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Considered one of the earliest known abelisaurids, Kryptops is notable for the heavily textured surface of its maxilla, indicating that there was likely a covering, likely of keratin, attached firmly to its face. A cladistic analysis conducted by Paul Serano and Stephen Brusatte found Kryptops to be the most basal Abelisaurid known. A later study, however, by Matthew Carrano and colleagues, found Kryptops palaios to be a chimera, stating that its postcranial remains actually belong to a Carcharodontosaurid, possibly Eocarcharia dinops.
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How Many Dinosaurs Remain Undiscovered?
Paleontologists say more non-avian dinos are waiting to be uncovered than have previously been found
Paleontologists are uncovering new dinosaurs at an astonishing rate. On average, a new species of “terrible lizard” is named about every two weeks from fossil sites all over the world.
And as experts announce each astonishing species, the nature of the dinosaur family tree shifts. Fossil hunters are not just uncovering new dinosaur species—they’re revealing entirely new dinosaur groups that were unknown even ten years ago.
“One of my go-to lines whenever I’m giving a public talk or writing a pop science article or book,” says University of Edinburgh paleontologist Stephen Brusatte, “is that we’re in the golden age of paleontology...”
Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-many-dinosaurs-remain-undiscovered-180982560
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hello meig! i am a palaeontology student looking for good non-textbook reads after trudging through the rise and fall of dinosaurs by stephen brusatte (it was a recommendation for one of my courses and i sincerely regret those 25 dollars wasted) and i was wondering if you have any recommendations in that department? i have already read a book by michael j. benton and deeply enjoyed it and am on the hunt for more, but i am unsure where to look outside of him. no pressure to respond, just looking for some recommendations! thank you.
don't you love how stephen just kind of writes about being a paleontologist and.... nothing else?
the man and I are friends but I have CRITIQUES over his WRITING CHOICES
Anyways, there are many books, of course, but the more recent the better. Evan Johnson-Ransom's new book is pretty recent. Darren Naish's stuff is always solid as well.
And if you want to dive into birds, check out Gerald Mayr
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WHAT I READ IN 2023
all the books i read this year, not counting DNFs or books that i'm still working through (the Wiliad and Genji are on brief hiatus while i'm traveling over the holidays). an asterik marks a reread, but this was largely a year of new reads for me. shorter than previous years but with several long and/or dense texts. i also went into this year with the goal of intentional reading (what purpose does this serve?) and i feel like i fulfilled that. i welcome any and all asks about this list! i'm going to reblog an end of year book ask lists so if you want to reference any books in particular feel free!
fiction
IT - Stephen King
Embassytown - China Mieville
Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo
Summer Sons - Lee Mandelo
Lolita - Vladamir Nabokov
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Matrix - Lauren Groff
The World We Make - N.K. Jemisin
Yellowface - R.F. Kuang
The Late Americans - Brandon Taylor
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Sula - Toni Morrison
The Terror - Dan Simmons
Fledgling - Octavia Butler
Lone Women - Victor Lavalle
Holly - Stephen King
Out There Screaming - ed. Jordan Peele
Biography of X - Catherine Lacey
Our Share of Night - Mariana Enriquez (trans. Macdowell)
Babel - R.F. Kuang
Family Meal - Bryan Washington
comix/graphic novels
Far Sector - N.K. Jemisin
Earthdivers - Stephen Graham Jones
Nightmare Country: The Glass House - James Tynion IV
She Bites - Hedwig Hale and Alberto Hdez
Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1-3 - James Tynion IV
poetry
Bless the Daughter Raised By the Voice in Her Head - Warsan Shire
Promesas de Oro - José Olivarez
nonfiction
Self-Defense: A Philosophy of Violence - Elsa Dorlin
How to Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind - La Marr Jurelle Bruce
Hijab Butch Blues - Lamya H
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs - Steve Brusatte
Ordinary Notes - Christina Sharpe
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings - Amanda Podamy
Unpayable Debt - Denise Ferreira de Silva
Creep - Myriam Gurba
All Incomplete - Fred Moten & Stefano Harvey
The Undercommons - Fred Moten & Stefano Harvey*
Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun - Jackie Wang
Mestizo: Critical Uses of Race in Chicano Culture - Rafael Perez-Torres
Black Trans Feminism - Marquis Bey
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thanks for the tag @throughtrialbyfire! <333
last song listened to: Green Apelsin - Ya tebya naidu
currently watching: jerma. just... jerma.
