Did Allosaurus Only Scavenge? Raptor Chatter 2023-03-24 | A new debate with echoes of old ones is being reignited, arguing that Allosaurus, a major carnivore in the US and Europe 145 million years ago was able to get by through scavenging, and not by needing to actively hunt. Carnosaurs as Apex Scavengers: Agent-based simulations reveal possible vulture analogues in late Jurassic Dinosaurssciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380021002611?via%3DihubWas Allosaurus really predominantly a scavenger?sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380022003453?via%3DihubAllosaurus was predominantly a scavengersciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380022003593?via%3DihubIt's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
The First Filter-Feeding Reptile Raptor Chatter 2023-08-22 | Hupehsuchus lived only a few million years after the most devastating extinction in Earth's history, but it also found a lifestyle which took much longer to evolve in other vertebrates which returned to the sea. Read the paper here:bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-023-02143-9It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
Venetoraptor: The Pterosaur Missing Link? Raptor Chatter 2023-08-19 | Venetoraptor is a new genus of lagerpetid from Brazil, and might be the most unique of them all, and might show some of the traits that led to the evolution of the pterosaurs. Read the Paper here!nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06359-zIt's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
July 2023 Paleontology in Review Raptor Chatter 2023-08-15 | 00:00 It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 00:09 A new titanosaurian- Igai semkhutandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.219981000:59 The largest ornithopod- Oblitosaurus bunnueliacademic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad076/7223755?redirectedFrom=fulltext 01:48 The Osteology of Mantellisaurustandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02693445.2023.223415602:33 Furcatoceratops elucidans, a new centrosaurinesciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019566712300188X03:37 A New Basal Neornithischian- Minimocursor phunoiensismdpi.com/1424-2818/15/7/85104:40 An extinct deep-snouted Alligator- Alligator munensisnature.com/articles/s41598-023-36559-6#MOESM106:14 A new aetosaur- Kryphioparma caerulaescholarship.org/uc/item/6q35k21s06:51 New specimen and redescription of Anisodontosaurus greeri tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.222001508:08 A new osteoderm-bearing avemetatarsalian- Mambachiton fiandohanaacademic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad038/7231066?login=false09:37 Re-discovery of the Euparkeria bonebed locality https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/items/8fe27cef-d975-4571-8bc6-819e3b59b66a11:39 Selected Karoo geoheritage sites of palaeontological significance in South Africa and Lesotholyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/SP543-2022-20212:27 A lithostratigraphic reappraisal of a Permian-Triassic Antarcticasciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003101822300359014:35 New Dicynodont- Jimusaria monanensispeerj.com/articles/1578315:23 Emergence and ecological transition of the Mesozoic marine reptilessciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003101822300368116:09 The postcranial anatomy of Gorgonops torvuspeerj.com/articles/1537817:00 New and historical specimens of burnetiamorph therapsids- Bondoceras bulborhynchus and Pembecephalus litumbaensishttps://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/items/da4afbac-611c-4509-930b-973fee7a42e417:47 New sabertooth cats- Lokotunjailurus chinsamyae and Dinofelis werdelinicell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(23)01289-018:27 Evidence of artefacts made of giant sloth bonesroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.031619:04 Description of a fetal skeleton of the extinct sloth Nothrotherium link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-023-09665-519:58 Ancient bird ate leavesnature.com/articles/s41467-023-40311-z21:12 Rarity of molt evidence in early dinosaursnature.com/articles/s42003-023-05048-x21:47 How did blubber fossilize in ichthyosaurs?onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pala.12668#pane-pcw-figures22:41 The first Palaeozoic spider link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-023-00657-723:28 A mid-Cambrian tunicatenature.com/articles/s41467-023-39012-424:24 Comments on yunnanozoans paperscience.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.ade9707science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adf1472science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adf336325:07 Morphology and systematics of Anomalocaris tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2023.222506625:27 Anomalocaris are built for soft prey and speedroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.063825:43 Mammals ate Dinosaursnature.com/articles/s41598-023-37545-8
Did Anomalocaris Hunt Trilobites? Raptor Chatter 2023-08-10 | Anomalocaris has often been considered the apex predator of the Cambrian seas, hunting trilobites and other animals on the sea floor. But two new papers have thrown that into contention. The first by studying how it would have hunted, and the second by showing it wasn't all alone at the top. It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 Read the papers here!royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.0638 tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772019.2023.2225066?journalCode=tjsp20
Perucetus: the Largest Whale Ever? Raptor Chatter 2023-08-05 | Read the paper here:nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06381-1
