Siats meekerorum

Peter Makovicky introduces us to Siats meekerorum, a new species of dinosaur discovered and described by him and Lindsay Zanno!

For more information, read their paper here: http://bit.ly/19IWWuH
and this release from The Field Museum: http://bit.ly/1cn7cc0


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The Brain Scoop is written and hosted by:
Emily Graslie

Created By:
Hank Green

Directed, Edited, Animated, and Scored by:
Michael Aranda

Production Assistant:
Katie Kirby

Special Thanks to Peter Makovicky for making this episode possible!

Filmed on Location and Supported by:
The Field Museum in Chicago, IL
(http://www.fieldmuseum.org)

Citations:
Reconstructed S. meekerorum illustration by Jorge Gonzalez.

Big thanks to John-Alan Pascoe, Delattre Vincent, Martina Šafusová, Evan Liao, Arántzazu R. Alcocer Iturria, Kevin Haubrich, Reika Komatsubara, and Seth Bergenholtz for providing caption translations!