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Episode 333: Cannibalistic Tyrannosaurids – The Huge Dinosaur Podcast

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    Episode 333 is all about Turiasaurus, a sauropod from Spain which might be the most important identified dinosaur from Europe.

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    On this episode, we focus on:

    Information:

    • A brand new large neck of a titanosaur present in Argentina rivals the most important dinosaurs ever discovered supply

    • Three bones from NW New Mexico present proof of tyrannosaurid cannibalism supply
    • In Colorado, an eighth grader discovered a T. Rex tooth whereas mountaineering in Boulder County supply
    • The titanosaur often known as the “dinosaur of Mato Grosso” was recovered from the ruins of the Nationwide Museum of Brazil supply

    • The Tiny Titans dinosaur exhibit is on the New Mexico Museum of Pure Historical past and Science (and on-line) supply
    • Two Medication Dinosaur Heart is now The Montana Dinosaur Heart and they’re planning their digs for this summer season supply
    • Brookfield Zoo in Illinois has its animatronic “Dinosaurs In every single place” exhibit once more supply

    • Six Flags New England in Massachusetts has pivoted from curler coasters to dinosaurs with a brand new out of doors exhibit supply
    • In Arundel, Maine, Raptor Falls Mini Golf and Ice Cream is reopening on Might Day supply
    • A trip residence in Florida is absolutely dinosaur themed, presumably an excessive amount of so supply

    • The most recent situation of The Flash features a speedster Velociraptor supply

    The dinosaur of the day: Turiasaurus

    • Sauropod that lived within the Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous in what’s now Teruel Province, Spain (Kimmeridgian Villar del Arzobispo Formation)

    • Sauropod, so had a protracted neck and tail, and appears stocky in paleoart depictions
    • Initially estimated to be 118-128 ft (36-39 m) lengthy and weigh 40 to 48 tonnes (articles on the time it was introduced mentioned it was in regards to the weight of six to seven grownup male elephants)
    • Later estimated to be 98 ft (30 m) lengthy and weigh 50 tonnes

    • In all probability the most important dinosaur present in Europe, and one of many largest dinosaurs identified on the time (now find out about Patagotitan, and so forth.)
    • The humerus was described as being as giant as an grownup human
    • Claw on the primary digit of its foot has been in comparison with the dimensions of an American soccer

    • Cranium is 37.5 in (70 cm) lengthy (fairly small proportionately)
    • Head was not too huge, doable {that a} greater head would have damaged its neck
    • Had a brief, excessive cranium (like Camarasaurus)

    • Herbivorous
    • Had heterodont tooth
    • Enamel had lengthy roots and the crowns have been heart-shaped

    • Kind and solely species is Turiasaurus riodevensis
    • Described in 2006 by Rafael Royo-Torres and others
    • Genus identify means “Turia lizard”

    • Turia is the Latinized type of Teruel (province the place it was discovered)
    • Was informally often known as Riodevasaurus, after Riodeva, Spain, the village close to the place the dinosaur was discovered
    • Fossils present in 2003

    • Discovered components of the cranium, scapula, femur, tibia, fibula, tooth, vertebrae, ribs, and phalanges
    • Additionally discovered with theropod tooth, stegosaur fossils, fish, and turtles
    • Fashioned a brand new clade Turiasauria, basal sauropods with heart-shaped tooth with grooves within the roots that lived within the Center Jurassic to Early Cretaceous in what’s now Europe, North America, and Africa

    • New clade is distinct from Neosauropoda, which incorporates well-known and large sauropods like Apatosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, Argentinosaurus, Patagotitan
    • Turiasaurus had extra primitive options than different giant sauropods
    • Helps present that a number of lineages of sauropods advanced independently to develop so giant

    • Octávio Mateus in 2009 described a tooth and an almost full proper forelimb that he had present in 1996 in Portugal (Lourinhã Formation), and tentatively referred to it as Turiasaurus (excavated in 1996, 2000, and 2002)
    • Then in 2014 Mateus and others reassigned the fossils and named it the brand new dinosaur: Zby atlanticus
    • Discovered it to be intently associated to Turiasaurus (even had considerably heart-shaped tooth crowns, however not as heart-shaped), however with sufficient variations, particularly with the forelimb

    • In 2012 Rafael Royo-Torres and Paul Upchurch described the cranium of Turiasaurus
    • Discovered the muscular anatomy to be much like different sauropods, however did have smaller insertions and attachments in comparison with extra derived sauropods, which can imply weaker feeding dynamics
    • In 2021, Rafael Royo-Torres and others revealed a paper on a brand new “Rosetta” turiasaur specimen from Spain (talked about in depth in episode 324 of the podcast)

    Enjoyable Reality:
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