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A Late Cretaceous Asian Hadrosaur

Started by Recusant, April 29, 2021, 07:35:24 AM

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Recusant

I sometimes carry a small plastic toy hadrosaur in my pocket. It's a trade item, to place in a geocache if the whim strikes me. Right now I'm carrying a triceratops, but I have a fondness for hadrosaurs. That's my excuse for making a hadrosaur thread. Below, an image of time-travelling hadrosaurs. ;D

"SMU [Southern Methodist University] and Japanese paleontologists find second hadrosaurid species" | SMU Research

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This artist's illustration of Yamatosaurus izanagii (center) represents its ancestry to more advanced hadrosaurs (in the background).  Artwork by Masato Hattori.




An international team of paleontologists has identified a new genus and species of hadrosaur or duck-billed dinosaur, Yamatosaurus izanagii, on one of Japan's southern islands.

The fossilized discovery yields new information about hadrosaur migration, suggesting that the herbivores migrated from Asia to North America instead of vice versa. The discovery also illustrates an evolutionary step as the giant creatures evolved from walking upright to walking on all fours. Most of all, the discovery provides new information and asks new questions about dinosaurs in Japan.

The research, "A New Basal Hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) From the latest Cretaceous Kita-ama Formation in Japan implies the origin of Hadrosaurids," was recently published in Scientific Reports. Authors include Yoshitsugu Kobayashi of Hokkaido University Museum, Ryuji Takasaki of Okayama University of Science, Katsuhiro Kubota of Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo and Anthony R. Fiorillo of Southern Methodist University.

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hermes2015

They are gorgeous.

I was wondering what the root hadro meant and came across this useful link:

https://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/allabout/Nameroots.shtml
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Tank

Would love to see a herd of those for real.
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Icarus

They look a little bit like my Mother In Law.

Tank

Quote from: Icarus on May 13, 2021, 01:33:35 AM
They look a little bit like my Mother In Law.

You have a Mother in Law!
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Icarus