So glad to see you back on TH-cam, Dr. Burger! Those of us older folk (I am 74) who are interested in paleontology truly appreciate your efforts! And I always watch your videos more than once, by the way! Kind regards... Mike
You have come a long way since we last spoke which was at your eagle badge ceremony; I always looked up to you and am so impressed with your contribution to this field, I learned a lot. I’ll make an effort to enjoy the rest of your videos this year.
My professor of vertebrate paleontology has been using some of your lectures as complementary material for our class. Even with the language barrier the experience has been very enriching experience. I just wanted to thank you for that, greetings from Brazil!
I’m always excited to see a new video from Prof. Burger!! I hope you can upload more consistently again in the future, as you’ve certainly one of the greatest TH-cam channels!
It is good that we will see you again and it is very nice to hear you again here on you tube. We hope soon more of your very interesting videos and that you continue with that spirit and good health. I am a fan of your channel and of course paleontology. Greetings from Mexico.👋🤠
I have always been fascinated with ancient geology and dinosaurs. I had happen to come across a video of yours called "Pennsylvania Paradox Formation - The Rocks of Utah." I had recognized the area outside of Moab and the Lasalle mountains off in the distance. This had captured my attention. What had hooked me was learning that you teach at the USU Uintah basin campus here in Vernal. I have traveled many roads throughout the Uintah basin and beyond, always looking for the next exciting destination to explore. Watching your videos will shed new light on the areas that I have visited, while at the same time gives me a new interpretation of what I am looking at. Thank you for producing these videos. Perhaps we'll bump into each other somewhere in Vernal while shopping or attending a venue.
I heard that the maximum size a dinosaur egg could get was the size of a soccerball, and any larger would require a shell too thick to allow gas exchange which would suffocate the dinosaur within. This would mean that the hatchlings would start off comparatively tiny to the adults they would become.
Dr. Burger, I find your content to be fascinating! I would love to see you succeed further! My advice would be to set up a tiktok and deliver 1 minute knowledge bites and fun facts of the content you have already created here! Potentially some streamlining in micro places😅 I think you have a fantastic personality and would have a huge following there as the dinosaur man! Your passion is infectious! Your video on plants in the age of the dinosaur had my jaw on the floor with amazement again and again, loved it! Please let me know if you decide to pursue this, would support you in a heartbeat! All the best!
As always, very interesting and well presented. Thank you. Dare I say I'm in no position to comment on Scipionyx and how close to adulthood it looks to be. As something of a tangent is there any evidence as to the swimming ability of the most likely candidate large and small therapods?* How close this island may have been to the mainland? The environment of said island? I imagine the local swimming conditions would be fairly benign, so making routine swimming between islands a reasonable possibility. If the islands could be good hunting or nesting grounds for larger therapods, they were capable swimmers, and the distances not great, then I would lean toward this being a 'baby' destined to be a large therapod. If not I'd lean toward this example being an island sub-adult Compsognathid of some sort on this basis of what an isolated island may be able to support by way of breeding animals, and that smaller creatures are more likely to survive being swept to isolated landmasses. *I imagine that if large therapods are constructed much like 'birds', don't have masses of soggy feathers to weigh them down, and the water reasonably warm, they'd be pretty darn good swimmers. If the sea was decently shallow that would put off the larger and nastier marine predators. The thought that an Allosaurid might routinely do it's best impression of a giant, toothy, duck in the ocean rather intrigues me. Hell, that may even be a feeding strategy! (I admit the idea of an Allosaur bobbing for fish is a bit fanciful)
You do the most important work.m25 years from now will be images,in50 to75 years detail will be absolute. This will be an amazing time. Eventually galactic. We're movin faster and faster.
Scipionyx is really massive for a hatchling I think adult was between 5-10 m long, no matter what group it belonged to, even if it really is related to compsognathids.
Would your university be opposed to your sharing the online content you have been creating, as Nick Zentner at CWU has done with his Geology 101 and 351 lectures?