June 2023 Paleontology in Review Raptor Chatter 2023-07-29 | 00:00 It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 00:09 New artiopodan arthropod- Thulaspis tholopsonlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.149501:16 The best way to test dino eggssciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019566712300160X02:18 A different set of Hadrosaur mittstandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.221328703:13 Estimating the Occurrence/Prevalence of the Risk of Fossil Poachingproquest.com/openview/05744e08f9d65b62bb4f588395a6dbef/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y04:39 Early Cretaceous Lotus Relativenature.com/articles/s41598-023-33356-z05:33 The end-Cretaceous plant extinctioncambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-prisms-extinction/article/endcretaceous-plant-extinction-heterogeneity-ecosystem-transformation-and-insights-for-the-future/D74EBD512E4261E4C28BB7AF024E80B906:41 Wulong was Iridescent https://app.pan.pl/article/item/app010042022.html08:14 Temporal framework for the Yanliao Biotasciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X2300259508:55 Shri devi, the fossil velociraptor memehttps://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app010652023.html10:16 Vectipelta barretti, a new ankylosaurian dinosaurtandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2023.221057711:30 A new theropod, Migmanychion laiyangsciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019566712300133712:53 An early-diverging iguanodontian, Iani smithijournals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.028604214:09 Subantarctic Chile non-hadrosaurid, hadrosauroid- Gonokoken nanoiscience.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg245615:20 Statistical evaluation of character support reveals the instability of higher-level dinosaur phylogenynature.com/articles/s41598-023-35784-316:55 Sexual Dimorphism in ornithomimosaurs elifesciences.org/articles/8341318:07 Puberty in a Mesozoic reptilecell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00748-019:12 An exquisitely preserved skeleton of Eoarctos voraxtandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2022.214590020:34 New heterodont odontocetes, Olympicetus thalassodopeerj.com/articles/1557621:22 New whale fossils found in Cubasciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S089598112300244422:19 A new dolphin with tusk-like teeth, Nihohae matakoiroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.087322:53 Decapitation in the long-necked Tanystropheus cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00475-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS096098222300475X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue24:02 Endothermic physiology of extinct megatooth sharkspnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.221815312024:46 Placoid scales of Megalodontandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2023.221159726:13 A new lower Turonian mosasaurid, Sarabosaurus dahlisciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019566712300149027:10 Anguimorph lizards from the lower Eocenetandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2023.221164628:19 A giant armoured skink from Australiaroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2023.070429:35 Reappraising Hoplodactylus delcourtinature.com/articles/s41598-023-35210-8
The Mammal that Ate Dinosaurs Raptor Chatter 2023-07-21 | An incredible fossil of a mammal hunting a dinosaur has been found, with the two animals fighting behind the backdrop of a volcano! Yes, it really was that dramatic!Read more about it here: nature.com/articles/s41598-023-37545-8
What the Hell is Euchambersia?! Raptor Chatter 2023-07-17 | Euchambersia was an odd, somewhat small predator in the Permian, and it had a lot of similarities with some of its relatives. But it also had one distinct trait which could make it the most unique of any Permian predator. It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
What Prehistoric Planet Season 3 can do Better Raptor Chatter 2023-07-01 | The second season of Prehistoric Planet is out! And it has some great segments, and some okay segments. But it can be improved easily, all they need to do is take a few lessons from other documentaries and they will end up with an absolute masterpiece.
May 2023 Paleontology Review Raptor Chatter 2023-06-25 | 00:00 It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 00:11 New soft-bodied panarthropods from diverse Spence Shalecambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/5097BB4FB35339C0D483936F3972DE3B/S0022336023000240a.pdf/new_softbodied_panarthropods_from_diverse_spence_shale_cambrian_miaolingian_wuliuan_depositional_environments.pdf00:50 No (Cambrian) explosion and no (Ordovician) eventsciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003101822300210901:48 The Welsh Burgess Shalenature.com/articles/s41559-023-02038-402:54 Crinoids from the Wooster Shalecambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/crinoids-from-the-wooster-shale-member-of-the-cuyahoga-formation-carboniferous-mississippian-tournaisian-of-northeastern-ohio/2941804D5E2EEFA514F07731C2CA7479#figures04:53 Rapid turnover of top predators in Africacell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00455-406:35 Collapse of tropical rainforest ecosystems caused by high-temperature wildfiressciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X2300206607:27 A diverse diapsid tooth assemblage from the Early Triassicjournals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.028511108:22 Pachypleurosaur Keichousaurus hui digestive tractfrontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1186354/full#.ZF45yS0S_lk08:58 