I have a suggestion for a future video: how and why the Kem Kem formation was able to support so many large theropods like Carcharodonotosaurus, Delradromrus and Spinosaurus. Not to mention the other fauna that lived in Northern Africa 95mya that gave the area the name "The River of Giants".
Don't know if there's a definitive answer, but the Kem Kem group spans over 5 million years, we don't know if the many species of spinosaurids, carcharodontosaurids and the other large theropods coexisted at the same time
@@HogBurger Of coarse. But I was pretty sure he was reffering to the Cuban species. Not as many people know about the giant flightless owl that lived on crete during the pleistocene.
Hateg Island is a small glimpse of what the European archipelago looked like in the Cretaceous period, and it's good that some other area in Europe gets attention besides the British Isles. And I thank you that Europe can be featured in the paleomedia, because most of the modern media focuses mainly on North American dinosaurs and too little for the dinos of other continents. And Hateg Island is a fascinating phenomenon as an environment and ecology that was no bigger island than modern day Hispaniola in Carribbean. But Hateg was not as lonely as it is assumed, but according to modern computer modeling, it was bordered by chains of archipelagos that formed the mountains of Carpathians and Balkan Mountain surrounding the plain of today's Romania because the Great Adrian was pushed under the rest of Europe. And therefore Hungary, Moldova, Bulgaria and Ukraine were also made up of several islands of different sizes based on geology and fossils. However, Europe's biggest mystery is the Nordic countries, whose fossil layers have been ground away as a result of several ice ages which have been like coarse sandpaper and have peeled away layers down to the bedrock. Fortunately, in Denmark and South Sweden, there are old basins in which Jurassic and Cretaceous layers have been preserved and saved from those ice ages. And thanks to that, in Denmark, for example, it has been found an unpublished remains of unnamed titanosaur, which was no bigger than Hateg's titanosaurs. But of course the rest of Europe is also interesting, like the child-sized abelisaur theropods from France, the mini-pony-sized ceratopsian from Hungary, the dog-sized Struthiosaurus from Germany and the very interesting Concavenator from Spain.
I wouldnt be at all surprised if, like the many dwarf elephants and mammoths that all evolved independently, many different dwarf sauropods existed throughout the Mesozoic on different islands.
A major reason why North American dinosaurs receive so much attention is due to the fact that 1/4 of all dinosaur species discovered are of North American derivation.
@@robotboy719 plus USA has the biggest audience for dinosaur media, plus most media creators are from the US no wonder there is such a heavy focus on NA.
Im from romania and never heard that something like that existed here, crazy to think that such an inland place could be an island in the past. Also the Balaur Bondoc animal literally translates to plump dragon which is kinda cute
there's a place in Salaj we like to visit every now and then to hunt for fossils because it's a really well preserved area of what used to be a shallow seabed millions of years ago. We find fossilized shells, little stone spirals, by the handful. Not to mention nummulites, the place is littered with them
It's not the only remarkable animal place in Romania. Romania also has a cave that's completely sealed off from the world with an entire eco system that's very similar to that of black smokers but on land.
Hatzegopteryx is my favorite pterosaur, and I'm glad Hateg island gave us this flying giant. I'm not sure if it is precisely the largest flying carnivore, but it has to be damn close! I can't help but imagine the other inhabitants of Hatzeg island living in fear of this apex predator, like a prehistoric dragon or wyvern from famous myth (and D&D). It may not the tallest pterosaur, but who cares?! This animal was just too freaking cool. I bet it is the reason the island got so many votes.
I think considering it's biology and environment Hatzegopteryx was a poor flyer. That it spend the vast majority of it's time on the ground and only really flew to move from island to island. After all there was no real need for it to fly well since it did all it's hunting on the ground and there were no predators either on either on land or in the air it would have to worry about. So it likely specialized for hunting on land only leaving just enough adaptations for flight so that it could migrate.
Only found your channel a couple of months ago and really like it. Informative but light hearted with a splash of humour. Smooth use of eye-catching visuals that really set the scene. Really great.
Speaking of dwarf dinosaurs, I would really like a video about the Langenberg quarry from Germany, that has to be one of the most interesting Jurassic ecosystems
Insular dwarfism/gigantism is such a fascinating phenomenon to me. No matter what the period. I'd really like to know if there were insular versions of the big mammal mega fauna in Pleistocene (not counting Caribbeans' ground sloths)
You probably already know of them but mammoths of Wrangel Island were really small. And also, survived the longest, still walking around when pyramids were being built.
