Episode 174 is all about Agustinia, a sauropod that was as soon as thought to have had osteoderms.
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On this episode, we talk about:
Information:
- Arkansaurus fridayi is formally a brand new kind of dinosaur
- Researchers studied baurusuchids versus theropods and titanosaurs in Brazil
- Scientists discovered that two birds from the Early Cretaceous could have flown by way of a mix of flapping and ballistic phases
- Researchers discovered that early birds could have been too heavy to incubate their eggs
- Singapore could have dinosaur fossils
- An unidentified theropod skeleton shall be auctioned in Paris, France in June
- From now till Could 6, South Australian Museum in Adelaide, Australia, has an exhibit known as Dinosaur rEvolution
- Gwinnett County in Georgia, U.S., is popping 9 county parks into Jurassic Parks
- Second graders in Waco, Texas, U.S. get to go to “Dinosaur Camp” annually
- Washington State Honest Occasions Heart in Puyallup, Washington, U.S., can have Jurassic Tour on April 7-8
- A hearth destroyed the T. rex on the Royal Gorge Dinosaur Expertise
- Members of the Home Authorities Committee gave an unanimous endorsement for Arizona’s official state dinosaur
- Now you can purchase Jurassic Park Funko Pops
- WoWee is making dinosaur Fingerlings
- The most recent Prepared Participant One trailer includes a T. rex ripping aside automobiles
- ARK: Survival Developed will quickly be obtainable on cellular units, and Ark Park, a dinosaur VR sport, is now on Steam and PSVR
The dinosaur of the day: Agustinia
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- Sauropod that lived within the Cretaceous in what’s now Argentina
- Discovered within the Lohan Cura Formation
- Just one species: Agustinia ligabuei
- Named in honor of Agustin Martinelli, who found the fossils in 1996-1997
- Named in 1998 by Jose Bonaparte in an summary
- Initially it was named Augustia, however that was already the identify of a beetle, so Bonaparte modified the identify in a full paper that was printed in 1999
- Species identify is in honor of Dr. Giancarlo Ligabue, a philanthropist who helped finance the expedition to excavate Agustinia
- Not a lot has been described of Agustinia
- Herbivorous
- Solely fragments have been discovered: vertebrae from the again, hips, and tail, elements of the decrease hindlimbe (in addition they discovered a femur but it surely was too fragmented to gather)
- Initially thought to have had osteoderms, that had been supposedly extensive, vertical spikes and plates on its again (like Stegosaurus), however later research discovered they had been in all probability fragments of ribs and hip bones (research of the tissues discovered they didn’t have the identical inner construction of different titanosaur osteoderms)
- A decrease leg bone was discovered thats about 35 in (89 cm) lengthy, and evaluating that bone to the identical bone in different associated dinosaurs led to estimates that Agustinia was about 49 ft (15 m) lengthy
- However, since solely incomplete fragments have been discovered, it’s laborious to know a lot else about what Agustinia regarded like. And since it didn’t seem to have distinctive armor, some scientists suppose it’s a nomen dubium
- Onerous to categorise Agustinia due to the fragments, but it surely has options of diplodocoids and titanosaurs
Enjoyable Truth:
From the Taiwan Land Financial institution Exhibition Corridor of the Nationwide Taiwan Museum:
Fishing ships within the Taiwan Strait typically discover animal fossils whereas trawling the underside for fish.
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