Stelladens mysteriosus: A Strange New Mosasauridmdpi.com/2813-6284/1/1/210:13 A truly gigantic pliosaursciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001678782300037810:57 Cranial thermoregulatory pathway in thalattosuchian crocodylomorphspeerj.com/articles/1535311:51 Volcanic phosphorus supply boosted Mesozoic terrestrial biotassciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S209592732300341913:01 Taphonomy of feathers- Making feather fossilscambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/CE813A075752887DE4ADDF6D58D7B358/S0094837323000118a_hi.pdf/sediment-encased-pressure-temperature-maturation-experiments-elucidate-the-impact-of-diagenesis-on-melanin-based-fossil-color-and-its-paleobiological-implications.pdf13:44 Redescription of soft tissue preservation in the holotype of Scaphognathus crassirostrispalaeo-electronica.org/content/2023/3750-pterosaur-soft-parts15:45 Sonic hedgehog gene could change chickens into dinosaursscience.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg961916:54 Biomarkers in fossil resinssciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001282522300144717:31 A macroevolutionary pathway to megaherbivoryscience.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade183318:59 Dire Wolf in Chiletandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.219078520:10 The Australian Fossil National Species Listtandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03115518.2023.2209246 https://www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au/ australasianpalaeontologists.org/databases 20:38 The phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the armoured dinosaurstandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2023.220543322:01 Dinosaur trackways from the Upper Cretaceous Kyrgyzstanroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.23031123:03 Assessing the palaeobiology of Vespersaurus paranaensis sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019566712300122224:12 New pterosaur specimen from the Romualdo Formationsciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S089598112300219525:05 Isolated tooth reveals hidden spinosaurid dinosaur diversitypeerj.com/articles/15453 25:48 A new spinosaurid, Protathlitis cinctorrensisnature.com/articles/s41598-023-33418-227:23 Big mouthed Irritator challengeri palaeo-electronica.org/content/2023/3821-the-osteology-of-irritator
Birds are Dinosaurs - How Taxonomy Works Raptor Chatter 2023-06-04 | We often get comments which argue that birds aren't dinosaurs, or otherwise totally misunderstand how scientists research how animals are related to one another. That's the process of taxonomy, where researchers look for different traits, run some statistical tests, and then get a phylogeny. And from that scientists try to piece together the history of life. It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
What the Hell is Simosuchus?! Raptor Chatter 2023-05-29 | Simosuchus featured in Prehistoric Planet, but didn't get as much screentime as I think it would have deserved. So here's a deeper look into this incredibly interesting animal. ankizy.orgIt's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
April 2023- Paleontology in Review Raptor Chatter 2023-05-20 | 00:00 It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 00:12 A New Tanystrophied- Gracilicollum latensanatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.2521601:05 Mandibular Anatomy of Dinodontosaurus brevirostrishttps://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/353202:36 Endocranial anatomy of the early prozostrodontsanatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.2521503:36 A New Rhynchosaur- Beesiiwo cooowusemdpi.com/1424-2818/15/4/54404:41 New postcranial remains of a Large Pterosaur from the Isle of Skyepubs.geoscienceworld.org/sjg/article/doi/10.1144/sjg2023-001/622377/New-postcranial-remains-from-the-Lealt-Shale05:25 Endothermy and reptile-like eggshell mineralization in Troodonpnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.221398712006:55 Thermoregulation via Nasal Passagesroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.22099707:46 Osteohistology of the big-sized cretaceous crocodylomorph Stratiotosuchus maxhechti shows it grew fastsciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S089598112300174808:43 Gut contents of the leptocleidian plesiosaur Umoonasaurus demoscyllus tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2023.219494409:36 A nearly complete skull of the sauropod dinosaur Diamantinasaurus matildaeroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.221618#.ZDaluRHSnw010:57 Extinct conifer-like tree shows evidence of funguscambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/88B5C9DCA1FC5A64A1DE09B9F231DEC8/S0022336023000124a.pdf/ancient_basidiomycota_in_an_extinct_coniferlike_tree_xenoxylon_utahense_and_a_brief_survey_of_fungi_in_the_upper_jurassic_morrison_formation_usa.pdf11:55 The overview of analytical methods for studying of fossil natural resinstandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408347.2023.2200855 12:16 Varieties of Fossil Resins of the Western Central Asia and Their Molecular Structurelink.