Structure, chemistry, and diet also have a big impact Calcium isotopes from Morocco and Niger support Spinosaurus as a fish-eater More neornithischian finds from south of Melbourne may end with one or two synonymized taxa in the near future New research shows ovarian follicles in an enantiornithine A sauropod footprint was found in a new sauropod bone, adding to the idea of trampling sauropods A dinosaur stampede like trackway was found near Quilpie, QLD, Australia Coprolites can preserve some soft tissue features and other information about temperatures and habitats The name Kamuysaurus is meant to mean that it is the god of Japanese dinosaurs based on its incredibly complete skeleton Deep learning can process CT scans and save time on analyzing images Equisetum, or horse tails, were probably the most nutritious food for young and adult sauropods Birds use their necks in a variety of ways, but they tend to have a lot of traits in common This episode is brought to you in part by Columbia University Press. Get 30% off The Story of Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries: Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them by Donald Prothero by using promo code DINO30 at cup.columbia.edu To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Coloradisaurus, links from Taissa Rodrigues, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Coloradisaurus-Episode-256/
Released:
Oct 23, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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