currently reading: Moby Dick but I'm rushing through it to get back to the REAL shit: The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Stephen Brusatte!!
current obsession: Baldur's Gate 3 takes up most of my mind nowadays... and, strangely enough, Touhou does too...
Not tagging but if you see this you're welcome to do it!! ;w;
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2022 Release TBR - updated
My original list was getting full of cross-outs, so here is my mid-year update!
Some by Virtue Fall - Alexandra Rowland (fantasy) - January 25 🏳️🌈 self-published? probably not going to happen
Carolina Built - Kianna Alexander (historical fiction) - February 22 BIPOC
When We Were Birds - Ayanna Llord Banwo (fabulism) - March 15 BIPOC
Comeuppance Served Cold - Marion Deeds (historical fantasy) - March 22
Ripple - Jim Cosgrove (true crime) - April 5
Persians - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (history) - April 12
Rosebud - Paul Cornell (science fiction) - April 26
Not Good for Maidens - Tori Bovalino (YA fantasy) - May 3
Seasonal Fears - Seanan McGuire (contemporary fantasy) - May 3
The Fairy Tellers - Nicholas Jubber (history/travel) - May 3
Siren Queen - Nghi Vo (historical fantasy) - May 10 BIPOC 🏳️🌈
Uncommon Charm - Kat Weaver and Emily Bergslien (historical fantasy) - May 17
A Lady for a Duke - Alexis Hall (historical romance) - May 24 🏳️🌈
Downton Shabby - Hopwood Dupree (memoir) - May 31
The Peacekeeper - B.L. Blanchard (alternate history) - June 1 BIPOC
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals - Steve Brusatte (science) - June 7
Garden of Earthly Bodies - Sally Oliver (fiction) - June 7
The Grief of Stones - Katherine Addison (fantasy) - June 14 🏳️🌈
Hot Moon - Alan Smale (alternate history) - June 14
A Mirror Mended - Alix Harrow (fantasy) - June 14 🏳️🌈
A Taste of Gold and Iron - Alexandra Rowland (fantasy) - June 21 🏳️🌈 BIPOC
Epically Earnest - Molly Horan (YA romance) - June 21 🏳️🌈
Rogues - Patrick Radden Keefe (true crime) - June 28
What Moves the Dead - T. Kingfisher (horror) - July 12
The Half Life of Valery K - Natasha Pulley (historical fantasy) - July 26 🏳️🌈
Mint Chocolate Murder - Meri Allen (cozy mystery) - July 26
A Half-Built Garden - Ruthanna Emrys (science fiction) - July 26
Don’t Fear the Reaper - Stephen Graham Jones (horror) - August 2 BIPOC moved to February
High Times in the Low Parliament - Kelly Robson (historical fantasy) - August 9 🏳️🌈 🇨🇦
The Oleander Sword - Tasha Suri (fantasy) - August 16 🏳️🌈 BIPOC DNF
Love in the Time of Serial Killers - Alicia Thompson (romance) - August 16
Babel - R.F. Kuang (historical fantasy) - August 23 BIPOC
Be the Serpent - Seanan McGuire (urban fantasy) - September 6
The House With the Golden Door - Elodie Harper (historical fiction) - September 6
The Marriage Portrait - Maggie O’Farrell (historical fiction) - September 6
Aces Wild - Amanda DeWitt (young adult) - September 6 🏳️🌈
Notorious Sorcerer - Davinia Evans (fantasy) - September 13
A Death in Door Country - Annelise Ryan (cozy mystery) September 13
The Book Hater’s Book Club - Gretchen Anthony (fiction) - September 13
The Collectors - Philip Pullman (fantasy) - September 20
Terry Pratchett - Rob Wilkins (biography) - September 29
Warrior of the Wind - Suyi Davies Okungbowa (fantasy) - October 4 BIPOC moved to February
Cold Case BC - Eve Lazarus (true crime) - October 11
The River of Silver - S.A. Chakraborty (historical fantasy) - October 11 BIPOC
When the Angels Left the Old Country - Sacha Lamb (historical fantasy) - October 18 🏳️🌈
Into the Windwracked Wilds - A. Deborah Baker (fantasy) - October 25
A Restless Truth - Freya Marske (historical fantasy) - November 1 🏳️🌈
The World We Make - J.K. Jemisin (contemporary fantasy) - November 1 🏳️🌈 BIPOC
Tread of Angels - Rebecca Roanhorse (historical fantasy) - November 15
Remainders of the Day - Shaun Bythell (memoir) - November 29
The Water Outlaws - S.L. Huang (fantasy) - date unknown 🏳️🌈 BIPOC moved to 2023
This is (still) fine.
