Frog-Eating Chinese Raptor Had T.rex Head | Daurlong

Plenty of folks not well-versed in the mud of paleontology think that all we have to go on is dusty old bones. For the most part, they are correct; however, this is misleading as there is a whole miniature but growing world of all sorts of things beyond bone that get preserved in fossil animals under the right conditions. Skin can be preserved as an impression in the sediments where a body was laid to rest, keratin sheaths can be turned to carbon sludge where they were when the animal was alive, and feather impressions can be made against all sorts of fine sedimentary deposits. Sometimes the conditions are especially perfect and allow the feathers and internal organs of an animal to be preserved in the rock for all time and a new example was just recently published on - meet the dog-faced raptor Daurlong!
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Senter P, Kirkland JI, DeBlieux DD, Madsen S, Toth N (2012) Correction: New Dromaeosaurids (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of Utah, and the Evolution of the Dromaeosaurid Tail. PLOS ONE 7(9): 10.1371/annotation/acddcd7d-0e2e-4abb-acbf-d5552fa286f8. doi.org/10.1371/annotation/ac...
Wang, X., Cau, A., Guo, B. et al. Intestinal preservation in a birdlike dinosaur supports conservatism in digestive canal evolution among theropods. Sci Rep 12, 19965 (2022). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24...
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[@macroglossumstellatarum5932]

1:10 Correction: Dromaeosaurs aren't the ancestors of birds, they are a sister group within Paraves. Together with troodontids and (maybe) scansoriopterygids.

[@minnseythebossman1426]

some would suggest dromaeosaurs are birds because they appear after the first birds and earliest dromaeosaurs are more birdlike than archaeopteryx

[@bugtalk84]

For prehistoric animals to be as well preserved as this Daurlong must be so incredibly lucky.

[@GregoryShtevensh]

Lol... or the world isn't 4 trilzillion million bagillion years old

[@canadianfatty9473]

@@GregoryShtevensh well age isn’t the only factor in fossil’s preservation. It has to do with how it died mostly. Its lucky because it died in a way that it couldn’t be eaten by scavengers and ripped apart so it preserved very well.

[@onebilliontacos3405]

Paleontology sure has been at a high recently!

[@user-ze3lk1ov5b]

Good time to be alive then 😜

[@TheInvisibleMan06]

Yup, and I’m all for it

[@TOCAFUNPLAYHOUSE]

I know right

[@samwill7259]

See you said bellbottoms And now I am forced to imagine a small dinosaur with a massive afro dancing under a disco ball

[@Lizzyjaeger]

Well, I wasn’t….. but NOW I am 😂

[@carmineknight9123]

WHEN THE GUTS THEME DROPS WHEN "GUTS" COMES UP---- I appreciate it so much. Keep being one of my favorite biology channels.

[@everfreebrumby8385]

Berserk reference out of nowhere. 👍

[@elhadaroja]

The reference its gold!

[@VelocciYT]

Very cool little fellow! Awesome to see one preserved so well

[@SuperGalfrieg12]

Oh hey velocci! Love your videos haha :D

[@m1sty033]

Velocci watchu doing here????

[@SuperGalfrieg12]

@@m1sty033 dinosaur people watch dinosaur things :)

[@ramrod1290]

Hello friend

[@thegamingtyrant5908]

Could you imagine if a private collector got hold of this I’d be aggravated to another dimension

[@thedamperghost405]

@@mhdfrb9971 Ok capitalist

[@thedamperghost405]

@@mhdfrb9971 fascist socialist? First you associate socialism with no private collectors, and now this. Do you even know what you're talking about?

[@thegamingtyrant5908]

b r u h

[@dinosutra]

Please do a video on Natovenator as well...

[@doctorworm8023]

cmon destin, give em a break, we're not gonna run out of dinosaurs to name after stuff

[@dorian4646]

Yeah, we even spare one for fricking THANOS

[@TheSpeculativeDoodl]

Maybe the squareish head is a form of niche partitioning?

[@Yoshoggutha]

That was awesome. I love family trees and seeing where and how each animal fits in. The preservation on that little guy is unreal. Ngl, it was probably small and fluffy and I want one, lol.

[@obamaijdo]

Babe wake up, new prehistoric animal just dropped

[@gl15col]

"Taxonomically ignorant." Dude, thats pretty harsh, ouch.

[@Alberad08]

Greatly detailed video - thanks a lot for keeping us in the loop!