I am just a machinist but on the teeth which dinos had and after the asteroid hit the birds survived with a vast diversity all over the planet. The one question that can likely never be solved is how is there not single bird on this planet with not even basic teeth? cant be the weight theory for flight because ostriches and other ground or water type birds sometimes dont even fly. How could worldwide all birds hold a vote "we are all 100% switching to beaks?"after the extinction if all birds evolved only from one or two surviving species and they had beaks that I could understand if thats the answer. thanks
Are you sure? Assuming the etymology is from Scipio Africanus I've heard his name pronounced all sorts of ways including: Skippeo Shippeo and Sippeo. I always favor the first one but J. Rufus Fears pronounces it 'Sippeo'
So glad to see you back on TH-cam, Dr. Burger! Those of us older folk (I am 74) who are interested in paleontology truly appreciate your efforts! And I always watch your videos more than once, by the way! Kind regards... Mike
Welcome back, Benjamin. So pleased to see you again. Martin
You have come a long way since we last spoke which was at your eagle badge ceremony; I always looked up to you and am so impressed with your contribution to this field, I learned a lot. I’ll make an effort to enjoy the rest of your videos this year.
Please tell us you're really back, your videos are so good !
Oh Dr. Burger how we miss your videos!
I miss your videos. Hope you can get back to it after the pandemic cools down
My professor of vertebrate paleontology has been using some of your lectures as complementary material for our class. Even with the language barrier the experience has been very enriching experience. I just wanted to thank you for that, greetings from Brazil!
It’s so interesting that the intestines and last meals were preserved! Thanks for sharing!
I’m always excited to see a new video from Prof. Burger!! I hope you can upload more consistently again in the future, as you’ve certainly one of the greatest TH-cam channels!
Welcome back to TH-cam can't wait for more great content!
Hello Benjamin, I just wanted to tell you that I really enjoy your content. Thank you for your hard work on all of these videos!
It is good that we will see you again and it is very nice to hear you again here on you tube. We hope soon more of your very interesting videos and that you continue with that spirit and good health. I am a fan of your channel and of course paleontology. Greetings from Mexico.👋🤠
Really like your videos...because they are so informative.
This is a fascinating find. Thanks for the heads up on Scipionyx and great to see you posting another cool video. Keep 'em coming Mr Burger!
Thanks a lot for sharing this interesting new dino info - made my evening! Glad to see you back and healthy, dear Sir!
I have always been fascinated with ancient geology and dinosaurs. I had happen to come across a video of yours called "Pennsylvania Paradox Formation - The Rocks of Utah." I had recognized the area outside of Moab and the Lasalle mountains off in the distance. This had captured my attention. What had hooked me was learning that you teach at the USU Uintah basin campus here in Vernal.
I have traveled many roads throughout the Uintah basin and beyond, always looking for the next exciting destination to explore. Watching your videos will shed new light on the areas that I have visited, while at the same time gives me a new interpretation of what I am looking at.
Thank you for producing these videos. Perhaps we'll bump into each other somewhere in Vernal while shopping or attending a venue.
I heard that the maximum size a dinosaur egg could get was the size of a soccerball, and any larger would require a shell too thick to allow gas exchange which would suffocate the dinosaur within. This would mean that the hatchlings would start off comparatively tiny to the adults they would become.
Great video, Ben. An interesting conundrum!
I love your vids. Don't stop making vids pls🙂
Great to see your videos again. How about videotaping and posting some of your lectures.
Great video!
Looking forward to more.
Fascinating video, learned a lot about Scipionyx. Personally, I think it is a young individual, but I am not able to say what species. :)
Amazing little dinosaur fantastic find. Thank you for this very informative post. 🙃☕❤❤❤❤
Welcome back!
Thank you for another great video!
👏Welcome back
Dr. Burger, I find your content to be fascinating!
