Episode 220 is all about Mussaurus, the “mouse lizard” sauropodomorph from Argentina.
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On this episode, we talk about:
Information:
- A brand new Amargasaurus relative, Bajadasaurus, was described with some wonderful neck spines supply
- A dinosaur foot together with feathers and scutes was discovered preserved in amber supply
- The unique feather that outlined Archaeopteryx might not belong to Archaeopteryx because it’s now outlined supply
- A brand new dinosaur fossil went on show in Japan and could be the county’s oldest dinosaur fossil supply
- An occasion referred to as Educate Rex in Liverpool within the UK supply
- The brand new proprietor of a Flintstones theme park in Arizona plans to partially repurpose it for birding supply
- A brand new web site is digitizing chook skeletons, to date largely from New Zealand supply
- Each Dippy the Diplodocus and Trix the T. rex will quickly be on show collectively in Glasgow, Scotland supply
- There’s a brand new play within the UK about Gideon Mantell, referred to as Dinomania supply
The dinosaur of the day: Mussaurus
- Sauropodomorph that lived within the Late Triassic in what’s now southern Argentina (El Tranquilo Formation)
- Identify means “mouse lizard”
- Discovered within the Seventies by Jose Bonaparte and workforce (discovered eggs and hatchlings)
- Described in 1979 by Jose Bonaparte and Martin Vince
- Discovered small juveniles and toddler skeletons at first (about mouse-sized, and the rationale for mouse title); discovered seven juveniles and a pair eggs. Nest was about 215 million years outdated
- Juveniles had been between 7.8 to 14.5 in (20 to 37 cm) lengthy
- Now some grownup specimens have been discovered (one subadult and three adults)
- Grownup specimens described in 2013
- Some specimens had been described in 1980 however had been categorized on the time as Plateosaurus
- May develop as much as 10 ft (3 m) lengthy and weighed as much as 150 lb (70 kg)
- Juveniles had shorter snouts, bigger nasal bones, and bigger eye sockets than adults
- Eggs had skinny shells
- Had lengthy forelimbs, so most likely was quadrupedal (walked on 4 legs)
- Since some hatchlings had been close to the nest with the eggs, might point out some parental care (additionally, with juveniles had completely different proportions than adults)
- Might have been herbivorous, and will have additionally eaten bugs
- Kind species is Mussaurus patagonicus
- Talked about in The Misplaced World novel by Michael Crichton (the character Richard Levine picks up a small Mussaurus on Isla Sorna early on within the e-book)
- Additionally within the comedian sequence Jurassic Park: Redemption
Enjoyable Truth:
Gizzards can current an issue for dinosaurs after they eat one thing sharp.
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