[@rileyernst9086]

The part of tbe formation that microraptor was found in preserves a cool forest dominated by cypresses, ginkgos and seqoias, there is a large diversity of bennitales and cycads presurved. There also seems to have been swamp forest of Krassilovia trees(referred only as Podozimites, so they could be a broad leafed podocarp(like nageia) or a novelly adapted agathis(kauri) line araucaria but as Krassilovia swamp forest seems to have been a common ecosystem in the northern hemisphere at this time). With some specimens of microraptor presurving the remains of crabs in their stomachs.

[@Ysckemia]

i find it fascinating that paleontologists are able to discern pieces of crabs, insects, etc, in those fossiles. i know, when you're trained to find something, it's easier, but still...

[@rileyernst9086]

@@Ysckemia pretty much, especially when they the remains are fragmentary. Although there has been some really good imagery from CT scans recently

[@bestuan]

Absolutely loved the rant about the species name! That was super fun to watch

[@nerdcuddles7731]

I thought dromeosaurs were the cousins of birds

[@bassmantjox1299]

Dromaeosaurids aren’t the ancestors of birds, they’re close cousins probably a sibling group, EDGE I’m just disappointed.

[@SuperGalfrieg12]

Yo loved the video! Awesome to see a dromeosaur so well preserved haha. Keep it up!

[@gabrielrangel956]

rename Utah-raptor to Ultra-raptor

[@EDGEscience]

This is good and based.

[@albatross4920]

Metal 🤘🏾

[@Lizzyjaeger]

but spell it Ultrah so it stills also spells “utah”

[@paulgermano7837]

Based Ultraraptor!

[@Lizzyjaeger]

I’m glad for the discovery and to know the first ancestor of my favorite animals… dogs.

[@theoccidilian4896]

I totally agree that descriptive nomenclature is better. Easier to remember, and more fun.

[@lyssao.8308]

Never thought i'd be so excited to hear about intenstines.

[@injunsun]

@E.D.G.E, as to whether or not various almost birds were naked in some areas, I suggest googling hybrid birds. I was at first hoping to find cool Gray Parrot and Green Parrot hybrids (either not possible, or never tried), but accidentally found the horror show that is accidental farm hybrids. The worst was the Brundle-Fly looking thing that happens when a turkey and a chicken shake and bake. The poor things are healthy, though obviously entirely sterile, but they look like someone tried to pluck them, and missed half the feathers. In hybrid plants, often the ancestral conditions show as dominant (as in the artificial hybrid of cabbage and radish), so perhaps this is also true in this tragic figure? Maybe where it is bald, some common ancestor of both ancestors was as well? Thanks for the thought-provoking episode.

[@nocturnalcreature5639]

Incredible find! Fossils like these are very rare.

[@bakdakal]

What a beautiful animal it was

[@Allo10-2.0]

Dang origins that’s a lucky ,rare ,and cool find.

[@genobreaker1054]

Metroid music in the beginning. Nice.

[@Akaryusan]

this is a treasure trove like no other of information about theropod anatomy

[@theBeasman333]

Yay. I live in hohhot. Nice to see we're still digin up bones.

[@reeyees50]

Love the use of the Metroid Prime music in these vids

[@dinosaurmovie2022]

*A video that is impossible not to watch, I love the dinosaurs and bars in this video. Above all, I have a dinosaur in real life, If you like it, I'll watch it for fun!!!*

[@CrowCoded]

new favourite dinosaur omg, i love this silly lil guy!

[@reeyees50]

Alot of anatomical terms in this one. Good explanations for them

[@kingcockroach.]

Instantly thought.......psittacosaurus bumhole O-O beautifully preserved

[@bookceratopslibrary7954]

Can you please make a video on how different materials fossilise and requirements to fossilise?

[@mons3020]

I wish I could have a farm of dromaeosaurs. I don't think it'd be particularly hard (disincluding the larger Utah and Dakota varieties). It'd be western themed and have a coop for each. Then again, even roosters could make a fellow jump now and then. No sense in adding teeth and talon to that.

[@Silendre]

Another excellent video on a neat discovery! I might suggest avoiding using Willoughby’s artwork though (the Sinornithosaurus piece is the one I remember) and maybe replacing it with an artist who isn’t a eugenicist

[@mucanan]

Nah, I think it's ok to keep her for the time being. The evidence against her lacks substance. Just my opinion

[@IantoddusSardus]

birds did not come from dromeosaurids but they are a sister clade

[@takenname8053]

Super Nice

[@omarbennakhala1691]

where can i find artwork from 14:14 , it is so cool.

[@egoriv183]

Great stuff!! I found intro and outro music a bit too loud compared to your voice, would be nice if you equalised it a little)

[@meg2831]

I love that you dumb down stuff for us sometimes lol it's actually helpful. Edit: and you don't make me feel like an idiot when you do it.

