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Episode 238 is all about Supersaurus, a Portuguese relative of Diplodocus.
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On this episode, we focus on:
Information:
- A number of new opalized Iguanodontian fossils have been described from Australia and have been used to call a brand new dinosaur: Fostoria supply
- Two new dinosaurs have been present in Thailand inside just a few miles of one another: Phuwiangvenator and Vayuraptor supply
- The Nationwide Museum in Rio de Janeiro misplaced much less specimens than beforehand thought supply
- The brand new exhibit DinoQuest opened on the Science Centre Singapore supply
- A duplicate of Scotty the T. rex is now on the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska supply
- The Smithsonian Nationwide Museum of Pure Historical past Corridor of Fossils reopened after years of renovations supply
- Children from two group properties in Oklahoma will probably be digging for dinosaurs this summer season at a website close to Black Mesa supply
- Robert McIntosh made a video flying a drone via the Pure Historical past Museum of Utah supply
- The French Lick Scenic Railway may have a Dinosaur Journey Prepare and different actions supply
- In Michigan, 77-year previous Sandra Crabb just lately bought Prehistoric Forest and hopes to carry it again to life supply
- In New Brunswick, Canada, Robin Hanson made a T. rex sculpture for his grandchildren supply
- John Hendrick’s mansion and ranch in Gateway, Colorado, is on the market together with a dinosaur footprint supply
- Netflix launched the primary trailer for the brand new animated Jurassic World spinoff, Jurassic Park: Camp Cretaceous supply
The dinosaur of the day: Supersaurus
- Dilodocid sauropod that lived within the Late Jurassic in what’s now Colorado and Wyoming, US (discovered within the Morrison Formation)
- Kind species is Supersaurus vivianae
- Title means “tremendous lizard”
- Present in 1972 by Vivian Jones (species title after her)
- Estimated to be 108-112 ft (33-34 m) lengthy
- Estimated to weigh about 32 to 38 metric tons
- Could have the same physique to Apatosaurus however much less sturdy
- Had an extended tail and ponderous physique
- Had a small head
- Had one of many longest recognized necks (one giant cervical vertebra discovered was 54 in or ~21 cm lengthy)
- Described in 1985 by James Jensen (informally named Supersaurus in 1973)
- Initially discovered the shoulder girdle, ischium, and tail vertebrae
- Extra full particular person present in Converse County, Wyoming, in 1996 and assigned to Supersaurus in 2007 (about 30% of the skeleton)
- Doubtlessly a second species: Supersaurus lourinhanensis, recognized from Portugal
- A 2015 phylogenetic research of diplodocids discovered that Dinherirosaurus lourinhanensis is a brand new species of Supersaurus, Supersaurus lourinhanensis (Tschopp and others research, who introduced again Brontosaurus)
- Supersaurus has some junior synonyms: Ultrasauros/Ultrasaurus macintoshi and Dystylosaurus edwini
- Jensen described Ultrasaurus however the kind specimen was later discovered to be Supersaurus (dorsal vertebra) and had come from the identical quarry
- Extra to the story of Ultrasaurus, and we cowl it in episode 21, Ultrasaurus
- Dystylosaurus was a diplodocid discovered close to the unique Supersaurus quarry, and was additionally primarily based on a dorsal vertebra later discovered to belong to Supersaurus
- Can see a reconstruction at Wyoming Dinosaur Middle (nicknamed “Jimbo”)
Enjoyable Truth:
Based mostly on their olfactory bulb sizes, T. rex most likely had a wonderful sense of scent, however Archaeopteryx couldn’t scent properly.
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