Ceratopsians freak me out, but in a good way. Even the little guys have intimidating beaks. I remember being close to a ceratops skull as a kid, staring at the massive slicing beak, recalling how much it hurt to be bitten by my friend's small parrot and thinking that this thing could remove a human apendage without much effort.
Very awesome, I do hope this ceratopsian does get more exposure, it’s a really cool and impressive species. The Jaws of Udanoceratops are insane, and with a sharp beak That would indeed cause devastating and severe wounds. My condolences to the raptors who attempted to take down udanoceratops in a small group, the raptors would probably realize there mistake and the the survivors would withdraw from the area.
Great video. Your work is amazing, specially videos about prehistoric crocodylomorpha (not much material about that topic on YT). Keep on the good work!
I only just found your channel a few days ago and I love it!! So many critters I've never heard of. What an interesting animal and I love the massive beak!
I honestly wouldn't think Udanoceratops had much to worry about from adult Zhuchengtyrannus. People tend to think that ecology needs to work like a video game with a balanced meta that every animal needs some defense against every other but the truth is some animals could go their whole lives without meeting an apex predator, especially with dinosaurs whose apex predator populations were almost stupidly small. It is estimated the world population of T.Rex was ever about twenty thousand animals at any one time, a number that combined with how large its range was meant many animals would never see a T.Rex. Zhuchengtyranus was about the same size so it probably lived in the same population density, and based on evidence it was probably rare in Udanoceratops' habitat. An Udanoceratops meeting a fully mature adult Zhuchengtyrannus was probably equivalent to one being struck by lightning; an "act of god" rare occurrence that while unfortunate for the individual wouldn't be a normal threat to the species. Udanoceratops only had to worry about its' own predators like the Alectrosaurus-like tyrannosaur and immature Zhuchengtyrannus which lived in high enough populations and deliberately sought out Udanoceratops that it was a prevalent threat.
And from the looks of this animal I don’t think it would have been the preferred food for the smaller tyrannosaurs. It looks big, mean, and dangerous. All features that carnivores generally try to avoid. As they tend to hate fights and this animal looks like it was nothing but a fight. I mean it even traded its frill out in favour of a more vicious bite. On top of its robust size, it’s lifestyle clearly prioritized physical violence, and prowess, over things like display or neck protection. This thing was made to scrap and just the threat of that alone was probably enough to make most tyrannosaurs seek out easier prey first before testing their luck against such a clearly dangerous adversary.
what… carrying capacity. the amount of zhuchytyrannus was equivalent to how many could be sustained by the prey population ie udonoceratops and hadrosaurs. think of modern ecosystems. a whole life without seeing the apex predator is laughably wrong
@@georget4141 Do you think a lion cares how many rabbits are in it's territory? How about how many gazelle? Or mongooses? The answer is they don't. Apex predators aren't just a funnel for all other animals to inevitably go down, all predators including apex predators are held in check by the populations of their staple prey species. Sure there is some wiggle room but most predators specialize in certain types of prey. Lions need medium to large ungulates to provide enough food to support a population and even a solitary lion can't live off rabbits or gazelle because they are too small and too fast. It is you who needs a lesson in how ecosystems work not me.
@@thenerdbeast7375 ok but udanoceratops and and a hadrosaur were the largest herbivores present and would've clearly been the staple diet of any large tyrannosaur. youre analogies don't make any sense
@@georget4141 Udanoceratops was only one tenth the size of Zhuchengtyrannus, barely a snack and hardly worth the effort to catch it. Udanoceratops would be taken when the opportunity arose but they certainly couldn't sustain such a large predator in the long run. Even then Udanoceratops wasn't helpless, perhaps its life habits meant it wouldn't bump into Zhuchengtyrannus such as if it preferred different habitat or was nocturnal. As for the point I was making before about population density, life isn't like what nature documentaries led you to believe where you can pick any spot on a map and there will sure to be the local apex predators. Large animals especially apex predators are spread out over such a large distance that they are difficult to come across unless you are specifically seeking them out. A single T.Rex's territory is estimated to be at least 40 square miles for a single individual, likely much bigger if the territory was sparsely populated or if multiple individuals lived in the same territory. The chances of bumping into an individual animal even the size of a large predatory dinosaur in an area that big are slim especially if the life habits of said dinosaur don't necessarily line up with your parameters; if you are only active during the day you will almost never bump into something nocturnal, if you prefer open areas you won't look in the forest and so on.