In the Mediterranean sea there were several species of dwarf elephants living on the islands. They got extinct alongside the rest of the megafauna once humans got there.
Suggestion: a video on the nearby Csehbánya formation. It's really interesting yet obscure, and i'd like to see a professional paleoyoutuber like you mentioning it one day.
Fascinating! As an island-nation dweller, I've always found insular adaptation patterns really interesting (learnt a lot via Atlas Pro's vids), but hadn't ever come across a discussion of those phenomena as they affected dinosaur species. Big props to you & your Patreon supporters for bringing us this cool series! 💖
I would love to see some videos on some of the important or fascinating people of paleontology. Even if you weren't able to make it a series, a video here or there would be something I'd love to watch. Either way, I'm excited to see some more historical examples of island habitats! They are such fun little biomes to see!
Tiny Titanosaurs!!! I love them😍 Super weird actually I never considered island dwarfism would be a thing back then. I'd love a dedicated video on the prehistoric life of Antarctica. Any era; the idea that it once had any life at all and is now that is wild.
Would second the ask for some prehistoric Antarctic coverage! Like David, I find the concept of a former semi-tropical forest on that icy continent absolutely fascinating, & it feels like it's a space that just doesn't get much discussion? Maybe because the fossils there have been so hard to access, pre-climate shift...?
Flora and fauna of islands is fascinating. Thanks for an excellent video. I've always wondered about what the islands that are now the Emperor Seamounts were like in their prime.
I live on the former island of Siletzia. It was an island during the Eocene. Very few fossils have been found here but there is a lot of food for thought on what it flora and fauna must have been like and how it would have been different.
Fascinating as always. Imagining an encounter with a hatzegopteryx is terrifying, I can only imagine the havoc it wreaked in its time! I've been away from youtube for a little while due to life being busy, so it's time to binge all your wonderful videos. Thank you for your hard work!
Jurassic Park /// really opened my eyes on how fearsome the pterosaurs probably were. The original three films I think did a lot for science outreach. The modern films, heavy on action, light on good science
Actually, at the same time period as Hateg, an another island was present at the place of the present day Hungary. It had several interesting animals, like Hungarosaurus (a Nodosaur, close relative of Struthiosaurus), Ajkaceratops (A 1.5 m long Ceratopsian) and Pannoniasaurus (a freshwater Mosasaur).
I'm personally still a bit suspicious whenever someone shows a Pterosaur just licking up a "small" dinosaur. Even if a dinosaur was the size of a cow, it would still weigh more than a 100 kilograms. It seems unlikely that any animals would pick that up like it is nothing, especially a Pterosaur weighing less than a 1000 kilogram. Wouldn't these large Pterosaurs make a lot more use of their claws rather than just their snout?
For something larger than a human Hatzegopteryx would probably have done what modern marabou storks do with flamingoes: dismember its prey with its beak. It certainly has the robust build and strength for it.
I made a writing exam at school on this theme like a year ago! It is absolutely gorgeous as you described. Awesome work can't wait to see South America or Australia in this project. And I have to say you are awesome narator. I such love these vidos.
I just discovered this edition of your series--and I thoroughly enjoyed it. All of the species you mentioned, the one that left the "biggest" impression was the "stocky cousin" (Hatzegopteryx) of Quetzalcoatlus (both Azdarchids). Very cool. Thank you.
First rate presentation! Absolutely first rate! I read an article in "Scientific American" on this very topic so any additional information is greatly appreciative. First rate!!!
I have several questions- what is happening to the History of Earth series? Will you be still doing that? If not, can you at least cover the second half of the Permian, taking us up to The Great Dying prior to the Mesozoic Era? I was really enjoying that series!
I would also suggest a quick pop-up timeline and arrow to the time period mentioned for the first time in the video. Hard to remember them all for rookies like me
I would love to see you do a video on why it takes so long for the public view of dinosaurs to catch up with our modern scientific understanding of them. Like I feel that most people, even today, still reject the idea of feathered dinosaurs, or simply adhere to the way movies like Jurassic Park depict them without realizing the creative liberties taken with them.
