Cryodrakon the ‘Frozen Dragon’ of the North
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- In Canada their once lived a giant flying pterosaur called cryodrakon. The fossils from this creature have actually been known from Canada since the 70s but they were mistaken for quetzalcoatlus. Only last year these fossils were re examined and it was found to be a unique animal that was new to science
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Who made the great and weird decision of making the cryodrakon look like a canadian flag??
I was thinking the exact same thing!
Either Ricky or Julian
He is a patriotic Pterosaur!
*It being smaller than a Human is disappointing - I thought flying Dinosaurs were supposed to be huge.*
@@Princess2Warrior 1. Not a dinosaur. 2. Actually pretty huge for a flying creature.
*Sees Canadian flag on the back of this flying reptile* "Most Canadian pterosaur ever."
Only if it like to always apologise and say aboot 😜😜😜
I like the pattern and also the pterosaur body color, white with red tips.
@@enriqueramirez0615 it's a good color scheme, Pridak wore it well.
It's a very good design.
Thats what was thinking! Frozen dragon of the north.. CANADA!
“Frozen dragon of the north winds” sounds like a boss in some fantasy video game.
That looks like a pokemon and you like pokemon don't you?
"Cryodrakon" definitely sounds like a fantasy video game boss
@@mysteryman9641 More like something from Monster Hunter.
@@mr.spider6859 tbh I said that from the first picture, looks like something from alien vs predator.
Sounds like something out of Skyrim.
I love how the drawing of the flying Cyrodraken ( at 0:05) has a maple leaf in its back, making it look like the flag of Canada! Super cool, considering it was found in Canada. Props to the artist!
I saw that too!
Yeah, that made me laugh! Was going to make the same comment but you're too fast!
Sort of an inverse Canadian flag, though: a red maple leaf on a white field.
It's nice that a bit of artistic license is being employed, for sure.
@@stegotyranno4206 Lovely touch, not at all intrusive :)
Ah yes... the first Canadians.
Lol
So they would have said “Look out eh.” Long before Canada geese did lol
Same mouths
I remember those old days
🤣
Pterosaurs on land are just the weirdest looking things
So true. Part of me wishes it was possible to see one in person. Then the rest of me realizes this would likely be a very bad idea!
Almost doesn't look real. But most dinosaur remains look like a prank animal.
UWO's
Unidentified Walking Object
@@MichaelDeHaven the last thing you ever saw haha
Beaked giraffes fused with tent flaps and a taste for blood. Nature is beautiful
"It was even suggested that the species' name should be Cryodrakon viserion, after one of the dragon of Game of Thrones, but eventually boreas , or north winds, was settled upon."
Paleontologists hate GoT season 8.
I'm glad.
I'm glad they didn't name it after GoT, it's far better to give an animal species a timeless name than something out of pop-culture.
@@blondbraid7986 : I disagree. "Boreas" is so generic and clichéd and boring. I would rather have it named for a creature in an obscure story (past or present) that no one remembers. That's way more interesting.
@@SpectrumDT Hell no
@@SpectrumDT Fortunately you weren't asked in this instance.
My favorite description of Azhdarchids remains "Giant Prehistoric Death Storks".
I can honestly appreciate the amount of research and studying that goes into these videos, it’s insane.
Wow they found a new giant pterosaur in upper North America, I wonder what it looked like?
Some random person: Canada
2:57 I just realized, the red and white patterning on it, looks a lot like our Canadian Maple leaf flag.
Most canadian pterasaur.
its intentional on the part of the artist :)
Hmm. A video about a Canadian azhdarchid, portrayed with a red maple leaf on its back, premiers the day after Canada Day. Coincidence? ... yeah probably.
I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE ANCIENT PEOPLE HAD SEEN THESE BONES AND DECIDED, 'DRAGON. IT IS REAL.'
My man you spelled CRYOCRYODRAKON, one CRYO to spare
@Pleoryo damn, you mad corny
@Pleoryo hahahaha!
I lost a life long pet last month and your videos are one of the only things that help me focus and sleep. I love these videos and the content and your voice is very soothing. Thank you so much for making them.
I would like to see a video of where and when exactly hair and feathers originated. In the Triassic, reptiles had already developed hair and feather like structures, even before the first dinosaurs appeared on earth. I think reptiles may have already evolved hair in the Permian period, when mammal-like reptiles were dominating Pangea. I've been researching this topic a lot lately.
