I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

By Garret and Sabrina

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Dubby
 Nov 29, 2021
Refreshing and Original content, always.

Macby
 May 13, 2021
Best dino podcast available

Daniel
 Dec 10, 2020
Well informed and well produced.

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 Apr 1, 2020
Love this podcast!!! I can't get enough. I hope you keep making more!

Description

New dinosaurs are discovered all the time. Have fun and relax with hosts Garret and Sabrina each week as they explore the latest dinosaur news, chat with paleontology experts, dive deep into a “dinosaur of the day,” go down Oryctodromeus burrows with their fun facts, answer your burning questions, and connect dinosaurs to topics ranging from chocolate to the Titanic and more! Educational and entertaining, I Know Dino is a must listen dinosaur podcast for experts and newcomers alike.



Episode Date
Dinosaurs in the Badlands: Featuring 2 Producers from Prehistoric Planet 2
01:03:57

For all of the details we shared about Isisaurus and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Isisaurus-Episode-444/

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Dinosaur of the day Isisaurus, a pretty stout titanosaur that was featured in Prehistoric Planet 2 laying eggs near an active volcano.

Interview with Mike Gunton and Tim Walker, Mike Gunton is the Executive Producer and Director of the BBC’s Natural History Unit and Tim Walker is the showrunner and producer of Prehistoric Planet & Prehistoric Planet 2

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Jun 01, 2023
Dinosaurs on Islands: Featuring Prehistoric Planet 2
00:52:03

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Dinosaur of the day Morrosaurus, Ornithopod iguanodont that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Antarctica. And was recently featured in Prehistoric Planet 2.

 

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May 25, 2023
Dinosaur instruments in Prehistoric Planet
01:05:57

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Dinosaur of the day Zalmoxes, a small (sometimes considered dwarf) ornithopod that lived on Hateg Island in what is now Romania.

Interview with Anže Rozman and Kara Talve, two of the composers from the collective at Bleeding Fingers Music. They along with Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer recently created the soundscape for Apple TV+ and BBC’s Prehistoric Planet. They won their category in the Hollywood Music in Media Awards and were nominated for other awards as well.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • There’s a new pachycephalosaur dinosaur, Platytholus clemensi
  • A new silesaur shows that they weren't smaller than other dinosauromorphs

 

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May 18, 2023
Ankylosaurs in Antarctica and sauropods in Australia
00:59:47

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Priconodon, links from Brian Curtice, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Priconodon-Episode-441/

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Dinosaur of the day Priconodon, An Early Cretaceous North American nodosaurid with large teeth—which is why its name means "saw coned tooth".

Interview with Brian Curtice, a paleontologist who has studied dinosaurs on 6 continents and lectured all over the world. He’s a sauropod specialist and the founder of Fossil Crates, PaleoPortals, and Express Exhibits.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • New Antarctic osteoderms helps show how nodosaurids survived in such a hostile environment.
  • A Diamantinasaurus skull helps show the connection between titanosaurs on multiple continents


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May 10, 2023
Fossilized ankylosaur larynx, sinus infections, and facial bite marks
01:01:40

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Saurolophus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Saurolophus-Episode-440/

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Dinosaur of the day Saurolophus, a hadrosaurid that is similar to Parasaurolophus, but with a much smaller crest that curved upwards at the back.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A fossilized larynx of an ankylosaur, Pinacosaurus, shows that they didn't use their larynx to vocalize
  • Researchers found a surprising massive bony growth near the trachea of a Tarchia that was likely caused by an infection
  • Trinity the T. rex was auctioned for $6.1 million (USD)
  • Fukui Prefectural University in Japan will be offering dinosaur studies
  • There’s a family friendly dinosaur movie, The Adventures of Jurassic Pet 2: The Lost Secret

 

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You can dig up real dinosaur bones this summer with Colorado Northwestern Community College! Join them for a two week immersive field paleontology experience digging up dinosaur bones from the Jurassic period in Northwest Colorado. There are two scheduled digs: May 27–June 11 and July 1–July 16. There are also two concurrent immersive lab techniques programs available. Get all the details and register online at cncc.edu/dinodig

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May 04, 2023
A new huge titanosaur, Amargasaurus sails, and Hans Sues
01:01:49

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Tazoudasaurus, links from Hans Sues, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Tazoudasaurus-Episode-439/

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Dinosaur of the day Tazoudasaurus, a relatively small sauropod known from a bonebed with over 600 bones, representing at least 10 individuals.

Interview with Hans Sues, the Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He has named many dinosaurs, including Saurornitholestes, Zephyrosaurus, and Daemonosaurus and collected fossils in the U.S., Canada, China, Germany, and Morocco. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific articles. Plus he has a dinosaur named after him: the pachycephalosaur Hanssuesia.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • There’s a new giant colossosaurian titanosaur Chucarosaurus diripienda
  • A new paper looks at whether Amargasaurus had spines, sails, or a giant hump on its neck

 

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Apr 26, 2023
What Triassic dinosaurs ate
00:49:15

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Dinosaur of the day Mymoorapelta, The smallest known four-legged dinosaur from the Morrison Formation and one of the smallest ankylosaurs.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The earliest dinosaurs had surprising diets
  • Ornithischians evolved to eat plants in many different ways
  • A new Torosaurus specimen has been found
  • Scientists have discovered a new spinosaurid
  • The Natural History Museum in London recently discovered an agate crystal in its collections is a titanosaur egg
  • Crystal Palace Dinosaurs recently got more funding
  • Filmmaker Danny Donahue made a short sci-fi film called Hell Creek

 

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Apr 20, 2023
The first long-necked dinosaur
00:57:38

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Dinosaur of the day Sinotyrannus, an early tyrannosauroid that was large, had big hands, and was likely covered in feathers.

Interview with David Moscato and Will Harris, paleontologists, science communicators, and the podcasters behind Common Descent, which is all about the fascinating diversity of life, past and present. They also have a patreon at patreon.com/commondescentpodcast

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The oldest “long-necked” dinosaur was identified from new material in Southern Brazil
  • Two titanosaurs in Gondwana had injuries in their tails
  • Different dinosaur groups may have independently evolved pneumaticity (hollow bones)

 

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Apr 12, 2023
How dinosaurs became birds update
00:49:56

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Dinosaur of the day Ornithomimus, the "bird mimic" dinosaur which is the namesake for all the ostrich-like ornithomimids.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • An update on how dinosaurs became birds, by looking for the evolution of the front of their wing
  • Sauropod expert Michael Taylor et. al have an excellent paper about the concrete Diplodocus of Vernal, Utah
  • Mattel is relaunching Barney as an animated series in 2024
  • The Chickenosaurus project—creating a non-avian-looking dinosaur from chicken embryos—is stuck at growing a tail

 

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Apr 05, 2023
Spinosaur brains, Tyrannosaurus species update, and paleo advancements
01:13:27

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Dinosaur of the day Tianyulong, a heterodontosaurid ornithischian that lived in the Late Jurassic in what is now Western Liaoning Province, China.

Interview with Gregory S. Paul, researcher, author, and illustrator. He’s known for his research on theropods, writing the books Predatory Dinosaur of the World and The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs, consulting with Jurassic Park and When Dinosaurs Roamed America, and creating many illustrations. He was part of the Dinosaur Renaissance and his work helped show dinosaurs as more active and bird-like.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Phil Currie wrote an amazing review article about the history of paleontology, what we now know about dinosaurs compared to when humans first discovered dinosaurs, and where the field of paleontology is headed
  • A new study of spinosaur brains and skulls helps show how they adapted to eat fish
  • Trinity the Tyrannosaurus will be auctioned off in Switzerland next month

 

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Mar 30, 2023
Therizinosaurus had weak claws
01:05:36

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Dinosaur of the day Struthiosaurus, a small nodosaurid from Europe (not to be confused with the ornithomimid Struthiomimus)..

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Alvarezsaurs and therizinosaurs were weird, and the giant claws of Therizinosaurus were surprisingly weak
  • Scientists studied birds to figure out how dinosaurs may have played
  • Raptors probably used their “killing claws” to pin their prey, rather than slash at prey.

 

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Mar 23, 2023
Tolkien's interest in dinosaurs and how it shaped his writing
01:05:52

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Dinosaur of the day Atlasaurus, a close relative of Brachiosaurus from Morocco that lived 15 million years earlier than Brachiosaurus.

Interview with John Holmes, Professor of Victorian Literature and Culture at the University of Birmingham. He is an expert on the Gothic Revival and the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He recently recreated Tolkien's 1938 Christmas lecture ‘On Dragons’ which featured several dinosaurs from Oxfordshire.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new study shows that dinosaurs weren't declining before the asteroid impact, but a shift in which herbivores were most important in their ecosystems may have made dinosaurs more vulnerable to extinction
  • Scientists found that climate may have affected the early evolution of dinosaurs including how and where they lived

 

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Mar 15, 2023
Microraptor's hawk feet and Allosaurus scavenging
01:02:19

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Dinosaur of the day Duriavenator, a medium-sized predator that has historically been lumped in with Megalosaurus.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A critique of the controversial Allosaurus as a scavenger paper
  • Response by the original authors on why they still think Allosaurus is a scavenger
  • Microraptor had feet like a modern hawk (and what bird feet can tell us about dinosaur behavior)
  • There’s a cool trailer for Talon, about a Dakotaraptor with magical powers

 

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Mar 08, 2023
Was T. rex as smart as a baboon?
01:06:19

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Dinosaur of the day Lurdusaurus, a large iguandont that despite being 6.5 ft tall, only held its belly about 2 ft off the ground..

Interview with Julius and Evan. Evan Johnson-Ransom is a PhD student at the University of Chicago a studying the functional morphology and feeding behavior of dinosaurs. Julius Csotonyi is a talented paleoartist who has created life-sized dinosaur murals for many museums and also illustrated the new book Dinosaur World which Evan wrote.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new study claims that theropods were as intelligent as primates (but not everyone agrees)
  • A single Allosaurus had 10 pathologies
  • An ornithomimosaur was injured via blunt force trauma to its foot

 

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Mar 02, 2023
Whiskers or eyelashes on dinosaurs?
00:57:24

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Dinosaur of the day Lophostropheus, a coelophysoid theropod that lived between the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic in what is now Normandy, France.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • 256 new titanosaur eggs were discovered in India
  • A new type of egg in Japan probably came from a small troodontid theropod

 

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Feb 23, 2023
A mini ankylosaur and a giant hadrosaur
01:05:21

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Dinosaur of the day Magnapaulia, a truly gigantic hadrosaur.