Most people aren't into prehistoric animals. Consequently, their knowledge is limited to what they see in popular media (like Jurrasic Park) or their outdated knowledge from their childhood 20 or more years ago. So it takes a long time for new paleontological discoveries to permeate through the common culture. This can even be the case for well educated people. In the 1990s I had a big argument with my biology professor about the fact that Saurapods weren't semi-aquatic animals, as was the belief back in the pre-1960 era. But she was educated during that earlier time and never bothered to read up on current scientific discoveries.
It's nice to hear from someone who doesn't mock and hate on early paleontologists. As though they would have come to better conclusions with fragmentary evidence
Considering there were a number of flightless mega owls, I would totally watch a video about that. You could add it to the poll, and see what happens next month :D
Those tiny sauropods of Hateg island, along with other instances of sauropods that went through island dwarfism should all be classified as oxymorons, much like jumbo shrimp.
The realm of the House of the Dragon, Vlad the Impaler, Dracula himself; a land of natural beauty but also supernatural terror, was once home to a realm ruled by a real draconic beast, and was full of other weird and wonderful creatures almost like something out legend. Quite poetic me thinks; Hateg is so bloody cool and wildly interesting! And it was discovered by an absolute badass by the sound of it? Seriously, coolest formation.
I'm glad you focused on animals besides hatzegopterex first. Normally focus is on the giant death stork (understandably), so cool to see more of the whole environment. Also I'm excited if we get to New Caledonia! I don't know much of anything about prehistoric times, but in modern day we're finding quite a few different geckos that are all funky lil guys.
Supercontinents to island archipelagos, massive seas where there are supercontinents today - my god, geography is fascinating. I like Archipelago Earth, and would love to see what its lifeforms are like on the next go round. All I have to do is wait for, oh, a couple hundred million years for the major continents to break up again.
top banana. i love your videos and the content... subject i love so much since a boy and did at Uni in the 90s.. and so much has changed...better discoveries and re examining etc. keep up the good work, sorry i cant be a Patreon member but i do app the work you put into them
Really enjoyed this one. Also +1 for a Kem Kem beds video as suggested by @Adam the Spiny GIANT below. Or the microplate of Avalonia during the closure of Iapetus. Or Armorica over the same time period.
If you need an idea for a pleistocene island, look at Santa Rosae off Southern California. It had giant swans and dwarf mammoths! Thanks for the awesome content.
I would love a video about dinosaurs of the East coast of North America and the state of the inland sea at the end of Cretaceous period. Could T-Rex have made it to Ohio? It’s always been a bummer that we lost millions of years of fossils due to erosion from uplift here.
I did a brief Google search on this Franz Nopcsa guy. His biography makes the entire Indiana Jones saga look like an extended Dora the Explorer episode in comparison. Good grief.
There have some very interesting characters in the field of paleontology over the past two and a half centuries. Franz might be one of the most wild stories.
@@PaleoAnalysis seriously Steve. We just got off on the new *Island Adventure* campaign and in the very first video you make me want to know everything about this Franz guy! You so casually mentioned he was the first to hijack a plane, I feel in love and I _need_ to know more! 😂 Maybe we can also add the human stories sometime! Would love to know all the characters in paleontology history. Especially Franz now! 😎👍
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I have a suggestion for a future video: how and why the Kem Kem formation was able to support so many large theropods like Carcharodonotosaurus, Delradromrus and Spinosaurus. Not to mention the other fauna that lived in Northern Africa 95mya that gave the area the name "The River of Giants".
That’s actually a great idea.
@@Robo_19 plus, Spinosaurus is my favorite extinction animal. Just like me, Spiny is allergic to being normal.
@@adamthespinygiant You’re not wrong about that.
Don't know if there's a definitive answer, but the Kem Kem group spans over 5 million years, we don't know if the many species of spinosaurids, carcharodontosaurids and the other large theropods coexisted at the same time
oh fuck yeah. kemkem is so sick
Actually there were several flightless giant owls on different islands. Prehistoric Crete had its own monster owl that was likely flightless as well.
Thanks I needed a new demon in my nightmares. 😈🦉👍
We already got a giant owl in Italy
Don’t forget such fossils have been recovered in The Bahamas. Which
@@HogBurger Of coarse. But I was pretty sure he was reffering to the Cuban species. Not as many people know about the giant flightless owl that lived on crete during the pleistocene.
