Dr Smith and Bell were great guests! Thanks for your hard work and great videowork. Finding an opalised fossils so large as good ol lightingclaw is just magical.
So many, over the years. Thankfully attitudes are changing and organisations like the Australian Opal Centre are encouraging people to recognize the value in opalised fossils for their scientific and natural history value and not just for their opal content. Thanks for watching and commenting! 😁👍
this isn't Australia's largest theropod, you should check out the Jurassic era footprints which were first discovered in the 1950s in a Queensland coal mine on a side note: the lightning ridge claw may represent Rapator, the first australian dinosaur to be named.
Rapator is actually considered dubious because of the fragmentary remains. But just speculation. If rapator was built like australovenator, it would've been 28 feet long and 2.6 tonnes.
the only raptor that was a thief was the oviraptor(egg thief-ovi), sorry but I don't think that the mega raptor was a thief 🤣 opportunistic at times why yes as in all creatures but it doesn't have the head/eye socket placement and size to be anything but a intelligent fast cunning top predator of our outback
This channel is underated....good job guys
Thank you so much! 😁👍
Well done yet again Russell , very interesting
Thanks so much Leisa!
Dr Smith and Bell were great guests! Thanks for your hard work and great videowork. Finding an opalised fossils so large as good ol lightingclaw is just magical.
Thank you so much! It’s a pleasure to work with such knowledgeable and amazing people! 🦖
Gotta love opal casts & replacements.
This is great information
Thank you so much! 😁👍
this needs more likes :)
Thanks Andrew! 😁
I wonder how many fossils were cut for their opal.
So many, over the years. Thankfully attitudes are changing and organisations like the Australian Opal Centre are encouraging people to recognize the value in opalised fossils for their scientific and natural history value and not just for their opal content. Thanks for watching and commenting! 😁👍
this isn't Australia's largest theropod, you should check out the Jurassic era footprints which were first discovered in the 1950s in a Queensland coal mine
on a side note: the lightning ridge claw may represent Rapator, the first australian dinosaur to be named.
Rapator is actually considered dubious because of the fragmentary remains. But just speculation. If rapator was built like australovenator, it would've been 28 feet long and 2.6 tonnes.
I was just here
the only raptor that was a thief was the oviraptor(egg thief-ovi), sorry but I don't think that the mega raptor was a thief 🤣 opportunistic at times why yes as in all creatures but it doesn't have the head/eye socket placement and size to be anything but a intelligent fast cunning top predator of our outback
Definitely opportunistic, but I reckon Lightning Claw was definitely a hunter in his own right, too. Thanks for watching! 😁