The Rise of the Ornithopods

[@jurassicswine]

Such an underrated group of dinosaurs. I like them. They’re pleasant little guys with a lot of cool things to learn about them when you’re willing to look beyond the rat race of fighting and hunting and which dino could beat up what.

[@heizensperg]

They would probably charge, trample you and crush every bone in your body. I'm HIGHLY sceptical that they were pleasant or little

[@jurassicswine]

@@heizensperg I was thinking more along the lines of Dryosaurus and Thescelosaurus, obviously something like Iguanacolossus isn’t little or pleasant.

[@heizensperg]

@@jurassicswine who cares about dryosaurus? They were rated 1 star on Operation Genesis for a reason...

[@jurawild]

@@jurassicswine their diverse range of species and unique adaptations make them quite intriguing. do ya know any surprising or lesser-known aspects of them?

[@jurassicswine]

@@jurawild my favorite tidbit about them is how some like Oryctodromeus and probably Fona were burrowing animals. I love the idea of burrowing dinosaurs.

[@Reyma777]

Iguanodon gives this video a thumbs up.

[@MeanBeanComedy]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@1998topornik]

Indeed

[@LostinMango]

Unlimited stamina 😂😅

[@roguetheoutlander8800]

Hadrosaurs are always depicted as defenseless easy food for predators But apparently, they had great senses (smell, eyesight, hearing), fast reflexes and were also smart They would be really hard prey to hunt

[@Charlie-Charlot]

Not to mention that some were absolutely massive

[@Thechezbailey]

A lot of them were also absolutely massive! Edit: someone beat me to it, lol

[@Charlie-Charlot]

@@Thechezbailey yeah… I did lol

[@TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz]

Ornithopods: exist The Media: Anyways, I started biting

[@rl9217]

As always, great video! I’m currently working to get my major in geology with the hope of one day getting into paleontology, and these videos are always informative and often teach me something new. Also, thanks for taking my suggestion on a video covering the evolution and history of eagles and hawks! The group has a lot of interesting prehistoric members, and I hope some of the more obscure species are mentioned.

[@dr.polaris6423]

Thanks, glad to hear that my videos are having a positive impact! Your suggestion to cover Accipitriformes was a great one; I’ll certainly be covering the less well known members of this group.

[@rl9217]

⁠@@dr.polaris6423Thanks, and awesome to hear the lesser known members will be getting a mention! It’s always good to inform people about famous species while simultaneously teaching them about obscure members.

[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

Hey Dr. Polaris, right after the evolution and the history of the Accipitriformes, why don't you get to think of a suggestion and creating a KZbin Videos all about the about the evolution and the history of the Prehistoric Marine Reptiles called the Palaeophiidae (Palaeophis), the Extinct Marine Serpentes (Snakes) that are the relatives to the Extant File Snakes, such as Archaeophis, Palaeophis, and Pterosphenus, in the next couple of weeks to think about that one coming up next?!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍

[@MeanBeanComedy]

A palaeo-geologist was my favourite professor of all-time. He was a mensch!

[@Beryllahawk]

Ooooooo accipters?!?! Looking forward to the next video!! I never knew there was such variety in the Iguanodon "group." Fascinating!

[@aottadelsei980]

7:00 Siats is actually the largest carnivore from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah

[@Nrex117]

@@aottadelsei980 The Cedar Mountain Formation is a large span of time ranging roughly from the early Cretaceous to the “middle Cretaceous”. I’m pretty sure the time Hippodraco and Utahraptor (both 139mya) lived Siats (94mya) wasn’t around yet but assuming you are speaking as a whole regarding the entire timespan of the formation then maybe it was the largest carnivore but I do think there is some Acrocanthosaurus (113mya) material from it as well so maybe not lol can’t remember which theropod is the bigger of the two.

[@Stickminbasi90]

@ 10:00 This animal has had a very profound effect on my life. If it weren't for Ouranosaurus, I probably wouldn't have become a geologist!

[@sassa82]

Thank you Dr Polaris!

[@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster]

Interesting to see you cover more dinosaurs

[@SinethembaNgqiba]

By far the most underrated dinosaurs.

