A New Species of Sail-Backed Dinosaur Has Been Uncovered

Scientists have unearthed a new dinosaur species with a sail along its back, named Istiorachis macarthurae! Also in the news this week: it’s officially been recognised that giraffes are four species, a tiny new moon has been discovered orbiting Uranus, and much more!

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Sources:
New sail-backed dinosaur species Istiorachis macarthurae found on the Isle of Wight:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...

New species of prehistoric turtle Tavachelydra stevensoni from Colorado:
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/tav...

Unenlagiids are not dromaeosaurs:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...

Three new giraffe species have been named:
https://www.giraffids.org/uploads/1/5...
https://www.science.org/content/artic...

Recovery of a small Australian marsupial:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158...

Uranus has a new moon:
https://www.space.com/astronomy/uranu...
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/webb-n...

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - New species of sail-backed dinosaur discovered
3:19 - New species of prehistoric snapping turtle named
4:35 - Unenlagiids are not dromaeosaurs
5:54 - Three new giraffe species have been named
7:25 - A small Australian marsupial is back from the brink of extinction
8:45 - Tiny new moon discovered orbiting Uranus
9:52 - Outro