I Know Dino Podcast Present Notes: Guanlong (Episode 147)

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Episode 147 can be about Guanlong, whose title means “”crown dragon.”

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On this episode, we focus on:

Information:

The dinosaur of the day: Guanlong

• Kind species is Guanlong wucaii
• Proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid that lived within the Late Jurassic in what’s now China
• Guanlong means “crown dragon”
• Full title means “5 coloration crown dragon”
• Crown refers to its head crest, which is essentially the most elaborate of recognized theropods
• Species title means “5 colours” and refers back to the colours of the rock of the Wucaiwan, the place Guanlong was discovered
• Discovered on a joint expedition in 2002 by scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology and George Washington College
• Described and named in 2006 by Xu Xing and others
• Discovered two people, {a partially} full grownup and an almost full juvenile, within the Chinese language Shishugou Formation
• The 2 specimens have been discovered collectively, with one mendacity on high of the opposite. They fell right into a muddy footprint of a big herbivore, presumably Mamenchisaurus, and have been trapped. The juvenile most likely died first and was trampled by the grownup, who got here later
• The grownup was about 12 years outdated, and reached maturity round age 7
• The juvenile was about 6 years outdated
• Appeared like Dilong (however with a crest), so could have had primitive feathers, like Dilong
• The crests are skinny and delicate, and will have been used for show (could have been a unique coloration from the physique)
• The grownup had a bigger crest, which ran from its nostrils to its eye sockets
• The juvenile’s crest was shorter and solely on the snout, and it had longer decrease legs and bigger eyes than the grownup
• Crest was much like the crest on Dilophosaurus and Monolophosaurus, and was very pneumatized (had plenty of air holes), although Guanlong‘s crest was extra delicate
• One of many oldest recognized tyrannosaurs
• Guanlong helps present that tyrannosaurs could have began in Asia
• Labeled as a tyrannosauroid due to the form of its enamel, and options within the cranium and pelvis
• A part of the household Proceratosauridae, which incorporates Proceratosaurus, Kileskus, and Sinotyrannus
• About 9.8 ft (3 m) lengthy, and weighed 100-200 lbs (45-90 kg)
• Had three fingers on its arms (in comparison with later tyrannosaurs, that had solely two)
• In all probability hunted smaller dinosaurs and mammals
• Could have additionally been prey for bigger dinosaurs, such because the allosaur Yangchuanosaurus
• Lived in a seasonal local weather, with humid summers and dry winters
• Different animals within the space embody sauropods, ornithopods, and small and huge theropods, in addition to turtles and small mammals
• Guanlong skeleton is on the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in China
• Can see a life-size reconstruction on the Australian Museum in Sydney
• Can see Guanlong in Ice Age: Daybreak of the Dinosaurs (meant to be a “twist” on a Velociraptor)
• Also can see Guanlong in Dino Loss of life Lure, a Nationwide Geographic documentary
• There’s additionally a Guanlong dice (rubix dice). The dice is 3×3 and recognized for being clean and priced at an reasonably priced fee

Enjoyable Truth:

Primarily based on fivethirtyeight information

• Othniel Charles Marsh named 80 species and 23 are thought-about legitimate giving him at successful fee of 28.8%; Whereas, Edward Drinker Cope named 64 species however solely 9 are nonetheless thought-about legitimate giving him successful fee of 14.1%
• Charles H. Sternberg’s center son, Charles M. Sternberg named far fewer than cope or marsh @ 19 species however practically half of them (8) are nonetheless thought-about legitimate.
  • Higher recognized dinosaurs he described embody:
    • Ankylosaur: Anodontosaurus
    • Nodosaur: Edmontonia
    • Ceratopsian: Pachyrhinosaurus (the one with out main facial horns, however as an alternative giant flat boney bosses)
    • Hadrosaur: Brachylophosaurus (exceptionally properly preserved)

  • Lots of his discoveries have been made in Canada, and he later went on to assist set up Dinosaur Provincial Park there. Like his father Charles M. Sternberg lived a very long time (1885-1981)