Episode 333 is all about Turiasaurus, a sauropod from Spain which might be the most important identified dinosaur from Europe.
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On this episode, we focus on:
Information:
- A brand new large neck of a titanosaur present in Argentina rivals the most important dinosaurs ever discovered supply
- Three bones from NW New Mexico present proof of tyrannosaurid cannibalism supply
- In Colorado, an eighth grader discovered a T. Rex tooth whereas climbing in Boulder County supply
- The titanosaur often known as the “dinosaur of Mato Grosso” was recovered from the ruins of the Nationwide Museum of Brazil supply
- The Tiny Titans dinosaur exhibit is on the New Mexico Museum of Pure Historical past and Science (and on-line) supply
- Two Drugs Dinosaur Middle is now The Montana Dinosaur Middle and they’re planning their digs for this summer season supply
- Brookfield Zoo in Illinois has its animatronic “Dinosaurs In all places” exhibit once more supply
- Six Flags New England in Massachusetts has pivoted from curler coasters to dinosaurs with a brand new out of doors exhibit supply
- In Arundel, Maine, Raptor Falls Mini Golf and Ice Cream is reopening on Could Day supply
- A trip residence in Florida is absolutely dinosaur themed, presumably an excessive amount of so supply
- The newest challenge of The Flash features a speedster Velociraptor supply
The dinosaur of the day: Turiasaurus
- Sauropod that lived within the Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous in what’s now Teruel Province, Spain (Kimmeridgian Villar del Arzobispo Formation)
- Sauropod, so had an extended neck and tail, and appears stocky in paleoart depictions
- Initially estimated to be 118-128 ft (36-39 m) lengthy and weigh 40 to 48 tonnes (articles on the time it was introduced stated it was in regards to the weight of six to seven grownup male elephants)
- Later estimated to be 98 ft (30 m) lengthy and weigh 50 tonnes
- Most likely the most important dinosaur present in Europe, and one of many largest dinosaurs identified on the time (now find out about Patagotitan, and so forth.)
- The humerus was described as being as giant as an grownup human
- Claw on the primary digit of its foot has been in comparison with the scale of an American soccer
- Cranium is 37.5 in (70 cm) lengthy (fairly small proportionately)
- Head was not too large, doable {that a} larger head would have damaged its neck
- Had a brief, excessive cranium (like Camarasaurus)
- Herbivorous
- Had heterodont tooth
- Enamel had lengthy roots and the crowns had been heart-shaped
- Kind and solely species is Turiasaurus riodevensis
- Described in 2006 by Rafael Royo-Torres and others
- Genus title means “Turia lizard”
- Turia is the Latinized type of Teruel (province the place it was discovered)
- Was once informally often known as Riodevasaurus, after Riodeva, Spain, the village close to the place the dinosaur was discovered
- Fossils present in 2003
- Discovered elements of the cranium, scapula, femur, tibia, fibula, tooth, vertebrae, ribs, and phalanges
- Additionally discovered with theropod tooth, stegosaur fossils, fish, and turtles
- Fashioned a brand new clade Turiasauria, basal sauropods with heart-shaped tooth with grooves within the roots that lived within the Center Jurassic to Early Cretaceous in what’s now Europe, North America, and Africa
- New clade is distinct from Neosauropoda, which incorporates well-known and big sauropods like Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, Argentinosaurus, Patagotitan
- Turiasaurus had extra primitive options than different giant sauropods
- Helps present that a number of lineages of sauropods advanced independently to develop so giant
- Octávio Mateus in 2009 described a tooth and a virtually full proper forelimb that he had present in 1996 in Portugal (Lourinhã Formation), and tentatively referred to it as Turiasaurus (excavated in 1996, 2000, and 2002)
- Then in 2014 Mateus and others reassigned the fossils and named it the brand new dinosaur: Zby atlanticus
- Discovered it to be intently associated to Turiasaurus (even had considerably heart-shaped tooth crowns, however not as heart-shaped), however with sufficient variations, particularly with the forelimb
- In 2012 Rafael Royo-Torres and Paul Upchurch described the cranium of Turiasaurus
- Discovered the muscular anatomy to be just like different sauropods, however did have smaller insertions and attachments in comparison with extra derived sauropods, which can imply weaker feeding dynamics
- In 2021, Rafael Royo-Torres and others printed a paper on a brand new “Rosetta” turiasaur specimen from Spain (talked about in depth in episode 324 of the podcast)
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