“Known for being mostly head and neck” 😂
We probably also found Cryodrakon fossils in Montana's Two Medicine Formation, which is very close in both time and proximity to the Dinosaur Park Formation (Mid-Late Campanian), and shares some of the same dinosaur taxa. Fossils of these large azhdarchids (the biggest of the specimens having an estimated wingspan of 8 meters) were historically also lumped into Quetzalcoatlus, but likely represent Cryodrakon.
Cryodrakon may just be the most badass sounding pterosaur name I've heard
I love how cryodrakon carries the Canadian flag on its back, when mammals were still rodent-sized.
So dinosaurs and humans did coexist! Creationists are right! (2:46 some campers in the woodline on its left, a the height of his back.)
brb im gonna go convert
Pterosaurs are not dinosaurs.
They were reptiles but not dinosaurs.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If you want a human-coexisting dinosaur, look at a bird.
Now that's all I can see...
Explain
One of the coolest names they gave to an animal
"Quetzalcoatlus sp." literally means "Quetzalcoatlus species", it's not the name of any particular, smaller species of Quetzalcoatlus lol
And spp. would be used when describing several species.
LOL
Whomever written the script of this video likely never had a college biology class. Most people don't know what sp. means
Sometimes it can be used to denote a species that hasn't been formally identified. :) It's incorrect, but sometimes this nomenclature is used.
"sp." can be used as a label for a specimen that has not yet been formally described and has only been assigned to a genus. Until the Quetzalcoatlus specimen is formally described, the species can be referred to by "Q. sp." So he's not wrong, but he should have been more clear
The abbreviation "sp." indicates an unknown or unidentified species. For example, if a fossil can be identified as a big cat, but is too fragmentary to identify which big cat species it came from, it would be labeled "Panthera sp." The specimen labeled Quetzalcoatlus sp. was anatomically similar enough to Quetzalcoatlus northropi to be placed in Quetzalcoatlus, but smaller. This could be because it was a smaller species, but it could also be a juvenile, a small individual, sexual dimorphism, or something else.
is 'sp.' then pronounced as 'species' in speech?
Honestly such a cool name for a prehistoric animal, usually it's something boring like being named after the geographical region a fossil was found in.
Yeah, Albertosaurus isn't a very attractive name
@@alvarosoares3530 Getting killed by something called albert would be pretty lame
I love how it has a huge maple leaf patch in it's back, lol
They look so top-heavy. I’d be stunned if I saw a giant living creature like that fly.
I came across your channel last night; your videos are so good and you deserve way more views
"mostly head and neck" I dont know why that made me laugh so much, I mean we all thought it but we dont say it !
Can you make more videos about evolution of species in one habitat like the Madagascar episode? That was my favourite video and I would love to see more like that. Also this video was awesome
1:18
Chemistry question: What temperature of absolute *chad* do you need to achieve to call this thing *"Frosty-Frost Dragon"?*
How could this thing fly without nosediving into the ground? I appreciate that it was lightly built, but how did it manage to get it's centre of gravity between it's wings ?
They used a catapult like technique that mainly used their front limbs. Similar to what vampire bats do.
I hope in 50 years time, the pterosaur-shape/body-plan is what we think of as one of the types of dragons in fantasy stories.
Wyverns are very close in shape, and physical attributes to pterosaur remains.
That would be awesome to see!
Hi moth light media! It would be absolutley brilliant if you could consider doing a video about the evolution of ratites, and their flighted ancestors.
I love seeing this channel grow it definitely deserves all the attention it gets
I would like to point out that the badlands of Alberta are not really that "icy". They are at about the same latitude as London and temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius are not uncommon in the summer.
Uh, are you referring to present day climate? The climate was different millions of years ago. 😅
@sorryifoldcomment8596 No, he means that people think it's much colder today than it really is. And in the late cretaceous it was a lot warmer.
Oh hey, there’s my art in the thumbnail! Cool
Good that they didn't stick with C. viserion. Imagine: as a reward for their bad, lazy writing, the rich kids Benioff and Weiss had a pterosaur named after their derivative work. A story that befits this year 2020.
Wow, more than a year after GoT ended and the salt is still being mined.
A testament to the fact that some screw-ups stick with you permanently.
@@AztecJester93 You mean the salt is still in our wounds
Dumb and Dumber didnt come up with the name tho.
Frozen Dragon of the North Winds? I guess someone's a fan of anime 😂
You are already dead.
Yu-Gi-Oh
Idk for some reason it reminded me of Fist of the North Star. A better anime in my opinion, but 4kids is how I was introduced to Yu-Gi-Oh.
Skyrim*
"DOVAHKIIN! DRAGON OF THE NORTH!"