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Flamey’s Best of 2022
Good lord I can’t believe it’s the end of the year... which means it’s time to continue this tradition!
Best movies watched in 2021:
1) Jaws (1975). That’s right, I’ve never watched all of Jaws until this year. I can see why it’s such a classic. The acting is fantastic and the music was done by John Williams.
2) The Batman 2022
3) Contagion
4) A Quiet Place Part II
5) Thirteen Lives
Best shows watched in 2022:
1) Prehistoric Planet. When I tell you that I felt like a kid watching Walking With Dinosaurs for the first time again... yeah. The dinosaurs felt so REAL. The music and narration were also mesmerizing. I highly recommend this one if you haven’t seen it yet.
2) Hannibal
3) Ranking of Kings (season 1)
4) One Piece (episodes 50-163)
5) Odd Taxi (season 1)
Best video games played in 2022:
1) Pokemon: Legends Arceus. Hands down one of the best Pokemon games I’ve played in years. I would love to see them make games like this for other Pokemon regions, like Johto.
2) Jurassic World Evolution 2
3) Pokemon: Scarlet
Best books read in 2022:
The Pearl Sister by Lucinda Riley
The Shadow Sister by Lucinda Riley
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Circe by Madeline Miller
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Dawn of Yangchen by F.C. Yee
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz
The Girl Who Lived Twice by David Lagercrantz
Dinosaurs Rediscovered by Michael Benton
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals by Stephen L. Brusatte
#flamey's best of 2022#I haven't been to a movie theater in over a year#so I really haven't seen more recent movies
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Tagged by @chocolimet thanks for the tag and sorry for just now getting to it 😅
Currently Reading: Nothing but a while ago I finished The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Stephen L. Brusatte. Really good book, would recommend if you like dinos 👍
Fave Color: orange :) 🦊🍊🥕🎃
Last Song: apparently the Stand Proud Jojo OP Mexican remix lol
Last Series Watched or Finished: dang I can't remember lol maybe jujutsu kaisen?
Last Movie: that Invader Zim movie lol
Sweet, Spicy, Savory: spicy >:3
Fave Food: tacos...
Song Stuck in my Head: Nothing right now cause I'm listening to radio :p
Last thing I Googled: what pokemon cards are in the happy meals
Time: 8:50am Pacific Standard Time
Dream Vacation: Japan. I wanna indulge my inner weeb, see the zoos and aquariums, eat lots of yummy food, go to some of the islands, hike and catch critters, and most of all.... visit the Kirby Cafe...
Currently working on: uhhhhhh my fish tanks I guess. I just added some kuhli loaches and now I gotta decide on a tetra species before adding my new betta and getting the rasboras and their babies out.
