Eretmorhipis - Platypus of the Triassic

[@Clockehwork]

Species are one thing, but it's not often I learn about an entirely new TYPE of animal. That's absolutely fascinating, I love them!

[@mstr293]

2:23 Perry the Platypus letting himself go years after the final episode of Phineas and Ferb.

[@paleoph6168]

"Perry the Eretmorhipis?!"

[@greenkoopa]

It happens to many child actors

[@thaxasaurian]

*CURSE YOU! PERRY THE ERETMORHIPIS!*

[@leonardogurney5488]

You're right!

[@lucamessina2132]

Cool

[@vickrykayser3129]

I absolutely love the Triassic. It's my favorite prehistoric time period, filled with the most delightfully bizarre animals! Thank you for covering these wonderful creatures!

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Likewise! It’s astounding how much there is to cover from the Triassic alone!

[@AncientCreature-i2o]

Myself as well. I often wonder what creatures existed during that time period that we have yet to discover.

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

As the Joker wisely said, "whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you stranger."

[@paleoph6168]

The Triassic is the most fascinating time period.

[@kateaveryavery1342]

I agree!

[@MaoRatto]

No, I agree.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Most definitely!

[@dusk_ene]

Triassic and Permian for sure

[@dani.lepore9410]

Post mass extinction periods*

[@petermarton3743]

The main issue with these videos , that I can not just listen to them while I'm working. because of the constant beautiful images! Thank you Henry for this wonderful content!

[@wendychavez5348]

I watch a lot of videos while driving, but as you say, it doesn't work well with Henry's. (sigh)

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

There’s definitely a lot of beautiful things to see! Listening to the audio of these vids still sometimes gets the point across. :)

[@scvnthorpe__]

They really got that "child draws a dinosaur" body plan. Though I suppose dinos and their relatives themselves were only just starting to be 'drawn'

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

I can see that. Adding spines and plates onto everything is one key example I can think of. Dinosaurs either hadn't evolved yet or were very basal when these guys were around.

[@NatureScapes]

Wow!!! Fantastic Video 👌 Loved to watch it my friend 😊 Have a great weekend ahead 👍

[@doughyjoey_8742]

I can imagine they were a very peaceful animal. Even swimming with one and petting one without any fear!

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Well, they were quite small, at 70 cm, so about the same length as Marine Iguanas. They would indeed be great to swim with!

[@t.b.cont.]

I imagine them being the apex predator where it lived, the megalodon of the Triassic

[@paintbrush3554]

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[@paintbrush3554]

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[@B34N3R25]

you're a nice dude. thank you for your videos

[@thelaughinghyenas8465]

Very interesting, thanks! Cool and weird.

[@arcosprey4811]

I love these prehistoric videos. I'm so glad more are coming.

[@Leonhardt_Nukryst]

Awesome video. Thanks a lot for good paleontological content.

[@generaldissatisfaction5397]

Thanks for a great video about a creature I have not heard of. Good work!

[@thelittleal1212]

The Triassic is definitely my favorite time period of the Mesozoic, it’s so Unique but also so weird.

[@LaceJellyfish]

Lol the Zelda Twilight Princess Faron music xD

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Yes indeed. :) Great music.

[@dynamosaurusimperious6341]

Trassic was a good time be wjoever you wamted to and Ertr was 1 of them.

[@veryunusual126]

awesome video, dude👍👍 and faron woods theme 👍👍

[@Rhiannonganon]

Yeah I clocked that too 😃

[@carolynallisee2463]

OK, has anyone else noted how much the wild diversification of lifeforms after the Great Dying resembles that of the Cambrian Explosion? I'm not talking about the life forms themselves, just that during both times, Nature seems to have gone a little OTT developing different body plans and so on. Given that, for the most part, very few organisms in the Ediacaran fauna had hard body parts, there is unlikely to be any real sign of a mass extinction event in the fossil record for this period of time. But given the insane range of body plans that developed during the Cambrian, could we, given the example of the explosion of diversity in the early Triassic, assume such an event occurred just before the start of the Cambrian?

[@BHuang92]

Ahh, Eddy the Eretmorhipis! - Dr. Doofenshmirtz

[@markheath465]

Nicely done. Well executed.

[@badartgallery9322]

Henry!!! I love our paleo guys show.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

And thank you for watching! More to come. :)

[@tyranitararmaldo]

I recognise the Faron Woods playing in the background there!

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

I'm glad you did. :)

[@peterconway6584]

Cool! I never heard about them before. Paleontology, my first interest in early childhood, is advancing faster than I can keep up with.

[@myramadd6651]

Is it possible, given the high placement of the nerve receptors, and low visual accuity, that it perhaps Eretmoripis used echolocation like certain cetaceans and bats?

[@Godzilla00X]

What a unique creature

[@nathanaeltay2780]

I really like your vids. I Learn something new every time in your videos.

[@jamesbentonticer4706]

I want the back splash in my kitchen to be a mosaic of Triassic fossils.

