Utahraptor - Episode 34
I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast
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4.7 • 653 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2015
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Interview with Dr. Jim Kirkland, the paleontologist who named Utahraptor ostrommaysorum, a dromaeosaur (or raptor) with nine-inch claws. Also, dinosaur of the day Utahraptor, the largest raptor known (same size as the Velociraptors in Jurassic Park) and dinosaur news, including new dinosaur discovery Wendiceratops, evidence of a large carnivorous theropod in Japan, a possible nesting ground in Japan, and more.
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| 0:17.0 | Music now. |
| 0:32.8 | Hello and welcome to I know Dino. |
| 0:33.7 | I'm Garrett. |
| 0:34.6 | And I'm Sabrina. |
| 0:40.7 | And today we have an interview with Dr. Jim Kirkland, a discussion about Utah Raptor Ostromesorum, and some dinosaur news. |
| 0:43.3 | First in the news is an article that was published in the journal Plus One titled |
| 0:47.1 | Cradial Anatomy of Wendiceratops Pinhorninensis, a centrosaurincerotopsid from dinosaur ornithicia, from the Old Man Formation, Campanian, Alberta, Canada, and the evolution of serotopsid nasal ornamentation. |
| 1:05.5 | It was published by David Evans and Michael Ray, who are both paleontologists in Canada, and discovered by a fossil |
| 1:13.1 | hunter named Wendy Slobata. |
| 1:15.3 | It's named Wendiceratops Pinhornensis, and that's obviously after Wendy, who discovered it. |
| 1:22.2 | It was discovered by her while she was fossil hunting in Alberta, Canada. And in an interview with CNN, she said that |
| 1:29.2 | she has been fossil hunting and taking photos for paleontologists for many years. She often goes |
| 1:34.3 | fossil hunting solo, and that was the case when she found this fossil. So later, she led |
| 1:39.8 | paleontologist Michael Ray and David Evans to the site, and they excavated many remaining bones. |
| 1:45.8 | As I mentioned, they named the species after Wendy, and the species name refers to |
| 1:51.2 | Pinhorn Provincial Grazing Reserve, where she found it. |
| 1:55.6 | David Evans says that she has earned having a dinosaur named after her because she is, quote, |
| 2:01.7 | easily one of the very best dinosaur hunters in the world. |
| 2:05.1 | Apparently, Wendy has found so many dinosaur fossils that she has lost count, but it is |
| 2:10.1 | certainly over a thousand. She has also been to several of the dinosaur hotspots, |
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