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Discovering a Dinosaur ––– a palaeontologist's tale Mike Taylor, Bristol University [email protected]

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Page 1: Discovering a Dinosaur ––– a palaeontologist's tale Mike Taylor, Bristol University dino@miketaylor.org.uk

Discovering a Dinosaur–––

a palaeontologist's tale

Mike Taylor, Bristol [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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What is palaeontology?What is palaeontology?

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What is palaeontology?What is palaeontology?

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What is palaeontology?What is palaeontology?

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What is palaeontology?What is palaeontology?

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What is palaeontology?What is palaeontology?

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What is a dinosaur?What is a dinosaur?

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What is a dinosaur?What is a dinosaur?

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What is a dinosaur?What is a dinosaur?

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What is a dinosaur?What is a dinosaur?

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What is a dinosaur?What is a dinosaur?

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?What is a dinosaur?What is a dinosaur?

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This is a dinosaur

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“Nothing in biology makes senseexcept in the light of evolution.”

– Theodosius Dobzhansky.

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“Nothing in biology makes senseexcept in the light of evolution.”

– Theodosius Dobzhansky.

That goes double for palaeontology.

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The tree of life

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The tree of life

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The tree of life

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The tree of life: dinosaurs

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The tree of life: sauropods

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Sauropods: biggest & best!

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Sauropods:How big?

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Sauropods:How big?

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Sauropods: whale-size

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Sauropods: maybe bigger

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Sauropods: maybe bigger

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Sauropods: maybe bigger

How?

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Sauropods: maybe bigger

How?I could talk about that all day

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My new dinosaur Brontomerus

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All we have is bonesAll we have is bones

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Usually not many bones

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Usually not many bones

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Usually not many bones

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Usually not many bones

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What can we know?

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1. It's a sauropod

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2. What kind of sauropod

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3. How big it was (roughly!)

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4. Big thigh muscles

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4. Big thigh muscles

“Thunder thighs”= Brontomerus

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4. Big thigh muscles

?

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5. Kicking behaviour?

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Why kicking?Why kicking?

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Why kicking?Why kicking?

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Why kicking?Why kicking?

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Why kicking?Why kicking?

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Why kicking?Why kicking?

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Thanks for listening!–––

Mike Taylor, Bristol [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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