I wonder if they inspired the mythical bird the Roc
It would be really interesting if you talked about the giant owls of the Caribbean.
Agreed
Yes yes yes
Hateg Island is a small glimpse of what the European archipelago looked like in the Cretaceous period, and it's good that some other area in Europe gets attention besides the British Isles. And I thank you that Europe can be featured in the paleomedia, because most of the modern media focuses mainly on North American dinosaurs and too little for the dinos of other continents.
And Hateg Island is a fascinating phenomenon as an environment and ecology that was no bigger island than modern day Hispaniola in Carribbean. But Hateg was not as lonely as it is assumed, but according to modern computer modeling, it was bordered by chains of archipelagos that formed the mountains of Carpathians and Balkan Mountain surrounding the plain of today's Romania because the Great Adrian was pushed under the rest of Europe. And therefore Hungary, Moldova, Bulgaria and Ukraine were also made up of several islands of different sizes based on geology and fossils.
However, Europe's biggest mystery is the Nordic countries, whose fossil layers have been ground away as a result of several ice ages which have been like coarse sandpaper and have peeled away layers down to the bedrock. Fortunately, in Denmark and South Sweden, there are old basins in which Jurassic and Cretaceous layers have been preserved and saved from those ice ages. And thanks to that, in Denmark, for example, it has been found an unpublished remains of unnamed titanosaur, which was no bigger than Hateg's titanosaurs. But of course the rest of Europe is also interesting, like the child-sized abelisaur theropods from France, the mini-pony-sized ceratopsian from Hungary, the dog-sized Struthiosaurus from Germany and the very interesting Concavenator from Spain.
I wouldnt be at all surprised if, like the many dwarf elephants and mammoths that all evolved independently, many different dwarf sauropods existed throughout the Mesozoic on different islands.
Don't be Stupid.
A major reason why North American dinosaurs receive so much attention is due to the fact that 1/4 of all dinosaur species discovered are of North American derivation.
@@robotboy719 plus USA has the biggest audience for dinosaur media, plus most media creators are from the US no wonder there is such a heavy focus on NA.
Im from romania and never heard that something like that existed here, crazy to think that such an inland place could be an island in the past.
Also the Balaur Bondoc animal literally translates to plump dragon which is kinda cute
He was dummy thicc!
there's a place in Salaj we like to visit every now and then to hunt for fossils because it's a really well preserved area of what used to be a shallow seabed millions of years ago. We find fossilized shells, little stone spirals, by the handful. Not to mention nummulites, the place is littered with them
@@gydgeza8646 You would enjoy our subway stations then. You can see thousands of fossils in the marble used to build them.
It's not the only remarkable animal place in Romania. Romania also has a cave that's completely sealed off from the world with an entire eco system that's very similar to that of black smokers but on land.
Greetings from Romania! 🇹🇩🇹🇩🇹🇩
Hatzegopteryx is my favorite pterosaur, and I'm glad Hateg island gave us this flying giant. I'm not sure if it is precisely the largest flying carnivore, but it has to be damn close! I can't help but imagine the other inhabitants of Hatzeg island living in fear of this apex predator, like a prehistoric dragon or wyvern from famous myth (and D&D). It may not the tallest pterosaur, but who cares?! This animal was just too freaking cool. I bet it is the reason the island got so many votes.
It’s the largest flight-capable predator.
I think considering it's biology and environment Hatzegopteryx was a poor flyer. That it spend the vast majority of it's time on the ground and only really flew to move from island to island. After all there was no real need for it to fly well since it did all it's hunting on the ground and there were no predators either on either on land or in the air it would have to worry about. So it likely specialized for hunting on land only leaving just enough adaptations for flight so that it could migrate.
Only found your channel a couple of months ago and really like it. Informative but light hearted with a splash of humour. Smooth use of eye-catching visuals that really set the scene. Really great.
Speaking of dwarf dinosaurs, I would really like a video about the Langenberg quarry from Germany, that has to be one of the most interesting Jurassic ecosystems
Insular dwarfism/gigantism is such a fascinating phenomenon to me. No matter what the period. I'd really like to know if there were insular versions of the big mammal mega fauna in Pleistocene (not counting Caribbeans' ground sloths)
Loot at Bornean pygmy elephant. Smallest elephant in the world
You probably already know of them but mammoths of Wrangel Island were really small. And also, survived the longest, still walking around when pyramids were being built.
