Shunosaurus | The Clubbed Tail Sauropod That Dominated China
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- If you took the Ankylosaurus and Diplodocus, and then mashed them together, you would get the Shunosaurus. This Late Jurassic Chinese Sauropod had the best of both worlds, the speed of the diplodocus’s tail and the might of the Ankylosaurus’ club. Armed with this very unique weapon, the Shunosaurus was able to conquer its environment, outnumbering all others 9 to 1.
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To me, the tail club is proof that sauropods absolutely did whip their tails around
Yeah close to atleast. Many lizards today also do this
Yeah
@@tosehoed123 green iguanas whip their tails, which is very strong, uromastxes do that too. Leopard geckos throw their tails away, autotomy.
Glad you finally worked it out for the rest of us :)
100% I dare someone to try and claim it was "ACTUALLY FOR *Pushes glasses towards eyes* maintaining a balance and equilibrium *scoffs at our ignorance* obviously"
(┛◉Д◉)┛彡┻━┻. →(° °)┗
I already want to hit them
If I were a carnivorous theropod I'd follow a herd of shunosaurus waiting for other carnivores to attack and get killed by the clubtail. There would be my feast.
If you had that level of reasoning, you would probably belong to some intelligent theropod species that would soon discover fire and establish a civilization
@@rockfri , Crows are known to Put nuts on the Road and wait for it To be Crushed by a Car
So if Birds Evolved from Dinosaurs, They *could* be as Smart as that.
Perhaps the creature's abundance in comparison to larger and longer sauropods, small size, and short neck are a relic of its ecology. A heavily forested enviroment tends to favour smaller animals, like forest elephants(as opposed to bush or desert elephants which grow much larger) perhaps because of its smaller size shunosaurus was better adapted at moving through a d exploiting close forested enviroments.
It used it's tail to plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land
Could you imagine the stress that the tendons would endure swinging that thing around?
Haha club go *BRRRR*
They would have to be absolute *cables*
The tendons do just fine
Some would have an ability like that imagine a Lion had that type of weapon club🦒🦒
I hope that China will reopen soon. The variety of Mesozoic life in China is breathtaking. I was fortunate enough to see the Shunosaurus specimens in the Zigong Dinosaur Museum in Zigong, Sichuan about 8 years ago.
Fuck china
I’m actually half Chinese. It isn’t worth going back to see some cool bones
Gotta get the CCP out man.
@@jonathanharwood1255 weirdo
@@jonathanharwood1255 Honestly, that is what makes me wary of all the findings coming out. It makes me raise eyebrows when there has been theories of dinosaurs with feathers, etc and then all of a sudden, China is full of fossils being discovered and more diversity of dinosaurs coming constantly.
Imagine having this in a dinosaur survival game.
ikr
Probably the only herb path of Titans could do properly. Give it bone break tail and a bleed tail, have it be faster than eo and have multiple diets. Doesn't really need a hide
The isle needs this lol
I really appreciate that you don´t only talk about the titel dinosaur and eventual rivals or threats but also the enviroment and other creatures in the eco system as a lot of dinosaur fans forgets that there were mamals, crocodilians etc. It paints a bigger picture of how it looked during that time.
tail clubs were convergently evolved multiple times in different lifeforms
Dinosaurs just had no chill when it came to evolution.
The most underated sauropod of all time
Shunosaurus is a lovely, fascinating Dinosaur. Severely under appreciated by the public!
Great channel btw, keep up the good work!
When you are shunned by the Shunosaurus the results are fatal.
Lmao, underrated.
3:48 This part is from pong 1977's battle, dicraeosaurus vs shunosaurus
1:15
Sauropod means Lizard feet.
Sauro - Lizard
Pod - Feet
I think it’s about the informal names
@@EndreaiYT
Oh
I love your videos btw
So far the only youtuber I've seen make a video about this dinosaur. Thank you.
Look it's me
Checks out
When time travel becomes available, be prepared to be visited by Rick and Morty fans.
