The Forgotten Dinosaurs Are Rewriting Dinosaur Biology!

[@ClintsReptiles]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@parkersanderson4156]

The Triassic is actually my favorite dino era.

[@exomake_mehorololo]

Merry Christmas

[@EmpressOfExile206]

Haha one of the 1st 20 dinosaurs I think of (albeit toward the end of that list) is Herrerasaurus‼️ Mostly because it was the 1st basal "maybe a dinosaur, maybe not" that I learned about!

[@ritzee13]

I've had to explain to tons of people that T.rex and other well know dinos weren't around for all 3 periods of the Mesozoic era. I hope Triassic dinos become better appreciated.

[@Doki_Doki_is_peak]

Fr herrerasaurus is a real one

[@areallyshortbrontothere]

​​@@Doki_Doki_is_peakbut is everything on the tree

[@Doki_Doki_is_peak]

@@areallyshortbrontothere fr

[@RaptorFH]

*T. rex

[@areallyshortbrontothere]

@@RaptorFH KNIGHTS OF PEDANTRY STRIKE AGAIN!

[@maoschanz4665]

"name the first 20 dinosaurs that come to mind" me, who watch your videos: *20 birds*

[@muthafukka7733]

If you were asked you favourite 20 fish, would you name 20 mammals?

[@madisonlink7141]

Birds aren't dinosaurs, but Tyrannosaurus Rex is the biggest bird to ever exist. Fight me.

[@spookysleepyghost]

I am autistic and have loved dinosaurs since I was a kid, my very favorite is the Iguanodon I learned about in 2nd grade, seeing you mention it got me so excited I needed to walk around my house, so many people forget about it and I'm always so happy when it's mentioned!! All that's to say your videos make me very happy so thank you for teaching me more about dinosaurs!

[@draw2death421]

Im also autistic and have loved dinosaurs since i was a kid. Tho my faiv dinosaurs are Spinosaurus, Quetzalcoatlus and Pterodaustro.

[@crowstick]

@@draw2death421 Ackshually Quetzalcoatlus and Pterodaustro are not dinosaurs but flying reptiles

[@alis_the_kiwi]

Another fellow autistic, recently diagnosed, here! I used to be into dinosaurs BIG TIME when I was a kid, an lo and behold, that phase is back with double the strenght. This is the exact reason for why I found this channel :D

[@sdfopsdmsdofjmp7863]

I am not autistic and I still love learning about dinosaurs.

[@alis_the_kiwi]

@@sdfopsdmsdofjmp7863 which is very valid too!

[@jordanott5464]

I dont know why thi channel was recommended, but the enthusiasm and educational approach makes this fun to watch

[@andrewweltlich9065]

That was a great explanation of how mass extinctions open up niches and allow for organisms to diversify.

[@petebyrdie4799]

So many people think crocodiles have just stayed the same since before the Mesozoic. Yet they have gone through at least two massive diversifications, which should be better appreciated.

[@boldisordorin9010]

Crocodiles have changed very little throughoout time compared to other kinds of animals

[@4124V4TA-SNPCA-x]

​@@boldisordorin9010current ones? Sorta kinda is you consider the great times they were alive. But extinct ones in several times period including very recent Australia (cause where else, right?) They are divers. But the crocodilian form and niche is so awesome that do many animals evolved into 'crocodiles' that crabs or turtles borderline have a competitor.

[@lalehiandeity1649]

More accurate to say that they’ve maintained an iron chokehold over the freshwater ambush predator niche. And have maintained that classic body plan for as long.

[@GofuKyersen]

Think the original was small and bipedal

[@catpoke9557]

@@GofuKyersen That was well before they became crocodiles, but yes

[@PaleoAnalysis]

Clint, if you ever want a fun discussion on the topic of weird Triassic Archosaurs that may or may not be Dinosaurs, we should talk about Smok.

[@brianroberts783]

Honestly, I would love to see a collab between you two!