In the Mediterranean sea there were several species of dwarf elephants living on the islands. They got extinct alongside the rest of the megafauna once humans got there.
They are called Elephants 😎
I’d love to see a video on those giant flightless owls they sound so cool
That would be Pleistocene Cuba, which is actually already in the poll since they lived alongside Megalocnus, The pigmy ground sloth.
Suggestion: a video on the nearby Csehbánya formation. It's really interesting yet obscure, and i'd like to see a professional paleoyoutuber like you mentioning it one day.
I hope you do a video on the Giant flightless Owl. That sounds so cool
It’s gonna be in the Pleistocene Cuba video
Fascinating! As an island-nation dweller, I've always found insular adaptation patterns really interesting (learnt a lot via Atlas Pro's vids), but hadn't ever come across a discussion of those phenomena as they affected dinosaur species. Big props to you & your Patreon supporters for bringing us this cool series! 💖
4:48 Same temperature as Florida but less humid? I know where I'd live in prehistoric Earth
I would love to see some videos on some of the important or fascinating people of paleontology. Even if you weren't able to make it a series, a video here or there would be something I'd love to watch. Either way, I'm excited to see some more historical examples of island habitats! They are such fun little biomes to see!
I'm obsessed with this island, it's just so cool. Looking forward to this video!
Madagascar is right there
Madagascar is the modern day Hateg island
Are you on something?
@@derkjh How do you mean?
Tiny Titanosaurs!!! I love them😍
Super weird actually I never considered island dwarfism would be a thing back then.
I'd love a dedicated video on the prehistoric life of Antarctica. Any era; the idea that it once had any life at all and is now that is wild.
If I'd named their genus, would not've called em Magyarisaurus but Titinysaurus :D
Would second the ask for some prehistoric Antarctic coverage! Like David, I find the concept of a former semi-tropical forest on that icy continent absolutely fascinating, & it feels like it's a space that just doesn't get much discussion? Maybe because the fossils there have been so hard to access, pre-climate shift...?
Flora and fauna of islands is fascinating.
Thanks for an excellent video.
I've always wondered about what the islands that are now the Emperor Seamounts were like in their prime.
I live on the former island of Siletzia. It was an island during the Eocene. Very few fossils have been found here but there is a lot of food for thought on what it flora and fauna must have been like and how it would have been different.
Fascinating as always. Imagining an encounter with a hatzegopteryx is terrifying, I can only imagine the havoc it wreaked in its time! I've been away from youtube for a little while due to life being busy, so it's time to binge all your wonderful videos. Thank you for your hard work!
Jurassic Park /// really opened my eyes on how fearsome the pterosaurs probably were. The original three films I think did a lot for science outreach. The modern films, heavy on action, light on good science
Actually, at the same time period as Hateg, an another island was present at the place of the present day Hungary. It had several interesting animals, like Hungarosaurus (a Nodosaur, close relative of Struthiosaurus), Ajkaceratops (A 1.5 m long Ceratopsian) and Pannoniasaurus (a freshwater Mosasaur).
Thanks. Never knew about the giant flightless owl.
Another fun, insightful, and entertaining video. I love the consistently high quality content you put out on this channel. Much appreciated.
Im excited for the history of earth late permian
I freakin love this channel
same
I'm personally still a bit suspicious whenever someone shows a Pterosaur just licking up a "small" dinosaur. Even if a dinosaur was the size of a cow, it would still weigh more than a 100 kilograms. It seems unlikely that any animals would pick that up like it is nothing, especially a Pterosaur weighing less than a 1000 kilogram.
Wouldn't these large Pterosaurs make a lot more use of their claws rather than just their snout?
With it's head and neck being built as sturdy as they are my guess is that it could rip into and take chunks out of prey items with it's beak.
For something larger than a human Hatzegopteryx would probably have done what modern marabou storks do with flamingoes: dismember its prey with its beak. It certainly has the robust build and strength for it.
This series is great! I totally understand and respect taking any time you need to finalize each video and script. Patiently awaiting next release.