Interview with Lindsey Kinsella, a paleontology enthusiast, and writer & author of the sci-fi novel “The Lazarus Taxa" which includes scientists time traveling to the Late Cretaceous. Connect with him on at facebook.com/LindseyKinsellaAuthor/

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new tiny ankylosaur from Patagonia, Patagopelta
  • Baby tyrannosaurs may have been walking friends

 

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Feb 16, 2023
Could sauropods have farmed?
00:53:48

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Dinosaur of the day Camarillasaurus, a spinosaurid that lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Teruel Province, Spain.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Two new dinosaurs, the sauropod Khanazeem and the theropod Shansaraiki, were recently (mostly) described from Pakistan
  • The first basal Iguanodontian from Southern China, Napaisaurus, was recently described
  • A hiker found sauropod bones in the Royal Gorge Region of Colorado
  • “Big John” the Triceratops is going to the Glazer Children’s Museum in Tampa, Florida

 

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Feb 09, 2023
The first dinosaur respiratory infection with Cary Woodruff
01:05:49

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Dinosaur of the day Xinjiangtitan, the dinosaur with the longest known neck.

Interview with Cary Woodruff, a sauropod specialist and curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science. He recently described Dolly, the first non-avian dinosaur found to have a respiratory infection. Follow him on twitter @DoubleBeam

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Paleontologist Jorge Calvo passed away on January 10 of this year
  • A new tyrannosauroid from Northeast China is the first predatory dinosaur found in the area
  • A new titanosauriform, Ruixinia zhangi, had an unusual tail

 

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Feb 02, 2023
The Best Dinosaur Museums in the World
01:27:24

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Dinosaur of the day Haya, a Mongolian ornithischian that was found with gastroliths for grinding up food.

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Jan 26, 2023
Microraptor ate mammals
00:55:15

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Dinosaur of the day Isanosaurus, a small to medium sized sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic or Late Jurassic in what is now Thailand.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • There’s a new titanosaur: Caieira allocaudata
  • A new Dryptosaurus find may include medullary bone—showing another possibly female tyrannosauroid
  • A mammal's foot was found inside a Microraptor's ribcage showing that the mammal was eaten by the dinosaur
  • Dippy has a three-year residency at Coventry’s Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
  • A new dinosaur film, 65, comes out in March

 

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Jan 19, 2023
What the Titanic has to do with dinosaurs
00:55:30

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Dinosaur of the day Silesaurus, a dinosauromorph (or dinosaur depending on who you ask) from the Triassic with herbivorous and quadrupedal traits.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • There’s a new macronarian sauropod, Yuzhoulong, that shows more diversity in Sichuan, China than previously thought
  • A new basal hadrosaurid, Malefica, named "witch" or "sorceress" was found in Big Bend National Park
  • Ornithopods, and especially hadrosaurs, had bigger brains than we thought
  • Washington state is still working on getting a state dinosaur
  • South Australian Museum in Adelaide, Australia, has a new exhibit, Six Extinctions

 

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Jan 11, 2023
Ankylosaur and sauropod tail weapons plus a paleo controversy
01:03:31

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Dinosaur of the day Abrosaurus, a sauropod from China whose species name was originally "giant nose."

In dinosaur news this week:

  • One of the papers about the Tanis site has been accused of having fake data
  • There’s a new dwarf rhabdodontid dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus
  • Ankylosaurs probably evolved their tails for fighting each other, not for defending against predators
  • Diplodocid tails could not break the speed of sound, according to a new model
  • Artificial Intelligence helped solve the mystery of dinosaur tracks in Queensland, Australia

 

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Jan 05, 2023
Top 22 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2022
01:18:28

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Dinosaur of the day Hanssuesia, a pachycephalosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta that was once considered a troodontid.

Our top stories of 2022:

  • Best soft tissue: Dakota the Edmontosaurus mummy
  • Best soft tissue honorable mention #1: Dinosaur intestines
  • Best soft tissue honorable mention #2: Sauropod skin (goosebumps)
  • Best paleopathology study: Dolly the sauropod respiratory infection
  • Earliest sauropod of the year: Mbiresaurus
  • Largest megaraptorid of the year: Maip
  • Keeping the debate going: Torosaurus considered valid
  • Biggest movies/shows of the year: Jurassic World: Dominion and Prehistoric Planet
  • Most misunderstood dinosaur: Dodo
  • Our favorite new segment: The Dinosaur Connection Challenge: Connecting dinosaurs to sandwiches
  • Best news for Ubirajara fans in Brazil: Ubirajara returning to Brazil
  • Best dinosaur embryo: Baby Yingliang
  • Best early thyreophoran: Jakapil
  • Best stegosaur: New stegosaur Bashanosaurus
  • Furthest reaching dinosaur story: glass beads on the moon from craters that hit earth
  • Best T. rex study(s): Presentations at SVP that Tyrannosaurs had tiny arms before they had huge heads
  • Smallest sauropod of the year: Ibirania
  • Best new herbivore: Stegouros
  • Best new herbivore honorable mention: Ankylosaur: Yuxisaurus
  • Best new carnivore: New carcharodontosaurid Meraxes
  • BONUS: Stromer's Riddle but with mosasaurs

 

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Dec 30, 2022
A raptor with preserved intestines
00:51:21

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Dinosaur of the day Ostafrikasaurus, a large theropod named from a tooth that looks like a cross between a spinosaurid and ceratosaurid.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Paleontologists discovered new dromaeosaur, Daurlong wangi, complete with part of the intestines!
  • A new non-avian dinosaur, Natovenator, with a streamlined body for swimming and hunting fish
  • The Auckland War Memorial Museum in New Zealand has two T. rex on display, and one of them may have been pregnant
  • Maximus, the T. rex skull, sold for a lot less than expected
  • Gary the Edmontosaurus was airlifted from Red Deer River valley in Alberta, Canada this summer
  • You can get an AR model of Scotty the T. rex via the Royal Saskatchewan Museum
  • The Hongkong Post is issuing six dinosaur stamps

 

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Dec 21, 2022
PalaeoPoems with Brigid & Mike
01:19:36

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Dinosaur of the day Eucamerotus, the "well-chambered" sauropod from the Early Cretaceous in what is now the Isle of Wight, England.

Interview with Brigid and Mike, Brigid Christison has a Master's in Biology and is the founder and manager of PalaeoPoems. Mike Thompson is working on a PhD in Paleontology & Sedimentology at the University of Manitoba and writes the science behind the PalaeoPoems. Check them out at www.palaeopoems.com

In dinosaur news this week:

  • “Spinosaurus is not an aquatic dinosaur” according to a new analysis of its buoyancy and body shape
  • A T. rex skeleton, nicknamed Shen, was supposed to go on sale but instead will be on display at a museum (for now)
  • The Natural History Museum in London is getting a Patagotitan
  • Our last coverage of SVP 2022 including pachycephalosaurs, Big Al pathologies, bird hearts, and more

 

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Dec 15, 2022
Tyrannosaurs broke teeth, dino arms, and 2 new dinosaurs
01:10:42

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Dinosaur of the day Panphagia, an early sauropodomorph that might show the start of the shift from carnivory to herbivory.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The Colbert Prize posters from SVP 2022: Tyrannosaur tooth wear, a new ornithopod, a new alvarezsaurid, and more
  • More talks from SVP 2022: Polar dinosaur tracks, a potential new tyrannosaur, more Shri fossils, turtles with theropods, and more
  • Also, the 9 ton Utahraptor block might have another raptor species in it, fossilized dinosaur skin chemistry, and more from SVP

 

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Dec 08, 2022
A brand new tyrannosaur with Elias and Denver
01:18:31

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Dinosaur of the day Poekilopleuron, one of the first described theropods—from 1836 in France.

Interview with Elías and Denver. Elías Warshaw is a research associate at Badlands Dinosaur Museum & a student at Montana State University. Denver Fowler is the curator at the Badlands Dinosaur Museum.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Presentations from the Theropods session of SVP 2022
  • A new Daspletosaurus species, wilsoni, was named which appears to be an evolutionary link between two previously known species

 

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Dec 01, 2022
Thescelosaurus had spikes coming out of its forearms
01:07:37

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Dinosaur of the day Caenagnathus, A large oviraptorosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Alberta, Canada.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Presentations from the Dinosaur Macroevolution/Macroecology session of SVP 2022
  • The Soft Tissues and Taphonomy talks from SVP 2022

 

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Nov 24, 2022
Steve Brusatte on how mammals survived dinosaurs
01:08:55

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Dinosaur of the day Bruhathkayosaurus, a titanosaur sauropod that lived in Late Cretaceous in what is now India (in the Kallamedu Formation).