[@brianedwards7142]

So did early birds feed on annelids?

[@denjismissingnut2222]

I love the use of The Most Extreme's soundtrack in this, it compliments this weird little mummy nicely

[@Caboose-mg1vi]

The berserk reference tho

[@dorian4646]

THE GUTS 😭😭😭

[@eybaza6018]

Stay strong on the paleo gring E.D.G.E💪

[@mastafoo886]

dont think i didnt notice the KSP music

[@azhdarchidae66]

wait did it have a tyrannosauroid style crest?

[@Envy_May]

i was wondering this !!!

[@Thor-Orion]

As long as they don't go naming shit "indominus rex" I'm fine with it.

[@crispay8304]

👍

[@gshaindrich]

do some research: 13:39 NOT an "insect", but a spider! 13:50 NOT "Khinganornis", but Abavornis

[@terrytheinsane]

Dig for fossils in china without finding a small feathered dinosaur challenge (impossible)

[@makainorwood20]

where does that blue faced dromeosaur rod puppet come from

[@dylansearcy3966]

4:56 not many people know that

[@DubayBay]

Daurlong is the most extreme 😉

[@hikiran_the_argonian]

恐竜すごい

[@dysfunctionaldragonborn]

At 13:40 you say insects but show a spider. I'm usually not this petty but I've seen people make the mistake too much, sorry

[@reptiwhipfan]

I find it funny how there’s no mention daurlong looks to have very juvenile proportions, I mean those feet look massive, and it would explain the squared head. Anyone else or just me?

[@EDGEscience]

That was not mentioned in the paper. Pretty sure the bones are fused as in an adult.

[@sampagano205]

Neoteny might have played a role in their evolution, but assuming it's a baby based off feet proportions and head proportions also ignores that both of those are better explained by an aquatic lifestyle for this dinosaur.

[@magscat3161]

Maybe discoverers are naming their specimens simple "stupid" names because they want people who are not as educated on the subject to be able to remember these creatures more easily. I love science and am not intimidated by the big words but it's easier to share my love of it with those friends less nerdy or children when I "dumb it down" a little. They don't automatically tune out on me when I make an effort to not sound like an insufferable smarty pants.

[@NeoRazor]

1:52 You meant "consist".

[@TaterChip91]

Oh fuck yes

[@haraya_manawari]

9:29 lmao

[@denderrant]

9:26 😂😂😂

[@kaktussurvival6782]

"Spinosaurus was not an aquatic dinosaur" paper discossion when???

[@hiair]

I still don't find why are you till cropping the image on top and bottom. It's not "cinematic", the purpose of scientific videos is to inform by showing, you are hiding almost half o the information by doing that. It has been demonstrated, specially after IMAX releases that Most people prefer the 1.85:1 aspect ratio (16:9) over 2.39:1

[@tymonkaminski1264]

shoebill raptor

[@dachande1797]

Not a fan on the way the Chinese name their dinosaur discoveries

[@obambagaming1467]

So instead they should just give it the 1000th generic butchered latin/greek name?

[@sampagano205]

I like the fully Chinese names way more than I like the "Chinese province saurus" names that are used when trying to be more conventional.

[@ogrejd]

Meh. No sillier to name something after a place than it is to cobble together a name out of butchered Greek or Latin.

[@hardy352]

First

[@feathereddinosaursarefakem9534]

Made in china ||||||||

[@faolanj66]

Just a heads-up, I see you utilize Emily Willoughby's art here. Unfortunately while she's a very talented artist, she's used her talent to draw Nazi-furry shit.

[@DrKarmo]

Why do Chinese people give such weird names to their dinos?

[@obambagaming1467]

Because not everything needs to have a butchered latin/greek name

[@DrKarmo]

@@obambagaming1467 ah yes, let's use butchered unpronounceable Chinese names instead, this is my new dinosaur I called him maojinpingzedongsaurus in honor of the greatest leaders to ever exist!

[@sampagano205]

In most cases they're just naming it after the place it was found, and when they're not doing that it's because they're making a point that classical Chinese has just as much claim to being used in official scientific terminology as Latin and Greek.

[@sampagano205]

@@DrKarmo You say that like Chinese people don't struggle to pronounce Latin and Greek. In many cases. It's hard to pronounce words from languages that aren't related to your own language at all.

[@DrKarmo]

@@sampagano205 well, I've seen many non latin-greek names out there, chief examples being my country's pterosaur clade, the tapejaras that come from the tupi language (which is unrelated to any western languages) But at least most people can spell it lmao

[@lepterfirefall]

The Chinese are EXPERTS at fakes and bootlegs.

[@D4nn1_JRME]

hey man do you have a discord?