Amazing video man!👍
I really enjoy your video's, thank you!
Well that tears it. I'm going to travel back in time and settle on this island as a tiny dino rancher....
Hey, that's a good idea for a video game.
Absolutely fantastic video P.A! Would love to see a video on the flightless owls! Keep up the amazing work, love the content you produce!
great vid
Yes to the series on interesting paleontologist just so I can get another video dunking on Cope and Marsh
As a person from Transylvania i really appreciate making a video like this! Great job!
I made a writing exam at school on this theme like a year ago! It is absolutely gorgeous as you described. Awesome work can't wait to see South America or Australia in this project. And I have to say you are awesome narator. I such love these vidos.
The fact that an avian dinosaur revolved maniraptorian features goes to show how wrong the "march of progress" idea of evolution is.
I just discovered this edition of your series--and I thoroughly enjoyed it. All of the species you mentioned, the one that left the "biggest" impression was the "stocky cousin" (Hatzegopteryx) of Quetzalcoatlus (both Azdarchids). Very cool. Thank you.
Nice. Finally a new vid. And seems to be an interesting topic :)
Balaur bondoc is one of my favorite dinosaurs, also I am from Romania.
Really interesting and well put together. Thank you!
How awesome it would be to see one of those giants flying!
Fun fact: Balaur Bondoc literally means Runt (small/stocky) Dragon in Romanian, likely because it kind of looked like a tiny dragon to its finders.
Best vid about Hateg I’ve ever seen
First rate presentation! Absolutely first rate! I read an article in "Scientific American" on this very topic so any additional information is greatly appreciative. First rate!!!
Great video as always! One thing I have to mention though: wasn't Hepasteornis an alvarezsaur? Cuz they were insectivores.
That is, to say, they would never had hunted those herbivores in the first place
Fascinating video!
Thank you for this video. I am from Romania and I just discovered how rich life was in this area in prehistoric times.
Man we better see that giant flightless owl video in the next poll frfr 😤😤
It was in the last one, but it lost. 👀
Hint: Pleistocene Cuba=Giant Owl.
That means it could be in the next one! 👀
Please yalk about Mary Anning the FOUNDER of all paleontology. See Brn G, Thomas' channel for his recent spotlight on her.
This was absolutely brilliant!
Thank you!
In regards to other islands you could do a video about the development of New Zealand.
islands can also allow nearly extinct or ancient species to survive for much longer
Wow, you beat Prehistoric Planet 2 to the punch here.
Bravo 💚
No comment except the fact that your videos are damn cool, and thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Big fan of Insular Environments, very excited for the series
I have several questions- what is happening to the History of Earth series? Will you be still doing that? If not, can you at least cover the second half of the Permian, taking us up to The Great Dying prior to the Mesozoic Era? I was really enjoying that series!
I will be continuing the HotE series.
@@PaleoAnalysis Brilliant!💖💖💖
Don't be Silly.
Rólunk nevezték el az óriásgyíkot beszarás
I would also suggest a quick pop-up timeline and arrow to the time period mentioned for the first time in the video. Hard to remember them all for rookies like me
>first man to hijack a plane
Can't leave us hanging like that
Awesome series idea and video. Looking forward to more!
Excellent video!
Hateg island is a perfect example of island biogeography
I would love to see you do a video on why it takes so long for the public view of dinosaurs to catch up with our modern scientific understanding of them. Like I feel that most people, even today, still reject the idea of feathered dinosaurs, or simply adhere to the way movies like Jurassic Park depict them without realizing the creative liberties taken with them.
Most people aren't into prehistoric animals. Consequently, their knowledge is limited to what they see in popular media (like Jurrasic Park) or their outdated knowledge from their childhood 20 or more years ago. So it takes a long time for new paleontological discoveries to permeate through the common culture. This can even be the case for well educated people. In the 1990s I had a big argument with my biology professor about the fact that Saurapods weren't semi-aquatic animals, as was the belief back in the pre-1960 era. But she was educated during that earlier time and never bothered to read up on current scientific discoveries.
It's nice to hear from someone who doesn't mock and hate on early paleontologists.
As though they would have come to better conclusions with fragmentary evidence
I wonder if we will ever find an island with a pigmy ceratopsian; that'd be cool.
