It amazes me that paleontologists will spend decades studying the only fossils of a species to have ever been discovered, meanwhile there's dinosaurs like Shunosaurus where there's mostly complete skeletons found that will only be studied for half that amount of time after decades of us public who're interested patiently waiting to the point of nearly forgetting the damned thing even exists.
@thabas7578
Жыл бұрын
They need to make another study about t rex ig
@Kor06.
Жыл бұрын
@@thabas7578 studying spino and t. rex is the cocaine for paleontologist
@patreekotime4578
Жыл бұрын
That is capitalism for ya, it is all about funding. And yes, I know China is supposedly "communist" but they operate a dual economy and funding is allocated the same way it is here: excitement based.
@Kor06.
Жыл бұрын
@@patreekotime4578 it's not capitalism
@wintersal449
Жыл бұрын
@@patreekotime4578Darn those Paleontologists and their.. *squints eyes* Capitalist ways?
@AlbertaGeek
Жыл бұрын
I always get a huge smile on my face whenever a paleontology channel says "thagomizer". ..Named after the late Thag Simmons, of course. :)
@chimerasuchus
Жыл бұрын
May he rest in peace even though he rests in pieces.
@mikeoxsmal69
Жыл бұрын
It shall stand as the dopest weapon of all earth history!
@michellebeckham5310
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful word.
@AlbertaGeek
Жыл бұрын
@@michellebeckham5310 Gary Larson must count it as one of his greatest accomplishments.
@brianmarshall1762
Жыл бұрын
You made me laugh. Those old enough to remember the far side salute you, my friend.🫡
@hangonsnoop
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the fact that the term "thaggomizer" has become common parlance.
@jamesredmond7001
Жыл бұрын
What I really love about Shunosaurus and the other sauropods from this area and era is that they show that sauropod evolution wasn't strictly linear - there wasn't a straight progression from prosauropod to eusauropod to neosauropod, but instead multiple lineages developing in parallel in different areas. Certainly the neosauropods likely outcompeted the Chinese eusauropods once they reached that part of the world, but Shunosaurus and its co-inhabitants show that the wider eusauropod clade didn't just remain static after neosauropoda evolved.
@5daboz
Жыл бұрын
Probably because of its size its club might also gather quita a lot of kinetic energy because he would be able to swing it in larger arc. You can invest into larger muscles and stable structure or... you can simply grow bigger. Tail alone without a club would probably be able to stun or even kill smaller predator if moving fast enough.
@nono9543
Жыл бұрын
These guys should have been playable in The Isle. A small sized saurond that was faster and more aggressive to counteract it's smaller stature.
@rileyernst9086
Жыл бұрын
A sauropod with small sauropod syndrome.
@mikeoxsmal69
Жыл бұрын
Instead we got magi
@headwreak1768
Жыл бұрын
Ironically a roblox game HAS shunosaurus in it's roster, though it's really, really bad at fighting.[only good for escaping]
@mucanan
Жыл бұрын
I’ve been to the Zigong museum. Worth the 3 hour detour for a paleontology fan such as myself
@nyeti7759
Жыл бұрын
What a fascinating animal and a great video explaining it. I'd never heard of it, nor did I know about this odd relict population in Asia. Props to the Mattalorian's narration with just one quibble - X in hanyu pinyin is pronounced more like English "sh".
@Spacekid_Productions
11 ай бұрын
i definitely have a curiosity for more underated dinosaurs. The obscurity of them is always accentuated in contrast to widely known dinosaurs 🦕
@alistairdiren5790
Жыл бұрын
9:32 what a rotund boi.
@Shunosaurus-uw2ms
Жыл бұрын
2 videos about shunosaurus now that's cool
@Spacekid_Productions
11 ай бұрын
A sauropod with a clubbed tail is just the coolest thing ever 5:50 This Paleoart is amazing
@cheslxy
Жыл бұрын
Herbivores are very aggressive and protective compare to most predators that why some of those animal’s developed armour or other traits to protect themselves.
@davidmcintyre8145
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing one of these skeletons in the early 1990s as part of the"Dinousaurs from China"exhibition when it came to Scotland
@alexandermorrison1010
Жыл бұрын
A very interesting creature indeed.