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0024490223010042 12:55 Ireland's oldest fossil forest created a log jamsciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003101822300197914:15 Broad snouted cladoselachian- Maghriboselache mohamezanesjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13358-023-00266-615:36 More evidence of the shrunk Dunkpeerj.com/articles/1513116:47 Tully monster- vertebrate or not?onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.1264618:04 A new pachycephalosaurid from the Hell Creek Formation- Platytholus clemensitandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2023.219036918:41 A complete sabertooth cat cranium from the Midcontinent of North America sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027737912300093819:58 Amphimachairodus hezhengensis, a new sabertoothed cat, may have lived in pridesroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.0019#.ZECByV_1xPY21:21 Genomics of adaptive evolution in the woolly mammothcell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2823%2900404-9 22:47 How did life survive in snowball Earth?nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37172-x24:47 The oldest known bat skeletons- Icaronycteris gunnellijournals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.028350525:32 Could theropod dinosaurs have evolved to a human level of intelligence?onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cne.25458#.ZDKuOH_ZCFY 25:57 A new silesaurid- Amanasaurus nesbittinature.com/articles/s41598-023-32057-x26:32 Are particle accelerators the next best technology for paleontology?onlinelibrary.wiley.com/iucr/doi/10.1107/S1600577523001790#.ZDCcL8EFsHw27:01 A new Carboniferous edaphosaurid and the origin of herbivory in mammal forerunnersnature.com/articles/s41598-023-30626-827:22 A potentially fatal cranial pathology in a specimen of Tarchiaanatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25205 28:04 First record of growth patterns in a Cambrian annelidroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.221400 28:21 The largest predator after the dinosaurstandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2023.2193828?journalCode=ujvp20
Irritators New Mouth Raptor Chatter 2023-05-13 | A new paper looked at Irritator, a spinosaurid from Brazil. It found that the mouth was much different from what we normally see in theropods. But it also starts the conversation on an irritating part of the fossil's history.Read the paper here:palaeo-electronica.org/content/2023/3821-the-osteology-of-irritatorIt's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
Asfaltovenator: One of the Best Theropods from the Middle Jurassic Raptor Chatter 2023-05-09 | Asfaltovenator might be one of the most important theropods known from the middle Jurassic. The middle Jurassic can be characterized by two things. A lot of rapid evolution and diversification. And almost no fossils of those diversifying animals. Asfaltovenator comes from this period, and with its odd assortment of characters is one of the best looks we have into this interesting period in dinosaur history. It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 Read the Papers here:ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6906444sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1342937X20302562https://www.lanacion.com.ar/ciencia/asfaltovenator-vialidadi-hallan-patagonia-uno-mas-antiguos-nid2314701/
Ursactis: the Early Worm that got Fossilized Raptor Chatter 2023-05-07 | Ursactis is a new fossil worm from the Burgess shale, and shows just how different the lives of the first worms were compared to modern ones. Read the paper here:royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.221400It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
Dentaneosuchus: A Post-Extinction Dominant Predator Raptor Chatter 2023-05-04 | Dentaneosuchus was the largest predator we know of on land after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. It lived 26 million years after that extinction, and would have been the most dangerous predator in Europe at the time. Find the paper here: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2023.2193828?journalCode=ujvp20It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
How Intelligent could Dinosaurs have become? Raptor Chatter 2023-04-28 | A new paper speculating with data on Dinosaur intelligence. Specifically about the "Dinosauroid" an idea proposed in the 1980s. The Dinosauroid was the suggestion that if the dinosaurs didn't go extinct at the end of the Cretaceous that some of the dinosaurs with large brain sizes, like Troodontids, could have reached human like intelligence, and also a human-like bodyplan. Read the paper here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cne.25458#.ZDKuOH_ZCFYIt's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
New Technology for Studying the Inside of Fossils Raptor Chatter 2023-04-20 | A new paper ran some fossils through one of the most advanced pieces of technology there is, and it showed that using that technology on fossil works to tell researchers about what was going on inside dinosaur bones. It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 Check out the paper here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/iucr/doi/10.1107/S1600577523001790#.ZDCcL8EFsHw.twitter
New Silesaur Gives New Insight to Dinosaur Evolution Raptor Chatter 2023-04-18 | A new silesaur has helped to add to the growing body of evidence that these strange animals were among the first dinosaurs, and that they led directly to one of the three largest clades of dinosaurs. It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 Checkout the paper here! nature.com/articles/s41598-023-32057-x
Melanedaphodon, the First Vertebrate to Eat Land Plants Raptor Chatter 2023-04-16 | Melanedaphodon helps fill in a 45 million year gap of the evolution of eating plants. Read the Paper here: nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30626-8 It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
