10:44 Although who's next in being similarly named after a certain mad titan? This Azhdarchid would live in the same timespan with that named abelisaur.
Thanks so much for the review. I’m particularly impressed by the oversized head in Thanatosdrakon, it must have had some powerful neck muscles. I’m also intrigued as of why S. America contains such large raptors, it looks like a bigger one keeps being found.
You did not state such but arm length in theropods might be a good example of how evolution is a random process based only on the ability of a creature to survive. Shorter arms aiding in survival for Tyrannosaurs preclude longer arms aid in some other closely related creatures. Perhaps shorter arms helped early tyrannosaurs by giving them better running balance while the Megaraptorians might have been aided by longer arms allowing them to more easily catch creatures operating close to the ground. That sounds like opposed mutations that are both beneficial to survival, weird but it might be true.
Potentially. I think there's just a lot of generalizations which have been made, and there really needs to be a lot of research on these groups separately, and then combining those results into more comparative studies.
Megaraptorans are my new favorite dinosaur(sorry Ankylosaurus, the new known tail club varieties are lit btw). Been disrespecting Tyrannosaurus Rex's itty-bitty arms for years and now I know why, there was a sister taxa that said "No, we will not go the way of tiny arms" and instead had beefy arms with demon claws. This is the true ultimate prehistoric monster hunter.
They're super interesting, but again the only well preserved one is Aerosteon, which Sereno has been sitting on, not studying, like a lot of the fossils he's found. It's a bit frustrating.
Jeez how do those pterasaurs with giant heads like that fly? I'm temped to say they just didn't, but nothing waddling around on its stilt arms like that are hunting on land.
There's a lot of good videos here on youtube about why they could still fly. Short version: hollow, extremely light bones, and a lift-off method that's way more effective than that of birds. Weird part is, they did hunt on land too. Think of it how a stork walks around on the ground and gobbles up whatever smaller animal they can reach with their long necks and beaks.
I just want to add.. mammals from the ocean started to grow legs and the hips grew as the tail recedes. Icthyosaur was a proto whale. Blubber live birth.. teeth,schools.. they weren't reptiles.
@@jontherevelator9663 Well for starters, aquatic mammals evolved from quadrupeds, not the other way around. And having blubber and giving live birth doesn't make a reptile not a reptile. But I've met enough "free thinkers" on the internet to know you're less interested in science and logic, and more in smoking pot and pretending you're a rebel.
@@jontherevelator9663 also the burden of proof is on you, that's how science works. I know I shouldn't encourage you, but how do, say, humans fit into that? Did we come from whales? Also if "everyone" ignore your "logic" doesn't that say more about you than them?
@@Popebug yes we did and I can prove it with phylogenetic information we have right now..right n our faces. I take what I do seriously. I am a nobody but I'm not just a nobody. Nobodies make discoveries as we've seen all throughout history. Yes we are related to artiodsctyls..and they r actually related to marsupials. We can genetically prove this. Artiodsctyls are whales.. we can prove that genetically. The problem..it's hidden from us and nobody bothers to question the science. Do you see? We can prove we came out of the oceans GENETICALLY. No shit. Even our stomach evolves with the same exact pattern. Our shoulders hands feet all evolve through the marsupial and ape stages. That's the finalization of our stature. Koalas have indistinguishable fingerprints from humans and the kangaroo is the closest cousin to us next to chimp you can clearly see it in the torso..and it's genetically proven. We r related to cows and pigs..they r whales. We r related to marsupials that means they r to artiodactyls and so in back into thebwater. The pinniped stage is when our hid begins to actually develop and tail recedes into 2 hind legs. Look up pinniped and cetacean skeletons. I've looked up every skeleton. Read a lot of genomic data.. trust me bro. We evolved from cetaceans. All mammals on land did. Being dolphin..pigmy whales. Sperm whales.. none the less. They all passed .untamed genes to come to the land.
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0:45 Now that's a happy-go-lucky looking Ichthyosaur!
10:44 Although who's next in being similarly named after a certain mad titan?
This Azhdarchid would live in the same timespan with that named abelisaur.
Excellent stuff. Thanks raptor chatter
You're welcome, glad you liked it!
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Thanks so much for the review. I’m particularly impressed by the oversized head in Thanatosdrakon, it must have had some powerful neck muscles. I’m also intrigued as of why S. America contains such large raptors, it looks like a bigger one keeps being found.
