We were so close to an alternate universe where a different group of archosaurs ruled the planet. Just think about it, a planet where we describe how the dinosaurs at first posed a threat to the great pseudosuchians, and instead of saying "Crocodilians are the closest living relative of dinosaurs" we'd say "Birds are the closest living relative of pseudosuchians!" and then surprise people by telling them crocodilians are pseudosuchians and they never went extinct after all. Think about it.
Of all the paleontology channels I watch, and I do watch them, I think your channel is my favorite. You're very informative. I always find out something that nobody else had mentioned when I watch your vids, and I've been reading popular paleontology books since I was a kid (and I'm old), plus watching tons of videos and even lectures on RUclips. You've got a really good style, and the charm goes quite far, and don't underestimate that! I've sat though A LOT of lectures by brilliant people who simply couldn't do public speaking, you do it very well, almost as good as an actor. I believe you said somewhere that you teach as well (?) If you do, your students must adore you.
@@Sarcastic165 weeeell I can imagine they’re quite expensive and I wouldn’t know where to to put it in my house, so I guess a sub as in subscribe will do for now 🤷🏻♂️😂
I'm surprised you didn't talk about Ctenosauriscidae. Pseudosuchians that looked at Dimetrodon's sail back and went. "I want that." Or Poposaurus a Pseudocroc that looked at the dinos and went "I can be like them"
Hi, I have to disagree with you comment about Teratepeton being creepy (kidding). The teeth are really unique looking, slightly onion like. It has a cute smile from the side but the 22 cm beak hides it. Cool piece, thanks for mentioning Teraterpeton. Cheers,
Yoo, an awesome new channel youtube has recommended to me out of nowhere? Sign me up! As for other weird Triassic animals, I'm working on a Triassic related project at the moment so I've done my research Here's a few weird animals you missed: Longisquama, Mastodonsaurus, Erythrosuchus and Eretmorhipis. Eret being one of my favorites, cute little platypus mimicing reptile
This may be a bit off topic, but with earth being billions of years old, could there be species we will never see cause they so many layers deep, forever lost in time, or did life on earth conclusively begin at a fixed point according to our best guesses, or what our tech says? Not sure why im suddenly pondering this, but it might have something to do with how long it took for the continents to separate lol
Well that’s the thing, we don’t conclusively know when life began, we can only take guesses but it’s give or take a few 100 million years 🤷🏻♂️ the problem is that the Earth’s tectonic movements means that most land rocks subduct and melt back into the mantle every 250 million years or so, meaning the further back in time we go, the less resolution we get with the rock and fossil record (hence why we know a helluva lot more about the Pleistocene than we do the Archean)
@@dino-gen BINGO! I kinda figured that everything got absorbed back someway,seeing how old the planet is, but I never thought to actually ask someone about it. Good stuff you have going with this channel : )
@@dino-gen Yeah, im interested in stuff like this & have been since & was 5 or 6 years old. The only downside to loving this is these know it all paleobros, constantly saying this or that is definately right or wrong, which is whats so cool about this channel. You put the latest info out there, but you make it a point to say its the latest info, based on the latest science. Big difference from pb's claiming this is definately the way it is, cause some obscure paper 20 years ago said so, & my education wasnt cheap. lol #highfive
Yeah, if I'm going to be honest, an actual scientist rarely commits to something like this as 'fact', rather the most likely answer. As with any subject, the more you find out, the more you realise you don't know and many theories in palaeontology has seen drastic changes thanks to new evidence, so there's nothing to say that what we know now won't change in the future too! glad I stand out from the paleo bros 😂 #highfive
Well there was a time, birds were thought to be psuedosuchians by some paleontogists.I think You should have mentioned that but anyways I love your videos
We were so close to an alternate universe where a different group of archosaurs ruled the planet. Just think about it, a planet where we describe how the dinosaurs at first posed a threat to the great pseudosuchians, and instead of saying "Crocodilians are the closest living relative of dinosaurs" we'd say "Birds are the closest living relative of pseudosuchians!" and then surprise people by telling them crocodilians are pseudosuchians and they never went extinct after all. Think about it.
I really like your thinking! I absolutely love when ones way of looking at things are completely flipped when you put it into context 😃
Well there was a time,birds were thought to be psuedosuchians by some paleontogists
Yea, you gotta stop smoking that shit, it ain't good for you bruh.
@@Cody38Super On the contrary if I can find something that makes me think like this more often I think that's a win
You're doing great. I hope you enjoy doing these vids and keep at them.
I really am! hoping to go full time with this in 2024 😃 I hope you're enjoying watching them as much!
