THE SMALLEST DINOSAUR?! | Paleontologists rank COMPSOGNATHUS in Jurassic World Evolution 2
Join us this week as we take a look at the semi-aquatic, paddle handed comsog...oh wait, it isn't 1972. This week we're looking at the decidedly terrestrial theropod Compsognathus! Only recently dethroned as the smallest (extinct, yes we know about hummingbirds) dinosaur, and even more recently dethroned as the smallest dinosaur in the game, Compsognathus has long had a place in the public eye. But what do we know about it? What did it eat and where did it live? And given some recent publications, what do we think about where it belongs on the dinosaur family tree? Well we do some real time science to try to find out!!
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00:00:00 Intros
00:05:19 Was this Varmint Wet? (Isn't Nature Amazing, part 2)
00:22:53 Whose neighborhood were they terrorizing?
00:34:44 the Rat
00:40:43 Enough Silliness, Time for Science (Phylogenum - but phor real)
01:01:40 Looks like a Baby, Quacks like a Baby - but is it a Baby?
01:25:05 RANKING
01:37:59 SPIN! THAT!! WHEEL!!!
01:39:10 Outro & huge THANK YOU to patrons!
Image Credits:
French Compy specimen (MNHN CNJ 79): Amelia Zietlow
Flippered Compy illustration: “The evolution and ecology of the Dinosaurs” by L.B. Halstead, illustrated by Giovanni Caselli
French Compy specimen (MNHN CNJ 79) (second photo): Ghedoghedo, CC BY 3.0
Solnhofen jellyfish: Amelia Zietlow
Juravenator illustration: Tom Parker, CC BY 4.0
Polytomy example from Fig. 32 of Napoli et al., 2021
Allosaurus jimmadseni skull diagram: From fig. 4 of Chure and Loewen, 2020 (CC BY 4.0)
Compsognathus longipes skull diagram: From fig. 4 of Peyer, 2006
Compsognathus longipes hindlimb diagram: From fig. 10 of Peyer, 2006
Vertebra diagram: Slate Weasel, public domain
Compsognathus longipes pelvis diagram: From fig. 7 of Peyer, 2006
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