Shonisaurus was BUILT DIFFERENT [PAM 36]

A whale-sized marine reptile with an appetite for squid! Meet Shonisaurus. Haven't done a marine animal in a while! Discover why it (and other icthyosaurs) were so different compared to modern sea creatures… And as always, Keep your pencils sharp! Music: 'The Great Sea' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au The Hub by Richard Evans, David Rhodes, and Peter Gabriel Sources: McGowan, C.; Motani, R. (1999). "A Reinterpretation Of the Upper Triassic Ichthyosaur Shonisaurus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Nicholls, Elizabeth L.; Manabe, Makoto (2004). "Giant Ichthyosaurs of the Triassic—A New Species of Shonisaurus from the Pardonet Formation (Norian: Late Triassic) of British Columbia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Kelley, Neil P.; Irmis, Randall B.; dePolo, Paige E.; Noble, Paula J.; Montague-Judd, Danielle; Little, Holly; Blundell, Jon; Rasmussen, Cornelia; Percival, Lawrence M.E.; Mather, Tamsin A.; Pyenson, Nicholas D. (December 2022). "Grouping behavior in a Triassic marine apex predator". Current Biology. S B Crofts, R Shehata, B Flammang, Flexibility of heterocercal tails: what can the functional morphology of shark tails tell us about ichthyosaur swimming?, Integrative Organismal Biology. https://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2... https://web.archive.org/web/202403292... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shonisa... Intro and outro credits: Music by Titanpine Sound Effects by TillyTheHat Animated by me Watch me LIVE:   / paleoentertainment   MERCH: https://paleo-merch-shop.myspreadshop... JOIN THE DISCORD!   / discord   Please do to others as you would have them do to you in the comments. Thank you for watching.