Amazing videos! Sad the videos are so short. Keep it up
I heard that there was a Shunosaurus specimen that was really large, 15 meters or something, but the specimen was pretty incomplete iirc
These vids are always 🔥
One of the reasons why short-neck sauropods evolved was due to a lack of iguanodontids and later hadrosaurus(es?) and that they evolved to exploit that vegetation that other herbivores, mostly, ignored. Still Great Job! :)
Love your videos, would love you to team up with another CZcams who does amazing cgi dinosaur and landscapes. To do a documentary series.
Excellent video :)
Thanks, I love this stuff ; )
Shunosaurus, anklasaurus and the giant armadillo Glyptodon all had tail clubs and spikes, each evolved completely independently, these are fine examples of convergent evolution .
We need a video on Spinophorosaurus now
This is now one of my favorite dinosaurs
Maybe shunosaurus was pretty smart
Can you do the Saltriovenator Zanellai next plis? Is the first big theropod and was found in Italy
The acceleration on that thing would be insane. I’m imagining a theropod taking a solid hit, the inside of its head would basically be gravel and jelly.
They had to.... when big predators attack from the front you need to be able to reach out and touch something... yeah!
Bro what a sauropod with a club wtf
Next do a video on Rajasaurus or Indosuchus
Looks like a dragon!
Make a podcast on Spotify
The picture of shunosaurus in 4:35-4:39 was something showing the appearance of the shunosaurus in jurassic world the game which I have.
So it was basically an anti-giraffe with that tail? Or giraffes are backwards Shunosaurus 😊
Could the club be used to knock down larger trees where they couldn’t not reach the upper leaves
This just proves all sauropods whipped their tales club or no club
What is the name of the Stegosaur at 5:28? I think I heard Spinosaurus, but there is a dinosaur that has the name Spinosaurus that has a sail on the back and lives near water.
Of course what choice do you have... ain't attacking from the back😂😂
🤘🤘🤘🤘
I saw a dinosaur kids ride like this recently a thought it was a dumb misunderstanding, like they mixed an Ankylosaurus and a brachiosaurus
for me shunosaurus is and will always be the best sauropod
i swear i read something about shuno not having a club, but i cant find it.
couldve been about spme other sauropod, ossibly saltasaurus
maybe it evolved from the ankylosaurs or stegosaurs rather than brachiosaurus type dinosaurs? it might have just got bigger & lost its back protection rather than getting smaller as a sauropod & gaining a tail club?
Shoenosaurus
Now give it back plates like the Saltasaurus and it would have been nearly indestructible.😱
3:47 footage from pong lol
Mamenchisaurus and Omeisaurus have them to
no wonder Sichuan mcdonalds sauce is rick sanchez's favorite
Shunosaurus would have been great to have in ark
"Hmmm, fascinating?" 🤔
The real Akylodocus in a nutshell.
He must be related to the catastrophes we have to be
Kinda small for a display structure, isn't it? This seems like a tertiary use at best.
Tailclub was clearly used as a backscratcher, obviously.
Yes they fought for meeting reasons it was all just like rhinos and elephants they grew to us to defend off each other
The plural of genus is genera.
I discovered shunosurus in dinosaur revolution
i guessed it was shunned by the other dinosaurs
Dwarf sauropod?
4:35 no way he actually threw in a dino from jw the game
If Shunosaurus is a Sauropod,
Than is Sauron an iPod?
Looks like it...
Why did Jurassic World/Ingen bother to make an Ankylosaurus and Diplodocus hybrid if a dino like Shunosaurus existed? Seems like a waste of funding to me.
Shh
A vegetarian that can easily defend itself - go figure!
The diplodocus anky hybrid thing:your a knock off!
The shun0:but you can’t even use your tail,IM THE UPGRADE!
Anky:you think your the best?IM THe UPGRADE!
Shun0:dang let’s fight then
When the last time you guys saw the size of a pterodactyl Jurassic Park lie about their size they're very small but the size of a bat but big wing