[@PaleoAnalysis]

@ClintsReptiles He's right you know... ☝️👀

[@DIY_Miracle]

​@@PaleoAnalysisDidn't you visit recently? 😊

[@PaleoAnalysis]

@@DIY_Miracle I did! But unfortunately things were so busy with the grand opening of the Reptile Room that there wasn't much time to plan anything else.

[@aberdeenkiko]

Clint's Dinosaur content videos, have been getting much better than before, regarding the natural history accuracy of the presented statements. Yet, I'm still waiting for one of you to cheerlead less; and therefore be able to explore Dinosaur related themes for the time length of entire videos; such as: The fact that Spinosaurus are clearly, a crocodilian clade of ancient theropod "Dinos". Or that the sauropods, also had environmental isolation dwarfism. Plus that the so feared T-Rex, when in its adulthood, it would just be a full-time scavenger; in order not to stumble and fall onto its own bone braking weight, from its probable 7m height. Being that Spinosaurus alone, once upon a time, used to be almost as diverse, has the Hominids from planet Earth.

[@Saimeren]

I like the Ankylosaurus! I also like any that look like crocodiles and alligators, because they're neat. I also like sails on Dinosaurs.

[@anthonysimeone365]

Clint my friend, these videos are absolutely incredible! Videos like this, talking about ancient species, phylogenetics, and more, are simply a joy to watch! Incredible as always and looking forward to more in the future!

[@naomistarlight6178]

6:04 F for all the Permian insects! Some of my favorite things to see in a museum.

[@heatherbc7914]

As a sauropod fan, all the sauropodomorphs in this video were a delight 🦕🦕🦕

[@AnthonyMorris-pg9xj]

Sauropodamorphs are my favorite dinosaurs. Plateosaurus made my list of twenty dinosaurs to come to mind.

[@pRODIGAL_sKEPTIC]

The idea of a bipedal sauropod is so cool

[@CornerCaseStudio]

as a sauropod, I agree.

[@drawinaminutewithdr.rajasa8861]

A true tressure trove... Shwebble Dabble gibble glabble fibaflabba blab...

[@drawinaminutewithdr.rajasa8861]

​@@CornerCaseStudio As a Sharptooth🦖, I love you more than any of these other people!

[@kokobeans6956]

After like 5 dinosaurs I start cheating and just name modern birds.

[@adriani9432]

Recently, a hypothesis was put forward that the quadrupedal beaked archosaurs known as silesaurs were actually dinosaurs, specifically, they were part of the lineage that would become the ornithischian dinosaurs. If they were relatives of the ornithischian dinosaurs, they would close the infamous ornithischian fossil gap, as they lasted throughout the Triassic and were nearly as old as the dinosaurs themselves. Pisanosaurus was probably a transitional fossil, sharing traits with both silesaurs and ornithischian dinosaurs.

[@EG-hy9mv]

Wasn't there a recent-ish paper about this too?

[@TheSpeculativeDoodl]

@@EG-hy9mvyep

[@陳嘉宇-y4q]

When I was in third grade, Pisanosaurus is a dinosaur, then when I check up last year, it's not, and now it's between ? Are you sure it's not a Spinosaur ? Or at least it has the spirit of one

[@sohamsengupta6470]

​@@陳嘉宇-y4qIt's the dinosaur of Pluto

[@RedXlV]

Alternatively, what if ornithischians as a whole aren't actually dinosaurs at all?

[@chrism4008]

This guys appearance reminds me of the dude who has the New England Widlife & More channel where he tried the really old foods and drinks and stuff. Same guy does the Post10 channel where he goes around the country clearing storm drains. And he has a frickin dinosaur channel?!?! Man, this has got to be the most prolific and subject-diverse creator on the entire platform!

[@dra.4722]

I didn't know any Triassic Dinosaurs before this. Been subscribed to the channel for a little over a year and have learned a ton already. So just wanted to say thanks to Clint and everyone who makes this channel possible. Wish you all a safe and happy holidays! Please keep the videos coming and I'll keep watching!