Facinating news about the megaraptorans.
For more check out my video on Eotyrannus! There's some interesting conclusions about them in the paper for that video.
Very cool content, thanks for sharing.
Great information, thanks!
Great stuff! Thanks. I should do some more paleoart….
awesome video!!!!!
You did not state such but arm length in theropods might be a good example of how evolution is a random process based only on the ability of a creature to survive. Shorter arms aiding in survival for Tyrannosaurs preclude longer arms aid in some other closely related creatures. Perhaps shorter arms helped early tyrannosaurs by giving them better running balance while the Megaraptorians might have been aided by longer arms allowing them to more easily catch creatures operating close to the ground. That sounds like opposed mutations that are both beneficial to survival, weird but it might be true.
Potentially. I think there's just a lot of generalizations which have been made, and there really needs to be a lot of research on these groups separately, and then combining those results into more comparative studies.
My favorite definition have to be Maip and I love it
Also this review was so great
Megaraptorans are my new favorite dinosaur(sorry Ankylosaurus, the new known tail club varieties are lit btw). Been disrespecting Tyrannosaurus Rex's itty-bitty arms for years and now I know why, there was a sister taxa that said "No, we will not go the way of tiny arms" and instead had beefy arms with demon claws. This is the true ultimate prehistoric monster hunter.
They're super interesting, but again the only well preserved one is Aerosteon, which Sereno has been sitting on, not studying, like a lot of the fossils he's found. It's a bit frustrating.
1:17 i.e. if you took a corpse from each species, stuffed it, and shot it out of a torpedo tube, which would go furthest?
Tell us those ancient secrets, bone daddy!
Jeez how do those pterasaurs with giant heads like that fly? I'm temped to say they just didn't, but nothing waddling around on its stilt arms like that are hunting on land.
Clearly they used their big heads and beaks to pole vault themselves into the air 🤣
There's a lot of good videos here on youtube about why they could still fly. Short version: hollow, extremely light bones, and a lift-off method that's way more effective than that of birds.
Weird part is, they did hunt on land too. Think of it how a stork walks around on the ground and gobbles up whatever smaller animal they can reach with their long necks and beaks.
What if the megaraptors are thebthe true ancestors of the birds, and the raptors turned into the flightless birds
Firrrrst...!!!
I just want to add.. mammals from the ocean started to grow legs and the hips grew as the tail recedes. Icthyosaur was a proto whale. Blubber live birth.. teeth,schools.. they weren't reptiles.
Oh what fresh nonsense is this?
@@Popebug can you explain or r you just like everyone else. Deny logic and evidence just to not explain anything. Lol
@@jontherevelator9663 Well for starters, aquatic mammals evolved from quadrupeds, not the other way around. And having blubber and giving live birth doesn't make a reptile not a reptile. But I've met enough "free thinkers" on the internet to know you're less interested in science and logic, and more in smoking pot and pretending you're a rebel.
@@jontherevelator9663 also the burden of proof is on you, that's how science works. I know I shouldn't encourage you, but how do, say, humans fit into that? Did we come from whales?
Also if "everyone" ignore your "logic" doesn't that say more about you than them?
@@Popebug yes we did and I can prove it with phylogenetic information we have right now..right n our faces. I take what I do seriously. I am a nobody but I'm not just a nobody. Nobodies make discoveries as we've seen all throughout history. Yes we are related to artiodsctyls..and they r actually related to marsupials. We can genetically prove this. Artiodsctyls are whales.. we can prove that genetically. The problem..it's hidden from us and nobody bothers to question the science. Do you see? We can prove we came out of the oceans GENETICALLY. No shit. Even our stomach evolves with the same exact pattern. Our shoulders hands feet all evolve through the marsupial and ape stages. That's the finalization of our stature. Koalas have indistinguishable fingerprints from humans and the kangaroo is the closest cousin to us next to chimp you can clearly see it in the torso..and it's genetically proven. We r related to cows and pigs..they r whales. We r related to marsupials that means they r to artiodactyls and so in back into thebwater. The pinniped stage is when our hid begins to actually develop and tail recedes into 2 hind legs. Look up pinniped and cetacean skeletons. I've looked up every skeleton. Read a lot of genomic data.. trust me bro. We evolved from cetaceans. All mammals on land did. Being dolphin..pigmy whales. Sperm whales.. none the less. They all passed .untamed genes to come to the land.