Alternatively (or I suppose additionally to the "smaller prey" theory), these animals could've fed like gigantic pelicans. They would snap up a large prey and digest them slowly in an expandable gullet. This would explain the preference for larger size, especially as regards neck length, as well as the tendency to spend a significant portion of time on the ground.
They were not really suited to any type of skim feeding or diving.
Pelicans are pretty clumsy on land.
Hey! I live in Alberta! Specifically, Edmonton.
And that is the coolest name for a dinosaur ever!
I'm live in Edmonton Alberta also!
Very strange coincidence that, according to the artist, the animal that soared over Canada millions of years ago had colors and patterning identical to the modern Canadian flag! ;-)
2:55 That’s clever that they made it have a maple leaf pattern on its back.
Due to Appalachia being home to only 2 mid sized Tyrannosauroids, whilst North American Tyrannosauridae lived in Laramidia, it’s possible it flew into Appalachia and was an apex predator like Hatzegopteryx was in europe over Hateg Island and Ibero-Armorican Island filling and empty niche.
Hearing it pronounced as "Kwetzalcoatlus" brings me physical pain. Still good video, that's my only gripe
wait, alberta actually got a significant prehistoric discovery? My day has just been made
Happy Canada Day to all of our northern brethren!
You have no idea how much I wanted to see the tracks
Okay, who was the artist that decided to make it look like the Canadian flag? Genius!
Legend said if you are this early, Mr. Moth will give you a thump ups.
Edit: that Canadian symbol though.
nice save lmao
CF-001 Cryodrakon
0:46 is that a Canadian flag. Did you put a Canadian flag on the cyrodrakon because it was in the north
That is really silly, but after learning about smiley face spiders I won’t say it is impossible that something could evolve a Canadian flag pattern.
@@zobblewobble1770 And even better: as I mentioned, historically, it should have displayed an early Canadian flag, which didn't show a maple leaf but rather showed a Union Jack in the upper left corner.... Much like the first Australian or New Zealand flags
@@zobblewobble1770 What
The
Fuck
Is a smiley face spider
Somehow I doubt that it had the Canadian flag over it's back and wings.
One small correction, sp. is just an abbreviation for species and is used when the genus is known but the species is not
I wish pterosaurs were still alive, that would be so cool
something to be said about the drawings where as the cryodakon is walking upright, it looks all wrong. This creature is very much shaped like a bat. and i would assume such a shape would lend itself to similar ways of managing its mobility. Bats perch themselves hanging upside down And this creatures body legs and arms by no means look strong enough nor positioned in terms of center of gravity in a way that bests balance its self. when bats land on an animal to eat, they do look very awkward translated upright. This creature has a very thick seemingly heavy and elongated neck. Birds with long necks usually have a much bigger body proportionately and a much slimmer neck thats often semi coiled. In these illustrations the cryodrakon would fall face forward do to the weight of its neck, and the lack of weight from both its body and legs, and it certainly would pivot about its wings. Its only means maintaining balance would be for its head and neck to coil above its body like a swan. And still that would not make for an easy way of walking about.
Dude, you get serious respect for saying “Quetzalcoatlus” that many times. 👏
Don't let their looks fool you. According to paleontologists pterosaurs walked with style.
These kind of discoveries makes me wonder how many species of dinosaurs might be waiting to be identified stored in cold and dark museum deposits (I am not sure if “deposits” is the right word but I assume you get it)
If we don't get on that, future archaeologists will have a lot of fun studying paleontology.
A new 'missing' link of wombat and koala evolution was recently discovered, in a draw in a US museum, ~50 years after being dug up.
www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-06-26/giant-extinct-cousin-of-modern-wombats/12386834
So my money is on 'a lot'
I don't know about museums of natural history, but in lots of museums of cultural history the basements are filled with finds waiting to be identified. And bugs.
99% are of almost no interest though, and being done by the student assistant. It's probably not that bad with archo/dinosaurs, but still I bet a lot of the finds are just the ones we know and perhaps even in poor condition so that they'll spend a lot of time on less exciting stuff. Still there's probably a lot of interesting things to say from new findings of already known species like distribution and so on!
There will be a lot. Most material hasn't been described. But most will likely be similar to already known taxa.
Your videos are actually the coolest. Just sitting here at three am watching as many as I can
This thing probably drank maple syrup and played hockey while everyone else was doing their dinosaur stuff.
You are doing good work with these videos. I am glad to see your channel finally growing.
one of my favorite paleontology channels on UA-cam, keep it up
Man, how awesome would it be to see these creatures alive in the world today! Though I suspect if they had survived until the dawn of mankind and civilization, they would quickly become extinct, if for nothing else, their intimidating size.
