Shocking local discovery opens doors in paleontology
Introduction:
It is our pleasure to Introduce you to Surgasaurolus! This small lizard like creature was discovered only three months ago, in our very own town. The creature of the early jurassic period can tell us tons about the past of our planet. As the creature was discovered by Kathrine Surgay, scientists wanted to name it Surgasaur at first, but taken to account its size, settled on Surgasaurolus as the suffix “olus” is used as a diminutive in latin.
Discovery:
In this segment of the article, we have managed to get an exclusive interview with Surgay herself; I was biking to work, as I always do, but this was a strange morning. I had stayed up for hours the previous night trying …show more content…
This lead us to believe that it was an aquatic animal, however clear evidence of lungs, and large size of front hands have provided reason to believe that Surgasaurolus did not in fact spend all it’s time underwater. We believe that Surgasaurolus spent its time in large bodies of fresh water rather than salt because it more closely resembles current freshwater creatures than saltwater. We assumed that of the time the Surgasaurolus spends on land, most of it is just spent resting. Since the creature’s legs are so thin and long, it is difficult for it to walk or run on land, yet it still needs to come up to land almost daily because the majority of its enemies were in fact underwater and it was much easier to avoid them on land rather than dashing from place to place, seeking refuge constantly underwater. At first, the sharp teeth of Surgasaurolus seemed to be a dead give away that we were looking at a predator, but upon closer inspection, we realized that the creature's eyes were on the side of its head, indicating that it was, after all, most likely prey. After thoughtful consideration, we decided that the animal was not a predator, but not quite prey either. It was a scavenger. Its sharp canine teeth were perfect for tearing through flesh of other creatures, meanwhile its eyes were well on the lookout for oncoming predators. We
Introduction:
It is our pleasure to Introduce you to Surgasaurolus! This small lizard like creature was discovered only three months ago, in our very own town. The creature of the early jurassic period can tell us tons about the past of our planet. As the creature was discovered by Kathrine Surgay, scientists wanted to name it Surgasaur at first, but taken to account its size, settled on Surgasaurolus as the suffix “olus” is used as a diminutive in latin.
Discovery:
In this segment of the article, we have managed to get an exclusive interview with Surgay herself; I was biking to work, as I always do, but this was a strange morning. I had stayed up for hours the previous night trying …show more content…
This lead us to believe that it was an aquatic animal, however clear evidence of lungs, and large size of front hands have provided reason to believe that Surgasaurolus did not in fact spend all it’s time underwater. We believe that Surgasaurolus spent its time in large bodies of fresh water rather than salt because it more closely resembles current freshwater creatures than saltwater. We assumed that of the time the Surgasaurolus spends on land, most of it is just spent resting. Since the creature’s legs are so thin and long, it is difficult for it to walk or run on land, yet it still needs to come up to land almost daily because the majority of its enemies were in fact underwater and it was much easier to avoid them on land rather than dashing from place to place, seeking refuge constantly underwater. At first, the sharp teeth of Surgasaurolus seemed to be a dead give away that we were looking at a predator, but upon closer inspection, we realized that the creature's eyes were on the side of its head, indicating that it was, after all, most likely prey. After thoughtful consideration, we decided that the animal was not a predator, but not quite prey either. It was a scavenger. Its sharp canine teeth were perfect for tearing through flesh of other creatures, meanwhile its eyes were well on the lookout for oncoming predators. We