[@SYMBIOTEDINOSAUR]

Triassic is somewhat forgivable in my opinion because true dinosaurs did not appear until the end

[@GlennKurusu]

@@SYMBIOTEDINOSAUR If you go to Paleo Analysis, you will see that the Triassic Period was full of weird… non-dinosaurs. Erythrosuchus looks like a bobble-headed monitor lizard!

[@陳嘉宇-y4q]

Triassic is a rabbit hole itself, when you dig in, it only gets deeper After the great dying, Earth basically presses the restart button on life, and every one is starting from scratch

[@parkersanderson4156]

My favorite dino is from the Triassic

[@FuzzThePiney]

​​@@GlennKurusuthanks for that info! I looked it up and now I think I have another extinct animal to add to my favorites. :)

[@dragonvliss2426]

I always go out and greet the pigeons and sparrows in my back yard with, "Hello little dinosaurs!"

[@chriswatson7965]

The violinist analogy is the best I've ever heard to describe speciation following extinction events.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

I always wanted to be the world's greatest violinist, now I know how.

[@indigopines]

​@@peterolbrisch8970 Wuh-oh.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

@@indigopines Thanks for your reply and have a great day!

[@natalieroberts3288]

Please keep making these videos, im hooked, i was obsessed with Dinosaurs as a kid and now i work with animals, still even have all my magazines from a kid!! And a gold T rex necklace 😂

[@fredericlaurens4332]

My list was: chicken, duck, goose, turkey, pheasant, grouse, swan, parrot, swallow, hummingbird, sparrow, falcon, eagle, condor, owl, ostrich, emu, _casowarry, nandu, kiwi :)

[@AnthonyMorris-pg9xj]

AH! I didn't think of any of them. Lol😂

[@texasforever7887]

What? No Shoebill? Unforgivable...

[@pythonkeeper148]

Based living theropod enthusiast. Pigeons and doves are always my top picks for theropods, but the Estrildid finches have caught my focus lately. (To whoever’s reading this comment, look up owl finches and bear in mind that they can be found in the pet trade) One of the coolest thing about avian dinosaurs is that they’re a sister lineage to the infamous Dromaeosaur, in which I absolutely loved the prehistoric planet recreations of them. Nobody can argue against the supremacy of the Dromaeosaurs like Utahraptor and Velociraptor… besides a giant space rock, anyway. Some other random fun facts about avian dinosaurs: The split off within Neornithes that split Neoaves from both Ratites first, then Galloanserae (land fowl) and Anseriformes (water fowl) happened *before* the end-Cretaceous extinction, meaning the foundation of Neornithes was laid well within the time period Dromaeosaur and Tyrannosaurs were still roaming the earth. Duck fossils have also been found as far back as the Cretaceous; contemplate that implication. The significance of the extinction event simply allowed Neornithes and mammals to take over vacant ecological niches left behind by the extinction of the large dinosaurs as well as the proto/opposite birds that died out. And with over 10,000 species alive today, modern theropods (aves) compete with the lizards and snakes for most diverse, species rich classes of land vertebrates alive today. So, plenty of dinosaurs around to still pick a living favorite, or keep as a pet. (Maybe birds like emus, shoebills or cassowaries may look ancient, but… all birds *are* theropod dinosaurs, be it falcons, flamingos, owls or pigeons. They’re *all dinosaurs* and I think that’s just stinkin’ rad)

[@averycheesypotato]

I mostly relate to the go-away bird. But the titmouse always makes me giggle too…

[@insane_troll]

Do you mean the African or European swallow?

[@electricdawn2258]

The Triassic and the Perm have (curiously) been always more of interest to me than later periods. I loved this episode! Thank you! And if you're ever inclined to produce more Triassic and Permian content... I'm not the one to say "no" to that. ;)

[@Tuishimi]

Thank you for pointing out how difficult it is to build phylogenies out of the Triassic fossils we have. So many people just state it like "oh these were xyz" when honestly we are not very certain. There were some very odd (statistically speaking) combinations of skeletal features back then that did not help to clarify...