[@thomaskent3136]

I want the back splash in my kitchen to be a mosaic of James fossils

[@jamesbentonticer4706]

@@thomaskent3136 so you want be dead? Lol gee thanks

[@wendychavez5348]

Triassic fossils would rock even more than a backsplash of human skulls! though it would be just as difficult to clean. I mean, what?

[@thomaskent3136]

Yeah we’ll need a bunch of James skulls

[@wendychavez5348]

@@thomaskent3136, James would only provide one skull so I won't limit myself that way. Besides, he started the thought process so he deserves a reprieve!

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

Fascinating. Instant abo.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@janegael]

I had never heard of this guy and his similarities to the platypus is fascinating. I also love your cultured accent and always envision you as reading this with a nice cup of tea and a couple of scones next to your chair. :-)

[@wendychavez5348]

I visited New Zealand in 2005. His voice is a pleasant reminder of that month!

[@Alberad08]

Thanks a lot for sharing!

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

My pleasure! Glad you liked it!

[@Robert399]

Or "Eric's more hippies" according to the subtitles

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

XD

[@kitchengun1175]

the thumbnail is the face you make when the microwave pasta at 3am is still slightly cold

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Quite the sad/disappointed face indeed.

[@hamouz1999]

This is amazing What a great video

[@robotboy719]

I'm curious about your statement that hupesuchians were closely related to ichthyosaurs. According to Wikipedia, 'Classification of Hupehsuchia remains difficult because most of the derived characters exhibited in the clade that can be helpful in phylogenetic analyses are also present in other unrelated groups of secondarily aquatic reptiles, and the overall record of diapsids during the Late Permian-Early Triassic is relatively poor, making it difficult to find any closely related or ancestral taxa. Even higher level classification is difficult because many of the plesiomorphies that characterize such groups are absent in the highly derived, marine adapted hupesuchians.' Has research better established the link?

[@andrewmitchell7998]

Although you have described the species as the platypus of the Triassic, I wonder if ecologically, they were more like the spoonbill (bird), which scan their bills over muddy substrates in protected bays. Spoonbill beaks have a similar shape and possibly internal structure.

[@baldieman64]

What we really need to know if "Could they produce blue milk for grumpy Jedi?"

[@rickharold7884]

So awesome, love it. Thx!

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Late thanks, Rick!

[@semaj_5022]

Triassic animals are the weirdest and I love them

[@grandmoffrevan4933]

"Perry the Eretmohipis!" Caveman doof

[@MuslimDuelists]

Love the Zelda Twilight Princess music lol

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Thanks! Great music for these videos. :)

[@davidvdr]

Great Art!

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Most definitely! There are a great number of talented artists in the paleoart community.

[@vassa1972]

Interesting video

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Glad you think so!

[@timrose9826]

interesting! thank you

[@adamhorn6392]

This is so interesting, thank you! I had no idea about this animal.

[@MegaPurpleMonster000]

My guy with the twilight princess music

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Try to get that in there as often as I can. :) Thought it would be fitting for such strange animals.

[@minted1841]

New to me. Enjoyed viewing :)

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Many thanks!

[@nicholasmiller5729]

It's like a mad scientist crossed a platypus with a sturgeon

[@omggiiirl2077]

Reminds of descriptions of lake monsters.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Yes indeed!

[@teawrecks1243]

HE'S GOT MORE THAN JUST MAD SKILL HE'S GOT A BEAVER TAIL AND A BILL

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Got bad weirdness!

[@kateaveryavery1342]

Tbh i think it looks more like a reptilian sturgeon than a reptilian platypus.

[@MaoRatto]

Whenever your local monotreme isnt reptilian enough*

[@MKLettis]

They're such cuties!

[@pauls5745]

I love to see what nature has tried so long ago, and still find this or that trait in today animals

[@katrinakollmann5265]

It's beautiful and so interesting ♡

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Most definitely!

[@robertgotschall1246]

While I see the platypus comparison, these things also seem to have a passing resemblance to the aquatic iguanas of the Galapagos Islands to me. The flippers would indicate a more aquatic lifestyle than the iguanas and I wonder if they came ashore to breed.

[@daxxonjabiru428]

One of the more festive periods.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Indeed! Definitely one of the coolest and often under-appreciated ones.

[@michaellevesley3578]

And I thought I'd heard of every prehistoric animal at this point

[@thebigchimpanski4783]

The Triassic period has some of the most fascinating animals, sadly they get under represented in prehistoric documentaries.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Most definitely. It's a crime, really.

[@davidrains3918]

I would call it a Dugongypus.

[@GeorgeTheDinoGuy]

It’s kinda cuter then the modern platypus lol

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

In some ways, yes. Could be down to the smoother skin and more wacky proportions.

[@gcferr]

My favorite Marine Reptile °w°

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

One of mine too. Really underrated.

[@gcferr]

Yeah

[@Sssaaatttuuurrrnnn]

70cm? 28 inches? Wow! From the images I thought they'd be much larger. They sound adorable.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Indeed! They're about the same size as a Marine Iguana for example. Very cool animals.