March 2023 Paleontology in Review Raptor Chatter 2023-04-11 | 00:00 It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 00:08 Ubirajara name revokedmapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5254.3.10 01:48 Systematic paleontology of macroalgal fossils from the Tonian Mackenzie Mountains Supergroupcambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/systematic-paleontology-of-macroalgal-fossils-from-the-tonian-mackenzie-mountains-supergroup/13CE09C0C52658D72508F3508333618602:37 Protomelission is an early dasyclad alga and not a Cambrian bryozoannature.com/articles/s41586-023-05775-5 03:41 Cambrian ‘sap-sucking’ molluscan radularoyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2023.025704:59 Basin-scale reconstruction of euxinia and Late Devonian mass extinctionsnature.com/articles/s41586-023-05716-207:16 Predicting mass extinctions with AIroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.221507#.ZBW71j-Fs_I08:55 The first record of chigutisaurid amphibian from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation peerj.com/articles/1486510:43 A new Middle Triassic (Ladinian) trilophosaurid stem-archosaur from Germanyroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.23008312:35 A New Specimen of Sinosaurus triassicustandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2023.219076013:59 Angiosperms Flourished in the Middle Jurassicmdpi.com/2075-1729/13/3/81914:53 Investigating the quadrupedal abilities of Scutellosaurus lawlerianatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.2518915:53 Evolution of exceptionally long necks in mamenchisauridstandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772019.2023.2171818?journalCode=tjsp2017:04 Highland Sauropodshttps://www.lwl-naturkundemuseum-muenster.de/media/filer_public/79/98/79985051-4b36-46e1-91df-105937bb4e2f/hornung_sachs_schwermann_2023_-_early_cretaceous_sauropods_from_an_upland_environment_gup_heft_97_online_first_1-34.pdf18:21 New data on Kansaignathus sogdianussciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019566712300052619:36 Northernmost occurrences of plesiosaurs and turtlessciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019566712300065420:15 A new entelodont, Entelodontellus zhouliangitandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2023.2189436?journalCode=tjsp2021:29 “mousebird-like” Eocene near-passerine birdhttps://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app010492022.html23:08 A giant raptor from the Pleistocene of southern Australialink.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-023-02055-x24:18 How well did Thylacosmilus seenature.com/articles/s42003-023-04624-525:48 Convergent mammalian flight membranesscience.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade7511#.ZCA-sQ4SnrA26:46 14.7 Million Year old fish DNA?nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30537-827:21 Essexella is a sea anemone, not a jellyfishonlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1479#.ZAkmHjeTNN027:44 Eocene giant antscambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/eocene-giant-ants-arctic-intercontinental-dispersal-and-hyperthermals-revisited-discovery-of-fossil-titanomyrma-hymenoptera-formicidae-formiciinae-in-the-cool-uplands-of-british-columbia-canada/ADDC856D2187563033374F5F1BD2E737#.ZBDENzDuorM27:56 Earliest Triassic ichthyosaur fossilscell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01990-X28:21 Allosaurus was predominantly a scavengersciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030438002200359328:28 Tres Lip Debatescience.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7877
BONK! Head Trauma in an Armored Dinosaur Raptor Chatter 2023-04-06 | It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 Tarchia was an ankylosaur from Mongolia. And at least one got some pretty significant head trauma, so significant that it was probably fatal. The paper is here! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25205
How Giant Ants Colonized the Equator Raptor Chatter 2023-04-03 | A new fossil from Canada helps to show how giant ants were able to spread from the Americas into Eurasia. It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 Read the paper here: cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/eocene-giant-ants-arctic-intercontinental-dispersal-and-hyperthermals-revisited-discovery-of-fossil-titanomyrma-hymenoptera-formicidae-formiciinae-in-the-cool-uplands-of-british-columbia-canada/ADDC856D2187563033374F5F1BD2E737#.ZBDENzDuorM
The T. rex Lip Debate is Over! Raptor Chatter 2023-04-01 | Finally, a paper looking at multiple lines of evidence regarding dinosaur lips is out, and seems pretty conclusive!Read the Paper here: science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7877It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
Leptictidium: A Strange Dawn for the Age of Mammals Raptor Chatter 2023-03-31 | Leptictidium is one of the most famous of the strange mammals diversifying after disaster. But how did it live, what was it, and why did it go extinct?It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
The Most Common Fossil from Mazon Creek isnt what Scientists Thought it Was Raptor Chatter 2023-03-27 | A new study looked at many fossils of Essexella, and found it wasn't what it was thought to have been. And that because of how it's preserved there's a few things we can learn about the environment it came from. Read the paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1479#.ZAkmHjeTNN0.twitterIt's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
The First Ichthyosaur Raptor Chatter 2023-03-19 | Read the paper here: cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01990-XIt's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74There was a new paper on the first Ichthyosaur! It's from just after the PT extinction, meaning that what we thought about Ichthyosaur evolution might be wrong, and that they may ave been around even before the most devastating extinction in history.
