New BBC Dinosaur Wildlife Documentary

[Neanderthal Shaman]

Did anyone else see the trailer for the new "Walking with Dinosaurs" style nature documentary that's coming out? It's called "Prehistoric Planet", and it's made by the BBC again. The CGI looks great, and it's supposed to reflect the 20+ years of knowledge in paleontology that we've accrued since WWD came out. 

 

David Attenborough is voicing it, although personally I would love for Kenneth Branagh to come back. I get it though, if you want a nature documentary to succeed these days, you've got to put Attenborough in it. 

 

I guess it's also going to be on AppleTV+, which I really have no interest in paying for. 

 

 

 

Thoughts?

[jpc]

I think it is against the rules to even hint at making negative comments about Sir David.  : )

 

[Bobby Rico]

Sir David Attenborough is a national treasure in the U.K. and very much loved on TFF . I don’t have a Tv but I will buy on

dvd if it comes out on this prehistoric format. 

[Neanderthal Shaman]

10 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Sir David Attenborough is a national treasure in the U.K. and very much loved on TFF . I don’t have a Tv but I will buy on

dvd if it comes out on this prehistoric format. 

I love David Attenborough and I know he's going to rock the narration! Me wanting Kenneth Branagh is just because I want to feel as much like a 10-year old watching WWD again as possible. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61013740

[Neanderthal Shaman]

4 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61013740

 

 

WOW. I remember seeing the paddlefish with silica in its gill when that news came out, and being skeptical about if it was actually from the Chicxulub impactor, but I guess this pretty much seals it. 

[Ossicle]

At the very least, these are incredibly preserved fossils, but the view put forward is they are fossils preserved from the time of the asteroid impact. 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-61013740

 

[hemipristis]

WOW!  That's amazing on so many levels!  Thank you so much for posting!

[FranzBernhard]

Great to have some news about this! As stated, quite a rumor about it three years ago, also here on TFF .

Thank you!
Franz Bernhard

[Auspex]

"We've got so many details with this site that tell us what happened moment by moment, it's almost like watching it play out in the movies. You look at the rock column, you look at the fossils there, and it brings you back to that day," says Robert DePalma, the University of Manchester, UK, graduate student who leads the Tanis dig.

 

Even though this sounds like a supermarket tabloid piece, the evidence is compelling.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61013740?fbclid=IwAR0L3bR2YqEe9eRK-DHYzrcg5h0243tsyqH7UpDInjHYEh9FWz6o_rcsrio

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes, see also 

and :

 

 

[Fossildude19]

ALL TOPICS MERGED. 

[Oxytropidoceras]

Tanis: Fossil of dinosaur killed in asteroid strike found, scientists claim

Jonathan Amos, BBC News, April 6, 2022

 

Scientists find fossil from THE DAY the dinosaurs died 66m years ago:

Leg of Thescelosaurus was 'ripped off in aftermath' of huge asteroid

strike that wiped out most species on Earth, The Daily Mail, April 7, 2022

 

Among the caims made is:

 

"Experts found the fossilised leg of a dinosaur killed and what appears

to be a fragment of the asteroid itself"

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

Edited April 7, 2022 by Oxytropidoceras
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[Fossildude19]

Merged, again.   

[Bobby Rico]

8 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Merged, again.   

We are all very excited. 

[Crusty_Crab]

I'm not a dinosaur guy but I remember from talks by Phil Currie, Jack Horner and other dinosaur luminaries that Tanis and DePalma have their share of controversy due to the claims being produced and the dearth of published scholarly articles. Is that right? I'm curious as to what the better informed dinosaur enthusiasts think. I read the BBC article and it seems that some scholarly articles are now being produced. Is anyone up to date on these articles and know where to find them?

[Mediospirifer]

46 minutes ago, Crusty_Crab said:

I'm not a dinosaur guy but I remember from talks by Phil Currie, Jack Horner and other dinosaur luminaries that Tanis and DePalma have their share of controversy due to the claims being produced and the dearth of published scholarly articles. Is that right? I'm curious as to what the better informed dinosaur enthusiasts think. I read the BBC article and it seems that some scholarly articles are now being produced. Is anyone up to date on these articles and know where to find them?

 

If you go to Google Scholar and search on "Tanis Fossil Site", then refine the search to "Since 2018" (refinement controls on left side), there are 295 results. Some are unrelated, others are commentaries on what's been publicized, but the bulk of the published work from that site should be in the list. There are certainly some on the first page of results.

 

I find it fascinating from multiple perspectives. Not least is the report that some micro-tektites contain material from the impactor!

 

[DPS Ammonite]

Robert Depalma’s papers at Researchgate:

 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Depalma-2

[thelivingdead531]

How cool is this, if it is indeed a fossil from that fateful day? 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/apr/07/fossil-dinosaur-killed-asteroid-strike-thescelosaurus-north-dakota-extinction

[thelivingdead531]

3 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Merged, again.   

D'oh!  Sorry! I just briefly browsed the topic headings before posting. Still exciting! 

[MarandaP]

I just listened to the Paleonerds Podcast episode interviewing DePalma, it's a fun listen! He briefly touches on some of the backlash to that original article (was it in the New Yorker?), and it seems like the author had promised to wait to publish until after some studies had been published but the article ended up coming out first.