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thegeekgroup.org - You've heard of Brachiosaurus, but is the dinosaur you're picturing actually that genus? Steven takes a look at the giant African high-browser, Giraffatitan. Like our videos? Consider supporting them through Patreon! patreon.com/thegeekgroup
Video Links:
1:30 biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23141903
1:52 babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015061972488;view=1up;seq=16
2:10 books.google.com/books?id=PXc6AQAAIAAJ&ots=sSsoGPsgGj&dq=richard%20lull%201919%20brachiosaurus&lr&pg=PA41#v=onepage&q&f=false
2:17 svpow.com/2014/11/14/how-did-the-horrible-yale-brontosaurus-skull-come-to-be
2:25 gspauldino.com/HunteriaBrachio.pdf
2:48 miketaylor.org.uk/dino/pubs/taylor2009/Taylor2009-brachiosaurus-and-giraffatitan.pdf
2:58 svpow.com/2009/09/09/brachiosaurus-brancai-is-not-brachiosaurus
3:13 biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3848.1.1
3:29 miketaylor.org.uk/dino/pubs/taylor2009/Taylor2009-brachiosaurus-and-giraffatitan.pdf
4:34 serengeti photo
by user Haplochromis
CC BY 3.0 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Serengeti_in_Arusha_NP.JPG
bison photo
by user Yunner
CC BY 3.0 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_fight_in_Grand_Teton_NP.jpg
6:19 svpow.com/2014/06/09/how-heavy-was-giraffatitan-brancai-i-mean-really
6:30 sauroposeidon.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/wedel-2009-air-sacs.pdf
6:42 Taylor & Wedel 2013 necks peerj.com/articles/36
6:49 svpow.com/2014/09/22/wheelbarrow-handles-for-vertebrae-the-cervical-rib-bundles-of-sauroposeidon-and-other-sauropods
7:05 journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0078573
11:16 svpow.com/2014/02/10/giraffatitan-skull-photos
13:38 thegeekgroup.org
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thegeekgroup.org - You've heard of Brachiosaurus, but is the dinosaur you're picturing actually that genus? Steven takes a look at the giant African high-browser, Giraffatitan. Like our videos? Consider supporting them through Patreon! patreon.com/thegeekgroup
Video Links:
1:30 biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23141903
1:52 babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015061972488;view=1up;seq=16
2:10 books.google.com/books?id=PXc6AQAAIAAJ&ots=sSsoGPsgGj&dq=richard%20lull%201919%20brachiosaurus&lr&pg=PA41#v=onepage&q&f=false
2:17 svpow.com/2014/11/14/how-did-the-horrible-yale-brontosaurus-skull-come-to-be
2:25 gspauldino.com/HunteriaBrachio.pdf
2:48 miketaylor.org.uk/dino/pubs/taylor2009/Taylor2009-brachiosaurus-and-giraffatitan.pdf
2:58 svpow.com/2009/09/09/brachiosaurus-brancai-is-not-brachiosaurus
3:13 biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3848.1.1
3:29 miketaylor.org.uk/dino/pubs/taylor2009/Taylor2009-brachiosaurus-and-giraffatitan.pdf
4:34 serengeti photo
by user Haplochromis
CC BY 3.0 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Serengeti_in_Arusha_NP.JPG
bison photo
by user Yunner
CC BY 3.0 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bison_fight_in_Grand_Teton_NP.jpg
6:19 svpow.com/2014/06/09/how-heavy-was-giraffatitan-brancai-i-mean-really
6:30 sauroposeidon.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/wedel-2009-air-sacs.pdf
6:42 Taylor & Wedel 2013 necks peerj.com/articles/36
6:49 svpow.com/2014/09/22/wheelbarrow-handles-for-vertebrae-the-cervical-rib-bundles-of-sauroposeidon-and-other-sauropods
7:05 journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0078573
11:16 svpow.com/2014/02/10/giraffatitan-skull-photos
13:38 thegeekgroup.org
If you would like to send in a dinosaur for Steve to look at, please ship it to this address:
Steven Bellettini
c/o: The Geek Group
902 NW Leonard Street
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Subscribe for more dinos, explosions, science videos, and general geek related awesomeness.
Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, The Geek Group provides access to science, technology, engineering and math by developing programming and facilities for individuals and institutions to learn, explore, innovate and play at an independent pace according to their needs. The Geek Group has many thousands of members scattered across the globe, in every state in the US and one hundred and forty-two countries. Come help us build Awesome!
