I Know Dino Podcast Present Notes: Bonitasaura (Episode 199)


Episode 199 is all about Bonitasaura, a small titanosaur that had some options much like Diplodocus.

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On this episode, we focus on:

Information:

  • A brand new nodosaurid ankylosaur, Invictarx zephyri, was named based mostly on osteoderms present in New Mexico supply
  • A assessment of Ornithischian dinosaurs within the Morrison Formation synonymized a couple of and break up out one other named Dryosaurus elderae supply
  • Guests to Crystal Palace Park acquired to get near the dinosaurs final weekend for Heritage Open Days supply
  • Three of the 30 dinosaur statues in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, have been just lately broken supply
  • Chrome used a dinosaur for his or her 404 error web page as a result of dinosaurs didn’t have web supply
  • On September 18, Common Footage and Fb launched an AR expertise for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom to coincide with the DVD launch supply

The dinosaur of the day: Bonitasaura

  • Titanosaur that lived within the Cretaceous in what’s now Patagonia, in Argentina (discovered within the Bajo de la Carpa Formation)
  • Sort species is Bonitasaura salgadoi
  • Named in 2004 by Sebastián Apesteguía
  • Title refers back to the quarry the place it was discovered, “La Bonita”
  • Species identify is in honor of Leonardo Salgado, an Argentine paleontologist, who did lots of analysis on sauropods
  • Title means “fairly lizard”
  • Discovered a partial sub-adult, together with decrease jaw with tooth, partial vertebrae and limb bones
  • About 33 ft (10 m) lengthy, although could not have grown to be a lot bigger (small for a titanosaur)
  • Had options much like diplodocids: related cranium (lengthy and low), and in addition had entrance limbs shorter than hind limbs, and whiplash tails
  • Herbivorous, and had peg-like entrance tooth, which it used to seize meals, after which cropped it with its beak that had a keratin sheath
  • Had a brief neck and excessive, sturdy neural spines on its again vertebrae, so most likely had sturdy muscle attachments (due to this, could have been a excessive browser and exerted its neck whereas consuming)

Enjoyable Reality:

Franz Nopcsa acquired into paleontology largely (if not solely) due to his sister Ilona

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