Episode 346 Heterodontosaurus had a unique breathing style

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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 July 14, 2021. Subscribe to I Know Dino in your podcast app to get every new episode right when it's published. • • In dinosaur news this week: A new Heterodontosaurus shows the first full set of gastralia ever found on an Ornithischian; Triassic fossils were found in a new creek bed site in Virginia ; A new cretaceous ornithopod vertebra was found in Oregon; Roper Mountain Science Center in South Carolina has an exhibit called Be The Dinosaur this summer; A Triceratops replica is on display at the Waynesboro, Virginia Public Library; Dinny the 110 tonne Brontosaurus at the Calgary Zoo is getting repaired; The Science Museum of Minnesota is working on getting Minnesota an official state fossil • • This week's dinosaur of the day is Abydosaurus • Brachiosaurid sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Utah, United States (Cedar Mountain Formation) • Sauropod, so had a small head, long neck and tail, and large body (walked on four, columnar legs) • In 2012, Thomas Holtz estimated Abydosaurus to be about 60 ft (18.3 m) long • Holotype is DINO 16488, and includes a nearly complete skull, lower jaws, and the first four neck vertebrae • Found about 1200 ft away from the Carnegie Quarry (Late Jurassic ) • BYU students and faculty used jackhammers and concrete saws to excavate, and at one point a crew came in and used explosives to blast away some of the rock (it was embedded in tough sandstone) • Lots of skulls found (4) • All four skulls were from juveniles • First time a complete sauropod skull from the Cretaceous has been found in the Western Hemisphere (the Americas) • At the time Abydosaurus was found, only 8 complete skulls from 120 known species had been found • Other fossils found (from three other specimens) include partial skulls, a partial hip, tail vertebrae, shoulder blade, some arm and hand bones • Named in 2010 by Daniel Chure and others • Type species is Abydosaurus mcintoshi • Genus name means Abydos lizard • Genus name refers to the town Abydos, the Greek name for the city now known as El Araba el Madfuna. It was where the head and neck of Osiris, the Egyptian god of life, death, and fertility, was buried, overlooking the Nile River, and the name alludes to the fact that the skull and neck was found in a quarry overlooking the Green River • … • read more at https://iknowdino.com/Abydosaurus-Epi... on your smartphone to get it early. Learn how at https://iknowdino.com/subscribe-podcast/ • • I Know Dino: The big dinosaur #podcast. #News, interviews, and discussions about #dinosaurs. Are you a dinosaur enthusiast? • • To learn more about dinosaurs and I Know Dino, connect with us on the following sites: • Facebook: / iknowdino • Twitter: / iknowdino • Tumblr: / iknowdino • Pinterest: / dinosauria • LinkedIn: / i-know-dino • Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list... • Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i... • Sound Cloud: / iknowdino • Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/i-kn... • • For more I Know Dino videos, subscribe to our YouTube channel at / @iknowdino

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