April 2023- Paleontology in Review

[@barrybarlowe5640]

It's kind of amusing that we're finding animals that previously only existed in the imaginations of fantasy/sci-fi writers. Stratiosuchus seems very much like the gorobors of Pellucidar. When you consider the speculation on troodon evolution, it gets positively creepy.

[@lorencalfe6446]

this isnt scientific but read about the myth of tulpas. Its an interesting cultural tangent to your observation.

[@jacobniemann4756]

Found your channel a week ago and as a dino nerd who is trying to save up money to study palaeontology (im a cleaner so its a grind 😅). I've got to say your channel gets me very hyped and fuels my passion to pursue the subject. Very informative and well put together videos, keep up the great content mate.

[@RaptorChatter]

That's actually not too far off from how I started! I was working at a fuel center at a grocery store and would just listen to paleontology talks in the background.

[@jacobniemann4756]

@@RaptorChatter wow that's pretty cool good on you for chasing your passion 👏 I am applying to go to Winton queensland later this year around september to participate in a 7 day "Australian age of dinosaurs - Dig a dino experience" which is a 5 day, 6 night mini internship and anyone can apply. If you work hard enough you can sometimes be scouted as an intern and learn palaeontology direct on the job and then they will pay for most of your education its an awesome opportunity, so wish me luck haha. (My only fear is my grammar isn't the greatest so might have to restudy an advanced english class 😅)

[@samwilson8067]

Ooo, I’ve been waiting for this episode! April had so many interesting developments and I’m always excited for you to report on the monthly paleo news.

[@RaptorChatter]

Thanks!

[@crosshairs_salt9618]

I really appreciate that you make these videos for the months of paleo it definitely be useful for many people who aren’t able to keep up all the time and again thank you for highlighting less know things too !

[@jamesbartholomeusz3771]

Thanks for mentioning umoonasaurus it's a quite unique specimen. Essentially priceless although opalisation is a stretch it's not very colourful but the fossil is essentially the silicate base opal rock colloquially known as potch

[@artificercreator]

Thanks for the new content, good work, gona watch it full!

[@thislittlepeach]

I’m from Iowa, and I was so excited when the saber tooth cat was found!! I find ocean type fossils all the time, I just dream to find something better

[@glenncullen4378]

Thanks for doing these monthly updates. Thoroughly enjoy each episode.

[@TeethToothman]

Hi, Raptor Chatter!

[@astrumiserianor8582]

Hey, good content man! Two minor things - although Tanystropheus was probably aquatic, tanystropheids were mostly terrestrial. Also, Tany and Macrocnemus coexisted near each other in Monte San Gorgio (and in China?), so you cannot really say that the former was "later".

[@Tuishimi]

The problem with one, massive land mass is that there are still natural blockages in the form of dunes, deserts, mountain ranges, etc.

[@Kitsaplorax]

Could you please do a video on the last common (likely) ancestor of synapsids and diapsids? There isn't much information out there that isn't buried deeply behind expensive paywalls. I enjoyed you video on scutasaurus, but wondered how it got such a seemingly upright posture so early. Was it likely partially warm blooded with a four chambered heart?

[@fredbloggs8072]

Is it possible the injured saber-tooth cat survived through scavenging, rather than living in a pride? I would imagine it might have been able to steal enough kills from smaller predators if it couldn't hunt. No doubt, like modern-day big cats, it would have been an opportunistic scavenger anyway, even before injury.

[@RaptorChatter]

Scavenging is definitely an option, but normally there's not enough around to scavenge to support the animal for a long time, so it's pretty unlikely that it relied primarily on scavenging while injured

[@alexah.558]

This was so fun thank you!!

[@sampagano205]

When do we call it and say tullymonstrum is an example of a hitherto unknown phylum?

[@danilodesouza6461]

While still talking even a bit about Stratiotosuchus, if you need help translating texts and papers in Portuguese I’ll be happy to help

[@WHACK_space_rock]

"...do not go extinct."... Indeed...

[@spiderhssstt]

How utterly, totally, cool.😊

[@artieziff345]

When will you give us the May 2023 paleontology review video? 😢

[@RaptorChatter]

We're still editing it. We ended up kinda taking an incidental break because the two of us were both very burned out.

[@artieziff345]

@@RaptorChatter Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Didn't mean to rush you, take all the time you need

[@zddxddyddw]

It would be nice if you stated what country each paper is from.

[@Sara3346]

I'm living in a golden age aren't I?

[@pelewads]

I love your videos. The dinosauroid is called a chicken. So......