Episode 308 is all about Tarascosaurus, a French abelisaurid named after a lion-headed, turtle-shelled, six-footed, dragon delusion.
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On this episode, we talk about:
Information:
- The Evolution and Biology of Non-Avian Theropods session of SVP explored Tyrannosaurus progress, Allosaurus enamel, new finds from everywhere in the world, and way more supply
- A 5-year-old in China discovered 5 130 million 12 months previous theropod dinosaur footprints on a household journey to Chaoyang in Sichuan, China supply
- The U.S. Military Corps of Engineers has a set of dinosaur fossils together with the Nation’s T. rex supply
- Kronosaurus Korner, a museum in Queensland, Australia lately launched an app so folks can go to just about supply
- In Singapore, there’s a brand new everlasting out of doors animatronic dinosaur show referred to as Jurassic Mile supply
- In Malaga, Spain, a Jurassic Park type theme park shall be opening subsequent 12 months supply
- Some intrigue round whether or not Disney plans to reimagine the dinosaurs within the Disney Animal Kingdom journey, Dinosaur supply
- Jurassic World: Dominion launched some extra pictures together with a child Lystrosaurus, which isn’t a dinosaur, sporting a masks supply
The dinosaur of the day: Tarascosaurus
- Abelisaurid theropod that lived within the Late Cretaceous in what’s now France (Fuvelian Beds)
- Carnivorous
- Based mostly on the femur, estimated to be about 6.5-10 ft (2-3 m) lengthy
- Sort species is Tarascosaurus salluvicus
- Named in 1991 by Jean Le Loeuff and Éric Buffetaut
- Genus identify means “Tarasque lizard”
- Tarasque is a legendary dragon from Provence, France that had a lion-like head, a turtle-like shell, six toes with bear-like claws, and a scaly serpent-like tail
- Species identify refers to Salluvii, a Gallic tribe that lived close to Mareilles
- In 1988 Éric Buffetaut recognized an higher jaw discovered close to Pourcieux as an abelisaurid, after which later checked out different massive theropod fossils discovered within the Late Cretaceous in Europe, and located they have been abelisaurids
- Then he discovered what grew to become Tarascosaurus bones within the assortment of the College of Lyon, discovered by an unknown collector on the steep slopes of Lambeau du Beausset
- Holotype is a part of a thigh bone, about 8.7 in (22 cm) lengthy
- Paratype consists of two dorsal vertebrae, which can be from the identical particular person because the holotype
- Different referred fossils embrace a broken tail vertebra, and fossils from Spain
- Thought-about a nomen dubium in 2003 by Oliver Rauhut as a result of the fossils are too fragmentary and never distinct (diagnostic)
- Stated that abelisauroids in France through the Late Cretaceous was doubtless, however extra fossils must be discovered to indicate the phylogeny
Enjoyable Reality:
Some massive turtles flip into hypercarnivores, even consuming different turtles.