This past May the Sam Noble museum in Oklahoma tried to bring some culture and science into rural backwater Oklahoma and invited professor Paul Sereno fro Chicago's South side.
Paul Sereno, professor of paleontology at the University of Chicago, has helped lay the foundation for all aspiring paleontologists with his groundbreaking discoveries.
Paul Sereno, professor of paleontology at the University of Chicago, has helped lay the foundation for all aspiring paleontologists with his groundbreaking discoveries.
The man has nd is always willing to go to international and dangerous backwater rural areas around the globe to bring out old bones to museums and get people talking about the various beasts that once roamed the planet and had a consistently carnage battle with each other for diets of meat and plant.
Sereno discussed how he was inspired to find Spinosaurus by Ernst Stromer, a famous German paleontologist.Estimating to be 50 to 57 feet, much bigger than the famous Tyrannosaurus rex, the Spinosaurus was a massive predator during the Cretaceous period. Sereno is a modern day Illinois Jones willing to get down and dirty in the sand in pernicious areas hanging with perfidy locals in gossamer queer wear, such as Tuareg rag-heads what would take and sell Paul's head for a few bucks.
Sereno explained he almost lost the opportunity to complete his reconstruction of Spinosaurus.
“The skeleton of Spinosaurus came so close to disappearing,” Sereno said. “When we got the skeleton, it was missing a foot because the foot had been sold to a guy in Japan. So we told the guy, hey, we need to get that back, and everything worked out.” How much the Jap got for selling the dino bone foot was not elaborated.
After finishing the reconstruction, Sereno discovered something enigmatic.
“During our reconstruction of Spinosaurus, we discovered it would’ve been the first theropod to transition to using four legs,” Sereno said.
Sereno said Spinosaurus shared many similarities to animals that are alive today, including crocodiles and crested chameleons. I was surprised that Sereno didn't mention birds in this category.
During his research and reconstruction, Sereno discovered why dinosaurs like Spinosaurus would have never been great swimmers. He said the reason was they could not have lived with giving up their posture to swim.
“Finding the first subaquatic (Spinosaurus), I discovered it was a diver, or a swimmer,” Sereno said. “It was never meant to be a good diver or swimmer because it would’ve had to give up it’s great posture, and it wasn’t willing to do that.” whatever the case Spjnosauraus is gone now and its massive girth and strength is now displayed from little primates bringing and thinking of great value for the bones of these past beasts.
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