[@heizensperg]

Sorry. Not beautiful. Ornithopods are the most underrated dinosaurs for good reason --- they're boring.

[@SirBolsón]

Just resubscribed to this channel so it was well worth the weight!

[@MrLolguy93]

It's always the little guys that get overlooked

[@trvth1s]

Ornithopods are always depicted as defenseless, but some of them were elephant sized giants that could get on 2 legs and box you with hoofs for gloves.

[@voodoojedizin4353]

More more! more!... love your videos especially when you do the lesser known creatures they need the spotlight, so we can see a more rounded world of creatures.

[@alioramus1637]

Basal neornithischians and ornithopods are very interesting animals to me, shame that tend to be used as fodder for more popular theropods. My favorite is Kulindadromeus!

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

The last time I was early the primal ooze was getting warmed up 😂😂😂

[@20firebird]

ornithopod appreciation day!!

[@The_PokeSaurus]

I was commissioned to make a dinosaur-themed time chart a month ago, this video would have been a great help.

[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

Hey Dr. Polaris, right after the evolution and the history of the Accipitriformes, why don't you get to think of a suggestion and creating a KZbin Videos all about the about the evolution and the history of the Prehistoric Marine Reptiles called the Palaeophiidae (Palaeophis), the Extinct Marine Serpentes (Snakes) that are the relatives to the Extant File Snakes, such as Archaeophis, Palaeophis, and Pterosphenus, in the next couple of weeks to think about that one coming up next?!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍

[@substantialcarp]

Seeing this new video in my feed just made my day 🥵

[@RafaCB0987]

They trully are underated dinosaurs

[@leoornstein3963]

I like how in the whale evolution chart, all the animals there look pretty normal then there is basilosaurus looking like an eldtrich entity.

[@quixotika3232]

Could you cover Paleophis the snake please? Also this video has me curious as to how iguanidontids transitioned into hadrosaurs

[@Nrex117]

Hyped to see my favorite and objectively the best group of dinosaurs (sorry I don’t make the rules they just are) is getting a video next!

[@heizensperg]

"I'm not like the other girls"

[@Nrex117]

@@heizensperg I am quite literally not lol

[@HogBurger]

nah the non-bird Paravian dinosaurs (Dromaeosaurs, troodontids, and other miscellaneous genera) and the Oviraptorosaurs (oviraptoridae, caegnathidae) are my personal favorite. You can probably tell I have a liking to the more birdlike dinosaurs lol

[@Leftatalbuquerque]

Up next: wetasaurids. Bring a snorkel.

[@JackTheVulture]

ornithopods my beloved

[@Adam-dh5vl]

Im also a big fan of ouranossurus!

[@basschepoxx]

Imagine cowboys riding on camptosaurus. 😮

[@TalenkauenTV]

Dysaltosaurus is actually spelled Dysalotosaurus

[@greenkoopa]

So real

[@kadenbowdige2896]

Can you please cover the rise of Utahraptor and cousins?

[@alexortner2982]

That music playing in the background is really annoying.

[@nova5stars729]

I find it soothing

[@Clearlight201]

What do you make of those genera for which only subadult specimens have been found? Just a skewed finding due to the scarcity of the fossil record? One would think if there's equal numbers of adults and young some fully grown examples would be fossilised. My thought: it suggests species which have large numbers of young, few of which make it to full adulthood due to predation. But enough reach early reproductive age in order to produce more young.?

[@reeyees50]

Why where all these dinosaurs so long??

[@robwalsh9843]

I can't find your video on mesonychids

[@_robustus_]

No hadrosaurs in Australia? muttaburrasaurus?

[@TalenkauenTV]

Muttaburrasaurus is not a hadrosaur. Never has been. More likely a Rhadbdodont or Elasmarian

[@timkbirchico8542]

hi

[@shafqatishan437]

Dude you need some changes and upgrades, otherwise your channel won't grow and eventually die off.

[@raminagrobis6112]

I think this channel has a faithful group of followers who are used to this semiacademic style of presentation. I personally like it. What do you want? An original soundtrack? Chicks?

[@hildabumagat2688]

​@@raminagrobis6112maybe he likes the latter