Episode 487 Strongtailed ornithopod and strongarmed enantiornithine

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Thank you so much to all our patrons! Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. • • This episode was originally published on March 27, 2024. Subscribe to I Know Dino in your podcast app to get every new episode right when it's published. • • In dinosaur news this week: There’s a new ornithopod, Chakisaurus nekul, which was much smaller than the titanosaurs that surrounded it in what is now Argentina; A new dinosaur, Imparavis attenboroughi, is a rare toothless enantiornithine that also likely had very powerful wings; A man out walking his dog found a nearly complete 70-million-year-old titanosaur; Fossils at Lightning Ridge, Australia took their sweet time to opalize; Really exceptional fossil sites (lagerstätten) are important, but they can influence our understanding of biodiversity and development on a global scale • • This week's dinosaur of the day is Zanclodon • Archosauriform that lived in the Middle Triassic (around 242 to 237 mya) in what is now Germany (Erfurt Formation) • At one point thought to be a theropod (why we're covering it as a dino of the day), but now considered to be an indeterminate archosauriform • Only know its jaw with teeth, so hard to say what it looked like exactly • Paleoart looks similar to Megalosaurus (jaw full of sharp teeth, walked on two legs) • Large, predatory archosaur • Fossil found is a maxilla (jawbone) with teeth, that was found in the Gaildorf Alumn Mine • Specifically, a left maxilla with five slightly recurved teeth • Other fossils attributed to Zanclodon by the person who named Zanclodon but they've been lost • Another fossil assigned to Zanclodon is a loose germ tooth (a tooth that was forming) • Teeth are not serrated (considered to be its unique feature) • For a while, was a wastebasket taxon • Now, type and only species is Zanclodon laevis • Genus name means scythe tooth or sickle tooth • Originally named Smilodon in 1846 by Plieninger, but Smilodon was already being used for the saber-toothed cat • In 1847, got the replacement name Zanclodon • … • read more at https://iknowdino.com/Zanclodon-Episo... Know Dino: The big #dinosaurpodcast. News, interviews, and discussions about #dinosaurs and dinosaur #science.

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