Thankssss im gonna tag @a-ffection and @bellossom :]
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When you find out your fave dinosaur (Dimetrodon) is NOT ACTUALLY A DINOSAUR SO YOU HAVE TO FIND A SECONDARY FAVORITE DINOSAUR AND YOU DIDN’T THINK THIS FAR AHEAD.
Source: The Rise and Reign of the Mammals by Stephen Brusatte (pub. 2022)
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very pumped that my boy Stephen L Brusatte is name dropped from my fav book of his
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My favorite books of 2023:
Otherlands by Thomas Halliday: atmospheric writing backed by science, and it's about prehistoric biomes. I really liked that this book focused more on "isn't this cool" instead of "the world used to be perfect until humans messed it up" because sometimes my anxiety can't handle the latter
Expecting Better by Emily Oster: fantastic for anyone who's pregnant. Tons of science and research so I felt equipped to see through the rumors/well-meant advice
Spying on Whales by Nick Pyenson: I learned more about whales than I knew existed. Fascinating book with a focus on easily remembered fun facts (which makes it sound simplistic, but it's not)
Conscious by Annaka Harris: I think about this book at least once a week, which is extremely impressive for a 2 hour audiobook. After I listened to it the first time, I immediately listened to it again. Probably one of my top 3 books this year
The Rise and Fall off the Dinosaurs by Stephen Brusatte: the two biggest takeaways I have from this book are 1) t rexes were downright terrifying and 2) birds aren't the descendants of dinosaurs, they are dinosaurs themselves
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski: a guide for improving sex, useful for anyone but mostly aimed at women. One of my top 3 books this year
The Mosquito by Timothy C. Winegard: I had no idea how much of human history was affected by mosquitoes and the diseases they carry (specifically malaria)
Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake: I read this in January so I don't remember a ton from it, but it is on my to-read-again-soon list
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A new species of dinosaur has been discovered in a remote tall grasslands territory in northern Mongolia.
The species, named Zaraapelta nomadis, is an ankylosaurid, a type of heavily armored dinosaur. It was found in the Central Asian nation's Bügiin Tsav region, which is known for its rugged terrain and towering grasslands.
At around three meters long, Zaraapelta nomadis is a medium-sized dinosaur, smaller than its better-known relatives like Ankylosaurus and Euoplocephalus. It is characterized by its small, spiky armor plates, a feature believed to have been used for protection from predators.
The discovery of Zaraapelta nomadis is significant as it is the first ankylosaurid to be found in the region. It is also the first ankylosaurid to be found outside of North America and Europe.
"This discovery is a reminder of just how much there is still to learn about the diversity of dinosaurs, even in well-studied regions like Mongolia," said Dr. Stephen Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh and one of the authors of the study.
The remains of Zaraapelta nomadis were found in a layer of rock dated to the late Cretaceous period, around 70 million years ago. This indicates that the species may have lived alongside other well-known dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Ankylosaurus.
The discovery of Zaraapelta nomadis is an exciting one, as it sheds light on the diversity of dinosaurs in this region of the world. It also provides further evidence that dinosaurs were able to thrive in tall grasslands territories, demonstrating their ability to adapt to different environments.
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How Did Birds First Take Off?
In 1993, “Jurassic Park” helped inspire 9-year-old Stephen Brusatte to become a paleontologist. So Dr. Brusatte was thrilled to advise the producers of last year’s “Jurassic World: Dominion” on what scientists had learned about dinosaurs since he was a child.
He was especially happy to see one of the most important discoveries make it to the screen: dinosaurs that sported feathers. But judging…
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Auge y caída de los dinosaurios. La nueva historia de un mundo perdido, de Steve Brusatte
Aunque con los años han ido apareciendo nuevos intereses que terminaron por desplazar a la paleontología en lo que a prioridades respecta, los dinosaurios siempre me han gustado. El primer libro (más bien era una revista) que creo haber tenido era precisamente de dinosaurios, y es también ese uno de los recuerdos más antiguos que conservo: mi hermano mayor defendiéndome de unos niños que me habían robado la revista y, lo que es todavía más sorprendente (en el futuro no le volvería a ir tan bien), logrando recuperarla. ¡Cuántos recuerdos me traería volver a leerla! Aunque no recuerdo su nombre, sí que tengo todavía grabada en la mente cómo era la portada: amarilla, con la cabeza de un dinosaurio no identificado en primer plano y una batalla entre un Ankylosaurus y un Tyrannosaurus rex en el centro. Algún día la encontraré.
