In our one hundred and seventy fifth episode, we obtained to speak with Dr. Brandon Peecook, the Meeker Postdoctoral Fellow on the Area Museum of Pure Historical past in Chicago. His analysis focuses on the ecology of terrestrial animals from the Permian and Triassic, which incorporates the earliest recognized family members of dinosaurs. He’s been on expeditions in Africa, Antarctica, and throughout the U.S., and in 2015, he printed the primary account of Washington state’s first dinosaur, a theropod. Observe him on Twitter @_gondwannabe_.
Episode 175 can also be about Metriacanthosaurus, a sinraptorid that lived within the Jurassic in what’s now England.
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On this episode, we talk about:
Information:
- A brand new megaraptoran dinosaur named Tratayenia rosalesi was found in Patagonia
- Luxembourg has one other dinosaur discover, this time a center Jurassic thyreophoran
- The Dinosaur Discovery Gallery in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia might shut after shedding funding
- On April 7, Mystic Aquarium in Stonington, Connecticut, may have a brand new exhibit: Jurassic Giants: A Dinosaur Journey
- On Might 25, Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, NY is getting a brand new exhibit, referred to as Dinosaur Invasion: 101 Days of Dinosaurs
- The Sinclair dinosaur sculpture in La Vista, Nebraska has been eliminated as a part of a company rebranding effort, hopefully the brand new model nonetheless consists of dinosaurs
- Large Mouth Inc is promoting a six foot inflatable T. rex sprinkler
- Jurassic World Evolution (the brand new park builder sport) can be launched on June twelfth
The dinosaur of the day: Metriacanthosaurus
- Phonetic: Met-ree-ah-can-foe-sore-us.
- Sinraptorid that lived within the Jurassic in what’s now England
- Title means “moderately-spined lizard”
- Described in 1923, by Friedrich von Huene who labeled it as a brand new species of Megalosaurus, Megalosaurus parkeri (named in honor of fossil hunter W. Parker who discovered the bones)
- Described a hip, a leg bone, and a part of a spine
- Then in 1932 von Huene reclassified it as Altispinax parkeri, due to its tall neural spines
- In 1964, Alick Walker discovered that the fossils had been too completely different from Altispinax, so he renamed it as a brand new genus, Metriacanthosaurus
- Title refers back to the peak of its neural spines, that are taller Megalosaurus spines, however decrease than Altispinax spines
- Could also be associated to Yangchuanosaurus (Gregory Paul synonymized the 2 in 1988)
- Then in 2007, Darren Naish and David Martill discovered that they had been distinct genera
- Spines might have been for a low hump, much like Acrocanthosaurus
- Carnivorous
- Medium sized, estimated to weigh a few tonne
- Not clear how giant it was, however in comparison with related theropods might have been as much as about 20 ft (6 m) lengthy
- Doesn’t truly seem within the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies, however the identify is on an embryo cooler in Jurassic Park
- Additionally seen in a Jurassic Park brochure, which was made as a film prop (additionally on the Jurassic World brochure, and on the Jurassic World web site)
Enjoyable Truth:
Taiwan has numerous Mesozoic rocks, however no dinosaurs thus far.
This episode was dropped at you by:
TRX Dinosaurs, which makes stunning and life like dinosaur sculptures, puppets, and reveals. You may see some superb examples and works in progress on Instagram @trxdinosaurs.
And by the Royal Tyrrell Museum, which is positioned in southern Alberta, Canada. Proper now they’re internet hosting their free-to-attend Winter speaker sequence (additionally on YouTube). Extra info could be discovered at tyrrellmuseum.com.