[@maryeckel9682]

*Lindsay Nikole enters chat* THAT WE KNOW OF

[@dstinnettmusic]

I mean…this is true for all dinosaurs, and the problem gets worse the further back we go in time. Less than 1% of life will fossilize. We honestly have no hope of ever really knowing the real relationships between dinosaurs.

[@jameswest4819]

Things have progressed quite a bit since I wanted to be a paleontologist, when I was in the second grade. That was a long time ago, now that I am approaching 73.

[@ClintsReptiles]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@2424Lars]

Have you ever thought about going on Nebula?

[@zhubajie6940]

Pseudosuchians, the worst taxonomic name since Oviraptor.

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

Nominatoriraptor

[@FPoP1911]

Clint, Steg IS the first dino that comes to my mind because while when I was growing up I was caught between my love for T rex and Brachiosaurus... today, Steg is the king for having a Thagomizer. Shout out to Larson fans, see ya'll on the far side.

[@ts-900]

It would be really cool to see one of those things in real life.

[@FPoP1911]

@@ts-900 Just careful not to get thagomized..

[@ts-900]

@@FPoP1911 I loved those Farside Cartoons.

[@FPoP1911]

@@ts-900 my favorite is gorilla couple's "i know it's nothing deep but I really love bananas" I have afunny story about it but gotta go now.

[@tell-me-a-story-]

Stegosaurus is the himbo of dinosaurs.

[@Stilton_Steak]

Thanks Clint, I am really enjoying your Dinosaur content. I love your enthusiasm for the natural world is obvious to see. It makes you a great host. I always learn something new from your videos.

[@ericmueller6836]

Coelophysis was the first Triassic that popped to mind.

[@ascrassin]

same, even if it was an end of trias-start jurassic family.

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

Same for me thanks to dino storm (and Clint of course!)

[@haerdalis84]

Same, alongside procompsognathus

[@simondean5227]

Same

[@derloco2035]

same

[@pukulu]

Clint is melodramatic but he's also very knowledgeable and quite serious about getting his facts straight and his pronunciation right. I'm convinced. This is an excellent channel.

[@zozzleberryfin1735]

The melodrama is a plus in my book!

[@royalladybug30]

I love how your images have color and patterns. Most artists tend to depict those animals as flat gray/green

[@HammboneBob]

14:53 "huh?" The side eye is killer

[@IAmBene]

One of the Pseudosuchians you showed, the one with the two spikes on its sides, was Desmatosuchus, and it's one of my favourite Triassic animals. It just looks like you could ride it and hold on to those spikes like the handlebars of a bike. I've used them as inspiration for animals in a fantasy world I created, which are domesticated by humans and used as beasts of burden. They just look so cool! But, when it comes to dinosaurs, my favourite from the Triassic is Plateosaurus, because as a kid I was obsessed with dinosaurs and had many books on them, and I remember being confused that none of them could agree on what Plateosaurus looked like, how it walked, etc., so that just fascinated me.

[@AnthonyMorris-pg9xj]

Hello fellow plateosaurus fan.

[@catpoke9557]

It looks just look a nodosaur!

[@svagolandia9834]

4:42 How do they calculate such a percentage? How confident are we that the number for the world genera is accurate?

[@SuperDeathbody]

They compare fossils before extinction and fossils after extinction.

[@reelburke]

I'm obsessed with Herrerasaurus and it's at least 75% your fault 😂 Dinosaur December is the BEST

[@fiocoh]

Herra was also on my list, one of my favorites

[@BooleanDisorder]

Merry Christmas you beautiful animal friend! ❤ Would love to see a video on the weirdest Permian animals!

[@quietwulf]

Not sure why the algorithm dropped me here, but I’m super thrilled it did! Thanks so much for this video!

[@leeprice133]

One Triassic dinosaur made my list - Plateosaurus. For whatever reason, that was one of the first dinosaurs I remember learning about as a kid.

