June 2023 Paleontology in Review

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00:09 New artiopodan arthropod- Thulaspis tholops
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
01:16 The best way to test dino eggs
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
02:18 A different set of Hadrosaur mitts
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...
03:13 Estimating the Occurrence/Prevalence of the Risk of Fossil Poaching
www.proquest.com/openview/057...
04:39 Early Cretaceous Lotus Relative
www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
05:33 The end-Cretaceous plant extinction
www.cambridge.org/core/journa...
06:41 Wulong was Iridescent
app.pan.pl/article/item/app01...
08:14 Temporal framework for the Yanliao Biota
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
08:55 Shri devi, the fossil velociraptor meme
www.app.pan.pl/article/item/a...
10:16 Vectipelta barretti, a new ankylosaurian dinosaur
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...
11:30 A new theropod, Migmanychion laiyang
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
12:53 An early-diverging iguanodontian, Iani smithi
journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
14:09 Subantarctic Chile non-hadrosaurid, hadrosauroid- Gonokoken nanoi
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...
15:20 Statistical evaluation of character support reveals the instability of higher-level dinosaur phylogeny
www.nature.com/articles/s4159...
16:55 Sexual Dimorphism in ornithomimosaurs
elifesciences.org/articles/83413
18:07 Puberty in a Mesozoic reptile
www.cell.com/current-biology/...
19:12 An exquisitely preserved skeleton of Eoarctos vorax
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...
20:34 New heterodont odontocetes, Olympicetus thalassodo
peerj.com/articles/15576/
21:22 New whale fossils found in Cuba
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
22:19 A new dolphin with tusk-like teeth, Nihohae matakoi
royalsocietypublishing.org/do...
22:53 Decapitation in the long-necked Tanystropheus
www.cell.com/current-biology/...
24:02 Endothermic physiology of extinct megatooth sharks
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...
24:46 Placoid scales of Megalodon
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...
26:13 A new lower Turonian mosasaurid, Sarabosaurus dahli
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
27:10 Anguimorph lizards from the lower Eocene
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
28:19 A giant armoured skink from Australia
royalsocietypublishing.org/do...
29:35 Reappraising Hoplodactylus delcourti
www.nature.com/articles/s4159...

[@JohannesVIII]

The Tanystropheus thing is kinda funny and sad at the same time

[@jessehunter362]

27:18 Note: teiids aren’t anguimorphs, but instead are more closely related to wall lizards. For other anguimorphs closely related to the glyptosaurines, think about the glass lizards, galliwasps, and knob-scaled lizards.

[@helenesimon5188]

You used a picture of the Basilosaurus fossil from Nantes natural history museum :D I love it and have seen it again last month :) Also, French medias talked about the ornithomimids femurs months ago. It's possible I first heard of it in 2022.

[@calvingrondahl1011]

Salute from the Dinosaur Park in Utah, thanks RC🤠👍

[@bkjeong4302]

The Woolong paper is indicative of something I’ve criticized the Microraptor coloration paper about: we should NOT assume that iridescent black plumage in certain modern birds served the same functions for dromaeosaurs that we already know were ecologically nothing like those birds. (This is also why the “Microraptor could not have been nocturnal because it has iridescent black feathers” argument was never actually valid).

[@tomsaussieanimals9935]

I love the idea of the giant shingle back haha

[@RaptorChatter]

It would be incredible to see a living one. Any lizard that large that isn't a monitor or a tegu would be very different

[@hatsudopia5085]

Another great month of fossils

[@cw7429]

Great vid!

[@jessehunter362]

20:12 Chapalmalania moment

[@Eloraurora]

Poor Tanystropheus. Most of the stuff I've seen suggests limited cervical flexibility, so they wouldn't have been able to yoink their heads back to safety like a turtle.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

“Yoink” definitely needs to be in the dictionary.

[@kyrab7914]

Man... I can just imagine ppl with giant lizards and geckos as pets.

[@RaptorChatter]

Some people already keep pretty large monitor lizards and tegus, so they absolutely would have been involved in the trade.