This name is so cool I thought it was a legendary Pokémon.
Original upload gang where you at
I struggle to imagine how these things flew, their long necks and big heads would mean their centre of gravity would be too far forward, all that weight would be hard to balance. Plus, their sternum is very small which means lack of muscle and leverage for the wings. I’m probably very wrong.
Gliders and hollow bones
They used mainly shoulder muscles and back (scapulas) to move their wings, diffrently to moder birds.
The cryodrakon has a giant maple leaf on its back - likely to differentiate itself from its southern cousins when it goes travelling.
SO glad other people went “Wait, who decided to paint this beast like a Canadian flag?” 😂🤣
Virtually every long extinct species depicted is just a guess...
The Canadian flag on that pterosaur is incontrovertible proof of intelligent design
Everybody gangsta until the cyrodraken with a Maple leaf paintjob shows up
I like how the Cryodrakon has a Canadian flag on its back being from Canada.
I live in oregon, born and raised. And most of Oregon is a desert. Only a small part is a temperate rain forest. (The vally) but the rest is shrub land and desert.
Who put the flag of Zheleznogorsk on Cyrodraken back? Pretty cool...
0:47 Is it Cryodrakon or Cryocryodrakon?
1:24 That would've been so cool (get it?) but sad at the same time. Let's hope book Viserion doesn't end up like that.
Amazing vid tho 💙
Cryodraken is such a badass name
I like how they put the Canadian maple leaf on that. Anyone else notice?
And it's got a maple leaf on its back. Truly the first Canadian ya hoser!
Does anyone else find these creatures to be particularly terrifying?
Their diet may have also included small fish, as there's some suggestion that they may have had a throat pouch - much like that of a Pelican - which they would use to scoop up small surface swimming fish.
Unlikely, most workers nowadays agree that azhdarchids were anatomically ill-equipped to hunt fish. They hunted inland, on the ground.
Love the distorted red maple leaf on its back. Impressive!
I became a subscriber to your channel a'couple weeks ago and just wanted to say keep up the good work. You're videos are absolutely amazing! Looking forward to seeing your future videos!
Cryodrakon was actually a lot bigger than that but the size Quetzalcoatlus and Hatzegopteryx
Legend says this is the direct ancestor of all Canadians.
"Cretaceous Southern Canada probably had a climate similar to Oregon"
Modern Southern Canada still has a climate similar to Oregon... it's not as cold as everybody thinks...
LOVE PTEROSAUR AND PTERANODON!
These animals look so funny to me. I feel like they would topple over on their face with that huge neck and head, making the center of gravity kind of weird. Great video and 10/10 animals!
I like how it's coloured like the Canadian flag
Canadian Dinosaurs be like: "Oi'm going to have to eat you noow, soorey aboout thaht"
English goes brrrrrrr
Cool stuff loved the Canadian flag on it lol I'm Macedonian Canadian was born and raised in Toronto Ontario Canada
fascinating,accurate,and erudite
I suspect that pterosaurs esp the larger ones walked and flew with their necks drawn back over the body rather than stretched out.This would make them far more aerodynamic and holds their main weapon drawn ready for fast stabbing like Herons and similar.That would give them a wide range of prey items along beaches and in the shallows.Look at other birds with large heavy heads such as pelicans.Perhaps the scientists should remember that aeodynamics hasnt changed its still the same as back then.
The question is whether their necks were as flexible as the ones of the birds. We can't just assume that their necks were the same without examining their anatomy. Birdsare pretty distant relatives of such derived Pterosaurs.
The fourth giant azhdarchid pterosaur to be described
Cryodracon with Thalassodromeus are my favorites Pterosaurs
thank you for introducing me to my new favourite pterosaur!
Dat's a big ol' birdy
I genuinely believe that as far as the larger species such as Quetzalcoatles go that they got the back end of these large flyers wrong. I think other fossils found near or on the site of their discovery could be attributed to the possibility of a wrong anatomy. There is no way that it would have been able to walk around for long at all or even support its large neck and head in certain positions with two tiny almost non existent legs. It also would have made flight very difficult because it would have been front heavy.
It moved on all fours.
Yes. Frozen Alberta. Where you have to turn on the AC, and watch out for rattlesnakes.
I love how the Canadian Frozen Dragon of the North Winds proved that everything, in fact, is not bigger in Texas ;]
this is my all time favorite pterosaur, and nobody at school knows abbout it' when i mention it they just stare at me like im crqzy