Interview with Steve Brusatte, a paleontologist, paleontology advisor for Jurassic World, and author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, and more recently The Rise and Reign of the Mammals

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The Dinosaur Technical Session from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2022 annual meeting

 

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Nov 17, 2022
A huge ornithomimosaur in Mississippi
01:13:26

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Dinosaur of the day Udanoceratops, Largest known leptoceratopsid found to date.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new very large ornithomimosaur was discovered in Mississippi
  • Ornithoscelida is dead, but the dinosaur family tree might be getting another update
  • Scientists found that the early dinosaur Coelophysis had a lot of variation in how they grew
  • The pachycephalosaurid Stegoceras may have head-butted
  • There's a new predictive modelling framework to estimate dinosaur bite force
  • Scientists reconstructed an Amargasaurus head
  • Phys.org featured Doug Boyer, founder of MorphoSource, a digital repository of museum specimen 3D scans

 

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Nov 09, 2022
A giant carcharodontosaur and a tiny titanosaur
01:09:29

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Dinosaur of the day Zanabazar, the largest known Asian troodontid.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • New "giant theropod material" may be a third carcharodontosaurid in Cretaceous Morocco or more support for the dinosaur Sauroniops
  • There’s a new titanosaur, Ibirania, which looked like other sauropods although smaller—despite not being on an island
  • A new massopodan sauropodomorph Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum has been named from Germany
  • A new juvenile T. rex was recently fund and is on display in Colorado
  • A new study shows that many dinosaurs were endothermic ("warm blooded"), while others were ectothermic ("cold blooded")
  • Shortly before hatching, a bird's pelvis looks the same as a dinosaur’s pelvis
  • Not all dinosaurs that lived on islands may have been small
  • Scientists identified the first record of dinosaur tracks in what is now Palestine and published a nice set of criteria for identifying tracks
  • There’s at least 38 trackways and more than 350 dinosaur footprints at the TY tracksite in southern Africa

 

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Nov 02, 2022
A sparkly dinosaur that mummified like an Egyptian
01:26:37

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Dinosaur of the day Amphicoelias, a diplodocid that was widely reported to be the largest dinosaur of all time, but is now considered much smaller.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • An Edmontosaurus from the Hell Creek formation nicknamed Dakota likely desiccated for weeks before being buried and fossilizing
  • The new dinosaur Mbiresaurus helps show that the earliest dinosaurs lived in the far south of Pangaea in temperate climates
  • New dinosaur Nevadadromeus schmitti has officially been published
  • Having narrower eye sockets may have helped tyrannosaurs and other large theropods to have a more powerful bite
  • How SUE the T. rex got holes in its jaws remains a mystery
  • In Australia, Muttaburrasaurus is officially Queensland’s State Fossil

 

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Oct 27, 2022
Extinction Extravaganza
01:04:23

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Dinosaur of the day Brachytrachelopan, a dicraeosaurid sauropod from the Late Jurassic that had an extremely short neck (for a sauropod).

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new abelisaurid from Patagonia, Elemgasem, was small but named after a mighty Tehuelche god
  • Scientists suggested volcanic eruptions could be the main reason for mass extinctions
  • Scientists suggested dinosaurs were on the decline before they went extinct
  • The moon includes evidence of asteroid impacts on Earth
  • There is a second underwater crater that is from around the same time as Chicxulub
  • A new model shows the tsunami after the Chicxulub impact
  • The Chicxulub impact may have triggered an earthquake that lasted weeks to months
  • Precipitation played a role in the abundance and success of hadrosaurs and ceratopsians in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Alaska
  • Dinosaurs may have been successful and diverse because of the differences in their diets
  • 80 million year old dinosaur eggs were recently found in Jiangxi Province, China
  • In Skåne, Sweden, large carnivorous dinosaurs from the Late Triassic were recently found
  • Reykjavík might be getting a Triceratops skeleton to display
  • To celebrate National Fossil Day, Mississippi State University’s Dunn-Seiler Museum had a competition to name their Triceratops
  • A man in New Zealand used VR to sculpt and then 3D print a life-sized model of a Tyrannosaurus

 

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Oct 19, 2022
A huge find from Africa and a dinosaur egg full of crystals
01:05:09

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Dinosaur of the day Oxalaia, a spinosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil which was almost as large as Spinosaurus (if it wasn't Spinosaurus itself).

In dinosaur news this week:

  • At least 27 iguanodontians from the new genus, Iyuku, were discovered in a South African bonebed
  • New chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur Bisticeratops froeseorum was discovered.
  • Scientists named a new type of dinosaur egg (which was found full of crystals).
  • Scientists found a pathology in a titanosaur egg that could tell us more about dinosaur reproductive behavior.
  • A bunch of dinosaur tracks and trackways were found in Alberta, Canada, that may show dinosaurs being sociable.
  • Another Tyrannosaurus rex is going on auction.
  • Scientists found new dinosaur tracks in Alaska thanks to an earthquake.
  • The Badlands Dinosaur Museum found baby dinosaurs this summer.

 

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Oct 12, 2022
A new tyrannosauroid from Idaho
00:40:34

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Dinosaur of the day Patagosaurus, a Eusauropod that lived in the Early–Middle Jurassic in what is now Patagonia, Argentina.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new unnamed tyrannosauroid was discovered in Idaho which was smaller than Moros, but bigger than Suskityrannus
  • There’s a new therizinosaur named Paralitherizinosaurus that was found in Hokkaido, Japan
  • A new specimen of Yulong mini was found, which helps show how the dinosaur grew as it aged
  • Sauropods may have developed soft tissue pads on their feet by the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic, and this may have been a key adaptation for them to evolve into giants
  • The Peabody Museum of Natural History may have fossils of a new tyrannosaur species from the east coast of the U.S.
  • The Philip J. Currie Museum took visitors on a rafting tour to look for fossils this summer
  • We also put together a list of 9 places to go dig for fossils


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Oct 05, 2022
A huge new spinosaur and a tiny thyreophoran
00:55:00

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Dinosaur of the day Microvenator, an oviraptorosaur that originally had the much more impressive name "Megadontosaurus".

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new thyreophoran that looks like a miniature, armored, Carnotaurus was found in Argentina
  • A new, very large spinosaur was discovered on the Isle of Wight in England
  • Spinosaurids replaced teeth very quickly, which is probably why we’ve found so many
  • Oxford University Museum of Natural History is re-running a lecture J.R.R. Tolkien gave in 1938 about dragonlore and dinosaurs
  • The Field Museum in Chicago recently got a new hadrosaur dinosaur fossil
  • Another dinosaur, Zephyr, is going to auction next month
  • A student at Southern Methodist University in Texas makes dinosaur origami
  • There’s a new trailer for Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

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Sep 29, 2022
A new tiny-armed, gigantic, megapredator
01:07:58

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Dinosaur of the day Zapalasaurus, a basal diplodocoid sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Neuquén Province, Argentina.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new carcharodontosaurid with tiny arms, Meraxes gigas, helps show that all large-headed carnivores had relatively small arms
  • Gastroliths and Deinonychus teeth have been found associated with April the Tenontosaurus
  • Scientists looked at the growth of the smallest (but not yet named) ornithopod that lived in what is now Spain
  • An opalized fossil may be a new dinosaur species
  • The Australian Opal Centre hosts an annual dinosaur fossil dig
  • Ubirajara is being returned to Brazil
  • Podokesaurus holyokensis became the official state dinosaur of Massachusetts
  • Delaware has a state dinosaur, Dryptosaurus
  • There are seven missing sculptures from Crystal Palace Dinosaurs
  • Lottie, the Triceratops statue from Louisville, Kentucky got a makeover
  • NBC is making a new natural history series show called Surviving Earth
  • Stephen Fry is hosting Dinosaur — with Stephen Fry, a four part series about dinosaurs in the Jurassic and Cretaceous
  • You can play Dinosaur Fossil Hunter on Steam
  • Games Radar published a list of the 10 best dinosaur games

 

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Sep 22, 2022
Another carnivore for Stromer's Riddle
00:57:07

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Dinosaur of the day Magnosaurus, A relatively small megalosauroid theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic in what is now England.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • New sauropod Perijasaurus lapaz was discovered in Colombia
  • A new abelisaurid from the Bahariya Oasis adds yet another carnivorous group to the formation
  • A sauropod was found in a backyard in Portugal
  • Thomas Carr and a team found fossils of T. rex, Triceratops, and Edmontosaurus on a 4-week expedition in the Badlands of Montana
  • A nearly complete juvenile hadrosaur with skin impressions was found in Dinosaur Provincial Park in Canada
  • The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences excavated three dinosaurs in Wyoming's Morrison Formation
  • 100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints were found in a restaurant in Sichuan province, China
  • 113 million year old dinosaur tracks were seen in Texas due to a severe drought
  • In May, Hector the Deinonychus was auctioned off for $12.4 million
  • In July, a Gorgosaurus skeleton was auctioned off for about $6 million
  • The University of New Mexico opened a Natural History Science Center
  • Portland, Oregon had a cartoon dinosaur art exhibit this summer
  • Dinosaur Museum Altmühltal in Denkendorf, Germany had Little Al on display
  • The Royal Tyrrell Museum launched the exhibit “Perspectives on the Art of Glen McIntosh”
  • Hong Kong Science Museum opened “The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: The Big Eight — Dinosaur Revelation” exhibit
  • New public science project Cretaceous Creatures lets 8th graders do real science with real fossils

 

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Sep 14, 2022
Dinosaurs in Alabama with Skye Walker
00:49:43

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Dinosaur of the day Foraminacephale, a pachycephalosaurid that only weighed about as much as a small dog.

Interview with Skye Walker, a paleontologist, fossil preparator collections assistant at Auburn University Museum of Natural History, and science communicator. Follow her on Instagram, twitter, & tiktok @thedinomancer.

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Sep 08, 2022
Theropods biting with Evan Johnson-Ransom
00:36:53

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Dinosaur of the day Unescoceratops, a ceratopsian named after the UNESCO World Heritage Site it was found in (Dinosaur Provincial Park).

Interview with Evan Johnson-Ransom, a PhD student at the Ross Lab and Sereno Lab at the University of Chicago, studying neck kinematics and feeding behavior of spinosaurids, T. rex, and other theropods. Follow him on twitter @EJR_Paleo_MSc

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Sep 01, 2022
Common Dinosaur Misconceptions
01:03:58

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We correct a lot of the common dinosaurs mistakes in movies, TV shows, toys, games, and art.

Dinosaur of the day Chirostenotes, a toothless oviraptorosaur that was originally known from only its hands.

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Aug 25, 2022
A scientifically accurate graphic novel featuring Europasaurus
00:41:08

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Dinosaur of the day Spinops, a ceratopsian whose name means "spine face".

Interview with Oliver Wings and Joschua Knüppe. Joschua is a paleoartist, and host of Paleostream on Twitch. Oliver is the curator of the Geosciences Collections & the Geiseltal Collection at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. The two of them created the graphic novel “Europasaurus: Life on Jurassic Islands

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Aug 17, 2022
The amazing paleontologist who inspired Indiana Jones
00:58:56

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Roy Chapman Andrews fought through the Gobi Desert to make some miraculous dinosaur discoveries including Velociraptor, Oviraptor, and some amazing dinosaur nests.

Dinosaur of the day Gravitholus, an ~10ft long pachycephalosaurid that could be the same animal as Stegoceras.