[@helmijjj]

If memory serves, that and Coelophysis featured in the first episode of Walking With Dinosaurs, that's where I remember those two the best!

[@toolman4745]

Your dinosaur videos are some of if not my favorite videos on KZbin. I love watching you go over dinosaur phylogeny with your infectious enthusiasm. I want to see a video all about the Triassic, another all about the Jurassic, and another all about the Cretaceous. GIVE ME ALL THE DINOSAURS! And ichthyosaurs, pterosaurs, etc etc etc

[@rolandjohnson4064]

Oh yes! Please do make a video about the jurassic, this was great!

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

In earlier books including _Die Welt der Dinosaurier,_ they used to refer to Ornithosuchus as a dinosaur. It was thought that Ornithosuchus was the ancestor of the carnosaurs, the heavy- built large theropods whereas Coelophysis was the ancestor if the light-weight agile small theropods and thus also of the birds. Additionally, they taught that Tyrannosaurus was a carnosaur which I later learned was not the case.

[@Karl.Zimmerman]

Great summary. I think you should do a full-length video on the mysterious origin of the Ornithischians. You didn't even get into the hypothesis that Pisanosaurus may be a Silesaurid, and that Silesaurids are actually basal Ornithishians (which would fix the ghost lineage going to the middle Triassic) On the other hand, Chilesaurus sure looks like a Theropod/Ornithischian transition.

[@RedXlV]

Silesaurids have generally been considered to not be dinosaurs, but that would have to be reevaluated if they turn out to have been basal ornithischians. Unless ornithischians aren't actually dinosaurs either.

[@Karl.Zimmerman]

@@RedXlV Since Dinosauria is now defined cladistically (typically as everything descending from the most recent common ancestor of birds and Triceratops) by definition even if Silesaurids were found to be ornithischians, ornithischia would still be within Dinosauria. That said, the Ornithoscelida hypothesis would arguably make sauropods not dinosaurs if it were true, since most cladistic definitions of Dinosauria are not inclusive of sauropods. Ditto for a lot of basal Saurischians like the herrerasaurs. It's just interesting that there are two plausible alternative phylogenies now for Ornithischia, which are very different from the historical explanation (that they sprung up from...somewhere...in the late Triassic). Ornithoscelidia makes more logical sense to me, because Silesaurs don't really look that much like basal Ornithischians past the skull (they aren't bipedal, for example), but I'm hardly a professional paleontologist.

[@catpoke9557]

@@Karl.Zimmerman Would be cool if ornithischians lost, re-evolved, and then lost bipedality again

[@qazplumdium5151]

14:40 is that the old Herrerasaurus model for The Isle i see???? love this guy! Ive been playing The Isle for almost 4 years now and i'll tell you that because of that, i could probably name every member of the game's roster given enough time, which is a whopping 59 dinosaurs! Can't believe i didnt catch this upon first watch of this video! I would love to see more about the Triassic in the upcoming dino december later this year.

[@beclouise8686]

Insanely interested in a series of the Triassic. My curiosity is peaked! I knew crocs were one of my favourite animals for a reason! The variations of those psuedosuchians! 😍 amazing.

[@vicekillx]

Someday I hope we can get a Clint + Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong collab for Dinosaur December. I need to see you two get incredibly nerdy about dinosaurs together. Maybe you can teach each other!

[@Andrey.Ivanov]

On the topic of ornithischian origins there's been an intriguing proposal in recent years in regards to this issue. The suggestion is that perhaps silesaurids, a clade that's been until now regarded as a family of non-dinosaurian dinosauromorphs, may actually be a paraphyletic group comprised of basal ornithischians which lived from the Middle to Late Triassic. If so that would explain the lack of ornithischian fossils in Triassic Formations, as a result of us not realizing that those were ornithischians, and the traditional phylogenetic tree of dinosaurs would stay the same with the exception that the former silesaurids would be included as true dinosaurs. Of course this hypothesis would likely need further testing but for now it seems increasingly possible.