Predation, not pred-ed-dation. Love the videos. This stuff is fantastic. Wish channels like this were possible when I was a kid. I just had to keep rereading my dino books in 1989 haha
It's sad that most people just look at the big and famous dinosaurs while completely overlooking the maybe smaller but in my opinion way more interesting ones.
I'm no expert, but some of that paleoart makes the animal look like it had super weird proportions: huge head, long spindly legs, thin body. Maybe some of those anti-shrink-wrapped-skeletons complaints are right. In this particular case it feels like the udanoceratops should have a big belly to balance things out, specially with that humongous noggin.
Thanks for the video. What a gnarly little ceratopsian. Might not have had the frills and that, but beak injuries on bone? These things must have been the gladiators of the ceratopsian world, live by the beak, die by the beak. If i was a therapod I'd not want to find myself at the business end of a chunky land parrot with small dino syndrome and/or delusions of glory 😆.
Udanoceratops is kind of creepy looking. It has a severely reduced frill and an absurdly large set of jaws. It looks like it was no bigger than protoceratops but it was the size of an ox. It just looks very uncanny to me. I still really like this animal though.
I had to look up how many species of nin-avian dinosaurs have been discovered after watching your videos. 700-900 according to a quick Google search. Tbh, I expected more lol ...
This beast sounds awesome! Probably commanded respect from all the smaller carnivores in the area and probably most of the herbivores as well considering how herbivores today are tolerant to straight up murderous with each other today.
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I'm aware Leptoceratopsidae are supposed to have been present in western europe at some point, but did we actually recover any specimen from there ? As far as i know, it isn't the case. . .
For those of you with little experience ceratopsians were similar to a combination between a pig and a jacksone chameleon they gored foes and also bit foes. So even those without a sharp horn were more than capable delivering some serious bite wounds.
@@jeremiahalguire8231 it’s not about having a beak. It’s about how they actually fought. Parrot beaks aren’t designed for combat. Sure they can bite hard. But the way ceratopsian used their beaks for combat were different. For starters their beaks weren’t solely built for cracking nuts, they’re less downward pointing. And when they bit a foe they’d shake their heads to deal more damage. Exactly just like how jacksone chameleons and wild boars attack their foes. It starts with a charge attack then biting since you need distance to build enough momentum to do any actual damage with the horns.
@Lemon Grab well I'm glad that you were there 70 million years ago to be able to see how they used their beaks , supposedly for "fighting" , smh lol I also doubt that such a large herbivore ate....seeds but alright. And since we are talking about meshing two animals together, yeah it is about the features.
@Lemon Grab also , do you even realize how many creatures shake their head while they are biting something? I'm not really seeing your point and Def disagree that they were like wild boars. From all other fossil evidence it's ikely that they were more like rhinos than anything else.
@@jeremiahalguire8231 nope I’m simply a zoologist that also studies palaeontology among other fields. The triceratops beaks, horns and neck bones are built in a way that allows it to be a very capable biter. Rhinos do not have the same neck structure and proportions, even their centre of mass is very different. In fact when it comes to rhino skeletal structure and proportions they have more in common with equine species which makes sense since they’re relatives. Only thing rhinos have in common with most ceratopsians are bulk and most times a singular horn above the nose. And there’s plenty of palaeo evidence to support this. There’s latterly a well preserved fossil of a protoceratops with the arm of a raptor inside it’s beak. Which clearly shows that the two fought and got buried alive while the ceratopsian grabbed the raptor by biting its arm and not letting go.