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Aug 10, 2022
Stegosaurus with Susannah Maidment
00:47:13

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Dinosaur of the day Mercuriceratops, The oldest known chasmosaurine from Canada found at the time.

Interview with Susannah Maidment, principal researcher and curator of the archosaurs at the Natural History Museum in London. She has published more than 50 scientific papers and is an expert on stegosaurs. Her research includes systematics, anatomy, and taxonomy of ornithischians, geological context of dinosaur evolution, and dinosaur biodiversity.

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Aug 04, 2022
Michael Benton and Hateg Island
01:44:17

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Dinosaur of the day Hateg Island, a Late Cretaceous island that included some tiny dinosaurs and at least one enormous pterosaur.

Interview with Michael Benton, paleontologist and professor of vertebrate paleontology in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. He has written over 400 scientific papers and more than 50 books, about a wide range of topics, including animals in the Triassic, extinction events, and the Hateg Basin. His most recent books are “The Dinosaurs Rediscovered" and "Dinosaurs, New visions of a lost world"

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Jul 29, 2022
The many uses of melanin
00:58:16

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Dinosaur of the day Dyoplosaurus, an ankylosaurid that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Alberta, Canada (in the Dinosaur Park Formation).

Interview with Maria McNamara, a paleobiologist and professor of paleontology at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork. Follow her on twitter @MariaMcN_palaeo

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Jul 21, 2022
Fossil hunting with Cameron Muskelly
00:48:45

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Dinosaur of the day Itemirus, A dromaeosaurid described from a fragment of the back of the skull.

Interview with Cameron Muskelly, an avocational paleontologist/geologist and paleontology educator based in Georgia. He’s a researcher, lecturer, and fossil collector, and an expert in Appalachian geology. Follow him on twitter @PaleoCameron

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Jul 14, 2022
How to find fossils
00:51:42

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Dinosaur of the day Saurornitholestes, A dromaeosaurid that looked similar to Velociraptor with teeth that may have been used to preen its feathers..

Some resources to help you find fossils:

  • FOSSILS: A Guide to Prehistoric Life, a book with many helpful photos and descriptions, plus links to more resources.
  • myFOSSIL, a website that's "building a community of amateur and professional paleontologists."
  • The Fossil Forum can help you ID fossils.
  • A PBS webpage listing where you can find fossils in each US state.
  • Fossil Explorer, an app that covers fossil localities in England, Scotland, and Wales.

 

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Jul 06, 2022
How T. rex was found and how it changed paleontology
00:42:52

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Dinosaur of the day Draconyx, a relatively small relative of Iguanodon.

Interview with David Randall, a senior reporter at Reuters and the author of several books, including “The Monster’s Bones: The Discovery of T. rex and How It Shook Our World"

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Jun 30, 2022
Why Ankylosaurus is the best dinosaur
00:43:09

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Dinosaur of the day Aegyptosaurus, a sauropod from Egypt which like Spinosaurus was mostly lost to science in Munich during WWII.

Ankylosaurus is the longest, heaviest, and widest ankylosaur. But those aren't the only details that make Ankylosaurus such a special dinosaur.

Some of the papers we cover that we didn't discuss back in Episode 5:

  • Original paper describing Ankylosaurus & Ankylosauridae by Barnum Brown from 1908
  • How ankylosaurid tails evolved by Arbour & Currie
  • Ankylosaurid tail posture, club sizes, and uses by Coombs (including the shin bashing & head butting hypotheses)
  • Redescription of Ankylosaurus by Arbour & Mallon with its overall tank-like proportions

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Jun 23, 2022
Jurassic World Dominion vs Prehistoric Planet
00:57:38

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We explore how well the dinosaurs in both Jurassic World Dominion and Prehistoric Planet match our current scientific understanding.

Dinosaur of the day Moros, a small tyrannosauroid from Utah which was briefly featured in Jurassic World: Dominion.

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Jun 16, 2022
Animating the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World dinosaurs
00:59:05

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Dinosaur of the day Scorpios rex, a fictional hybrid dinosaur first introduced in Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous.

Interview with Glen McIntosh, an artist an animator who has worked on Jurassic Park III, Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World: Battle at Big Rock and the prelude to Jurassic World: Dominion. He’s also lectured on dinosaur movement and locomotion at many conferences, schools, and museums. Find his work on artofglenmcintosh.com

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Jun 08, 2022
What makes a dinosaur a dinosaur?
00:53:56

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How we differentiate dinosaurs from their closest relatives like pterosaurs, crocodilians, and dinosauromorphs.

Dinosaur of the day Erlikosaurus, The first therizinosaur found with a complete skull—described as "remarkably uncrushed".

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Jun 01, 2022
Dinosaurs in the Brazilian Outback
00:57:40

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Dinosaur of the day Stegoceratops, a Jurassic Park hybrid of Triceratops, Stegosaurus, a beetle, a snake, and a cuttlefish.

Interview with Tito Aureliano and Aline Ghilardi. Tito is a paleontologist, geologist, science communicator, and researcher at the University of Campinas and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Aline is a scientist, science communicator, and professor of paleontology also at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.

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May 25, 2022
How dinosaurs evolved flight
01:05:18

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Dinosaur of the day Pyroraptor, a raptor that was smaller than Velociraptor that we expect to see in Jurassic World: Dominion.

We explore the radical transformation that dinosaurs went through to become birds.

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May 18, 2022
Your Questions Answered
01:11:08

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Dinosaur of the day Proa, a basal iguanodont that lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Teruel Province, Spain.

We answer the following questions:

  • What “Dino of the day” most surprised you / most interested you in researching it for an episode?
  • What famous dino field expedition would you liked to have been part of?
  • Who of the early paleontologists do you wish you could have interviewed?
  • If you had to take a side in the Bone Wars, would it be Marsh or Cope?
  • Will there ever be a chance that your favorite groups of dinosaurs (sauropods and ankylosaurs) could change?
  • What are your favorite non-saurian extinct animals?
  • Do you have ancient plant or fungal life you find interesting?
  • Did you have a favorite dinosaur toy growing up?
  • How long would a human survive in the early-Triassic, mid-Jurassic, or end-Cretaceous?
  • What is the Coolest fossil you have found or seen?
  • What makes Velociraptor (and other feathered dinosaurs) dinosaurs and not birds?
  • Which fossil most seems to be missing from the record, but you hope or expect to be found? Maybe a feathered T. rex?
  • What is—and isn’t—known about dinosaur skin? How is it known, soft tissue preservation?
  • Do you have a routine for how you do the research for each episode?
  • Is there a specific specimen you want to visit and see someday?
  • Have any dinosaur fossils been found in the in Antarctica? Is their any chance any skin, bone etc could be locked in the permafrost?

 

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May 12, 2022
The largest megaraptorid ever?
00:55:53

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Dinosaur of the day Anchiornis, The first dinosaur to be reconstructed with realistic colors from preserved feathers on most of its body.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new massive megaraptorid, Maip macrothorax, was described from Patagonia
  • A new ornithomimosaur (not yet named) has been found in the Erlian Formation of Nei Mongol, north China
  • The University of Colorado Boulder is returning their Triceratops skull to the Smithsonian Institution
  • The game Parkasaurus is now available on Nintendo Switch
  • Colin Trevorrow shared a map of Jurassic World: Dominion that showed where the dinosaurs have ended up around the U.S.
  • Jurassic World: Dominion dropped a second trailer
  • Tom Holtz shared a flowchart to help determine if you've found a coprolite, regurgitalite, or other dinosaur meal

 

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May 05, 2022
The day that dinosaurs went extinct
01:09:06

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Dinosaur of the day Macrogryphosaurus, the largest known elasmarian.

Interview with Riley Black, a science writer and communicator, whose work has appeared in Smithsonian, National Geographic, and Scientific American. She has written a number of books, including "The Last Days of Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World", which came out this week.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • There was a new response to the paper estimating there were probably billions of T. rex
  • In Missouri, the House recently voted to update the name of their state dinosaur from Hypsibema to Parrosaurus
  • A group of Toronto Raptors fans dressed up in inflatable dinosaur costumes to celebrate the team making the playoffs
  • The Smithsonian is making exclusive products with Jurassic World: Dominion
  • Past Eons Productions is recreating the BBC Walking With Dinosaurs documentary using Jurassic World Evolution 2 mods

 

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Apr 28, 2022
Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus infighting
00:47:05

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Dinosaur of the day Euskelosaurus, a large (for its time) plateosaurid sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic/Early Jurassic in what is now South Africa and Lesotho.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Researchers found that Big John, the Triceratops horridus, was injured by another ceratopsian
  • A new T. rex specimen was described and is going on display at the Auckland Museum in New Zealand
  • Amargasaurus may have had more of a sail on its neck instead of tall spines
  • Scientists studied a sauropodomorph from the beginning of the Late Triassic and found it was already relatively large
  • Scientists analyzed and redescribed Patagosaurus fariasi
  • Researchers found an air sac system in an adult saltasaurid titanosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Brazil
  • The W.T. Bland Public Library in Mount Dora, Florida has a Nothronychus on display
  • The SODO district of Seattle, Washington now has Dinos Alive Exhibition: An Immersive Experience
  • David Attenborough’s Dinosaurs: The Final Day, is airing in the U.S. on May 11
  • The casts of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World reflected on Jurassic Park and how Dominion ties in into the franchise
  • A new image shows Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) with a baby Nasutoceratops
  • In Jurassic World: Dominion Giganotosaurus is meant to feel like the Joker from the Dark Knight

 

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Apr 21, 2022
Sauropods with goosebumps
01:09:48

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Dinosaur of the day Dystrophaeus, a Sauropod from the Morrison Formation that was described by Cope in 1877.

