Oldest Australian Dinosaur Is A Theropod Mystery Box | Ozraptor

Australin paleontology is in a weird spot. Australia is ostensibly a first world country, occupied by western culture for 400 years. There are large swathes of the country where people cannot super easily live, where there is a lot of sparse vegetation, lots of dirt and sand and rocks. Sounds like a good place for fossils, and it sort of is. The western scientists first familiarized themselves with Australia’s recent prehistoric past - the fossils and subfossils of the Pleistocene. This occurred in the 1800s. Dinosaur fossils were likely discovered in Australia before they were identified as dinosaurs, but the first officially identified and described dinosaur fossil was a claw in 1903. Overall, though, dinosaur fossils are comparatively rare throughout Australia. This is because most of Western Australia simply doesn’t have a lot of the right rocks from the right time exposed in the area for people to look in. Despite this quirk of geology, well over a handful of dinosaurs and other prehistoric Mesozoic animals have been found and described sine the 1900s from the few places that do happen to have dino-age rocks - even some from the notoriously fossil-poor western half of Australia, though mostly from near the coast. One such find is probably one of the worst I have ever covered.
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[@guillaumebabey4484]

Reading a lot of comments down here saying how Ozraptor is "underrated" and I'm like, guys, I applaud your passion and dedication but let's be real, apart from its cultural and historical significance for Australian paleontology, it is a very, very fragmentary specimen with very little to say about itself or its environment without going heavy on the speculation. It's not "underrated", it's rated at pretty much the right amount of praise until we get better remains. Still, kudos to EDGE for making a 9 minute video on such an elusive find without an ounce of filler!!

[@PaleoNerd44]

69 joke in a dinosaur video taking place in australia? What a rare find

[@seanmckelvey6618]

Paleontology in this country is so frustrating for this reason. Nearly everything we have is scrappy at best and undiagnostic at worse. Surely Australia was filled with loads of fascinating dinosaurs, but we'll likely never know many of them.

[@marcusbartolo2150]

Thanks for showing my art in your video.

[@EDGEscience]

I apologize for not asking first. I always try to do that but sometimes forget who I have or have not, and I thought I had asked you before.

[@marcusbartolo2150]

@@EDGEscience no worries. It was an outdated piece. Anyways, thanks for getting my name out there.

[@Proahmet18]

Ozraptor is the most underrated dinosaur

[@atomic_wait]

Most down underrated.

[@Magmafrost13]

As an Australian who wanted to study paleontology, I might offer a little insight as to why our paleo scene is so underwhelming: literally none of our major universities offer a paleontology degree

[@TheAnimalzz]

I believe Flinders University might offer an undergraduate degree in palaeontology.

[@seanmckelvey6618]

No, some do, but usually only undergraduate. Those who wish to further their studies in that field travel oversea.

[@evodolka]

the Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2 soundtrack was a nice touch, i have VIVID memories of that dinosaur level, so hearing the little jingle at 3:44 just blasted me back to the past a bit

[@Weirdoid]

The lizard of Oz.

[@LorenzoVargas1981]

So many Australian dinosaurs are enigmatic,wish the preservation rate was better.

[@TheriandAcro]

I wish Ozraptor gets some media spot light like appearing in a Jurassic world movie or something like that

[@robrice7246]

I believe it has a role in the Dino Dana series.

[@SnubbyDaArtist]

​@@robrice7246Pretty sure it has in Dino Dan?

[@coltontodd353]

​@@SnubbyDaArtist Both.

[@user-pr8gx3vb9h]

This is another interesting character of the fossil record.

[@robrice7246]

8:00 Doesn't Australia's fossil record have *LOTS* of missing gaps to fill (especially from the Triassic, Jurassic & later stages of the Cretaceous)?

[@tturi2]

something about always being a harsh environment?