[@glenncullen4378]

Really enjoy these monthly updates!! Can't always follow all the details but I find it fascinating. Keep up the great work of bringing this complicated subject to us in plain language. My only suggestion is to place labels on the graphs you use. I see them but often can't decipher what particular point in the graph you are referring to. Thanks again.

[@wallace2286]

What about calvarius that was described last month?

[@seiridgleason8251]

love this channel

[@TroyTheCatFish]

Fantastic Video! 👏👏👏👏👏 ❤❤❤❤ 💖💖💖💖

[@Pwnagotchi-0]

15:34-15:45 pardon me again lol

[@Pwnagotchi-0]

12:34-12:45 pardon

[@Pwnagotchi-0]

15:45 concerning the comment that was made saying, "this paper didn't try to find out how they evolved directly but instead tried to find out how they were related" There is nothing wrong with searching for evidence instead of beliefs, like what science should be all about.

[@kyrab7914]

I don't think it was meant negatively. Rather, just an example of what ppl usually do. You're right it's good we're getting more evidence tho

[@RaptorChatter]

I know. I didn't mean it as a this is bad sort of thing, but that we statistically have issues for our understanding of paleontology, and that we should be aware of that, and work to fix those issues with new statistical tests.

[@keerthivasannambiraju955]

You forget the discovery of the new ornithischian from spain, Calvarius.

[@dennismason3740]

When an alligator lizard bites your finger there is nothing you can do but weep. It will let go when it wants to. The Alligator Lizard looks slow and it can move like lightning when it bites.

[@HeyHeyHarmonicaLuke]

I totally want to go giant giant gecko hunting now!

[@RaptorChatter]

I have to imagine the team that studied these is already planning some trips to go see if they're still out there

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

That picture of Keichousaurus at 18:16 has me deeply puzzled. A Triassic marine reptile found in China, from a paper authored by two scholars out of Hefei University of Technology, two scholars from University of Bonn, and one from Tokyo City University. Nothing especially odd or confusing so far. So why is there in the bottom right of this shot, an Australian 10 cent piece? 🧐

[@RaptorChatter]

That was a separate image not from the paper of a Keichousaurus fossil. So that one was from an Australian collection.

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

@@RaptorChatter Makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.

[@laurachapple6795]

Crossing my fingers for the giant gecko. Also hope your foot feels better.

[@dennismason3740]

The Youth even have an acronym for it - IDK. See how easy that is, paleoz? Ezekiel gets it.

[@dennismason3740]

Gingko Biloba! I just like to say it.

[@michaeldarby3503]

OMFG......I thought you would know the difference between a turtle and a tortoise!

[@RaptorChatter]

Tortoises are turtles adapted for dry environments and life on land.

[@Tuishimi]

It stinks because there is no guarantee that the poachers are skilled enough to recognize important pieces associated with fossil they target... could be missing a ton of valuable data.

[@RaptorChatter]

The first Eocene bat fossil was damaged by the prepwork for it. The museum that bought the first one asked the private group that found it to give them another one without prepping it if they find another one (they did).

[@dennismason3740]

When I was Ezekiel's age all dinos were lumbering, stupid and cold blooded except of course for T-Rex. Dinos were so simple then.

[@Pwnagotchi-0]

Didn’t say it was but I apologize if it seemed implied, sometimes I may across harsh without knowing it 😂

[@dennismason3740]

What about Hell's Creek makes it Dino Central? Is this a loaded question? Is it a perfect nesting crossroads for millions of years?

[@RaptorChatter]

A lot of it is because it's relatively widespread as a formation, and there's a lot of fossils, so it's a good area to search for fossils.

[@Sirdilophosaurusthethird]

That poor random marine reptiles head

[@dennismason3740]

Japanese ROV footage, thus far, has gigantic critters swimming by and the Japanese researchers are awaiting confirmation from their own cameras. Even deepsea researchers can be quite conservative. "We don't know what that is.." said one.

[@QUIRK1019]

Sorry Tanystropheus, but that's what you get for sticking your neck out there