I would love to see you succeed further! My advice would be to set up a tiktok and deliver 1 minute knowledge bites and fun facts of the content you have already created here! Potentially some streamlining in micro places😅
I think you have a fantastic personality and would have a huge following there as the dinosaur man! Your passion is infectious!
Your video on plants in the age of the dinosaur had my jaw on the floor with amazement again and again, loved it!
Please let me know if you decide to pursue this, would support you in a heartbeat!
All the best!
As always, very interesting and well presented. Thank you.
Dare I say I'm in no position to comment on Scipionyx and how close to adulthood it looks to be. As something of a tangent is there any evidence as to the swimming ability of the most likely candidate large and small therapods?* How close this island may have been to the mainland? The environment of said island? I imagine the local swimming conditions would be fairly benign, so making routine swimming between islands a reasonable possibility.
If the islands could be good hunting or nesting grounds for larger therapods, they were capable swimmers, and the distances not great, then I would lean toward this being a 'baby' destined to be a large therapod. If not I'd lean toward this example being an island sub-adult Compsognathid of some sort on this basis of what an isolated island may be able to support by way of breeding animals, and that smaller creatures are more likely to survive being swept to isolated landmasses.
*I imagine that if large therapods are constructed much like 'birds', don't have masses of soggy feathers to weigh them down, and the water reasonably warm, they'd be pretty darn good swimmers. If the sea was decently shallow that would put off the larger and nastier marine predators. The thought that an Allosaurid might routinely do it's best impression of a giant, toothy, duck in the ocean rather intrigues me. Hell, that may even be a feeding strategy! (I admit the idea of an Allosaur bobbing for fish is a bit fanciful)
You do the most important work.m25 years from now will be images,in50 to75 years detail will be absolute. This will be an amazing time. Eventually galactic. We're movin faster and faster.
Thank you
Best dino channel!
HE HAS RETURNED 👍👍👍
Scipionyx is really massive for a hatchling I think adult was between 5-10 m long, no matter what group it belonged to, even if it really is related to compsognathids.
I recently the chanel. I have a question. Why are the earlier videos in the TH-cam Kids mode.
Great chat with Aron Ra tonight.
Would your university be opposed to your sharing the online content you have been creating, as Nick Zentner at CWU has done with his Geology 101 and 351 lectures?
That would be awesome 😎
I would really like to know why the comments are turned off on lecture 79 ?
Is there a career path for marine paleontology (or anything along those lines)?
Please make a video about zhenyuanlong
How have you been I hope life is treating you well. Steve, from Aus
Make more videos!
Ben!!!! Where did you go? Almost a year hiatus, I hope you’re busy hunting fossils and cracking rocks.
I don’t see any new videos! All are 1 year old 😞 😊
Dr Burger are you ok??? Hope Covid didn't get you. Miss your videos.
The German Compsognathus specimen is clearly a juvenile. The French specimen has been interpreted as an adult, but I'm not totally convinced.
Where are you?
I wish so much that I could be your student and take your classes, if only college wasn’t so expensive
I am just a machinist but on the teeth which dinos had and after the asteroid hit the birds survived with a vast diversity all over the planet. The one question that can likely never be solved is how is there not single bird on this planet with not even basic teeth? cant be the weight theory for flight because ostriches and other ground or water type birds sometimes dont even fly. How could worldwide all birds hold a vote "we are all 100% switching to beaks?"after the extinction if all birds evolved only from one or two surviving species and they had beaks that I could understand if thats the answer. thanks
The "ch" in Carcharodontosaurus in pronounced "kh".
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Your day job supports you and your family. We understand.
Pronounced skee-PEE-oh-nicks.
Are you sure? Assuming the etymology is from Scipio Africanus I've heard his name pronounced all sorts of ways including: Skippeo Shippeo and Sippeo. I always favor the first one but J. Rufus Fears pronounces it 'Sippeo'
I like your lava lamp
you need a big geologic time scale on the wall in your office....
or imbedded in the right side of video...