Episode 197 is all about Achillobator, a bigger dromaeosaur from cretaceous Mongolia.
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Information:
- Two new alverezsauroids have been present in China, filling the biggest hole in theropod evolution supply
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- A fiberglass T. rex head is on the market on Okaloosa Island, in Florida supply
- Parkasaurus, a sim the place you’ll be able to construct your personal dinosaur park, is opening up early entry on Steam September 25 supply
The dinosaur of the day: Achillobator
- Dromaeosaurid theropod that lived within the Cretaceous in what’s now Mongolia
- Present in 1989 on a Mongolian and Russian discipline expedition, within the Bayan Shireh Formation of Dornogovi Province
- Named in 1999 by Altangerel Perle, Mark Norell, Jim Clark
- Solely the holotype has been discovered, and consists of a part of the higher jaw with tooth, vertebrae, rib fragments, pelvis, left femur and tibia, hindlimbs, forelimbs, shoulder
- Estimated to be 16.4 to 19.7 ft (5 to six m) lengthy (fairly giant for a dromaeosaur)
- Might have weighed as much as 771 lb (350 kg)
- Sort species is Achillobator gigantas
- Title means “Achilles hero”, named after Achilles, the traditional Greek warrior who fought within the Trojan Struggle, and the Mongolian phrase baatar, which implies “hero”
- Title is due to its giant Achilles tendon, related to its sickle claws (in all probability had a strong tendon as a result of it was a big dromaeosaur)
- Species identify comes from the Greek phrase gigantas, which implies “large,” and refers to Achillobator’s giant measurement for a dromaeosaur
- Bipedal carnivore
- Had serrated, recurved tooth
- Hunted and used it’s sickle-shaped claws
- Femur was 3% longer than tibia, which is uncommon for dromaeosaurs
- Pelvis has primitive characteristcs in comparison with different dromaeosaurs (had a large enlargement on the finish, in comparison with different dromaeosaurs, and pubis factors vertically down, although different dromaeosaurs and birds have a pubis that factors backwards)
- Some scientists although Achillobator was a fossil chimera, however not everybody believes this (many fossils have been discovered semi-articulated, and so they have the identical shade and preservation)
- Different dinosaurs the lived in the identical time and place included the therizinosaurid Segnosaurus, the deinocheirid Garudimimus, the ankylosaurid Talarurus, sauropods, and tyrannosaroids
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