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Post by es1001 on Jan 5, 2015 1:06:32 GMT
What do you think about this subject?
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Post by es1001 on Jan 5, 2015 1:07:55 GMT
I think it is ridiculous that there are not more excavations happening in Oceania right now. Nearly every dig they have done, they find a new dinosaur. There is obviously plenty of potential for many new species in Australia, and Antarctica, but no one ever bothers with it. I'd love to see this science become more prominent in these areas of the globe again.
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Post by 2pac on Jan 5, 2015 1:55:30 GMT
Asia and North America get so much credit for their finds, if I am not mistaken though, paleontology is more funded in those places than in, say, Australia.
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Post by es1001 on Jan 5, 2015 7:25:06 GMT
Australia's finds have been quite fantastic, though. There are many undescribed species that have come out of small digs with little funding. Here is a list: And, this list was compiled as of last year, and only included Theropods! There seems to be an untapped abundance of species here in Australia, with diversity so huge, that we haven't even tried to uncover.
Using a paper posted by thesporerex, I have compiled a list of all known Australian Theropods. Note: Only Dinosaurs will be included, other members of Therepoda (eg: birds) will not be included.Ozraptor subotaiiMiddle Jurassic 171 - 167 Mya | 6.6 Metres Long | Primitive CeratosaurKnown only from a partial ankle bone.Not yet described Early Cretaceous 112 - 99 Mya | ? | Megalosaur Known only from a neck vertebrate.Australovenator wintonensisEarly Cretaceous 112 - 99 Mya | 6.1 Metres Long | Megaraptor Used to be known as a 'dwarf Allosaurus', before it was properly described.
Rapator ornitholestoidesEarly Cretaceous 112 - 99 Mya | ? | MegaraptorKnown only from a partial hand bone. Thought to be similar to Australovenator.Not yet describedEarly Cretaceous 112 - 99 Mya | ? | Primitive TyrannosaurKnown only from a pubic fragment, first evidence of advanced Tyrannosaurs in the southern hemisphere.
Kakuru kujani Early Cretaceous 112 - 99 Mya | 1.5 Metres Long | Primitive Maniraptoran Thought to be a juvenile Abelisaurid or Oviraptorosaur.
Timimus hermani Early Cretaceous 112 - 99 Mya | 3 Metres Long | Primitive Maniraptoran Known only from a single thigh bone, almost certainly an Ornithomimosaur, but now proposed as an unenlagiine Deinonychosaur.
Not yet described Early Cretaceous 112 - 99 Mya | ? | Primitive DromeosauridVery fragmentary remains, originally thought to be an Oviraptorosaur.I am also pretty sure that there is an undescribed Spinosaurid from Australia, but the Paper does not include that particular specimen.
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Post by 2pac on Jan 5, 2015 14:56:33 GMT
That is absolutely nothing compared to North America alone. The problem is probably that paleontology is more incentivated in those places than in Australia, so again, paleontologists are more likely to try their luck in Asia or North America.
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Post by ornitholestes on Jan 5, 2015 22:23:15 GMT
It isn’t too difficult to see why Antarctica is generally disregarded. In a country like Australia, one would expect more digging to go on. Maybe there are just too few people actually living there compared to the huge area that has to be surveyed…
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Post by 2pac on Jan 6, 2015 0:32:00 GMT
That makes sense. The population of Australia is over 10 times smaller than that of the United States, and I don't even need to mention China. Although I have no confirmation, I still think funding may be the biggest factor, since Australia is favourable to paleontology otherwise.
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Post by es1001 on Jan 6, 2015 12:13:17 GMT
That makes sense. The population of Australia is over 10 times smaller than that of the United States, and I don't even need to mention China. Although I have no confirmation, I still think funding may be the biggest factor, since Australia is favourable to paleontology otherwise. :/ I don't know. I cannot recall the last time a new dinosaur here in Aus even made the news. People don't care for prehistory here, and it's a shame.
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Post by 2pac on Jan 6, 2015 12:48:19 GMT
That makes sense. The population of Australia is over 10 times smaller than that of the United States, and I don't even need to mention China. Although I have no confirmation, I still think funding may be the biggest factor, since Australia is favourable to paleontology otherwise. :/ I don't know. I cannot recall the last time a new dinosaur here in Aus even made the news. People don't care for prehistory here, and it's a shame.Seems a bit related to funding as well.
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