February 2023- Paleontology in Review Raptor Chatter 2023-03-16 | There was tons of stuff to check out in Feb. 2023. So for most of the best see it here! There's fossil turtles, dinosaurs, crocs and more!I definitely thought I had another button on done on that shirt. 00:00 It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 00:12 Rapid growth in Late Cretaceous sea turtlespeerj.com/articles/1486401:36 New species of Podocnemis tatacoensispure.urosario.edu.co/ws/portalfiles/portal/67623982/2023_Cadena_Vanegas_PodocnemisTatacoensis.pdf02:16 The First Campanian Side-Necked Turtlemdpi.com/1424-2818/15/2/28403:35 Posture in reptilesonlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joa.1383304:13 Postural diversity of mammalslink.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-023-09652-w05:40 Convergent evolution of quadrupedality in ornithischian dinosaursroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.2435#.Y9qUFX0Q2CU06:47 Chemicals in T rex bonemdpi.com/2079-7737/12/2/26407:44 Hidden lineage of giant extinct birdnature.com/articles/s41467-023-36405-308:20 New Eocene birds Tegulavis corbalani & Papulavis annasciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001669952300005009:37 Basal Anseriformes from the Early Paleogenemdpi.com/1424-2818/15/2/23310:08 Biotic factors explaining survival of notosuchiansonlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12638#.Y_UiPRP40OM11:50 A giant phytosaur from the Upper Triassic of India onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.147613:10 Aetosaurus ferratus Triassic Nurserytandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2168196#.Y-qPAbEwLNw14:40 The first dinosaurs in Chinasciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X2300045X15:51 A new giant theropod dinosaur track from yorkshirelyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/pygs2022-008#.Y-6OOK6aCKg16:33 Extinct insects hunted like predatory giraffesroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.250017:45 Mapping paleo-Köppen climatic zonessciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003101822200544219:21 Improving the relevance of paleontology to climate change policypnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.220192611920:15 The impact of field experiences in paleontology on high schooltandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10899995.2023.2175525?journalCode=ujge2021:24 A new fossil lizard- Moqisaurus pulchrumsciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019566712200227022:10 Origin of the propatagium in non-avian dinosaurslink.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-023-00204-x22:54 Pterosaur guano deposithttps://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/let.56.1.3#.Y_VFuwwuUbw24:21 A taxonomic revision of the Sinopterus complexpeerj.com/articles/1482925:51 The pterosaurs of the Cretaceous Kem Kem Grouplink.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-022-00642-626:49 Spinosaurus tooth injurysciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019566712300027727:54 Placoderm jaw evolutionroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.22145229:16 Ray-finned fish brainnature.com/articles/s41586-022-05666-130:05 Largest fossil logs of Paraphyllanthoxylonsciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019566712300034431:00 Problematic putative pachycephalosauridsjournals.library.ualberta.ca/vamp/index.php/VAMP/article/view/2938831:53 Ground Penetrating Radar to detect Fossilsmeetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-10974.html32:39 Paleo current and Precambrian "fronds"cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/frond-orientations-with-independent-current-indicators-demonstrate-the-reclining-rheotropic-mode-of-life-of-several-ediacaran-rangeomorph-taxa/E671AB583D4A1AA5C371FFDA3FDC354333:32 A modern marine lagerstätte science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf1622\34:01 Largest-known fossil penguincambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/largestknown-fossil-penguin-provides-insight-into-the-early-evolution-of-sphenisciform-body-size-and-flipper-anatomy/8D4A78B2CA0A716134F8E60169A633FD34:12 Baryonyx brainsonlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.1383734:35 Singing Ankylosaursnature.com/articles/s42003-023-04513-x35:06 Weird therapod clawsnature.com/articles/s42003-023-04552-435:33 They shrunk the Dunkmdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/318
Evolution of Cordyceps Raptor Chatter 2023-03-12 | Check out the papers yourself:An ancient fungal parasite of an ant in Baltic ambersciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878614621000799?via%3DihubEntomopathogenic fungi infecting bark licetandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21501203.2019.1706657?scroll=top&needAccess=true&role=tabOldest Fossil evidence of animal parasitism by fungisciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790308004181?via%3DihubAncient death-grip leaf scars reveal ant−fungal parasitismhttps://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/11255/paleo_Hughes_Wappler_Labandeira_2010_.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
What the Hell is Pantydraco?! Raptor Chatter 2023-03-05 | It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 Pantydraco was one of the earliest dinosaurs from a very tumultuous time in Earth's history. Punctuated by the breakup of Pangaea, Pantydraco became isolated in Wales, and became one of the smallest members of it's family of dinosaurs. What was it, and why was it so unique?
Therizinosaurs and Alverezsaurs: the Strangest Dinosaur Claws. Raptor Chatter 2023-02-26 | It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 Read the paper here! nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04552-4This paper looked at the claws of Therizinosaurs and Alverezsaurs, two of the strangest groups of theropods. And they found some expected, and some very unexpected things.
The New Dunkleosteus Raptor Chatter 2023-02-24 | A new paper is out which changes how we think of Dunkleosteus instead of a massive 30ft long apex predator it was a 12ish foot long apex predator.Read the Paper here: mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/318 It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
The Oldest Known Mesozoic Lagerstätte Raptor Chatter 2023-02-23 | New fossils show the earliest modern community after the devastation of the PT extinction, which killed 95% of life in the oceans. These fossils show rapid recovery, and some of the first evidence of what would become the modern oceans. Read the Paper here:science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf1622It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
The Gorilla-sized Penguin Raptor Chatter 2023-02-19 | New fossils from right after the KPg extinction show the largest known fossil penguin, as heavy as a gorilla! And because of that there's a few different things we can say about their evolution, and eventual decline in size. Read the paper: cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/largestknown-fossil-penguin-provides-insight-into-the-early-evolution-of-sphenisciform-body-size-and-flipper-anatomy/8D4A78B2CA0A716134F8E60169A633FD It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
The Larynx of Pinacosaurus Raptor Chatter 2023-02-17 | Read the paper here: nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04513-xIt's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74A new fossil shows that Pinacosaurus, one not closely related to birds had a bird like larynx. What does this mean for the sounds that dinosaurs made?