Ceratopsians freak me out, but in a good way. Even the little guys have intimidating beaks. I remember being close to a ceratops skull as a kid, staring at the massive slicing beak, recalling how much it hurt to be bitten by my friend's small parrot and thinking that this thing could remove a human apendage without much effort.
I think that applies to snapping turtles as well
You know, there is a theory that they were omnivorous instead of herbivorous...
@@stefanfunProbably like Pigs. They wont hunt, but will eat leftovers/meat if its easily attainable.
Very awesome, I do hope this ceratopsian does get more exposure, it’s a really cool and impressive species. The Jaws of Udanoceratops are insane, and with a sharp beak That would indeed cause devastating and severe wounds. My condolences to the raptors who attempted to take down udanoceratops in a small group, the raptors would probably realize there mistake and the the survivors would withdraw from the area.
Really nice video. Came across it while working on my own, so it's great to see other content out there on them. :)
Thank you. I just saw your video about Udanoceratops and it is really good.
@@chimerasuchus Much appreciated!
So much cool stuff to go over.
Great video. Your work is amazing, specially videos about prehistoric crocodylomorpha (not much material about that topic on YT). Keep on the good work!
Hi! Could you tell me more about what a crocodylomorphus is?
I only just found your channel a few days ago and I love it!! So many critters I've never heard of. What an interesting animal and I love the massive beak!
Good stuff to be sure.
I honestly wouldn't think Udanoceratops had much to worry about from adult Zhuchengtyrannus. People tend to think that ecology needs to work like a video game with a balanced meta that every animal needs some defense against every other but the truth is some animals could go their whole lives without meeting an apex predator, especially with dinosaurs whose apex predator populations were almost stupidly small. It is estimated the world population of T.Rex was ever about twenty thousand animals at any one time, a number that combined with how large its range was meant many animals would never see a T.Rex. Zhuchengtyranus was about the same size so it probably lived in the same population density, and based on evidence it was probably rare in Udanoceratops' habitat. An Udanoceratops meeting a fully mature adult Zhuchengtyrannus was probably equivalent to one being struck by lightning; an "act of god" rare occurrence that while unfortunate for the individual wouldn't be a normal threat to the species. Udanoceratops only had to worry about its' own predators like the Alectrosaurus-like tyrannosaur and immature Zhuchengtyrannus which lived in high enough populations and deliberately sought out Udanoceratops that it was a prevalent threat.
And from the looks of this animal I don’t think it would have been the preferred food for the smaller tyrannosaurs. It looks big, mean, and dangerous. All features that carnivores generally try to avoid. As they tend to hate fights and this animal looks like it was nothing but a fight. I mean it even traded its frill out in favour of a more vicious bite. On top of its robust size, it’s lifestyle clearly prioritized physical violence, and prowess, over things like display or neck protection. This thing was made to scrap and just the threat of that alone was probably enough to make most tyrannosaurs seek out easier prey first before testing their luck against such a clearly dangerous adversary.
what… carrying capacity. the amount of zhuchytyrannus was equivalent to how many could be sustained by the prey population ie udonoceratops and hadrosaurs. think of modern ecosystems. a whole life without seeing the apex predator is laughably wrong
@@georget4141 Do you think a lion cares how many rabbits are in it's territory? How about how many gazelle? Or mongooses? The answer is they don't.
Apex predators aren't just a funnel for all other animals to inevitably go down, all predators including apex predators are held in check by the populations of their staple prey species. Sure there is some wiggle room but most predators specialize in certain types of prey. Lions need medium to large ungulates to provide enough food to support a population and even a solitary lion can't live off rabbits or gazelle because they are too small and too fast. It is you who needs a lesson in how ecosystems work not me.
