Episode 221 is all about Dromiceiomimus, doubtless one of many quickest dinosaurs of the Mesozoic.
Interview with Eric Przybyszewski, a pupil at Montana State College’s Division of Earth Sciences and researcher at Two Drugs Dinosaur Middle in Bynum, Montana. He’s the lead creator of the group engaged on a newly discovered dinosaur nesting website in Montana. It’s also possible to take a look at TMDC dig applications, one in all their egg CT scans, or Eric’s posts on the fossil discussion board.
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On this episode, we talk about:
Information:
- A brand new enantiornithine from China, Shangyang, the “rain fowl” was described with a fused premaxilla supply
- Mnyamawamtuka moyowamkia, present in Tanzania is likely one of the most full early titanosaurs discovered so far supply
- New laws might outline fossils as a part of a property’s floor rights to forestall future lawsuits supply
- The Nationwide Museum in Brazil has recovered about 2,000 objects following the large hearth final yr supply
- The Sternberg Museum of Pure Historical past has opened its new Oceans of Kansas Fossil Prep Lab supply
- Boonshoft Museum of Discovery has a Dinosaur Discovery exhibit up from now by way of April in Ohio supply
- BBC has a brand new movie referred to as My Pet Dinosaur together with dinosaur science and science fiction supply
The dinosaur of the day: Dromiceiomimus
- Ornithomimid that lived within the Late Cretaceous in what’s now Alberta, Canada
- Sort species is Dromiceiomimus brevitertius
- Appeared like an ostrich (although not as many feathers–might have had some feathers)
- About 11.5 ft (3.5 m) lengthy and weighed about 220 lb (100 kg)
- Had giant eyes
- Had lengthy forelimbs
- Had a beak, and weak, toothless jaws
- Omnivore, might have eaten vegetation, bugs, probably some small animals like lizards or mammals
- May transfer quick
- One research discovered that Dromiceiomimus might have been sooner than its family Ornithomimus and Struthiomimus
- Could have been capable of run as much as 45 to 50 mph (72 to 80 kph)
- Present in 1926 by William Parks and initially described as Struthiomimus (discovered within the Horseshoe Canyon Formation)
- Named Dromiceiomimus in 1972 by Dale Russell
- Title means “Emu mimic” (scientific title for emu is Dromiceius)
- Russell additionally synonymized Struthiomimus ingens with Dromiceiomimus brevitertius
- And Russell renamed Ornithomimus samueli to Dromiceiomimus samueli
- Then in 1981 Nicholls and Russell stated Dromiceiomimus is probably not a sound genus, although they thought the limb proportions had been totally different sufficient to maintain it distinct from Ornithomimus
- Mackovicky and others discovered there was not a distinction between the 2 and synonmized Dromiceiomimus with Ornithomimus edmontonicus
- Not everybody agreed
- In 2018 Ian McDonald and Phil Currie discovered that the ratio of the tibia and femur of 1 Dromiceiomimus specimen (present in 1967) was totally different from Ornithomimus edmontonicus
Enjoyable Truth:
Kiwi eggs weigh ~25% of their physique weight, the biggest ratio of any identified dinosaur.
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