@posticusmaximus1739
6 ай бұрын
Crazy how a clubbed sauropod would be obscure
@Dylan-vd6rz
Жыл бұрын
I'm not a paleontologist but... couldn't the smaller form just be sub adults or sexual dimorphism??
@matthewsweeney1593
Жыл бұрын
Shunosaurus needs more loving especially be a good in Jurassic Park/world movie
@johno1544
Жыл бұрын
I'm convinced full grown Sauropods were the most terrifying animals to walk the earth. Hippo like attitude that could kill anything with a tail swipe or just by trampling.
@KingofKran
8 ай бұрын
Bull elephants in mating season are scary enough. Imagine a mean Apatosaur or Dreadnoughtus in heat.
@johno1544
8 ай бұрын
@@KingofKran great example a elephant is also a herbivore but absolutely nothing wants to mess with a Bull elephant hopped up on mating hormones
@HassanMohamed-jy4kk
Жыл бұрын
I’ve got some great ideas and some great suggestions for you to make KZitem Videos Shows about some more Prehistoric Extinct Crocodilian Species, such as Lazarussuchus, Plesiosuchus, and Metriorynchus adding that to the videos on the next Chimerasuchus coming up next!!👍👍👍👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@AlbertaGeek
Жыл бұрын
That's a great idea. All the pseudosuchians and crocodylomorphs!
@richie_0740
Жыл бұрын
Mamenchisaurus also have these tail club based on recent discovery and Analiysis
@IanPendleton-gh6ox
Жыл бұрын
He mentions that in the video at around 6:09.
@mikeoxsmal69
Жыл бұрын
Longboi!
@DeinoWolfhybridhero
Жыл бұрын
I have read about this genus for the first time in 1991 but never found satisfying information about them. As ever your videos are a precious source of information
@TheAnimalKingdom-tq3sz
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, The Mushroom Drunkard
@rileyernst9086
Жыл бұрын
Shunosaurus Lii seems like a good candidate for a forest dwelling sauropod like a African forest elephant.
@abdulazizrex
Жыл бұрын
Definitely a one of a kind dinosaur!
@Eye_Exist
8 ай бұрын
Therapist: Clubbing sauropods don't exist, they can't hurt you Meanwhile clubbing sauropods:
@amdecentgamingmoveyt1586
5 ай бұрын
diplocus whip on steroids
@mlggodzilla1567
Жыл бұрын
Another great video 😎
@MrBracey100
7 ай бұрын
I always chuckle when you say Thagomizer. That joke never gets old.
@GenghisDon1970
Жыл бұрын
so very cool, Shunosaurus is!
@PestilentAllosaurus
Жыл бұрын
So glad somebody is giving this dinosaur more attention!
@andrewfong894
Жыл бұрын
Hey @CHimerasuchus if your reading this can you answer this question and make a video about it: why did are archosaurs evolve airsacs, the video dosen't half to have a straight answer just as many ideas you can find.
@irondraak960
9 ай бұрын
you know, it may have been found in China but that doesn't make it Chinese. A lot of animals and even early man were wanderers.
@DawnFire05
Жыл бұрын
I hope we’ll get to hear from you one day about my favorite, atlasaurus. As a pseudosuchian fan I absolutely love this channel, and I’m happy to be hearing about the weirdo sauropods now too!
@rileyernst9086
Жыл бұрын
Crocodile osteoderms are heavily vascularised, they are used to absorb and shed excess heat. They also provide excellent protection. Well that's the impression I get when I watch videos of them getting attacked by things like lions and such in Africa.
@rcsendandblast1579
11 ай бұрын
You said it evolutionary convergence As are we 👊😎 Magic
@alexanderstone9463
11 ай бұрын
I always wondered if the media depictions of Sauropods using their tail as a weapon was actually based off of anything specific. I’m sure there’s more evidence I haven’t bothered to look for. But this is pretty definitive.
@russpaxman3660
11 ай бұрын
In modern animals any offensive biological weapons are evolved for inter species conflicts, that may be co opted as defence against predation. We can infer that tail clubs and the like were employed against members of their own species for mating rights, and not developed to deter carnivorous predators.