@@thenerdbeast7375 ok but udanoceratops and and a hadrosaur were the largest herbivores present and would've clearly been the staple diet of any large tyrannosaur. youre analogies don't make any sense
@@georget4141 Udanoceratops was only one tenth the size of Zhuchengtyrannus, barely a snack and hardly worth the effort to catch it. Udanoceratops would be taken when the opportunity arose but they certainly couldn't sustain such a large predator in the long run. Even then Udanoceratops wasn't helpless, perhaps its life habits meant it wouldn't bump into Zhuchengtyrannus such as if it preferred different habitat or was nocturnal.
As for the point I was making before about population density, life isn't like what nature documentaries led you to believe where you can pick any spot on a map and there will sure to be the local apex predators. Large animals especially apex predators are spread out over such a large distance that they are difficult to come across unless you are specifically seeking them out. A single T.Rex's territory is estimated to be at least 40 square miles for a single individual, likely much bigger if the territory was sparsely populated or if multiple individuals lived in the same territory. The chances of bumping into an individual animal even the size of a large predatory dinosaur in an area that big are slim especially if the life habits of said dinosaur don't necessarily line up with your parameters; if you are only active during the day you will almost never bump into something nocturnal, if you prefer open areas you won't look in the forest and so on.
Thank you! Very few videos on Udanoceratops👌🏻
Predation, not pred-ed-dation.
Love the videos. This stuff is fantastic. Wish channels like this were possible when I was a kid. I just had to keep rereading my dino books in 1989 haha
Love that you credit the artists
Good show
Jolly good show
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It's sad that most people just look at the big and famous dinosaurs while completely overlooking the maybe smaller but in my opinion way more interesting ones.
This is awesome! I love earlier ceratopsians
I have never even heard if this particular species until I watched this video! Thanks for sharing!
A very informative video!
Oh wow, thats giant
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a comedically large ceratopsian without horns
interesting
I'm no expert, but some of that paleoart makes the animal look like it had super weird proportions: huge head, long spindly legs, thin body. Maybe some of those anti-shrink-wrapped-skeletons complaints are right. In this particular case it feels like the udanoceratops should have a big belly to balance things out, specially with that humongous noggin.
This channel deserves more subs
Thanks for the video. What a gnarly little ceratopsian. Might not have had the frills and that, but beak injuries on bone? These things must have been the gladiators of the ceratopsian world, live by the beak, die by the beak.
If i was a therapod I'd not want to find myself at the business end of a chunky land parrot with small dino syndrome and/or delusions of glory 😆.
Idk why but I find it cute that hornless triceratops were small
That thumbnail decided that I need to watch this video
The art is amazingly real. Life must have been fascinating
Nicely done , Thanks .
Udanoceratops is kind of creepy looking. It has a severely reduced frill and an absurdly large set of jaws. It looks like it was no bigger than protoceratops but it was the size of an ox. It just looks very uncanny to me. I still really like this animal though.
This ceratopsian looks very bizarre unlike the other species, just look how small his head is on the top, but so big on the bottom
The bite force of its jaw must have been pretty strong
Thought it said Homeless Ceratopsian.
I do wonder if a dino ever filled a beaver niche. Semi aquatic, a robust gut and astounding bite.
I had to look up how many species of nin-avian dinosaurs have been discovered after watching your videos. 700-900 according to a quick Google search. Tbh, I expected more lol ...
This beast sounds awesome! Probably commanded respect from all the smaller carnivores in the area and probably most of the herbivores as well considering how herbivores today are tolerant to straight up murderous with each other today.
I wonder if Udanoceratops could be rode like a horse? 🤔
think of the same thing whenever i watch a dino video
they would be really good horses tbh
What if udano used it's jowels to gore attackers. Like used it's beak as a skewer or bbq fork
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Looks like these guys are descendant of my pet bird macaw, i mean look at the similarities of its beak looks exactly like a macaws beak.
4:55 What happened to that poor ceratopsid's tail?
For once youtubes algorithm sends me to a good channel.
