The Dinosource
The bare-bones dinosaur edu-tainment podcast! Join your hosts David and Michaela in their journey of dinosaur discovery, starting with the very basics and moving on to the latest dino digs.
The Dinosource
031 - Dinosaur Vision (Sinosauropteryx and Tupandactylus)
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The Dinosource Podcast
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Episode 31
Featured Creatures - Quick Links
- Sinosauropteryx’s Wikipedia page
- Tupandactylus’ Wikipedia page
- Tupandactylus looking very polite, at least in David’s opinion
- The extremely cursed T. rex skull from Stevens, 2006
References
- Stevens, 2006; the paper with the cursed T. rex, and also some thoughts on bird head-bobbing
- Koschowitz et al, 2014; discusses the idea that dinosaur vision was a contributing factor to feather evolution
- Hall, 2008; sclerotic ring size alone doesn’t predict nocturnality, you also need orbit depth
- Schmitz and Motani, 2011; hey guys look we predict nocturnality based on sclerotic ring size alone
- Hall et al, 2011; you absolute numpties
Other Links
- Apologies, but it seems like Adam Savage’s “raptor” build has been removed from YouTube
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