Episode 216 is all about Megaraptor, A big theropod with claws over one foot lengthy (initially considered foot claws, now recognized to be hand claws).
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On this episode, we talk about:
Information:
- Stegosaurus and Plateosaurus had a lot stronger bites than their shut ancestors, whereas T. rex had a chew just like its kinfolk supply
- A brand new mannequin exhibits how the mega-tsunami on the end-cretaceous unfold world wide supply
- The Planetario Alfa museum has an exhibit Dinosaurs Made in Mexico supply
- An Indian geologist stirred up controversy claiming that Hindu god Lord Brahma found dinosaurs supply
- In London at Greenwich Theatre there are two one act dinosaur-related performs working January 16 to 19 supply
- Turok the Dinosaur Hunter is getting a comic book e book reboot supply
The dinosaur of the day: Megaraptor
- Megaraptor (request from Andrew Batist, Andre Santos, Jake Posey, youtube, FB, electronic mail)
- Phonetic: Meg-ah-rap-tor.
- Theropod that lived within the Late Cretaceous in what’s now Patagonia
- Kind species is Megaraptor namunhuaiquii
- Title means “big thief”
- Named in 1998 by Novas, based mostly on a claw about 13 in (34 cm) lengthy (presumably ~16 in or 40 cm lengthy with a sheath) that appeared just like the sickle-claw of a dromaeosaurid
- Later an entire entrance limb was discovered, and confirmed the claw was truly on the primary finger of a hand (not a foot claw)
- Fingers have been elongated
- Species identify means “foot lance” (Mapuche Indian names)
- Carnivorous
- Initially considered a big dromaeosaur-like coelurosaur
- Now thought-about to be both a basal tyrannosauroid or a basal coelurosaur
- Gregory S. Paul estimated in 2010 that Megaraptor was about 26 ft (8 m ) lengthy and weighed 2,200 lb (1 tonne)
- Can see Megaraptor within the recreation Warpath: Jurassic Park (made earlier than the claw was recognized to be from the hand, so it’s displayed as a big dromaeosaur, and its codename is M-Raptor or Raptor)
Enjoyable Reality:
Based on the newest mannequin The preliminary wave created by the Chicxulub impactor and it’s 1.5km crest. The tube created beneath the wave would have been ~1/2km (~1800ft) in diameter. That’s giant sufficient to suit even the biggest supertanker ever made.
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