tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post6078842646435327133..comments2024-03-28T21:52:52.100-06:00Comments on Dispatches From Turtle Island: Australia Once Had A Huge Flying DinosaurAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-49494494424415451092021-08-11T16:31:01.278-06:002021-08-11T16:31:01.278-06:00Re: the title.
Pterosaurs weren't dinosaurs. F...Re: the title.<br />Pterosaurs weren't dinosaurs. Flying dinosaurs are called "birds".Spankedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832052330007364701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-11903579201109701702021-08-11T12:17:13.134-06:002021-08-11T12:17:13.134-06:00Hi Andrew,
They had the Quetzalcoatlus at the Hou...Hi Andrew,<br /><br />They had the Quetzalcoatlus at the Houston Museum of Natural History. It was huge. Size of a Cessna the signage claimed and it looked it. So cool, grandkids were like 'meh'.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />GuyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789570230699865921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-85577749818312563542021-08-10T17:18:54.021-06:002021-08-10T17:18:54.021-06:00FYI, the largest extant bat has a 1.7 meter wingsp...FYI, the largest extant bat has a 1.7 meter wingspan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat There is no indication of significantly larger megabats that are now extinct although the fossil record for bats is woefully incomplete. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabat They also originate in Australia.<br /><br />The albatross with up to a 3.4 meter wingspan has the largest extant bird wingspan. https://www.livescience.com/albatross.html The largest wingspan that a bird ever had was about 6.4 meters from an extinct species about 50 million years ago called a pelagornithid (also known as bony toothed birds). https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-reveal-what-may-be-largest-flying-bird-ever-180976128/<br /><br />This ancient extinct dinosaur would have had a wingspan about 0.6 meters longer than the longest wingspan of any bird and much longer than the longest wingspan of any bat. The next closet fossil contender is an extinct vulture relative called Argentavis, which had a wingspan between a bit less than 5 and up to 6 meters. <br /><br />A wingspan of 6-7 meters is approximately the largest possible wingspan bio-mechanically for birds. https://www.pnas.org/content/111/29/10624/andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-8933092850023932702021-08-10T17:02:57.983-06:002021-08-10T17:02:57.983-06:00The sea is named after the town. "The town li...The sea is named after the town. "The town lies on the edge of what is called the Eromanga Inland Sea, which existed in the Early Cretaceous. The Eromanga region has abundant oil wells and opal mines. Dinosaur fossils, including Australia's largest dinosaur a titanosaur species of sauropod, have also been found here making it an area of interest for palaeontologists. It is located on Ngandangara territory. . . . <br /><br />Eromanga has been touted as the town in Australia located the farthest from any ocean. However, this claim does not stand up to scrutiny. See Pole of inaccessibility for approximations of other locations in Australia that could also make such claims. . . .<br /><br />The name of the town Eromanga goes back as far as about 1860. The name is thought to have come from an Aboriginal word that means "hot gale plain" or "windy plain", though the language and dialect is unknown.[2][3]"andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-57777967201126860042021-08-10T17:00:09.197-06:002021-08-10T17:00:09.197-06:00I did think of that when I saw it and went "h...I did think of that when I saw it and went "hmm . . . WTF?"<br /><br />See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eromanga_Senseiandrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172964121659914379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315236707728759521.post-16096425039970896332021-08-10T08:11:42.628-06:002021-08-10T08:11:42.628-06:00Ero Manga. Hehehe...Ero Manga. Hehehe...Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15789570230699865921noreply@blogger.com