Alvarezsaurus - Episode 46
I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast
I KNOW DINO, LLC
4.7 • 653 Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2015
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Dinosaur news, including new species Dakotadon lakotaensis, melanosomes that can indicate the colors of dinosaurs, dinosaur videos, and more. Also, dinosaur of the day Alvarezsaurus, a cute, feathery dinosaur.
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| 0:19.1 | Hello and welcome to I Know Dino, the Big Dinosaur podcast, where we cover news, |
| 0:26.3 | interviews and discussions of all things Dinosaur. Hello and welcome to I Know Dino. I'm |
| 0:33.0 | Garrett. And I'm Sabrina. And today we'll be talking about Alvoressaurus and some dinosaur news. |
| 0:39.0 | But just quickly before the news, thanks to all our Patreon donors. |
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| 1:00.1 | Yep. |
| 1:00.5 | First in the news is an article titled Chemical Experimental and Morphological Evidence |
| 1:07.0 | for Diogenetically Alteredin in exceptionally preserved fossils. |
| 1:13.3 | It was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Caitlin |
| 1:17.8 | Colliery and many others, including the original author, Dr. Jacob Vintzer, of the 2008 study |
| 1:25.1 | we mentioned last time in episode 41, |
| 1:28.3 | which discussed melanosomes in the fossil record for the first time. |
| 1:32.4 | He was a senior author on this paper. |
| 1:35.1 | So this paper had very similar results to the paper we talked about back in episode 41, |
| 1:40.5 | and the authors say that they, quote, |
| 1:48.1 | show that melanin is preserved in a number of soft-bodied fossils, but it's burial under high pressure and temperature for millions of years after its original chemistry. |
| 1:54.6 | End quote. |
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