ZOOM Talk the Progression of Dromaeosaurid Discoveries

[Troodon]

If you are interested in Raptors, Jim Kirkland does an excellent Zoom presentation on the subject and I highly recommend it.  He covers the history of Dromaeosaurid progression and covers all described species and those that are ?, great images and then goes into the Utahraptor block.   He even briefly covers the questions being raised if Dakotaraptor is a Dromaeosaurid.   

 

Well worth the time spent on it.

 

 

 

 

 

Utahraptor block

 

[JoeS]

thanks for the link, very interesting indeed!

[lipstick]

Really good talk, thanks for the link, had to take some notes and screenshots for following up on. I especially enjoyed seeing some of those figures showing the faunal turnover they’ve been able to map out, it’s true that it’s easy to think of the Morrison and the Hell Creek and forget about what’s in between. I wasn’t really aware of the work they’re doing in Utah and the level of resolution they have available, really was interesting to see.

[TyBoy]

Yep very interesting presentation and very educational.  Thanks for the link.

[Troodon]

8 hours ago, lipstick said:

I wasn’t really aware of the work they’re doing in Utah and the level of resolution they have available, really was interesting to see.

The fossil record in Utah is pretty diverse from the late Triassic to late Cretaceous.  The discoveries in the Cedar Mountain Fm are cool and continuing to amaze.  Took a few screenshots myself.

 

utah_dinosaur_record.pdf