Interview with Jason Schein and Jason Poole, Jason Schein is the author and Jason Poole is the illustrator of Dinosaurs Behaving Badly, a coloring book that is also full of the latest information about dinosaur behavior. Jason Schein is also the founder of the nonprofit Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute and Jason Poole is a paleoartist whose work has been featured in National Geographic, scientific publications, and museums.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new Early Jurassic thyreophoran, Yuxisaurus, looks like ankylosaurs from the Cretaceous
  • Scientists rediscovered an ankylosaur skull and fossils that had been found in Queensland, Australia
  • Researchers identified a new type of hadrosaur scale from skin impressions
  • Scientists re-examined Haestasaurus skin and found scales and structures that looked somewhat like goosebumps
  • A team of researchers found a Gryposaurus bonebed in the Oldman Formation in Alberta, Canada
  • Sir David Attenborough’s latest documentary series, Prehistoric Planet, debuts on Apple Plus on May 23
  • David Attenborough also has a BBC documentary, Dinosaurs: The Final Day, airing April 15
  • BBC has another documentary, called Fanastic Beasts: A Natural History, that’s out now

 

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Apr 14, 2022
Sauropods didn't walk like elephants
01:04:55

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Dinosaur of the day Adeopapposaurus, a sauropodomorph that lived in the Early Jurassic in what is now San Juan, Argentina.

Interview with Thomas Halliday, paleobiologist who specializes in mammal evolution and phylogenetics. His research also includes renaissance paleontology, faunal networks, and decolonizing paleontology. And he is the author of the book, “Otherlands: A World in the Making”

In dinosaur news this week:

  • New Early Cretaceous tracks from Spain show theropods running nearly 30 miles per hour
  • A new study found that sauropods walked in a diagonal couplet pattern
  • A model of Thecodontosaurus helps to show how sauropods shifted from bipedal to quadrupedal
  • Hundreds of dinosaur fossils and footprints have been found in a clay mine in Mazovia, Poland
  • The Bureau of Land Management released a report on the damaged dinosaur tracks from Mill Canyon, Utah
  • The Natural History Museum in London is looking for a partner to display Dippy
  • The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has a new Dinosphere show
  • The Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art Village in Oakdale, Connecticut opened for the season
  • Dinosaur Kingdom park is now planned to open in Monroe, New Jersey
  • A shopping center in Livingston Scotland has multiple dinosaurs made of about half a million LEGO bricks
  • Nicolas Cage hasn’t been refunded for the Tarbosaurus skull he bought at auction that was repatriated to Mongolia

 

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Apr 07, 2022
The mysterious extinction of a dinosaur
01:31:45

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Dinosaur of the day Raphus, a secondarily flightless dinosaur which is often thought of as clumsy, but was actually swift-footed.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • An analysis of dinosaur bone density showed that Spinosaurus & Baryonyx likely hunted underwater
  • Researchers have found Borogovia is a valid taxon and supported it being classified as a troodontid
  • A new enantiornithine, Musivavis amabilis, was described from Liaoning, China
  • Brevirostruavis macrohyoidus was described with a "hyper-elongated tongue" possibly used like a hummingbird or woodpecker
  • Another bird like dinosaur, Kaririavis mater, was found in Brazil with feathers preserved on its foot
  • A review of over 100 specimens resulted in two new dinosaurs being named Meemannavis & Brevidentavis
  • Stan the T. rex was tracked down to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Stan will be a part of the upcoming Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi which is scheduled to open at the end of 2025
  • In Beijing, there’s a Birds and Dinosaurs exhibit at the Geological Museum of China

 

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Apr 01, 2022
New stegosaurs, alvarezsaurids, and dinosaur injuries
00:42:52

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Dinosaur of the day Avaceratops, a small ceratopsian that may have lived alongside Zuul and Dromaeosaurus.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new very early stegosaur, Bashanosaurus primitivus, was named from Chongqing, China
  • A new alvarezsaurid from Uzbekistan, Dzharaonyx eski, was described including its fascinating small hands
  • An Amurosaurus appears to have broken its wrist after falling, but it survived for at least a few months
  • Using a new type of CT scan, researchers found the T. rex nicknamed Tristan Otto probably had an infection in its jaw
  • Researchers found four pathologies in sauropod ribs found in Chongqing, China
  • An analysis of B-rex identified some conditions that helped to preserve soft tissue in its bones
  • A photographer took some fun photos of squirrels "playing" with dinosaur toys
  • Capcom has a new game about fighting dinosaurs, called Exoprimal
  • Skyhook Games has a Dino Safari DLC for mowing the lawn in Dino Safari park

 

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Mar 24, 2022
Iguanodon had a foot long thumb spike
01:20:48

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Dinosaur of the day Efraasia, a Late Triassic sauropodomorph that was originally thought to be carnivorous.

Interview with Filippo Bertozzo, a postdoc researcher at the Museum of Natural History in Brussels (RBINS). He studies some of our favorite topics including: paleopathologies, air sacs, and dinosaur behavior

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The latest paper on Torosaurus considers it to be a valid taxon
  • Researchers have made new recommendations to address decolonizing paleontology
  • AI will likely soon help analyze CT scans and make paleontological research more efficient
  • The game Jurassic World Evolution 2 has a new set of dinosaurs from Camp Cretaceous
  • An international group of volunteers are rushing to archive Ukrainian museum collections and other content at SUCHO.org

 

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Mar 18, 2022
Tyrannosaurus rex has two new sister species?
01:04:15

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Dinosaur of the day Anodontosaurus, An ankylosaurid known for its broad pointy tail club.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Two new species of Tyrannosaurus have been proposed, Tyrannosaurus imperator and Tyrannosaurus regina
  • A new alvarezsaurid, Ondogurvel alifanovi, was described from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia
  • A new hadrosaurid, Kelumapusaura machi, was named from Patagonia and Huallasaurus australis was split from Kritosaurus
  • "Rexor" the T. rex is on display in Manhattan as part of the Art in the Parks open air gallery

 

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Mar 10, 2022
Dinosaur National Monument with ReBecca Hunt-Foster
01:02:59

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Dinosaur of the day Guaibasaurus, a Late Triassic basal sauropodomorph or theropod from what is now Brazil.

Interview with ReBecca Hunt-Foster, the Monument Paleontologist and Museum Curator at Dinosaur National Monument. She does research on the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation, the later Cretaceous Mesa Verde Group, and early-mid Cretaceous North American ornithomimids. Follow her on twitter @paleochick

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new abelisaurid, Guemesia, was found in Northwestern Argentina
  • The first evidence of a respiratory infection is in a dinosaur was found in the sauropod Dolly
  • The Museum of the Rockies in Montana is hosting Dinosaurs and MOR
  • The Milwaukee Public Museum is hosting the temporary exhibit Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family
  • The trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse Madness shows Doctor Strange battling with Marvel dinosaurs

 

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Mar 04, 2022
A new spinosaurid and several new Tethyshadros
00:55:36

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Dinosaur of the day Pinacosaurus, One of the best known ankylosaurs with dozens of known specimens including juveniles.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new spinosaurid, Iberospinus, was described after a new excavation uncovered additional fossils
  • A large group of Tethyshadros dinosaurs were found in Italy
  • The Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite in Utah was badly damaged recently
  • A man allegedly stole a $25,000 dinosaur claw from the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show
  • The Long Island Children’s Museum in New York has a new exhibit called "The Age of Dinosaurs"
  • Antarctic Dinosaurs: The Exhibition has moved to the Buffalo Museum of Science in New York
  • We got more details about the characters of Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
  • A new miniseries called Jurassic League, will feature Justice League characters as anthropomorphic dinosaurs
  • The official Jurassic World Dominion trailer was released including some feathered dinosaurs

 

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Feb 24, 2022
Correcting misconceptions of paleontology with Roy Plotnick
01:00:18

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Dinosaur of the day Kazaklambia, A lambeosaurine from the Late Cretaceous and the most complete hadrosaur found in Kazakhstan.

Interview with Roy Plotnick, professor emeritus in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is also a fellow of the Geological Society of America and the Paleontological Society, and author of the book Explorers of Deep Time: Paleontologists and the History of Life.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new titanosaur from Spain, Abditosaurus kuehnei, is the largest titanosaur found from the Ibero-Armorican island
  • A recent study found that the Chicxulub asteroid hit earth during the late spring (in the northern hemisphere)
  • House of Representatives of Washington state are considering a bill to make Suciasaurus rex the official state dinosaur
  • A new Jurassic World fan film named Devil in the Desert was recently released


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Feb 17, 2022
A new velociraptor relative with hornlets
00:48:30

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Dinosaur of the day Tenontosaurus, the ornithopod which is mostly known for being eaten by Deinonychus.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new raptor, Kuru kulla, was found in Mongolia with small hornlets above its eyes
  • Less than ten complete, articulated, sauropod necks have been described
  • The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is getting its own Dippy the Diplodocus
  • A tracksite on a sheer cliff was recreated in VR so visitors can see it
  • Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson revealed he's a fan of Stan the T. rex, but bought a replica skull and not the original skeleton

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Feb 10, 2022
Jane the T. rex and a new sauropod site with the Burpee Museum
01:10:45

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Dinosaur of the day Volkheimeria, a medium to small Early Jurassic sauropod that lived in what is now Patagonia.

Interview with Joshua Mathews and Anne Weerda. Joshua is a PhD candidate at Northern Illinois University, Director of Paleontology, and Vice President of Research & Operations at the Burpee Museum. Anne is the Executive Director at the Burpee Museum.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A revision of Parvicursor shows that two other alvarezsaurids, Ceratonykus & Linhenykus, may be synonyms
  • A new alvarezsaurid, Khulsanurus magnificus, was described from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia
  • According to a new study, dinosaurs probably had some color on their faces
  • The World's most complete Triceratops is going on display at the Melbourne Museum
  • Cathedral City, California is getting 11 life-sized dinosaur sculptures along highway 111
  • Jurassic World: Dominion is doing crossovers with the Winter Olympics

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Feb 03, 2022
Was a new ankylosaur deaf?
00:52:37

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Dinosaur of the day Spinophorosaurus, a sauropod from the Middle Jurassic of Niger that was originally thought to have a Stegosaurus-like spiky tail.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Stegouros, the ankylosaur we said had an "axe-like tail", is better described as a macuahuitl tail
  • A new sauropodomorph, Issi saaneq, was found in what is now Greenland
  • A new study showed the ankylosaur Struthiosaurus had a poor sense of hearing and probably moved slowly
  • The Mace Brown Museum of Natural History in Charleston, South Carolina is offering a new paleontology scholarship
  • Frisco, Texas is building a new library, and it will include a life-sized model of a T. rex skeleton
  • Sir David Attenborough has a new documentary coming out later this year, called “Dinosaurs: The Final Day”

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Jan 27, 2022
A fossilized baby dino, a new ankylosaur, and dinosaurs in Zulu
01:13:42

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Dinosaur of the day Beipiaosaurus, A feathered therizinosauroid form the Early Cretaceous of what is now China.

