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Markus Heller

Markus Heller

Full Professor of Biomechanics at the University of Southampton; co-author of the study on Archaeopteryx take-off mechanics discussed on the Total Dino podcast.

Aug 21, 2026

4:58
So, yeah, I'm going with spinosaurs at the moment.
5:02
Classic.
5:02
That's a good one.
5:04
Okay, so for me, I'm afraid if you would see me, you would be seeing that I'm wearing the Archaeopteryx shirt from the Natural History Museum in Berlin today, so I mean, there can only be one answer, and that is Archaeopteryx.
5:17
And of course, there are no really scientific reasons, other than reasons that are related maybe to a little bit of local tribalism, because as you know, these animals are found in Germany, at least for today's Germany.
5:32
And then in the south of Bavaria, in this kind of tropical lagoonish area that's part of Bavaria, At some time, it was also linked to Rhineland-Palatinate, which is where I'm from, actually.
5:45
So there's a little bit of local tribalism, I think, which is okay.

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