[@stanleydodds9]

Massospondylus was on my list, because I had a toy/model of one when I was younger (and it's the first one that comes to my mind when I think of bipedal sauropodimorphs). Coelophysis was also on my list as you mentioned. I think there were a few others I was familiar with on the list, like eoraptor, but they weren't in the first 20 that came to mind.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

0:05 I ran out of conventional mainstream dinosaurs to name off my head, so i started listing some ManiRaptorian dinos, and even some extant Avialae dinosaur species too. T Rex, Stegasaurus, Triceratops, Velasiraptor, Archaeopteryx, Utahraptor, Anchiornis, Microraptor, Yi Qi, Ostriches, Ambopteryx, Yellow Finches, Changyuraptor, Seagulls 😂

[@YunxiaoChu]

Same

[@Symphing12]

What about sauropods?

[@jaredprince4772]

Thanks!

[@BelgorathTheSorcerer]

I got a "What's your favorite dinosaur," shirt for Christmas. It really works. The first person I happened to pass, turned around and shouted "Velociraptor!" It was amazing. Thanks, Clint!

[@jvoidhuey3088]

I really enjoy how informative and entertaining your videos are. I love learning new things, and I am all over the place in things I like to learn. Glad I found this channel sometime ago.

[@melkcarstens8251]

Oh my gosh finally someone mentioned the Triassic, my favourite period literally barely ever gets mentioned by anyone ever 😭😭

[@ecmcm5363]

Love dinosaur December! Watching all the videos, thank you for all your work!

[@NeverSeb]

You forgot the best two Dinos in your top 20. Compsognathus and Gallimimus!

[@DavidFiorillo-m3o]

Thank you for your excellent report.

[@itsahostiletakeover]

Great, informative video on an underrepresented subject! One note I'll add about the Ornithischia as a paleo nerd myself is that an increasingly common theory of the last couple of years is that the archosaur family Silesauridae may actually be the ancestors of the Ornithischia, if not perhaps the most primitive Ornithischians. And as you alluded to, I think some paleontologists even consider Pisanosaurus to possibly be a silesaurid now. So much wild stuff going on back then, thanks for helping to educate on the Triassic, Clint. If I'm picking one weirdo from back then as my favorite, it's not a dinosaur but Atopodentatus, a wholy weird shovel-faced aquatic reptile really unlike anything else before or since. 😁

[@frederickd.provoncha8671]

Yes Clint, your prediction was correct. Not sure why, but I did name one dinosaur from the Triassic on my Top 20 list. You were right, it was Coelophysis. Though I could have named a few more from the Triassic, like Plateosaurus & Massospondylus.

[@brfisher1123]

I like to see you cover the entire synapsid clade as well, both us extant mammals and our extinct reptile-like cousins like the famous dimetrodon!

[@AaronHendu]

I thought Dimetrodon was so cool as a kid even though I thought it was a dino.

[@Contraltissimo]

My _gosh_ I love how much you love this. It makes me happy. :)

[@birgittanzler2636]

Actually I know two Triassic dinosaurs that lived here in Germany. I have seen them countless of times in the museum in Stuttgart: Plateosaurus and Liliensternus. Your channel appeared in my timeline about two weeks ago because I have isopods and was searching for videos about these cute little critters. I love your enthusiasm. It is so much fun to watch your videos. I understand you very well even though English is my second language. And by the way thank you for mentioning weights, sizes and temperatures not only in your American systems but also in metric figures. That makes it so much easier. To answer your question "what is your favourite dinosaur and why?": chicken, because they taste good ;) ...just kidding. Thank you, you and your team do an amazing job. Kind greetings from Germany.

[@kevinwatts8221]

I applaud your enthusiasm!

[@Lord_Ralph]

I played with toy dinosaurs as a kid. One of which was the Dimetrodon... I'll let myself out, ok? 🤣

[@tell-me-a-story-]

Well not everyone can be a dinosaur. I mean when you set up your landscape, what are the chances you only have dinosaurs in the neighborhood?

