Episode 191 is all about Koreaceratops, the primary ceratopsian present in Korea.
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Information:
- The ankylosaur Akainacephalus johnsoni was present in Utah with a gryposaur, a turtle, and a crocodile supply
- Dinosaur Nationwide Monument has a brand new paleontologist supply
- A geology teacher donated a big assortment of fossils and specimens to the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut supply
- A 30 foot inflatable dinosaur named Dino-Mite was briefly stolen from a fireworks retailer supply
- The Virginia Museum of Pure Historical past in Martinsville, Virginia is having a two-day Dino Competition supply
- York Maze within the UK has opened a 15 acre maze of a T. rex and Triceratops to have fun the twenty fifth anniversary of Jurassic Park supply
- BBC4 aired the three half collection titled Jurassic Coast Revealed supply
- A 1/2 oz pure silver coloured Canadian dinosaur coin that includes Edmontonia was launched supply
The dinosaur of the day: Koreaceratops
- Basal ceratopsian that lived within the Cretaceous in what’s now South Korea
- Present in a sandstone block that was a part of the Tando dam at Hwaseong Metropolis (a part of it lower off, after the block was extracted)
- Dam was in-built 1994, and a public official first observed the bones in 2008
- Described in 2011 by Yuong-Identify Lee and colleagues
- Identify means “Korea horn face”
- Kind species is Koreaceratops hwaseongensis
- Species identify refers to Hwaseong Metropolis
- First ceratopsian present in South Korea
- Discovered 36 caudal vertebrae, in addition to partial hindlimbs and ischia
- No elements of the cranium have been discovered
- Had tall neural spines on its tail, a function which will have independently advanced and will have been an adaptation for swimming
- Tall, deep tail would have appeared like a paddle
- So, might have been semi-aquatic, primarily based on this function being seen in different animals that use their tail for swimming
- Nonetheless, many basal ceratopsians had comparable tails, and a few even had quill-like constructions on the tail to make them appear bigger than they have been
- Due to this, basal ceratopsians might have used tail ornamentation for show fairly than neck frills and horns like later ceratopsians (although some later massive ones, like Triceratops, might have had quill constructions)
- Want extra specimens to know for positive why the tail was that manner
- Broad tail might have even have saved fats to assist Koreaceratops survive in harsh climate, or idiot a predator by making them assault the tail as an alternative of the pinnacle, or entice mates or present social standing in a herd
- Koreaceratops helps fill in gaps of ceratopsians originating in Asian and their first look in North America
- Herbivorous
- Intently associated to Archaeoceratops and Cerasinops, so it most likely had a parrot-like beak and was about 6 ft (1.8 m) lengthy
- An in situ duplicate of Koreaceratops could be seen on the Korean Nationwide Science Museum in Daejeon
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