Of all the paleontology channels I watch, and I do watch them, I think your channel is my favorite. You're very informative. I always find out something that nobody else had mentioned when I watch your vids, and I've been reading popular paleontology books since I was a kid (and I'm old), plus watching tons of videos and even lectures on RUclips. You've got a really good style, and the charm goes quite far, and don't underestimate that! I've sat though A LOT of lectures by brilliant people who simply couldn't do public speaking, you do it very well, almost as good as an actor. I believe you said somewhere that you teach as well (?) If you do, your students must adore you.
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Intelligent, hilarious and handsome. As you say across the pond, We’ll done 😁❤️
Haha flattery will get you nowhere!….ok maybe somewhere….but a sub would get you further 😉😂
Glad you enjoyed the video 😁
@@dino-gen A sub like a U-10? 😂
@@Sarcastic165 weeeell I can imagine they’re quite expensive and I wouldn’t know where to to put it in my house, so I guess a sub as in subscribe will do for now 🤷🏻♂️😂
@@dino-gen That makes much more sense 🤣🤣 Subscribed!
Thank you! 😁
I'm surprised you didn't talk about Ctenosauriscidae. Pseudosuchians that looked at Dimetrodon's sail back and went. "I want that." Or Poposaurus a Pseudocroc that looked at the dinos and went "I can be like them"
There are so many that I didn’t touch on but also a lot I’ll be coming back to in the new year 😊
Don't worry about it bro......we all love the beaver........
Hi, I have to disagree with you comment about Teratepeton being creepy (kidding). The teeth are really unique looking, slightly onion like. It has a cute smile from the side but the 22 cm beak hides it.
Cool piece, thanks for mentioning Teraterpeton.
Cheers,
6:01 - 😀 😀 😀
Atopodentatus thinks you're weird-looking, too.
He can join the club, I've made peace with it.
Someone's been hitting the gym 🏋️♂️
Been training with this guy from Stanford every now and then, bit of a knob but god help me I like the guy. 😉
Seriously though I do appreciate you still watching my videos after all this time 😂
All self-respecting man should be.
Renaming the channel to Dino-guns? Get all those American subs, ferr sure
Yoo, an awesome new channel youtube has recommended to me out of nowhere? Sign me up!
As for other weird Triassic animals, I'm working on a Triassic related project at the moment so I've done my research
Here's a few weird animals you missed: Longisquama, Mastodonsaurus, Erythrosuchus and Eretmorhipis. Eret being one of my favorites, cute little platypus mimicing reptile
Glad you found me! Thank you, may go over them in the future 😊
@@dino-gen Oooh, sounds exciting!
Heaps better audio than last video.
This may be a bit off topic, but with earth being billions of years old, could there be species we will never see cause they so many layers deep, forever lost in time, or did life on earth conclusively begin at a fixed point according to our best guesses, or what our tech says? Not sure why im suddenly pondering this, but it might have something to do with how long it took for the continents to separate lol
Well that’s the thing, we don’t conclusively know when life began, we can only take guesses but it’s give or take a few 100 million years 🤷🏻♂️ the problem is that the Earth’s tectonic movements means that most land rocks subduct and melt back into the mantle every 250 million years or so, meaning the further back in time we go, the less resolution we get with the rock and fossil record (hence why we know a helluva lot more about the Pleistocene than we do the Archean)
@@dino-gen BINGO! I kinda figured that everything got absorbed back someway,seeing how old the planet is, but I never thought to actually ask someone about it. Good stuff you have going with this channel : )
@@ronniepatterson2827 see? you have a good head for this kind of stuff! Thank you, really glad you’re enjoying it 😊
@@dino-gen Yeah, im interested in stuff like this & have been since & was 5 or 6 years old. The only downside to loving this is these know it all paleobros, constantly saying this or that is definately right or wrong, which is whats so cool about this channel. You put the latest info out there, but you make it a point to say its the latest info, based on the latest science. Big difference from pb's claiming this is definately the way it is, cause some obscure paper 20 years ago said so, & my education wasnt cheap. lol #highfive
Yeah, if I'm going to be honest, an actual scientist rarely commits to something like this as 'fact', rather the most likely answer. As with any subject, the more you find out, the more you realise you don't know and many theories in palaeontology has seen drastic changes thanks to new evidence, so there's nothing to say that what we know now won't change in the future too!
glad I stand out from the paleo bros 😂 #highfive
Well there was a time, birds were thought to be psuedosuchians by some paleontogists.I think You should have mentioned that but anyways I love your videos
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You're very passionate