Discovering a Dinosaur ––– a palaeontologist's tale Mike Taylor, Bristol University

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Discovering a Dinosaur ––– a palaeontologist's tale Mike Taylor, Bristol University

What is palaeontology?

What is a dinosaur?

?

This is a dinosaur

Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. – Theodosius Dobzhansky.

Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. – Theodosius Dobzhansky. That goes double for palaeontology.

The tree of life

The tree of life: dinosaurs

The tree of life: sauropods

Sauropods: biggest & best!

Sauropods: How big?

Sauropods: How big?

Sauropods: whale-size

Sauropods: maybe bigger

How?

Sauropods: maybe bigger How? I could talk about that all day

My new dinosaur Brontomerus

All we have is bones

Usually not many bones

What can we know?

1. It's a sauropod

2. What kind of sauropod

3. How big it was (roughly!)

4. Big thigh muscles

Thunder thighs = Brontomerus

4. Big thigh muscles ?

5. Kicking behaviour?

Why kicking?

Thanks for listening! ––– Mike Taylor, Bristol University

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