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Finding A Stegosaur Through A Dealer
- Susannah Maidment described acquiring a new stegosaur via a commercial fossil dealer after seeing photos on Facebook.
- She tracked the specimen back to Morocco by following the supply chain and meeting the digger in person.
Fieldwork, Tea, And Tracing Fossil Origins
- Susannah recounts traveling in Morocco, drinking very strong sweet tea while tracing the fossil's origin.
- Her geology background helped her read the rocks and estimate the specimen's age and provenance.
Extinctions Opened The Door For Dinosaurs
- Steve Brusatte explained dinosaurs arose after the Permian extinction and then radiated after further extinctions and continental breakup.
- Catastrophic events removed competitors and opened opportunities that allowed dinosaurs to dominate for ~170 million years.