Bueno, luego de ese totalmente innecesario recuerdo infantil es momento de decir algo sobre Auge y caída de los dinosaurios: me gustó. A mucha gente no le agradan los ensayos en los que se mezclan datos biográficos, pero no es mi caso: mientras me saturas con terminología científica cuéntame algo ligero, que lo recibiré con gusto. Lejos de ser simplemente un divulgador, Stephen L. Brusatte es también paleontólogo académico, por lo que no es de extrañar que sea una obra muy fundamentada bibliográficamente. El rigor científico, sin embargo, no es impedimento para permitirse también ciertas licencias literarias (en especial la narración de la caída del meteorito) que, aunque especulativas, aportan mucho. El libro trata la historia general de los dinosaurios desde la extinción del Pérmico hasta que los fieros reptiles que terminaron por convertirse en los pajaritos que conocemos hoy en día, deteniéndose, obviamente, en algunas de las estrellas más conocidas (El T. rex y el Triceratops, por ejemplo). Muchas fotografías e imágenes acompañan al texto, algo que, aunque es esperable en un libro de dinosaurios, se agradece. En fin, es un más que entretenido y riguroso libro (se publicó en 2018, así que la información que contiene está bastante actualizada) ideal para los fanáticos de la paleontología o para aquellos que, como yo, aunque les gusta la han terminado desplazando un poco.
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This Isn't Your Mother's Woolly Mammoth
I think Stephen Brusatte is one of the best science writers I've read recently. He has a great way of organizing information and writing about it in a manner that doesn't feel condescending to laypeople, all the while tackling some very knotty topics.
Those skills are on full display in this book. This is a good thing, as the history of mammals gets into deeper scientific weeds than his previous book, the excellent The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, ever did. As he reveals, the evolution of mammals goes further back than most of us ever suspected, and took some surprising twists and turns along the way. I learned more than I ever thought could be said about teeth and dentition and ankle bones, along with the many different classifications of early mammals. It's pretty deep stuff, even as well as he writes it. You definitely have to be a science nerd to slog through some of this.
After we get past the death of the dinosaurs and into the Ice Age, and thus into the more familiar territory of mammoths and sabertooth tigers, the book becomes a bit easier to read. The final chapter deals with human evolution, and adds a sad postscript: many of the Ice Age megafauna would likely be alive today, if it weren't for us.
It comes down to this: if our human species had not spread around the world, then a lot of the megafauna would still be here. Maybe not all of them, but probably most. Dinosaurs like T. Rex and Triceratops were felled by an asteroid. For mammoths and sabertooths, we were the asteroid.
There are many illustrations to accompany the eras and fossils being discussed, and endnotes that are almost as interesting as the main text. I don't think this book is quite as accessible as his first, but that's due to the complexity of the topic. If you like chewing over some meaty scientific concepts, this book is very tasty indeed.
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A sweeping and revelatory new history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary family tree that led to us Though humans claim to rule the Earth, we are the inheritors of a dynasty that has reigned over the planet for nearly 66 million years, through fiery cataclysm and ice ages: the mammals. Our lineage includes saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths, armadillos the size of a car, cave bears three times the weight of a grizzly, clever scurriers that outlasted Tyrannosaurus rex, and even other types of humans, like Neanderthals. Indeed humankind and many of the beloved fellow mammals we share the planet with today--lions, whales, dogs--represent only the few survivors of a sprawling and astonishing family tree that has been pruned by time and mass extinctions. How did we get here?In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusatte enchanted readers with his definitive his - tory of the dinosaurs. Now, picking up the
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