Episode 189 - Dromaeosaurs

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

Science, Education, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2024

⏱️ 154 minutes

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Summary

This group of predatory dinosaurs includes such famous names as Deinonychus, Microraptor, and Velociraptor, and they’re among the most well-studied and popular dinosaurs of all time. This episode, we’ll discuss what sets these dinosaurs apart, as well the much-discussed and -debated questions surrounding their relationships to birds, their distinctive claws and wings, and their hunting strategies. In the news: ant-mimic spiders, fishapod spinal column, early dinosaur growth, and a fossil tapeworm. Time markers:Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:05:20Main discussion, Part 1: 00:33:00Main discussion, Part 2: 01:13:50Patron question: 02:22:05 Check out our website for this episode’s blog post and more: http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Links mentioned in the announcements:Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: https://www.pcrf.net/ Jewish Voice For Peace: https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/take-action/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Got a topic you want to hear about? Submit your episode request here: https://commondescentpodcast.com/request-a-topic/ Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:19.2	Hello, Will.
0:20.3	Hello, David. Hello, David.
0:21.0	Hello, everybody out there, and welcome to episode 189 of the Common Descent podcast.
0:27.6	This episode, our topic, back to dinosaurs, this time, Dromiosaurus.
0:33.5	Yeah.
0:34.4	This is an extremely famous and well-studied group of dinosaurs.
0:38.3	These are the quote, raptor dinosaurs, the group that includes your Dynonicus and your
0:43.0	Velociraptor and your Utah Raptor, and all of those, very cool dinosaurs that became
0:48.4	just immensely more famous about 30 years ago.
0:51.3	Yep, roughly.
0:52.3	For some reason. Like with our other dinosaur episodes, we will explore what is special about this group,
0:58.5	what makes them distinct from other dinosaurs, what do we understand about their evolutionary
1:03.1	history and relationships, and we'll talk about some of the features of their biology and
1:09.0	behavior that we either know quite a bit about or that
1:12.0	we like to argue quite a bit about and explore the science of dromeosaurs.
1:16.4	I'm very excited.
1:17.5	This is just such a cool group.
1:19.5	They're a very cool group of dinosaurs.
1:21.0	And a lot of people have been waiting a long time for us to do this episode.
1:25.0	Every episode of this podcast is a requested topic. This happens to be,
1:31.0	to date, the most requested episode topic. New record. This topic was requested and has been
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