NEW SOUTH AMERICAN SUPER PREDATOR!!! Paleontologists Chat
In this very special episode, the Crew sit down with fellow paleontologists Mateus Costa Santos and Felipe Pinheiro to discuss their paper on a gorgeous new specimen of a fascinating permian predator. Meet Pampaphoneus, the largest predator from South America before the dinosaurs. This ferocious dinocephalian boasts a double row of razor sharp teeth, giant fangs and the size to back it up. Not only impressive for its size and power, Pampaphoneus was the only member of its family known from South America. What does this animal tell us about the paleontology of Brazil? Watch and find out!
Cranial osteology of the Brazilian dinocephalian Pampaphoneus biccai (Anteosauridae: Syodontinae)
Mateus A. Costa Santos, Voltaire D. Paes Neto, Cesar L. Schultz, Juan Cisneros,
Stephanie E. Pierce, and Felipe L. Pinheiro
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00:00 Intros and Commiseration
02:51 He's got All the -lexias
11:07 How phuzzy was a Pampaphoneus?
21:52 I bet you weren't expecting to learn about so much about teeth today
36:14 Unstoppable Force (a Train) vs. an Immovable Object (a Dinocephalian)
45:18 Better to see you with
53:55 Social media plug & huge THANK YOU to patrons!!
Image Credits:
Tiarajudens cranium by Juan Carlos Cisneros, Fernando Abdala, Tea Jashashvill, Ana de Oliveira Bueno, Paula Dentzien-Dias CC BY 4.0
Pampaphoneus holotype skull by Juan Carlos Cisneros CC BY 4.0
Estemmenosuchus Tyrrell by Roland Tanglao CC BY 2.0
A, Lifestyle of R. procurvidens in its burrow. B–D, Head of R. procurvidens in lateral view showing the skull (C) and the brain endocast (D). Art by Márcio L. Castro.
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