The Baryonyx Braincase Bombshell Raptor Chatter 2023-02-16 | It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 A new study put Baryonyx and Ceratosuchops through a micro-CT scanner to look at their braincases. And they found some interesting things in comparison to other theropods, and to other spinosaurids.
Making the Bedrock - Reproduction in the Fossil Record Raptor Chatter 2023-02-14 | It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74 Fossil animals all tired to live healthy productive lives. And some portion of that life was based around reproduction. And sometimes for the fossils, they died while doing the deed. These rare cases give us a glimpse into how reproduction evolved, or in some cases stayed remarkably similar throughout time. Frost Waltz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
January 2023- Paleontology in Review Raptor Chatter 2023-02-08 | 00:00 Join our Discord for new papers all through the month! discord.gg/tgwU4kVa7400:14 Locomotor capabilities of Euparkeria capensisroyalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.22119502:07 Cratonavis zhui- Therapod headed birdnature.com/articles/s41559-022-01921-w03:27 Iniopera feedingpnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.220785411904:25 Balaenognathus maeuseri- Baleen pterosaur link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-022-00644-405:45 Multiple pathways to herbivorycell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01919-4#.Y7W5c7TY-3M06:56 How muscular were Megaraptora anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25128#.Y8bdAwv0XWI08:36 New records of Theropoda in the Magallanes-Austral Basin, Patagoniasciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S089598112200449709:30 First Theropod Record from the Marin Bathonian of Jaisalmer Basin, Tethyan Coast of Gondwanan India https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/1830610:14 Triassic stem caecilian supports dissorophoid origin of living amphibiansnature.com/articles/s41586-022-05646-512:49 Diversity, Form, and Postembryonic Development of Paleozoic Insectsannualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-ento-120220-02263714:10 First occurrence in the fossil record of choanoflagellatesnature.com/articles/s41598-022-26972-8 14:48 Geochronology and Carbon-Isotope Stratigraphy of the Yellow Cat Member, Cedar Mountain Formationmdpi.com/2076-3263/13/2/3215:57 Isotope mystery reflects environmental conditions in a “vanished world”cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/anomalous-13c-enrichment-in-mesozoic-vertebrate-enamel-reflects-environmental-conditions-in-a-vanished-world-and-not-a-unique-dietary-physiology/7B9D3E388501EDF466FE45E7DC71EC53#.Y8GZjobDOWM17:55 Elbows in Miracinonyx - was it a cheetah or a puma?royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0483#.Y9GOEWfuQtw19:04 Phylogenetic relationships of Australopithecus sedibasciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004724842200171320:33 256 Sauropod eggsjournals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.027824220:55 Was T-Rex as smart as a baboononlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cne.2545321:27 Living Sickle Clawed Raptorbioone.org/journals/journal-of-the-arizona-nevada-academy-of-science/volume-50/issue-1/036.050.0103/Observation-of-Claw-Use-and-Feeding-Behavior-of-the-Red/10.2181/036.050.0103.short#.Y721OzxTF1c21:42 Jousting Trilobitespnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2119970120
WTH is Smok wawelski?! Raptor Chatter 2023-02-01 | It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74Smok wawelesi was the top predator of the Late Triassic in Poland. It lived alongside dinosaurs, and large land dwelling crocs called psuedosuchians. And it was probably one of these. But it's bones are weird, they show things that no psuedosuchian or dinosaur has, and also some things that only one of those group has. So what it the current science on what the hell Smok even was?
The Bird with a Raptor Toe Claw Raptor Chatter 2023-01-29 | It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74Check out the paper here! bioone.org/journals/journal-of-the-arizona-nevada-academy-of-science/volume-50/issue-1/036.050.0103/Observation-of-Claw-Use-and-Feeding-Behavior-of-the-Red/10.2181/036.050.0103.short#.Y721OzxTF1cThe red-legged seriema has a dromaeosaur-like toe claw. With so many questions about how animals like Velociraptor used their toe claws that makes the seriema the best option for trying to study their claws in the modern day.
256 Fossil Eggs Make for an Egg-cellent Discovery Raptor Chatter 2023-01-26 | It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74256 Sauropod eggs were found in India, and with so many there's a lot that we can tell about how sauropods may have laid eggs, and some of the struggles that they faced.