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

Seeing when Dimetrodon existed; none.

[@HerrrLuna]

I really hope you make videos about the weird looking animals from the Triassic! They are so fascinating just to look at!

[@circuitsalsa]

Clint can monologue about any extinct reptile group and I will sit there totally enchanted.

[@petermoxham]

Hi Clint, with your enthusiasm and passion, you're like the Julia Child of the reptile world :-) .. I've just binged on a huge number of your wonderful videos. Thanks for communicating in a way that's appealing and intelligent for people of any age or education!

[@rfgredwolf7546]

Hey Clint! You should do a video on Helicoprion or Dunkleosteus They’re my two favorite extinct marine creatures

[@DoomyDrummer83]

Hey! Nice video guys, I’ve not found a clearer explanation, thanks! Do you have any video on the Dimetrodon?? 👀

[@serpenticular6990]

Loving dinosaur December! I appreciate you highlighting on lesser known dinosaurs.

[@dothedo3667]

17:30 How does that thing not just fall over?

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Thank you for asking “what is your favorite dinosaur?” every so often in these videos because i agree with your assessment that this question doesn’t get asked enough on this planet. and every time you ask in these dinosaur vids, i like to practice my answer in the comment section. Which Dino’s stick with me. Which ones do i find cool? Do i remember how to spell all their names? Do i dare pronounce?

[@veggiedragon1000]

It is a great question. One of my favourites Clint didn't mention is CONCAVANATOR. It's name is so intimidating, and it looks super interesting too. CONCAVANATOR.

[@wolfwing1]

my favorite of course is the brontosaurus :> Quiet the crazy survivor story in that one.

[@crowdpleaser1036]

I really love this guy's enthusiasm, Al's I wondered what happened to Frank Lampard after he left Chelsea.

[@shannabolser9428]

My favorite dinosaur is... The chicken. They are so tasty!

[@wolfwing1]

@@shannabolser9428 eagle here,but an't beat tastey :>

[@Chef_PC]

"The triassic dinosaurs are the forgotten dinosaurs." As a Gen-Xer, I have never related so much with a group of dinosaurs.

[@kenny_dc3]

Clint, I paused and did my best to only think up 18 dinosaur names (plus a name of two combined dinosaurs and a fictional one). Almost all of my list matches with yours outside of order, but I am surprised that you did not include Carnotaurus, especially after you stated a few videos ago of how much it was a favorite of yours. Gotta say that because that was the one dinosaur you didn't include on your list of 20 that I had on mine

[@Belltower_gargoyles]

Listened to this episode on the way home from Xmas at the in-laws today. Said I need to buy one of the fav Dino shirts. Got home, and my wife had it waiting as my present. Super stoked to rock some Clint merch!

[@Cuckoorex]

1. I love Dinosaur December. 2. Yes, Jurassic period video, please! 3. Thank you for using paleoart from real people instead of the horrible AI images that have started popping up everywhere. 4. Coelophysis is my favorite Triassic dinosaur. 5. When are you gonna just start a "Clint's Archosaurs" channel? Come on, you know you want to!

[@talwothe7945]

Is ichthyosaurus triasic or Jurassic as I keep seeing it listed in both of those and was on my list

[@incogneat0901]

I love this one. I'm going to rewatch it a few times to remember all of these and pick a favorite. Eoraptor is a contender, but I think that frillheaded therapod is going to take it. Can you say at some point, loud and clear that birds are dinosaurs and how and that it's no longer controversial in the least to say it? I have a friend who keeps trying to argue with me about it and nothing short of an expert explaining it will get him to at least chill about it.

[@Prometheus_Bound]

Love your enthusiasm!

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

I swear the people who think Dinosaurs automatically evolved after the Permian......I have no words for them.

[@playingindies6730]

We need more adults in the world that speak about dinosaurs like this 🎉

[@ClintsReptiles]

I couldn't agree more!