Interview with Sibusiso Biyela, a science writer and communicator, and an advocate for decolonizing science. He recently started working on a project to bring scientific terminology to six African languages including a great article about Ledumahadi in Zulu. Follow him on twitter @AstroSibs

In dinosaur news this week:

  • One of the most complete dinosaurs ever found was discovered in a fossilized unhatched egg in Ganzhou, China
  • A new Tarchia species, Tarchia tumanovae, was described with a nearly 6ft long tail club
  • The Mary Anning statue in Black Ven may be unveiled by her 223rd birthday
  • The Royal Australian Mint has released an Australovenator coin

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Jan 20, 2022
The axe-tailed ankylosaur
00:40:35

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Dinosaur of the day Chindesaurus, Basal saurischian that lived in the Late Triassic in what is now Arizona.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new ankylosaur, Stegouros elengassen, was described with amazing spikey tail weaponry from Magallanes, Chile source
  • The new sauropod, Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis, was named from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China source
  • Chief Shikellamy Elementary School in Sunbury, Pennsylvania have a new 6 ft Diplodocus femur on display source

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Jan 12, 2022
A New raptor in Europe and a toothless theropod in Brazil
01:08:55

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Dinosaur of the day Probactrosaurus, a hadrosauroid that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Inner Mongolia, China.

Interview with David Levering, Camps Director at the Fort Hays State University’s Sternberg Museum of Natural History and creator of the Sternberg Museum of Natural History Online. Check out our video of the virtual museum at https://youtu.be/MCbdT3xOIBM

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The first toothless ceratosaur from South America, Berthasaura leopoldinae, was found in Brazil source
  • A new Deinonychus-sized raptor, Vectiraptor greeni, was found on the Isle of Wight source
  • Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur animated series has a new trailer source
  • A new photo from Jurassic World: Dominion shows Owen Grady taming a Parasaurolophus in the snow source

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Jan 06, 2022
Best of 2021
00:57:34

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Dinosaur of the day Asylosaurus, a Late Triassic sauropodomorph that lived in what is now Clifton, Bristol, England.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Evidence of cannibalism in tyrannosaurids (333) source
  • Hadrosaur lumps and splits (350) source
  • Baby dinosaurs living at the poles (344) source
  • Best nickname: “Beautiful Nightmare” (363) source
  • World’s largest Triceratops: Big John (362) source
  • Youngest footprint finder: Lily (349) source
  • Chrome Dinosaur game with an Olympic twist (video) source
  • India’s youngest paleontologist: Aswatha Biju (360) source
  • Best Spinosaurids: Ceratosuchops and Riparovenator (358) source
  • Longest time coming: Kholumolumo (320) source
  • Honorable Mention — Longest time coming: Riabininohadros (321) source
  • Best abelisaurid: Spectrovenator (322) source
  • Best dromaeosaurid: Shri devi (328) source
  • Honorable Mention — Best dromaeosaurid: Kansaignathus (347) source
  • Best ceratopsian: Menefeeceratops (338) source
  • Best hadrosaur: Tlatolophus (340) source
  • Best sauropod: Australotitan (342) source
  • Oldest titanosaur: Ninjatitan (335) source
  • Best ankylosaur: Spicomellus (357) source
  • Honorable Mention — Best ankylosaur: "resting posture" ankylosaur (330) source
  • Best allosauroid: Ulughbegsaurus (355) source
  • Jurassic World: Dominion news (323, 324, 341, 343, 345, 349, 354, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 366, 367) source
  • Massachusetts state dinosaur (320, 324, 326, 356, 361) source
  • Status of Ubirajara (356, 358, 365) source
  • Total number of T. rex individuals that lived (335) source


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Dec 29, 2021
Dinosaurs in Victorian Pop Culture
01:00:50

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Dinosaur of the day Saturnalia, a small Late Triassic sauropodomorph that may have hunted small prey.

Interview with Richard Fallon, a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Birmingham, who studies the interactions and overlaps between literature and science. He’s also the author of the book, “Reimagining Dinosaurs in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature” Follow him on Twitter @dr_r_fallon

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A T. rex skeleton which was recently mounted in Upper Bavaria, Germany will be returning to the US
  • London’s Natural History Museum dressed up their animatronic T. rex in a "Jurassic jumper"
  • Jurassic World: The Exhibition is going to Denver, Colorado on March 4, 2022


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Dec 23, 2021
New raptor & tyrannosaur finds
01:12:55

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Dinosaur of the day Hypselospinus, a relative of Iguanodon which has also gone by the names Darwinsaurus and Wadhurstia.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • We discuss the Non-Avian Theropod Systematics and the Paleopathology & Paleohistology sessions from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting
  • A company is planning to sell NFTs with the goal of buying a T. rex fossil
  • Jardin des Plantes in Paris, France has illuminated dinosaurs on display

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Dec 16, 2021
Another ankylosaur with battle wounds
01:04:32

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Dinosaur of the day Anchisaurus, a sauropodomorph whose bones were first thought to be human remains when they were found in 1818.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • We discuss the Dinosaur Systematics & Colbert Prize sessions from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting
  • A new hadrosauriform, Brighstoneus, has been described from the Isle of Wight, UK
  • The Mary Anning Rocks campaign has submitted a planning application for a statue of Mary Anning and her dog
  • The Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, TX has a reconstructed Alamosaurus
  • The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada has a new gallery of Earth history including dinosaurs

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Dec 09, 2021
T. rex skull strength, tooth arrangement, and running speed
01:37:43

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Dinosaur of the day Saltopus, a Triassic dinosauriform from Scotland which was originally thought to be a theropod.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • We discuss the Biomechanics, Taphonomy, & Quantitative Methods sessions from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting
  • A new juvenile hadrosauroid, Parrosaurus/Hypsibema missouriensis, was found in Missouri
  • A puzzle of 4 Stegosaurus pictures was misprinted so there was no difference to find between the pictures

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Dec 02, 2021
The world's longest dinosaur
01:16:31

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Dinosaur of the day Demandasaurus, A European sauropod that was a close relative of Nigersaurus.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • We discuss the Non-Avian Theropod, Dinosaur Systematics, Permo-Triassic Ecosystems, & Preparators sessions from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting
  • Sauropods extremely rapid tooth replacement rates may have given them an advantage to eating certain plants
  • In Huesca, Spain, 30 titanosaur eggs have been found in a two-ton rock
  • In Davinópolis, Brazil, paleontologists have found a “dinosaur cemetery”
  • In Colorado, US, flooding earlier this year on the Comanche National Grassland covered dinosaur tracks in six inches of mud
  • A recent letter written by four scientists suggests that returning Ubirajara is a "moral and legal imperative"
  • When the Yale Peabody Museum reopens in early 2024, it will be free forever to visitors
  • The streaming service Peacock is making a documentary on the rise and fall of Barney the dinosaur
  • Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous season 4 comes out Dec 3, and there’s a new trailer out


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Nov 25, 2021
Were Triassic dinosaurs special?
01:23:04

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Dinosaur of the day Palaeoscincus, the "ancient skink" that was named after a single tooth, but is now considered dubious.

Interview with Sterling Nesbitt, an associate professor at Virginia Tech in the Department of Geosciences, a research associate/affiliate of a number of museums, who has over 100 publications focusing on the origin of dinosaurs and their early evolution.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Hadrosaur beaks, Hesperornis, & Ichthyornis talks from the Avialan Evolution & Biology session at SVP 2021
  • A recent paper has tips on staying safe while conducting field work
  • A new list of resources has recommendations for LGBTQA+ paleontologists and students
  • Another list of resources has recommendations for taking care of your mental health
  • Dippy is headed back to the Natural History Museum in London from Summer 2022 through December 2022
  • The American Heritage Center in Wyoming has a digital replica of the Triceratops from the original King Kong movie
  • The Buffalo Museum of Science in New York will have the traveling exhibit Antarctic Dinosaurs starting in February
  • Flint Hills Discovery Center in Kansas has the exhibit Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas until January 2nd
  • The Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta, just received five Guinness World Records for their fossil collections (mostly dinosaurs)

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Nov 19, 2021
When did sauropod size peak?
01:04:43

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Dinosaur of the day Streptospondylus, one of the first dinosaurs discovered, but it wasn't known to be a dinosaur until about 100 years after it was collected.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • We discuss the Macroecology & Macroevolution and Education & Outreach sessions from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting
  • A 160 million year old dinosaur fossil was found on a construction site in Longchang city, Sichuan, China
  • A partial tyrannosaur skull nicknamed “Beautiful Nightmare” was found in North Dakota


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Nov 11, 2021
Herding sauropodomorphs in the Early Jurassic
00:56:30

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Dinosaur of the day Amurosaurus, a lambeosaurine hadrosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Russia.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The new ceratopsian, Sierraceratops turneri, was named from New Mexico (after previously being called Torosaurus)
  • Over 100 eggs and 80 skeletons of Mussaurus show that they may have lived in age segregated groups
  • A new dinosaur was found in Inner Mongolia
  • "Big John" the Triceratops was auctioned for $7.74 million, about five times the estimated value.
  • A newly restored Plateosaurus is on display at the Natural History Museum in Vienna
  • The Moab Museum in Utah has a new Apatosaurus femur on display
  • The Science Museum of Minnesota has a new exhibit, Ultimate Dinosaurs
  • The Journey Museum and Learning Center in South Dakota has a new replica of Tinker the T. rex on display
  • Three dinosaur statues were stolen from Dinosaur Park and found damaged at a frat party at the University of Texas Austin
  • Jack Horner and paleoartist Fabio Pastori are selling a set of 100 NFTs to raise money for paleontological research


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Nov 04, 2021
The origins of dinosaur cryptozoology
00:57:30

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Dinosaur of the day Fabrosaurus, a very early ornithischian dinosaur that lived in what is now Lesotho.