Why are there Trilobite Tridents? Raptor Chatter 2023-01-24 | It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74Trilobites were super successful, and some like Walliserops had tridents. But why has always been a little bit up in the air, until now. A new specimen doesn't have a trident, but a fork, and it can tell us a lot about how the tridents grew, and how they were used.
What Do We Actually Know About Dinosaur Brains? Raptor Chatter 2023-01-22 | Keep exploring at brilliant.org/raptorchatter. Get started for free, and hurry—the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.With recent papers on dinosaur brains how much do we actually know about them? There's a lot actually. Studies over the last 20 years have allowed new looks into the skulls of dinosaurs, letting researchers see the shapes and structures in the brains of dinosaurs. So the answer is actually, quite a lot. It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
New Fossils and Finds of Dec. 2022 Raptor Chatter 2023-01-19 | 00:00 There was an absolute ton of stuff this past December. Like a metric ton. So much..00:12 Microvertebrate Fauna from Gadoufaoua00:58 A Triassic Crown Squamate02:37 Dinosaur Vomit03:49 A new Early Paleogene Fossil Mammal Locality in Mongolia05:13 Faunal and stratigraphic analysis of (K-Pg) boundary event deposits08:28 Why did Mammals Survive and Dinosaurs Die?10:06 The Albian vegetation as food for Borealopelta 11:52 New Ankylosaur- Patagopelta cristata12:50 Clubbing Ankylosaurs13:52 Injuries of Allosaurus15:01 Dental microwear on therapods16:28 Was Allosaurus a scavenger?18:10 Ulughbegsaurus and new dromaeosaurid 19:21 Cambrian arthropod- Tuzoia 20:28 What did anthracotheres and entelodonts eat?21:36 Sabre-toothed teeth22:13 The problematic Chilesaurus 23:23 Forty new specimens of Ichthyornis24:54 Theropod Feet26:00 A new Confuciusornis26:48 Microraptor ate Mammals27:30 Anurognathids ate bugs mid flight28:45 How did marine reptiles move their flippers29:52 Grouping behavior in Ichthyosaurs31:30 Eurypterids chelicerae 33:25 The poles in the Silurian were 50 degress off34:37 Supersonic dinosaur tail?35:33 Natovenator, the swimming dinosaur?It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
Was Tyrannosaurus as smart as a baboon? Raptor Chatter 2023-01-10 | There was a new paper about the number of neurons in dinosaurs. And it got a lot of press attention. But what was actually in the paper? And how smart might T. rex have been? We look at the paper and try to start answering some of these questions. Read the paper here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cne.25453 It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
What the Hell was Xenokeryx?! Raptor Chatter 2023-01-09 | Keep exploring at brilliant.org/raptorchatter. Get started for free, and hurry—the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.Xenokeryx was one of the strangest mammals of the Miocene. Almost a chimera of different looks from many different animals. But what was it, how did it live, and why did it and its relatives become so successful?journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0143034 It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa74
Top Ten Paleontology Finds of 2022 Raptor Chatter 2023-01-06 | 00:00 Check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/tgwU4kVa7400:23 Tyrannosaurus Rex Species For: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-022-09561-5 Against: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11692-022-09573-102:51 Spinosaurus - All of the drama Bone Density: nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04528-0 Not Aqautic: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.25.493395v105:02 Cnidarians Auroralumina : nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01807-x First Skeleton: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.162307:30 A Triassic crown squamate science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq827408:59 Triassic shift to dinosaurs Volcanos created dinosaurs? frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.899562/full Dinosaurs were well adapted to the cold: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo6342 Mammalian endothermy: nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04963-z11:29 Plants in the Jurassic Florigerminis : lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/SP521-2021-122 Dilcherifructus mexicana : eaapublishing.org/journals/index.php/biosis/article/view/16013:04 New Thyreophoran, Jakapil kaniukura nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15535-615:13 Fukuivenator, an early thereizonosaur google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiEvtDgzrP8AhUioFsKHfrBBcMQFnoECAoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dinosaur.pref.fukui.jp%2Farchive%2Fmemoir%2Fmemoir020-001.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2ClfYwCjOSEgC9zkzFTUSd17:22 The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04446-1 18:51 Collapse of terrestrial mammal food webs science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn4012
The Best Fossil World Cup Team Raptor Chatter 2022-12-28 | Graphics by my wife and editor Danielle O'Callaghan! Check out her work! https://www.daniodesigns.art/ It's dangerous to go alone, check out our Links!Patreon: www.patreon.com/raptorchatter Twitter: www.twitter.com/raptor_chatter Redbubble: www.redbubble.com/people/RaptorChatter/shopDiscord: discord.gg/MPQ7DjxwFf This is after the World up, so congrats Argentina! And what a great final it was, but I don't think they'd stand up to the fossil 11. What do you think? and what would you do differently to make the best fossil starting 11?