Considering there were a number of flightless mega owls, I would totally watch a video about that. You could add it to the poll, and see what happens next month :D
Those tiny sauropods of Hateg island, along with other instances of sauropods that went through island dwarfism should all be classified as oxymorons, much like jumbo shrimp.
All I can picture is a dinosaur petting zoo with these species 😂🥰
The realm of the House of the Dragon, Vlad the Impaler, Dracula himself; a land of natural beauty but also supernatural terror, was once home to a realm ruled by a real draconic beast, and was full of other weird and wonderful creatures almost like something out legend.
Quite poetic me thinks; Hateg is so bloody cool and wildly interesting! And it was discovered by an absolute badass by the sound of it? Seriously, coolest formation.
I'm glad you focused on animals besides hatzegopterex first. Normally focus is on the giant death stork (understandably), so cool to see more of the whole environment. Also I'm excited if we get to New Caledonia! I don't know much of anything about prehistoric times, but in modern day we're finding quite a few different geckos that are all funky lil guys.
I will generally be doing these starting at the bottom of the food chain and working my way up.
@@PaleoAnalysis hell yiss! Was just not much hope for little New Caledonia in the polls 😔
Cool video. TY 👍
Great video! Thank you
Lovely work. 🙂
Supercontinents to island archipelagos, massive seas where there are supercontinents today - my god, geography is fascinating. I like Archipelago Earth, and would love to see what its lifeforms are like on the next go round. All I have to do is wait for, oh, a couple hundred million years for the major continents to break up again.
As a romanian when i saw "Hațeg" in the title i was so excited for the video.
top banana. i love your videos and the content... subject i love so much since a boy and did at Uni in the 90s.. and so much has changed...better discoveries and re examining etc.
keep up the good work, sorry i cant be a Patreon member but i do app the work you put into them
Wow. I’m hooked 😁
A prehistoric ecosystem from my country 🗣🔥🔥🔥
Really enjoyed this one. Also +1 for a Kem Kem beds video as suggested by @Adam the Spiny GIANT below. Or the microplate of Avalonia during the closure of Iapetus. Or Armorica over the same time period.
Awww I want a small titanosaurus 🥺
Balaur Bondoc is such of a weird and unique bird that I want it to have it’s own exclusive video or else I’ll eat Timtim
If you need an idea for a pleistocene island, look at Santa Rosae off Southern California. It had giant swans and dwarf mammoths! Thanks for the awesome content.
Given how aggressive their modern descendants can be, giant swans sound fairly terrifying! 😅
Pettable Minisaurs!
Now that's something we really should clone back to life.
Super Nice
I would love a video about dinosaurs of the East coast of North America and the state of the inland sea at the end of Cretaceous period. Could T-Rex have made it to Ohio? It’s always been a bummer that we lost millions of years of fossils due to erosion from uplift here.
Top tier video
The Balaur is so cool
A video on the Ediacaran period would be pretty cool, I find the life of that period mysterious.
Can’t wait for the Cuba video, Ornimegalonyx is my favorite bird
I feel like on the topic of island evolution, one I hear less often discussed in this format is Japan.
Good stuff
Why don't you in this series focus also on the fossil sites and formations (Morrison, Hell Creek...)?
Hațeg was an island?
Europe was an archipelago?
Is there Mediterranean/Black Sea all that's left from the tethys ocean?
i hope you will cover Permian China and europeasaurus
At least the dinosaurs had good cell signal on Hateg Island since there was a cell tower at 11:38..........
Yeah I'm seeing some boats. Looks kinda nice. 😎👍
I did a brief Google search on this Franz Nopcsa guy. His biography makes the entire Indiana Jones saga look like an extended Dora the Explorer episode in comparison. Good grief.
There have some very interesting characters in the field of paleontology over the past two and a half centuries. Franz might be one of the most wild stories.
@@PaleoAnalysis seriously Steve. We just got off on the new *Island Adventure* campaign and in the very first video you make me want to know everything about this Franz guy!
You so casually mentioned he was the first to hijack a plane, I feel in love and I _need_ to know more! 😂
Maybe we can also add the human stories sometime! Would love to know all the characters in paleontology history.
Especially Franz now! 😎👍
Interesting video. I'd love to maybe see something about deep sea gigantism and how it affected prehistoric animals
OMG! Pet sized dinos!