I wonder if they had some omnivorous tendencies
I'm aware Leptoceratopsidae are supposed to have been present in western europe at some point, but did we actually recover any specimen from there ? As far as i know, it isn't the case. . .
cool...
Looks like the creature in the opening of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1
was the gobi desert really a desert back then 66 mya?
For those of you with little experience ceratopsians were similar to a combination between a pig and a jacksone chameleon they gored foes and also bit foes. So even those without a sharp horn were more than capable delivering some serious bite wounds.
More like a parrot crossed with a rhino. Neither of the animals you mentioned had anything like a beak smh
@@jeremiahalguire8231 it’s not about having a beak. It’s about how they actually fought. Parrot beaks aren’t designed for combat. Sure they can bite hard. But the way ceratopsian used their beaks for combat were different. For starters their beaks weren’t solely built for cracking nuts, they’re less downward pointing. And when they bit a foe they’d shake their heads to deal more damage. Exactly just like how jacksone chameleons and wild boars attack their foes. It starts with a charge attack then biting since you need distance to build enough momentum to do any actual damage with the horns.
@Lemon Grab well I'm glad that you were there 70 million years ago to be able to see how they used their beaks , supposedly for "fighting" , smh lol I also doubt that such a large herbivore ate....seeds but alright. And since we are talking about meshing two animals together, yeah it is about the features.
@Lemon Grab also , do you even realize how many creatures shake their head while they are biting something? I'm not really seeing your point and Def disagree that they were like wild boars. From all other fossil evidence it's ikely that they were more like rhinos than anything else.
@@jeremiahalguire8231 nope I’m simply a zoologist that also studies palaeontology among other fields. The triceratops beaks, horns and neck bones are built in a way that allows it to be a very capable biter. Rhinos do not have the same neck structure and proportions, even their centre of mass is very different. In fact when it comes to rhino skeletal structure and proportions they have more in common with equine species which makes sense since they’re relatives. Only thing rhinos have in common with most ceratopsians are bulk and most times a singular horn above the nose. And there’s plenty of palaeo evidence to support this. There’s latterly a well preserved fossil of a protoceratops with the arm of a raptor inside it’s beak. Which clearly shows that the two fought and got buried alive while the ceratopsian grabbed the raptor by biting its arm and not letting go.
It's weird this should show up on my feed this morning: I had a dream last nigh about an animal that looked like the reptilian version of a capybara.
They 100000000% need to add Udanoceratops into JWE 2 in the next DLC
Cool, the griffin had a cousin. Who knew.
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Interesting no frill. I would say the frill doubled as a sexual display, so these frill-less may have been very colorful instead.
Fun !
This sounds like Kip from Napoleon Dynamite
This desperation to put feathers on everything is ridiculous.
2:56 zuchengtyranus is actually (zoo-cheng-tie-ran-es)
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it ate sinoceratops
@@sleepinggodzilla1275 what did?
@@Maximus_12ST Zhucengtyrannus magnus ate Sinoceratops zhucengenses
I learned that you've mispronounced Zhuchengtyrannus and Djadochta.
Basically a hippo except this thing could bite à raptor in half
Udanocertops live alongside with the famous Velociraptor also may have been Scared of and Run for his Money 💰 💰
It looks oddly like a Dicynodon
man forgot about pachyrhinosaurus
Mongo-leia: is that in Hawaii? 😉
Mix it with a T-Rex to get the Birdy Rex
Predation, not predadation.
Its funny how I cannot find a single source for your interspecific claim
It looks like the one obligatory ugly Dinosaur in an animated film
Hrm, with that big beak and bite, I would've def tried to dabble in carnivory 😉
Kannemeyeriiformes at home be like:
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This is a boar-parrot leptoceratopsid. Such a weird ugly beast. Velociraptor won't even attack that, maybe Achilobator would?
This thing was too small for the tea Rex
why does this creature remind me of my ex?