What Makes A Dinosaur?

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Due to a revolution in our understanding of the tree of life, birds are dinosaurs, while dimetrodons are not. If you liked this week’s video, we think you might also like: - After her great video on Dimetrodon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tdVPiyVDsQ , The Brain Scoop’s Emily Graslie started a blog devoted to the dinosaur confusion in modern toys: http://isnotadinosaur.tumblr.com/ - A new Nature paper suggesting our evolutionary history of dinosaurs might be very wrong http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v543/n7646/full/nature21700.html LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Systema Naturae: A 1735 book by Carl Linnaeus that outlined his hierarchical classification of animals. - Plagiuri: an early,now disused, biological subclassification of fish used by Linnaeus that also included dolphins and whales. - Anthropomorpha: a defunct taxon established by Linnaeus for genera Homo (humans), Simia (monkeys and apes in general) and Bradypus (sloths). - Cladogram: A branching diagram showing the evolutionary relationship between species. - Dimetrodon: An extinct carnivorous synapsid related to early mammals. - Plesiosaur: An extinct marine reptile with a long neck related to modern snakes. Species featured in this video: - Brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) - Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) - Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) - Flathead Grey Mullet (Mugil cephalus) CREDITS ********* Script Writer: Da

Published 2017-03-28 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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