I work in this lab and on this specimen! With it’s beautifully articulated preservation, and of course the skin impressions, we hope this specimen will shed a great deal of light on the life appearance and paleobiology of this taxon.
@@dagoodboy6424 not much until a description is published, but if you’re ever in Indianapolis, you can come check out this specimen as it is being prepared and ask us questions about our latest discoveries!
I've always been curious how much skin and feathers and what not do you think have been lost in the past from our methods of recovering and preparing fossils?
Skin impressions excite the hell out of me, because they're so rare and help to answer questions about dinosaur appearance that would otherwise remain mysteries.
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL! I am not yelling, I am just happy! I have followed your channel for along time. I appreciate the work you do. You make paleontology interesting and great to watch. Thank you, really, thank you for your work. It's great.
Off topic, what is the scientific opinion about compy actually being a juvenile allosaurus? I couldn´t find the original source on google when I tried searching it.
@@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 Yup. I don't think we can conclude that all large theropods were entirely scaly without more data from many more species. Can we even definitely rule out a fluffy fringe for Allo?
@@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 If they can truly conclude that Allosaurus was entirely scaly then we can almost definitely extrapolate that to the giant Carcharodontosaurids, as they were relatively closely related, even larger, but still lived in warm climates.
No. Taphonomy is a complicated field. If we play with the idea that allosaurus was feathered in some way, or had other integuments, these impressions do not rule those possibilities out. Simply put, feathers can coexist with scales on an animal, and reqiure lagerstatte conditions to be preserved, assuming they were not stripped off in the interim. No skin or scale impressions that we have "debunk" the presence of other integuments because they are different materials which require different preservation conditions.
@lordcooler8160 let's not make the mistake Bell et al made by equivacating a large herbivorous mammal (an elephant) with a large carnivorous theropod to prove that because one is hairless the other must be featherless. Totally different biophysical models.
I work in this lab and on this specimen! With it’s beautifully articulated preservation, and of course the skin impressions, we hope this specimen will shed a great deal of light on the life appearance and paleobiology of this taxon.
Amazing!
Can you tell anything about it?
That is really cool! You have such a cool job!
And your credentials are?.....
@@dagoodboy6424 not much until a description is published, but if you’re ever in Indianapolis, you can come check out this specimen as it is being prepared and ask us questions about our latest discoveries!
I've always been curious how much skin and feathers and what not do you think have been lost in the past from our methods of recovering and preparing fossils?
Skin impressions excite the hell out of me, because they're so rare and help to answer questions about dinosaur appearance that would otherwise remain mysteries.
I never realized how narrow the faces were of these dinosaurs. It remind me even more of birds, when you look at them head on.
Depends on the species, gigaraptors have a very thin face but rexes have very wide ones.
Allosaurus is my favorite dinosaur ever since it appeared on walking with dinosaurs a while ago, glad to see new info on it
I went to the IN childs museum as a kid and have the best flippin time of my life at the age of 9
Fascinating. Can't wait til more info comes out 💪
The Indianapolis Children's Museum is such a cool place. Even as an adult I love going there
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL! I am not yelling, I am just happy! I have followed your channel for along time. I appreciate the work you do. You make paleontology interesting and great to watch. Thank you, really, thank you for your work. It's great.
The life of an Allosaurus must've been like a Jackass movie
I think 'barrel chested' is an apt description of Sue.
Now it's time to hope that the skin is well preserved enough to know the color of the skin of Allosaurus 🤞
"If you're not- first: what the hell are you doing here?" 😂
I live pretty close to the Indianapolis. I love the gorgosaurus skull they have there.
And I was JUST there in October, WTF? I could’ve visited this if it was a different time. And Allosaurus is one of my favorites
All I needed to see was Allosaurus and I clicked immediately 😂
Yet another of many W’s for the Allo Gang
Hope they release a paper to go along with this
So cool!
Have you compared the dinosaur's skin impressions with that of a monitor lizard's skin?
Any pics of the skin impressions?
It's the brown stuff around the bone. I say this in the video.
@@EDGEscience Oh okay, my bad. Thanks
What do you mean, MORE skin impressions?! I didn't know we had any Allosaurus skin to begin with!
See? We’ve got a few things here in Indiana
Extraordinary 🦖👍
More and more better preserved remains ….maybe one day the ground will break apart leading to a 4 mile path to a secret area of existing life
Y donde están las fotos de las impresiones de piel?
In the video. It's the brown stuff around the bone. I say this in the video.
Thanks for the birthday present EDGE!
🎂 😁
@ ❤️🙏🏾
Please have melanocytes 🙏
Off topic, what is the scientific opinion about compy actually being a juvenile allosaurus? I couldn´t find the original source on google when I tried searching it.
Club Scaly for the Victory than
That’s for allo’s
I want more. I want to know who had what and where. I’m wishing for color.
@@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 Yup. I don't think we can conclude that all large theropods were entirely scaly without more data from many more species. Can we even definitely rule out a fluffy fringe for Allo?
@@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 If they can truly conclude that Allosaurus was entirely scaly then we can almost definitely extrapolate that to the giant Carcharodontosaurids, as they were relatively closely related, even larger, but still lived in warm climates.
No. Taphonomy is a complicated field. If we play with the idea that allosaurus was feathered in some way, or had other integuments, these impressions do not rule those possibilities out. Simply put, feathers can coexist with scales on an animal, and reqiure lagerstatte conditions to be preserved, assuming they were not stripped off in the interim. No skin or scale impressions that we have "debunk" the presence of other integuments because they are different materials which require different preservation conditions.
@lordcooler8160 let's not make the mistake Bell et al made by equivacating a large herbivorous mammal (an elephant) with a large carnivorous theropod to prove that because one is hairless the other must be featherless. Totally different biophysical models.