[@seanmckelvey6618]

@@tturi2 No, it's more to do with Australia being a geologically stable landmass, there's not a lot of geological forces at work to bring fossils to the surface. In fact, much of the exposed land in Australia is OLDER than the mesozoic.

[@tturi2]

love it

[@rileyernst9086]

Well one of the museums from Kansas could do a follow-up expedition to try and find more material. Go off to find the raptor, the incredible raptor of Oz. They would not even need to leave home. Ok I admit that was terrible.

[@ISURAH-484]

Interesting

[@gsmadmax100]

@ 0:19 "occupied by western culture for 400 years " Australia was settled in 1788 so not 400 ish years its only like 230 ish :)

[@EDGEscience]

I was factoring in when the Dutch first started making landfall and doing stuff.

[@gsmadmax100]

@@EDGEscience Ok. If i recall correctly the Dutch mapped a bit of AU but not all of it. thay did not "occupie" or even build a town, i dont think thay even planted a flag . i think thay mapped a bit &/or got shipwrecked and dyed LOL ..... never mind DINOS ROCK !

[@seanmckelvey6618]

@@EDGEscience They made landfall and then left. They didn't do anything besides note it's existence and map a small portion of the coastline.

[@wrathofamarok]

Great video as always. Don't listen to the negativity!

[@LorenzoVargas1981]

It’s not underrated,there’s just not a lot of material to go on.Kakuru and Rapator are even more obscure

[@KevDogg6669]

Time to edge

[@reeyees50]

Ozzie raptor, cmon

[@HidalinaB]

My 15 year old son has a question what kind of collage that teaches animal nature And dinosaurs stuff that you taught us.

[@eviestalder-moore265]

Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie oi oi oi

[@adriannegrete9586]

When I become a paleontologist, I will not rest until I find every last fossils from the same formation at all cost. Oh, and can you do Altispinax next?

[@agathoklesmartinios8414]

Love the use of the Australian Aboriginal flag on Australia.

[@kylelapointe2289]

It's a flag for losers. Like the confederate flag in America.

[@Moulton_Lava]

Guys, it's my birthday today

[@lordcrusheryt]

happy birthday

[@DolphinsAreWeird]

I'm sorry but I can't take this channel's name fucking seriously anymore, the internet has ruined it all

[@EDGEscience]

It never should be taken seriously 🙌😁

[@isaacthedestroyerofstuped7676]

Could be worse...At least it isn't GOON Science or SIMP Science

[@chaosphilosopher]

Europeans have only been in Australia for just over 200 years. Not bloody 400. What kind of poorly researched tripe is this?

[@EDGEscience]

Read wikipedia bruh.

[@chaosphilosopher]

@@EDGEscience grow up in Australia bruh. Get a commemorative coin from the government for starting your schooling on the BIcentennial of Australia, bruh. If your research was "I looked at Wikipedia and misinterpreted settlement where it said laid foot upon, then we could say the USA is 1200 years old. Dummy.

[@Carlos-bz5oo]

The emphasis on western culture and lack of acknowledgement of the Aboriginal aid in aussie paleontology killed this video for me

[@EDGEscience]

A) What emphasis? B) I could not find a single reference to any aboriginal aid in this particular case, so bringing up was largely irrelevant.

[@canis2020]

Then you just hate paleontology. It's ALWAYS been a white boys club. Only now are things barely starting to change. Might as well say politics ruins government. Not saying anything new my dude.

[@Carlos-bz5oo]

@@EDGEscience In the beginning of the video you describe Australia as a "western nation" and put an uncomfortable emphasis on that.

[@krakenpots5693]

​​​@@Carlos-bz5oohe said that "Australia [has been] _occupied_ by western culture for 400 years". Not that it is a "western" nation, whatever "western nation" is supposed to mean anyway...

[@EDGEscience]

As others have said, I did not say that. However, I do apologize that I made you specifically uncomfortable.

[@Moulton_Lava]

Guys, it's my birthday today

[@ISURAH-484]

Happy birthday 🎂..