@bromfoureleven5811
Жыл бұрын
I love shunosaurus :D
@Spiyder11
Жыл бұрын
I misread this and thought that it said “Club tailed Spinosaurus” and I was about to scream, lol
@dunkleosteusyaetuanalien
Жыл бұрын
Shunosaurus attack dinosaurs
@shockdrake
Ай бұрын
Shunosaurus is closer to Tuatara or Alligator?
@joshuaW5621
Жыл бұрын
You never expect to see a sauropod having a tail club.
@DawnFire05
Жыл бұрын
I was not prepared for that absolute round boi at 9:32
@shockdrake
4 ай бұрын
Does the answer for genetically closest modern animal of Shunosaurus is "All birds are equally close to it."?
@chimerasuchus
4 ай бұрын
Yes.
@TeethToothman
Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤
@TheMightyN
Жыл бұрын
Hold on, hold on, hold on. What the hell is a Mamunchysaurus? It's pronounced Muh-men-CHEE-sore-us (Ma|men|chi|saur|us)
@Evolution1101
11 ай бұрын
It's Ma-men-KEY-saurus not "Mah-munchies-saurus" or whatever the fuck you were saying...
@loisthevelociraptor5401
10 ай бұрын
"Mah-munchies-saurus" 😂😂😂😂
@headwreak1768
Жыл бұрын
Dinosaur arcade's shunosaurus needs to be buffed.
@rickybryan1759
Жыл бұрын
So are dinosaurs more or less likely to be single toothed rather than having different teeth for different jobs? So is two type of teeth thing interesting here?
@chimerasuchus
Жыл бұрын
They tend to have one type of tooth.
@rickybryan1759
Жыл бұрын
@@chimerasuchus thanks
@YoutubeWatcher264
5 ай бұрын
Gasosaurus? Very not creative.
@Levinewak
Жыл бұрын
This needs to be in Jurassic Park
@eviljoel
Жыл бұрын
The word thagomizer only applies to stegosauroids, though.
@chimerasuchus
Жыл бұрын
It is never applied to anything else in the video. Shunosaurus's spikes were merely compared to thagomizers.
@christellecoten1928
Жыл бұрын
So cool
@paintbrush3554
Жыл бұрын
What an awesome dinosaur !!
@UhOhItsDorian
11 ай бұрын
I truly love what you do and I love your channel. I’m so glad you do so many spotlights on dinosaurs that no one seems to ever talk about. But I would really, really love it if you checked the pronunciation on the Chinese names before recording. (Not just the Chinese names, but as someone familiar with the ways they’re supposed to be said, those are the ones I notice.) If nothing else, know the x makes a “sh” sound, like in the English word “sheer.”
@F.H.W
Жыл бұрын
best sauropod
@NotesFromTheVoid
Жыл бұрын
The tail looks quite thin in comparison to the ankylosaurs but that might just be a quirk of perspective.
@chimerasuchus
Жыл бұрын
The club was smaller so the tail didn't need to be as large. It was still thicker and studier at the end than those of other sauropods.
@DreamyCheshire-up9rf
Жыл бұрын
The tail might look thin but is more flexible, like a whip while ankylosaurs seemed to use its tail like a club.
@edgeofsanity9111
Жыл бұрын
I'd like to know more about Jurassic Asia Especially local theropods and underdogs
@shockdrake
7 ай бұрын
Shunosaurus is closer to Crocodile or Crow?
@chimerasuchus
7 ай бұрын
Crows. While crocodiles are the closest living relatives of the dinosaurs, birds are the last of the dinosaurs.
@70stunes71
Жыл бұрын
💯👍 excellent
@vasilijrappana2335
4 ай бұрын
Did a sauropod and an ankylosaur get busy?
@shockdrake
Ай бұрын
It was Convergent Evolution
@julianshepherd2038
Жыл бұрын
Shaun O'Saurus. Make up your own joke.
@nightshadeentertainment6568
Жыл бұрын
Can I get a Rutiodon Video please?
@roastbeast3275
Жыл бұрын
we really couldn’t think of anything better than “gasosaurus”?
@chimerasuchus
Жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, the team that named it was from China while the gas company was American. I guess they didn't know how awkward "Gasosaurus constructus" sounds.
@firecracka94
Жыл бұрын
I seen one of these behemoths on tinder i swear
@boredwarlock5216
Жыл бұрын
I LIKED the old narrator! This guy is ok. The other guy had soul
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