[@iambodybuildingyt221]

This animal is so interesting

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Most definitely!

[@NoelMcGinnis]

The thumbnail image almost looks like a clay sculpture that was never really finished. Not an insult! It’s almost as if nature hadn’t yet decided exactly what it wanted to do for this animal’s final form. Modern platypuses are cute but bizarre, so you have to wonder if Mother Nature was stoned when she decided on finalizing the modern form. 😂

[@CaspiRose99]

This is cool of never heard of them

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Glad you do now. :)

[@evodolka]

it looks like if a cartoon of a dinosaur that a child drew came to life

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Not wrong!

[@jasonplatco7881]

I doubt we have found even 1/10th of all the things that have ever lived. Conditions have to be just right for fosilisation to happen. And that it's self is rare.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

That is very true. Thankfully there is more to be found out there. :)

[@jasonplatco7881]

@@HenrythePaleoGuy I would imagin there's also alot that we have found and just don't know it because the fossils are lost in some vast museum collection collecting dust forgotten. Or have been incorrectly atributed to other things they are similar to or were found with. I know both scenarios have been found to have happened before.

[@prettylights8873]

Nice music taste

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Glad you think so!

[@hyperactivehyena]

How tf are there still wacky triassic reptiles I've never heard of??

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Oh trust me, there are way, WAY more I need to go over. Some you may or may not know of, but we'll see. ;)

[@Bludvarg]

Oh hai, Faron Woods music. Wouldn't Zora's Domain be more thematically appropriate, though?

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

I’ll have to use that for some other, peculiar animals. :)

[@doragonsureia7288]

You are the very first english speaking person i've heard to pronounce sharp "t" as sharp "s" or "c".

[@itsafish4600]

Cool

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Thanks!

[@quintenwhyte6660]

Triassic Thursday

[@vielvladimirvaldez6917]

looks like a screwed up mosasaurus i love it!

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

A little bit! They also look a lot like reptilian sturgeons.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

What if (like blind salamanders) they were aquatic, or semi-aquatic, cave-dwellers?

[@jimcarter4497]

I agree Paleo

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

:)

[@Rhiannonganon]

Just clicked the Zelda music in the background of the video!

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

It’s some good stuff! :)

[@nowhereman6019]

So this is just your stereotypical sea/lake monster.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Essentially… But this was a very smol one. :)

[@TheRealFobican]

Didn't know that crocodiles and turtles converged on the same principle of that the stegosaurus used their tall plates to regulate their body temperature.

[@putraadam7996]

my own country is "meh", never find any premesozoic fossil but imported

[@zedekiah3563]

I remember when these were still popular. They're ok now but I honestly prefer the old model.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

The old model?

[@zedekiah3563]

@@HenrythePaleoGuy the one in the video

[@yaerootaegrewriowollio5232]

The thumbnail is me when I'm very tired

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Same here!

[@frubaluffsillikens4854]

Faron woods!

[@brandadyanne]

I wonder if they glowed under a blacklight.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Maybe…

[@leonardogurney5488]

Platypus of the Triassic. Haaaaaahhh!

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

:D

[@zlkimagenX]

God damn it I wish I had a time machine T-T

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Same here!

[@LinceSensei]

Perry the Eretmorhipis

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Now that would be some good fanart.

[@--Paws--]

It's like a sentient plush toy.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

In some ways!

[@chrismartin3197]

Still not as weird as a platypus - no poison toes

[@wendychavez5348]

Hahahaha!

[@aa-to6ws]

Ah yes, the Triassic. When the future dominant classes were at betta.

[@slimelich]

3:15 oh fuck, Gwyn marked them for undeath

[@kennethsatria6607]

Like a Reptilian Sturgeon

[@ernestlam5632]

23 hours ago Hail Eris

[@joschuaknuppe5849]

Best boi :3

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Absolutely!

[@ottoia9126]

Wait. That mantis thing. Is not a kaiju?...

[@Bravohalo]

If only we could dig up direct evidence of electroreceptors from soft tissue. They simply had to have had had them. Had.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Hopefully some better preserved specimens come about. Until then, it’s sound speculation.

[@ActuallyFiona]

The "s"s are super harsh. You may try to find a filter, compressor, or some other software to soften them during the recording.

[@gwenprecioustv5338]

perry the platypus

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

Dun, dun dun.

[@crappozappo]

Jesus christ, how horrifying I guess I'll click on it

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

A wise choice. :)

[@crappozappo]

@@HenrythePaleoGuy a wise choice indeed; tetrapod vertebrae anatomy is very interesting. This Eretmorhipis is no hero shrew, but

[@rodrigocarballo456]

Could it be that platypus are a distant relative of crocodiles?

[@nablamakabama488]

Very distant, but not really. Platypuses are mammalians and crocodiles are archosaurs. So they are as far from each other as 2 amniotes can be.

[@Popebug]

In the same way that we are very remotely related to crocodiles, but not more than that