Interview with Edward Guimont, an assistant professor of world history at Bristol Community College who has studied how dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals are connected through myths, legends, colonialism, and cryptozoology. Follow his work on twitter @edward_guimont

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new site in Patagonia, Argentina includes the brand new sauropod Menucocelsior
  • Pops the ceratopsian in Weld County, Colorado might not be a Triceratops after all
  • Dickinson Museum Center’s Badlands Dinosaur Museum in North Dakota is getting a tyrannosaur skeleton
  • The North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum has updated its juvenile mummified Edmontosaurus specimen
  • Podokesaurus is one step closer to becoming the state dinosaur of Massachusetts


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Oct 28, 2021
The Welsh "chief dragon"
00:43:33

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Dinosaur of the day Naashoibitosaurus, a New Mexican relative of Edmontosaurus from the Late Cretaceous.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The new dinosaur that resembles a miniature Coelophysis, Pendraig, was found in Wales
  • The President of the USA restored environmental protections at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments in Utah
  • In New Jersey, Rowan University broke ground on the dinosaur fossil park museum at the Marl Quarry
  • The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences has a T. rex exhibit featuring a 3D cast replica of Trix
  • A 14 year-old girl in India, is India’s youngest paleontologist having collected 136 fossils in 4 years
  • One of the most searched for terms for costumes is "dinosaur"


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Oct 21, 2021
The "butterfly hunter" troodontid
00:55:45

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Dinosaur of the day Colepiocephale, the "knucklehead" pachycephalosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Canada.

Interview with Dave and Iszi, join us from the Terrible Lizards podcast. We chat about the origin of their show and all their other projects. We were also a guest on their podcast last week at terriblelizards.co.uk

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new "short-snouted" troodontid, Papiliovenator, was named from Inner Mongolia
  • The Fernbank Museum has the Antarctic Dinosaurs traveling exhibit until January 2
  • Sabrina reviews the new Flintstones spinoff named Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs


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Oct 14, 2021
Two new spinosaurids from Europe
00:49:03

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Dinosaur of the day Sarahsaurus, a ground sloth like sauropodomorph from the Early Jurassic.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Two new spinosaurids, Riparovenator & Ceratosuchops, were found on the Isle of Wight in the UK
  • The new chasmosaurine ceratopsian, Sierraceratops, was found in New Mexico
  • Another new dinosaur, Nevadadromeus, was a bipedal herbivore from Nevada, but hasn't been officially published yet
  • The Shandong Museum announced that they're going to have a Cretaceous dinosaur exhibition by the end of the year
  • The Ubirajara paper has been officially withdrawn by the publisher citing "concerns regarding permissions for specimen export"


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Oct 07, 2021
Sauropod carrion and a new ankylosaur
01:15:45

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Dinosaur of the day Denversaurus, a nodosaurid ankylosaur found with over one hundred osteoderms.

Interview with Cameron Pahl, software developer, Research Associate, and Lecturer with Portland State University and Oregon Health & Safety University. He authored the controversial Allosaurus as a scavenger paper, which is really more about how sauropod carrion affected the ecosystem.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Titanosaur osteoderms might have been useful for defense after all, at least while they were young
  • A new ankylosaur, Spicomellus, was named from a spikey osteoderm fused directly to a rib—a first for any animal
  • Four dinosaurs were excavated in Montana including what could be Anzu, Triceratops, a theropod, and a hadrosaur
  • Dinosauria Museum Prague in the Czech Republic is opening October 4
  • Morrison’s Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado has a new mural of three dinosaurs
  • In Missouri, St. Louis Science Center has a new traveling exhibit, called Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family
  • Mary Anning’s statue in Dorset will be unveiled on May 21 next year


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Sep 30, 2021
Gastonia, a social ankylosaur?
00:54:23

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Dinosaur of the day Gastonia, an ankylosaur found fossilized in groups, possibly indicating that ankylosaurs weren't as solitary as previously thought..

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A tyrannosauroid and a hadrosaur were found from the Late Cretaceous in what is now New Jersey
  • Remains from ankylosaurs, titanosaurs, abelisauroids, and peirosaurids were found in Santa Cruz, Argentina
  • A large ceratopsian skull was excavated from near the Redwillow River in Northern Alberta, Canada
  • The natural history museum in Karlsruhe, Germany is planning to keep Ubirajara—and not return it to Brazil
  • Massachusetts is one step closer to getting an official state dinosaur after the bill passed its first committee


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Sep 23, 2021
A new apex predator from Uzbekistan
00:59:56

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Dinosaur of the day Arrhinoceratops, a ceratopsian which looks a lot like a miniature Torosaurus (or Triceratops).

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new abelisaurid, Kurupi itaata, was named from Brazil—the first theropod named from Sao Paulo state
  • An allosauroid from Uzbekistan, Ulughbegsaurus, was the apex predator over dromaeosaurids and the tyrannosaur Timurlengia
  • Three types of dinosaur footprints were recently found in the Thar desert of Rajasthan, India
  • Dinny the dinosaur, the Brontosaurus statue at the Calgary Zoo, has been restored
  • Two men in Massachusetts were arrested after being caught allegedly trying to steal dinosaur footprints
  • Another fun list of dinosaur sites includes a sculpture garden in San Diego, CA
  • Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is coming back as an animated series on Disney in February 2022


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Sep 16, 2021
Spinosaurus and Allosaurus debates continue
01:13:17

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Dinosaur of the day Pisanosaurus, a small Triassic herbivore that is either an ornithischian or a non-dinosaur dinosauromorph.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A great twitter thread by Brian Engh continues the discussion about how likely Allosaurus was to be a scavenger
  • The Spinosaurus swimming debate continues with a new paper about its possible aquatic adaptations
  • isotopes from titanosaur eggshells help show their nesting behaviors
  • The world’s largest known Triceratops skeleton, “Big John” is going up for auction in France in October
  • The Pacifico Yokohama convention center in Japan has a dinosaur display Called DinoScience: The Dinosaurs of Laramidia
  • Whirinaki Whare Taonga in New Zealand has the exhibit Dinosaur rEvolution: Secrets of Survival
  • A Flintstones spinoff featuring Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm called Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs is coming to HBO Max on September 30
  • Colin Trevorrow says that Jurassic World: Dominion will explore the question, “If dinosaurs lived amongst us, would you be safe?"
  • The new game Jurassic World Evolution 2 will be released on November 9

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Sep 09, 2021
Scavenging Allosaurus & Carnotaurus Skin
00:53:15

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Dinosaur of the day Alwalkeria, a small, basal saurischian, from the Late Triassic of what is now India.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • T. rex had complex nerves in its jaw which may have given it a sensitive bite
  • A new analysis of Carnotaurus skin found details of both "feature scales" and "basement scales" around its body
  • A new paper describes Allosaurus as an "Apex Scavenger" rather than a predator
  • A Triceratops prorsus horn was recently donated to the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta, Canada
  • The Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey will have a "Dino Stroll" featuring animatronic dinosaurs
  • Phil Tippett is selling a segment of his 1984 short film Dinosaur! as a Non-Fungible Token (NFT)
  • There’s going to be a VR Jurassic Snap game, assuming the kickstarter goes well

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Sep 01, 2021
Dinosaur Brains
00:53:27

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Dinosaur of the day Aerosteon, a Late Cretaceous megaraptoran named for its pneumatic bones.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Two Daspletosaurus braincases have many differences, possibly indicating a new species
  • Two new sauropods, Hamititan & Silutitan, were named among pterosaur fossils in China
  • A key difference in brain shapes may explain why birds survived the K-Pg boundary, but non-avian dinosaurs went extinct
  • Students from the University of Alberta are looking for someone with a boat to help with excavating a hadrosaur
  • If you live in Victoria, Australia, you can vote for a state fossil emblem
  • Tokyo Dome in Japan has a Dinosaur Exhibition until September 5th

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Aug 25, 2021
A fish-eating raptor
00:54:29

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Dinosaur of the day Linhenykus, the only non-avian dinosaur with a single finger.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new unenlagiine raptor, Ypupiara, was found in Brazil with jaws that appear to be specialized for eating fish
  • Freeway construction in In São Paulo, Brazil uncovered a potential titanosaur claw in a cliff
  • The India Seashell Museum has a new Dinosaur Museum
  • Binder Park's children’s zoo in Michigan, got a grant to build a "Zoorassic Park" of dinosaur sculptures
  • A 13,000 pound concrete minigolf T. rex sculpture was purchased for $11 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • "Brickosaurs" were on display in Croydon, London made from half a million toy bricks
  • In Turkey a 150,000 balloon sculpture included several dinosaurs and set a Guinness World Record
  • Looper published a list of bizarre dinosaur movies


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Aug 18, 2021
Hadrosaur Hootenanny
01:54:16

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Dinosaur of the day Trachodon, Anatosaurus, and many other hadrosaurs which have been lumped and split over the years.

Interview with Albert Prieto-Marquez, a PhD researcher at the Catalan Institute of Paleontology. We're talking to him today because he's one of the world's leading experts on hadrosaurs.

