Episode 286 is all about Coronosaurus, a centrosaurine ceratopsian from Alberta, Canada.
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On this episode, we focus on:
Information:
- Stellasaurus ancellae was named for its star-like frill and after the tune ‘Starman’ by David Bowie supply
- New seafloor samples present that cretaceous Antarctica was a freshwater swamp supply
- Scientists in Argentina have introduced fossils of a “Megaraptor” supply
- Dinosaur Nationwide Monument is partially reopened, however the Quarry Exhibit Corridor and different areas stay closed supply
- a theater in Nebraska had a web based viewing referred to as Dinosaur Trip supply
- In Ferndale, Michigan, there’s a T. rex Strolling membership supply
- A dad constructed an epic 48-foot Apatosaurus jungle gymnasium in his yard for his youngsters supply
The dinosaur of the day: Coronosaurus
- Centrosaurine ceratopsian that lived within the Late Cretaceous in what’s now Alberta, Canada (Oldman Formation)
- Described in 2005, first as Centrosaurus brinkmani, by Michael Ryan and Anthony Russell
- In 2012, named Coronosaurus brinkmani, by Michael Ryan, David Evans, and Kieran Shepherd
- Genus identify means “topped lizard” (corona is Latin for crown)
- Named due to the crown-like form of the horns on its frill
- Distinctive in that the majority ceratopsians have particular person horns or spikes on their frills, however Coronosaurus has a cluster
- Had a big frill and plenty of horns on its head (forehead horns over the eyes, a big nasal horn, and a few spikes/ossifications on the frill that appear like a crown)
- These ossifications are two clusters of curved hooks. Some level ahead, some level backwards
- Could have been for show
- A number of specimens have been discovered
- Youthful Coronosaurus developed brief spikes that fused into the clusters because it aged
- Medium sized, estimated to be about 16 ft (5 m) lengthy and weigh about 2 tonnes
- Phil Currie discovered the fossils in two bone beds between 1996 and 2000
- Sort and solely species: Coronosaurus brinkmani
- Species identify refers to Donald Brinkman, for his analysis in paleoecology in Alberta (Late Cretaceous environments)
- Michael Ryan mentioned he thought the hook clusters regarded just like the corona of the solar (outermost a part of the solar’s ambiance, which may be seen throughout a complete photo voltaic eclipse, and appears wispy–astronomers can even see it utilizing coronagraphs, telescopes that block out direct mild from a star so you may see the issues near it)
- Ryan was a grad scholar when he first described Coronosaurus (as Centrosaurus brinkmani), and he mentioned in an Ottawa Citizen article, “My fellow graduate college students used to tease me by calling it ‘broccoli-ceratops’. “I’ve to say, there was about 30 seconds once I really thought-about calling it a broccoli-ceratops.”
- Mentioned in 2005 it “seems indistinguishable from Centrosaurus apertus in all elements of its anatomy, apart from variations in its cranial ornamentation (nasal, parietal, and postorbital horn cores)”
- The 2012 change was primarily based on a 2011 phylogenetic evaluation that added new characters to the combo, and the consequence was Centrosaurus brinkmani and Centrosaurus apertus have been not thought-about to be sister taxon, so Centrosaurus brinkmani turned Coronosaurus brinkmani
- Michael Ryan additionally lately named the ceratopsian Stellasaurus, due to it’s star-shaped fringe
- Within the Ottawa Citizen article, Jordan Mallon mentioned, “It’s humorous, as a result of Michael shouldn’t be a beer drinker and but he has named two dinosaurs after beers.”
- Most likely lived on a coastal plain
- Different dinosaurs that lived across the similar place and time embody theropods Saurornitholestes, Daspletosaurus, Troodon, Dromaeosaurus, and Hesperonychus, ceratopsids resembling Albertaceratops, Chasmosaurus, and Anchiceratops, hardosaurids resembling Brachylophosaurus, Gryposaurus, Parasaurolophus, and Corythosaurus, thescelosaurid Albertadromeus, and the ankylosaurid Scolosaurus
- Can see a partial cranium on the Royal Tyrrell Museum
Enjoyable Reality:
An grownup T. rex was about 26 Gunter’s hyperlinks lengthy and weighed about 50,000,000 carats.
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