Episode 254 - Abelisaurs

During the Cretaceous Period, while tyrannosaurs stomped around the northern continents, the less famous abelisaurs were the top predatory dinosaurs of the south. This episode, we piece together the history and diversity of these predators, and we explore what they were doing with their bulldog faces, tiny arms, and in some cases, horned faces.

In the news: plesiosaur vomit, seaweed snacks, bat evolution, and flying dinosaurs.

Time Markers:

Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00

News: 00:07:10

Main discussion, Part 1: 00:42:30

Main discussion, Part 2: 01:14:40

Patron question: 02:03:10

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The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at ocremix.org

Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0