Episode 69 - Ankylosaurs

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2019

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

It’s dinosaur time again! This episode, the spotlight is on the “living tanks” of the Mesozoic, the armored ankylosaurs. These impressive creatures were covered head to tail in dazzling armor that puts most other fortified animals to shame. We’ll discuss what exactly they may have been doing with that armor and how they fit into dinosaur-filled ecosystems. Oh, and we’ll talk about those tail clubs, too. In the news: shark-bitten whales, an early hominin skull, “killer” claws, and pterosaur poop. Time markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:04:30Main discussion: 00:32:00Mid-discussion break: 01:01:00Patron question: 01:40:00 Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ The Common Descent Store is open! Get merch! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Follow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast/PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org. Muscial Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:19.0	Hello, Will. Hello, David.
0:21.6	Hello, listeners.
0:23.5	Welcome to episode 69 of the Common Descent Podcast.
0:28.1	Hi!
0:29.1	Today's episode, our topic, we're back on dinosaurs.
0:32.8	Yeah.
0:33.7	Specifically, Ankylosaur.
0:36.6	Really cool dinosaurs.
0:38.3	The armored dinosaurs.
0:40.3	These are top-tier dinosaurs.
0:42.7	These are the tank dinosaurs.
0:44.7	This is the tank of the dinosaurs.
0:46.4	These are the ones that are covered in osteoderm, like knobs and bumps and spikes and all sorts of cool stuff.
0:53.8	As we have with other groups of animals in the past, particularly with other groups of dinosaurs,
0:59.1	we'll talk a bunch about what makes an Ankylosaur and Ankylosaur,
1:03.1	where they fit in the brand dinosaur family tree and the dinosaur timeline.
1:08.0	We'll talk a bit about what we know about their lifestyle.
1:12.3	What are the famous Ankylosaurs? And, of course, we will spend some time talking about what is known about their
1:18.5	famous armor and weaponry. Absolutely. Because how could you not? I mean, seriously, it's
1:24.3	the thing that makes them stand out. This subject was requested, or rather inspired by a series of requests by Mark, Josh, and Jonathan.
1:35.8	Thanks.
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