Episode 270 is all about Struthiomimus, the ostrich of the Cretaceous.
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On this episode, we focus on:
Information:
- A brand new alvarezsaurid, Nemegtonykus, was named from Mongolia supply
- Wulong the “dancing dragon” was named with some incredible tail feathers supply
- Washington state could have a brand new state dinosaur, Suciasaurus rex supply
- The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Japan can be spending $86 million on renovations supply
- The Paleontological Society has named Archaeopteryx because it’s “Fossil of the 12 months” for 2020 supply
- Tristan Otto the T. rex is transferring to Copenhagen on the finish of January supply
- In New Mexico, the Las Cruces Museum of Artwork has a brand new dinosaur exhibit supply
- The Nationwide Museum of Scotland has a brand new exhibition from now till Could 4 all about tyrannosaurs supply
- The Sternberg Museum of Pure Historical past has an exhibit known as “Prairie Ocean: Lengthy Time, No Sea” supply
- For paleo artists, Mark Winton is instructing a brand new paleo artwork quick course in March supply
- The TV present Dinosaurs is getting Funko pops, one for every character within the Sinclair household supply
The dinosaur of the day: Struthiomimus
- Ornithomimid dinosaur that lived within the Late Cretaceous in what’s now North America
- Bipedal, with lengthy legs, and had been ostrich like
- Estimated to be about 14 ft (4.3 m) lengthy and weigh round 330 lb (150 kg)
- Had small, elongated head
- Had giant eyes
- Had stiff tails, most likely used for stability
- Had three toes on every foot
- Most likely a quick runner, which might have helped in opposition to predators
- Estimated to run between 31 to 50 mph (50 to 80 kph)
- Had toothless beaks
- Had lengthy slender arms and fingers
- Three fingers on the fingers had been about the identical size, with barely curved claws, and couldn’t transfer a lot between the primary finger and second and third fingers
- Could have been herbivorous or omnivorous
- One specimen discovered with gastroliths
- Hand might also have been used as a hook or clamp, to carry branches to its mouth
- Had sharp claws on the fingers
- Sort species is Struthiomimus altus
- Genus title means “ostrich mimic”
- Altus means “lofty” or “noble”
- Probably the most frequent ornithomimids in North America
- Many present in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada
- Lawrence Lambe discovered fossils in 1901 and named then Ornithomimus altus
- Had longer arms and stronger fingers than Ornithomimus, and fingers couldn’t grasp meals as nicely
- Barnum Brown discovered a virtually full skeleton in 1914 on the Crimson Deer River web site in Alberta
- Henry Osborn described Struthiomimus altus in 1917 and in contrast it to a sloth’s arm (could have helped assist wing feathers)
- Henry Osborn renamed Ornithomimus altus as a subgenus of Struthiomimus
- Dale Russell in 1972 made Struthiomimus a full genus, and referred different specimens to it
- Osborn additionally renamed Ornithomimus tenuis as Struthiomimus tenuis in 1916, however that is thought of to be a nomen dubium
- William Parks named 4 extra species of Struthiomimus: Struthiomimus brevetertius (1926), Struthiomimus samueli (1928), Struthiomimus currellii (1933), and Struthiomimus ingens (1933)
- At this time they’re thought of to be both Dromiceiomimus or Ornithomimus
- Specimens discovered within the decrease Lance Formation are bigger, with straighter, longer claws on the fingers. One was initially referred to as Ornithomimus sedens however was reclassified as Struthiomimus sedens
- There could also be one other species of Struthiomimus, discovered within the Horshoe Canyon Formation and subsequently youthful than Struthiomimus altus, however it has no title (additionally has longer, extra slender fingers)
- One of many first theropods regarded as in a horizontal posture (in contrast to T. rex, with the dragging tail)
- Can see Struthiomimus within the sport Jurassic World Evolution
Enjoyable Reality:
Alvarezsaurids had been practically known as Mononykians.
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