[@naomistarlight6178]

I miss about these dino videos seeing Clint actually handle a specimen :( I wish I could see him holding an actual little dinosaur, the Triassic ones were so little and cute!

[@catpoke9557]

If he can get his hands on a roadrunner it'll basically be like holding a velociraptor

[@msingyheat3218]

Ok this guy really knows his stuff… subscribed and entering a rabbit hole of his other videos

[@ClintsReptiles]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you've found us :)

[@Itual]

I actually had 3 Triassic dinosaurs in my list of 20 that came to mind. Eoraptor, Herrerasaurus, Riojasaurus The first 2 do have a claim to fame, (Eoraptor for being and the oldest dinosaur ever discovered for a while) and Herrerasaurus for its phylogenic shenanigans. The third one I just know because it was found nearby from where I live and it was displayed in a museum I visited Edit: Ha, and they’re all in the video 😎

[@cody1952]

14:40 I need somebody to help me understand what im missing. At this point he says this dinosaur is 20 feet long and weighs around 770 pounds. Then proceeds to say about the same size of a zebra except with pointy sharp teeth. So is that comparison just a weight comparison? or did i miss something because last time i checked zebras were not 20 foot long right? im just confused

[@SternaRegnixTube]

1:00 I have 3

[@pitmanncb4368]

Grate video thanks. one question . Who built you wall ?Steve Wonder by any chance? lol

[@Qolos]

Niches love dinosaurs.

[@TiggerIsMyCat]

11:19 Awwww, look at lil thrynaxodon with his early fur but no pinnae!

[@godzilla0974]

The Great Dying is also a term used when my wife divorced me and took everything. All I had left is my bones.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@sashamercier3337]

I do have one favourite dinosaur of the triassic, and that's Coelophysis. I remember them from Walking With Dinosaurs, and they made them a favourite in my mind.

[@joshuacain9845]

Like if you named 20 actual dinosaurs (that weren’t birds)

[@andrewbloom7694]

Yes, those were almost identical to my list. I did all the sauropods, then the therapods, than the others like stegosaurus and anklyosaurus etc.

[@Wildstag]

My first 20 includes Coelophysis, but I also live in NM and drive past Ghost Ranch every so often...

[@mr.deathrider]

There are a few that come to my mind. Ceolophysis and Plateosuarus would be the most well known, but some are less known, such as Coelerus, Procomphognasis (a compy that is slightly different from the main species, hence why the name has PRO before it), Syntaryx, a very lesser known therapod from Zimbabwe that was roughly the same size as Coelophysis

[@TheRantyRider]

Thanks for another entertaining and informative film. You mentioned trilobites in passing, if this isn't too far outside of your knowledge could you do a fim about these amazing creatures? Or perhaps donosaur precursors such as one of my favorites, dimetrodon?

[@collegetoycollector]

First 20 at random: Carnotaurus, baryonyx, spinosaurus, irritator, herrerasaurus, brachiosaurus, styracosaurus, Kentrosaurus, pentaceratops, tarbosaurus, dilophosaurus, velociraptor, deinonychus, utahraptor, ankylosaurus, Minmi, Yangchuanosaurus, majungasaurus, microceratus, diplodocus

[@christopherholder9925]

Thank you. Both informative and interesting.

[@zerrico]

I loved this video and your energy. Keep it going.

[@elifalk8544]

Platiosaurus was actually one of my initial list of dinosaurs. I have no idea why you were sure no Triassic dinosaurs would be on my list

[@cristoferurlaub7499]

You should do a review of The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs. I hear its information is a bit out of date now and it would be interesting to hear your take on what we've learned since its publication.

[@GarrettPetersen]

Haha, I did include Eoraptor and Herrerasaurus in my top 20. I'm reading my dinosaur-obsessed 3-year-old a lot of dinosaur books. A handful of them include timelines, and those two consistently come up in the Triassic.

[@HMMgurrl101]

My three year old loves your videos! And so do I! We need a what’s your favorite dinosaur shirt in kids sizes!!!

[@ClintsReptiles]

I'll get on it!