March 2024 - Paleontology in Review

00:00 Lots of discoveries this month, with over 40 papers being discussed! Sorry for the delay, a lot is going on with us right now.
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00:12 Bones of Nothronychus doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zl...
01:22Land fossil record of Utah doi.org/10.1144/SP545-2023-211
01:56 Glimpses of Middle Jurassic Ornithischians doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024...
02:58 Early iguanodontian from Portugal doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024...
03:55 New elasmarian from Argentina doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.202...
04:52 First Sauropod from Uruguay doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.202...
05:33 Largest mammal from the time of dinosaurs doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53...
06:37 Brain evolution in mammal parenting doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15111
07:59 Cynodont brains and evolution doi.org/10.1002/ar.25394
08:40 Oceanic reptile deadfalls doi.org/10.54103/2039-4942/22314
10:44 Brachiopod loss in the equatorial fossil record doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231630
11:23 Breathing and the PT extinction doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2024.1...
11:57 Freshwater early Triassic Shark doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024...
12:49 Trachelosaurus and European long-necked archosauromorphs doi.org/10.1186/s13358-024-00...
13:40 Marine changes in the Triassic of Italy doi.org/10.1186/s13358-024-00...
14:07 Lizard relative from Germany's Triassic doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02...
15:26 Unique turtle preservation doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone....
15:59 Durophagous early Triassic fish doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1553
16:34 Evolution of Cyatheales tree ferns doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae034
17:16 Ants and flowering trees doi.org/10.1073/pnas.231779512
18:06 Climate and extinction doi.org/10.1126/science.adj5763
19:12 Ferns and extinction events doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae022
20:05 Plants and extinction severity doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46...
20:57 Early swifts from the Eocene doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13323
21:49 Atmospheric changes let the first bats fly doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06...
22:44 New Asiatosuchus species from Spain doi.org/10.1002/ar.25422
23:20 New small land croc from Brazil doi.org/10.1002/ar.25419
24:11 Identifying isolated theropod teeth doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024...
25:39 Trace marks made by different carnivorans doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57...
26:13 oVert database, and issues doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad120
28:38 Strontium ages of the first baleen whales doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2023...
29:27 Largest freshwater dolphin in history doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adk6320
30:17 Giant freshwater turtle doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0010
30:57 Early tetrapod habitats doi.org/10.18261/let.57.1.5
32:05 Kermitops, a new amphibamiform doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zl...
33:18 Early cephalopod anatomy doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17003
34:14 Selkirkia, a worm that survived the end Cambrian doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0042
35:02 Khinjaria, an odd mosasaur doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.202...
35:46 A large early opthalmasaur doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02...
37:08 Indigenous people and dinosaur tracks doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56...
37:36 Frozen Siberian eDNA doi.org/10.7554/eLife.89992.3
38:17 First North Korean Pterosaur doi.org/10.1134/S003103012360...
39:08 Cycads are a bad model for living fossils doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06...
40:08 The Anthropocene doesn't exist www.science.org/content/artic...
40:55 Spinosaurus couldn't dive well doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone....

[@p00bix]

One of my favorite things about the YT paleontology community is that they really put in the effort to publicize newly-released papers in the field, without resorting to clickbait or dumbing-down the explanation to the point that it ceases to actually be accurate. Thank you for playing your HUGE part in this PaleoChatter!

[@Mythil]

These month-in-review videos are my favorite. It's a great way to keep up with the latest research for those of us with less free time.

[@alexw.7097]

I love that you do both monthly and yearly reviews, I feel like I get to know more of the very specific stuff from the monthly videos, and then the bigger cooler stuff from the yearly ones. But I also love the individual videos. Pretty much anything you put out I really appreciate 😅 You strike an excellent balance for me of "interesting and passionate presenter of information I enjoy learning about while I'm awake" and "a lovely soft, chill vibe that's really great for sleeping to as well." But I'm just throwing my two cents in as well, seeing as others are letting you know how much they like the monthly reviews, and I know you've mentioned that they're a lot of work to put together. Take care!

[@RaptorChatter]

Glad you enjoy the content!

[@ChrisFixedKitty]

This is the ONLY way I'd be able to keep up. Thanks so much for doing these!

[@WebFanNY]

Thanks for the Paleo-update!

[@tinyelvenmitten1774]

Thank you yet again for a great overview of Palaentology! ^-^

[@creatureking-theoriginal1068]

a lot of interesting things this month thanks for the recap ™

[@rebeccasirrine947]

Really enjoy these month-in-review videos!

[@nita7703]

I love this end of month reviews!

[@kevinberrien745]

Love the monthy updates!

[@RaptorChatter]

Glad you like them!

[@cw7429]

Great video as always!

[@entity_unknown_]

The middle Jurassic is an interesting time. Few large predators, look up what happened to Mars at this time it was nuked. I guess it's ironic this history was lost 170 million years ago and Mars was turned into a desert before carnivorous theropods evolved to prey on what was

[@rflameng]

At about 04:29 there is a graph comparing bones and interpreting relatively small differences as evidence of them belonging to different species. This makes me wonder. How do paleontologists account for the possibly very significant differences between individuals of the same species? If you were to compare the skeletons and derive the musculatures of, say, a 4'10" Olympic gymnast, a 7'1" NBA player, a sinewy long distance runner and the average Western non sporting couch potato human person, would you conclude these are four specimens of the same species or four related species sharing a common ancestor?

[@barrybarlowe5640]

Just a thought: Early on in Earth's development, the crust was thinner. Did the outer surface stay in one place with respect to the axis of planetary rotation? Or sis it slide around. What is "North" might not have been North, then. When know there have been massive tectonic shifts, but what if the crust - as the entire skin of the Earth - shifted from time to time. I'd like someone to address that.

[@thevoiceharmonic]

You had me worried when you said it was March 2023

[@RaptorChatter]

Yeah, I just misspoke, whoops

[@vestofholding]

Combining what you were saying about identifying animals from their surprisingly detailed teeth, and the database of 3D models of vertebrae, it makes me wonder if we could combine the two ideas and toss all that data into an AI to help identify animals from a couple of bones, or at least what group of animals it could likely be close to.

[@RaptorChatter]

I don't know about an AI, but certainly some learning model could be figured out.

[@vestofholding]

@@RaptorChatter Fair! I didn't mean to imply it would be a large language model like ChatGPT, just generally that it could be an interesting machine learning problem.

[@napalmholocaust9093]

All the European birds from Shakespeare were dumped by the hundreds on several occasions either in Baltimore or N.Y. about 200 years ago or less. They did not all die.

[@napalmholocaust9093]

Maybe Philly.

[@RaptorChatter]

Yes, and their climate was fairly similar, and they could become widespread rapidly.

[@Carlos-bz5oo]

Aw, no Indoconodon?

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