PANIC! AT THE LYSTRO | Paleontologists rank LYSTROSAURUS in Jurassic World: Evolution 2!
We're reaching levels of derpy cuteness that should be impossible. Folks, we might need to call in an expert to help us handle this one. This is Lystrosaurus, an adorable little pig/lizard potato that apparently was specifically designed to survive the most inhospitable conditions ever seen on the planet. Like a big tusked tardigrade. As this guy is a synapsid and not a reptile, we've brought on a special guest to help up make sense of this ultimate lifeform. Hady George just recently published a paper on the dicynodont Gordonia, and knows quite a bit about these underappreciated weirdos. Join the Crew as we learn about the evolution of dicynodonts, the most horrific mass extinction that the world has ever seen, and if this cute fella could actually take out an Oviraptor.
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00:00:00 Intros (ft. Special Guest!)
00:07:24 What do Dicynodon and Poughkeepsie have in common?
00:17:18 the Meat Spud
00:26:37 Lystrosaurus double-dog dares you to lick the pole
00:34:25 Has the Shovel Pug dug Wall Drug?
00:51:18 Lystrosaurus and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Days
01:03:49 moon’s haunted (this kills the biosphere)
01:31:06 Valid to Eat Fingers
01:48:08 RANKING
01:55:08 SPIN! THAT!! WHEEL!!!
01:56:08 Outro & huge THANK YOU to patrons!
Image credits:
Gordonia traquairi restoration and skull by Scott Reid CC BY 4.0
Biseridens qilianicus by Dmitry Bogdanov CC BY 3.0
Myosaurus by Mojcaj CC BY SA 3.0
Hudson River Palisades seen from 187th Street by Beyond My Ken CC BY SA 4.0
Alae lava cascade 5 august 1969 by USGS Public Domain
Dinodontosaurus1DB by Dmitry Bogdanov CC BY 3.0
Nowitna river by Oliver Kurmis CC BY SA 2.0
OxbowAnimation by Alex Theodossiou CC BY SA 3.0
Kawingasaurus fossilis by Ghedoghedo CC BY SA 3.0
Rhachiocephalus indet. sp indet by National Museum of Natural History CC BY 0
Gfp-placerias-skeleton by Yinan Chen Public Domain
Life restoration of Lisowicia bojani (Szymon Górnicki) by Szymon Górnicki CC BY SA 4.0
Lisowicia Size Comparison by SlvrHwk CC BY SA 4.0
Suminia by Petr Menshikov CC BY SA 4.0
Placerias hesternus by Petrified Forest CC BY SA 2.0
Inostrancevia A6 digital by Alex Uchytel CC BY SA 4.0
Proburnetia viatkensis by DiBgd CC BY SA 3.0
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