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Aug 12, 2021
Which dinosaur would you ride?
00:50:13

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Dinosaur of the day Pegomastax, a small bristly heterodontosaurid from the Early Jurassic of South Africa.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A redescription of the sauropod Patagosaurus confirmed its position as a non-neosauropod eusauropod
  • Jurassic Forest in Gibbons, Alberta, Canada has six new dinosaur sculptures
  • Wally, the fiberglass Stegosaurus in Pittsfield, Massachusetts just returned to the Berkshire Museum after getting restored
  • The dinosaur footprint found by a 4-year-old in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales is now on display at the National Museum Cardiff
  • A 10-year-old in South Dakota helped find what may be the most complete known Triceratops specimen
  • A Gryposaurus ilium was found in Montana as part of a Chapman University and Oklahoma State University dig led by Jack Horner
  • Screenrant has a list of the confirmed and rumored dinosaurs appearing in Jurassic World: Dominion
  • Sinavore, a new dinosaur comic, just launched on Kickstarter

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Aug 05, 2021
Megaripples from the end-Cretaceous tsunami
01:10:37

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Dinosaur of the day Orodromeus, a small fast ornithopod known from a growth series at Egg Mountain.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A redescription of Scutellosaurus shows that it was bipedal
  • Fossilized ripples found 1.5 miles beneath Louisiana were caused by a tsunami after the impact that wiped out the dinosaurs
  • The Kuji Amber Museum in Japan has a display of recently discovered fossilized teeth from three theropod species
  • There’s a time-lapse video of all 292 bones of Dippy getting assembled at Norwich Cathedral
  • Warren Elsmore also in Norwich has a Jurassic Lego exhibition until Aug 30 including 500,000 Lego blocks and elements
  • Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, England has a new Zooasic Park until Sept 5
  • A "Guide to vaccination for dinosaurs" was posted in Malaysia after someone got there COVID vaccine in an inflatable T. rex costume
  • Google Chrome's Dinosaur game has been updated to include Olympic events


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Jul 28, 2021
A new raptor from Tajikistan
00:53:17

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Dinosaur of the day Tanycolagreus, a Late Jurassic theropod which is most likely a basal coelurosaurian.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new Velociraptor-sized Dromaeosaur, Kansaignathus, was found in northern Tajikistan
  • Ankylosaurs are now known from another province in China, this time Jilin, which is northeast of Liaoning
  • In Nagasaki, Japan, researchers found a new ornithopod shoulder which may represent a new species
  • In Sichuan, China, a new type of dinosaur footprint has been named Eubrontes nobitai
  • In Broome, Western Australia, new sauropod and theropod tracks have been found next to each other
  • Munchehagen Dinosaur Park in Rehburg-Loccum, Germany, now has two Plateosaurus skeletons from Switzerland on display
  • The Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, will have a new exhibit, Expedition Dinosaurs, Rise of the Mammals
  • 21 identical T. rex sculptures around Norwich, England have been decorated to celebrate Dippy at Norwich Cathedral
  • There's a new Marvel hero called Reptil who can turn into any dinosaur that he knows about
  • John Hutchinson shared tips for early career researchers on PeerJ
  • The recently released game "Lemme splash: Soar-o-pods" pokes fun at some recent dinosaur claims and is really fun to play

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Jul 21, 2021
Heterodontosaurus had a unique breathing style
00:55:23

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Dinosaur of the day Abydosaurus, an Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid that is known from multiple complete skulls.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new Heterodontosaurus shows the first full set of gastralia ever found on an Ornithischian
  • Triassic fossils were found in a new creek bed site in Virginia
  • A new cretaceous ornithopod vertebra was found in Oregon
  • Roper Mountain Science Center in South Carolina has an exhibit called Be The Dinosaur this summer
  • A Triceratops replica is on display at the Waynesboro, Virginia Public Library
  • "Dinny" the 110 tonne Brontosaurus at the Calgary Zoo is getting repaired
  • The Science Museum of Minnesota is working on getting Minnesota an official state fossil

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Jul 14, 2021
Treason Day Turkey
00:52:00

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Dinosaur of the day Hypacrosaurus, a crested hadrosaurid known from several nests, including embryos.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new hadrosauroid from Spain, Magnamanus, was discovered with a unique hole in its jaw
  • The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pennsylvania extended their Dinosaur Armor exhibit until July 31
  • In Saratoga Springs, New York, Universal Preservation Hall is getting Dinosaurs in Motion from July 25 to Oct 15
  • The Mall of America has 50 animatronic dinosaurs in its parking lot until July 11
  • In Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville Zoo has an exhibit called Dino Quest, from now until Sept 19
  • The 9 year old who is fighting cancer and wanted to go to Dinosaur National Monument just finished her 14 day road trip
  • Bandai Spirits, is making models of dinosaur fossils with a limestone-based plastic which they claim is more sustainable
  • The woman who owns the Flintstone house settled the lawsuit with Hillsborough, CA to keep her statues & sculptures
  • Digital exhibits and collections have grown during the pandemic
  • A new mashup music video includes Walk the Dinosaur and scenes from the TV show Dinosaurs
  • Ark: Survival Evolved has inflatable T. rex costumes in its summer-themed event until July 14
  • A new image from Jurassic World: Dominion shows some of the “practical models” used in the film


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Jul 07, 2021
Spinosaurus update with Nizar Ibrahim
01:25:09

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Dinosaur of the day Iguanacolossus, The "mighty iguana colossus" which probably wasn't any bigger than Iguanodon.

Interview with Nizar Ibrahim, a paleontologist, anatomist, Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Detroit Mercy, National Geographic explorer, and well known for his work on Spinosaurus

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Baby dinosaur teeth from 8 groups were found near the North Pole, showing these groups likely didn't migrate
  • The Boltysh impactor hit at least half a million years after Chicxulub so it didn't play a role in the mass extinction
  • New details about the youngest dinosaur footprints found in the UK
  • Tyrannosaurus: Meet the Family is on exhibit in Richmond at the Science Museum of Virginia
  • The L. Alan Cruikshank River of Time Museum in Arizona has a near life-sized drawing of Sonorasaurus on its wall
  • The Lyme Regis Fossil Festival is happening online on July 10 and 11
  • Listener Dino Bo was recently featured for his Protohadros hips which will be revealed on July 31 in Denton, Texas
  • Cardiff’s Bute Park in the UK will have animatronic dinosaurs from August 21 to September 5
  • A group of kids started a neighborhood “dino club” in Riverdale, Utah
  • A psychedelic Another dinosaur music video by TORRES called Hug From a Dinosaur was recently posted on YouTube

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Jul 01, 2021
Dinosaur fossils destroyed in WWII
00:54:26

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Dinosaur of the day Zhuchengtyrannus, a tyrannosaurid that was between Tarbosaurus bataar and Tyrannosaurus rex in size.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • 3 New Talarurus skulls were described from Mongolia
  • A new sauropod from Spain might be one of the largest ever from Europe
  • You can see Pops the ceratopsian being prepared in the fossil lab at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
  • Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin and 24 other museums and universities in Germany are digitizing their collections
  • The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology published (another) moratorium recommendation for Burmese amber research
  • Italy’s customs authorities shared a video of finding a smuggled fossilized sauropod egg
  • The Southeast Library in Washington, D.C. is hosting a dinosaur-roaring contest
  • Lanarkshire, Scotland has a scavenger hunt of 20 prehistoric animals from June 25 until August 29
  • on June 25, Herb the Triceratops will be unveiled at the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station in Malta, MT
  • A dinosaur-filled Van Halen dinosaur video was discovered from near Milan, Italy
  • IMAX showings of F9 have a five minute extended preview of Jurassic World: Dominion
  • Jurassic World Evolution 2 has been announced, a sequel to the popular park builder from 2018

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Jun 23, 2021
The largest dinosaur ever found in Australia
01:15:47

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Dinosaur of the day Sauroniops, a large carcharodontosaurid with a dome on its head.

Interview with Dean Lomax, an award winning paleontologist and currently Visiting Scientist at The University of Manchester, UK. He is also a scientific consultant for many shows and author of the new book, Locked In Time, which looks at animal behavior through 50 extraordinary fossils. Follow him on twitter or Instagram @Dean_R_Lomax.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • "Cooper" is now officially Australotitan cooperensis and is the largest dinosaur ever described from Australia
  • Paleontologists in Yunnan Province, China, found a 70% complete skeleton, probably Lufengosaurus
  • Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA has a animatronic dinosaur exhibit
  • Mayborn Museum in Waco, Texas has a temporary exhibit: “The World’s Largest Dinosaurs" Created by AMNH

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Jun 16, 2021
The "keeper of the gates of hell” hadrosauroid
00:49:33

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Dinosaur of the day Vagaceratops, a chasmosaurine ceratopsian with a frill that was wider than it was long.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Fylax thyrakolasus is officially the last known non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid
  • Massospondylus had a plastic growth pattern that varied in rate from year to year
  • The National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, OH, is having a free event on June 12 called Operation: Dinosaur
  • Dinosaur World opened in Cumberland County, North Carolina
  • Dickinson’s Dinosaur Museum has re-opened in Dickinson, North Dakota
  • The new Mayer Museum at Angelo State University in Texas has dinosaur replicas throughout the building
  • St. Paul, Minnesota's Children’s Museum has the exhibition Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice until Sept 6
  • A T. rex is now on display next to the Tate Geological Museum at Casper College in Wyoming
  • In Brisbane, Australia, BrickResales’ showroom is displaying LEGO fossil builds
  • Battell Park and Beutter Park in Mishawaka, Indiana have QR codes for Augmented Reality dinosaurs
  • A fan theory for Jurassic World suggests that Dr. Wu is going to create robot dinosaurs to fight their organic counterparts
  • Glen McIntosh, who has worked on several films in the Jurassic Park series, has a redesigned website featuring his collection and new work

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Jun 09, 2021
A new Parasaurolophus-like crested dinosaur
01:16:25

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Dinosaur of the day Amygdalodon, the first sauropod ever described in Argentina.

Interview with Nussaïbah Raja-Schoob and Emma Dunne, Together Emma (@emmadnn) and Nussaïbah (@mauritiantales) found a disconnect in where fossils were discovered and where the researchers were from. They were recently interviewed by the New York Times about decolonizing paleontology. Follow their work at paleoscientometrics.github.io/

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new hadrosaur, Tlatolophus galorum, has a Parasaurolophus-like crest
  • A man in Spain passed away after getting stuck in a Stegosaurus statue
  • The company Blue Origin recently sent some dinosaur fossils into space
  • Eromanga Natural History Museum in Queensland, Australia just opened their new reception and coffee shop
  • The T. Rex Discovery Centre is open again in Eastend, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Liberty Science Center has the SUE: The T. rex Experience exhibit in Jersey City, New Jersey
  • The Austrian Mint has a new glow in the dark coin featuring Deinonychus fighting Xenoceratops
  • A sauropod sculpture of over 6,000 corks named "Winasaur" was built in North Fork, New York
  • The mysterious sculptor who has been making dinosaurs out of twigs, twine, and bone in New Jersey has been revealed
  • A South Carolina man pranked his friend by having strangers leave "dinosaur roars" in his voicemail


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Jun 02, 2021
A gigantic theropod that lived longer than Sue the T. rex
00:46:19

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Dinosaur of the day Kryptops, an abelisaurid which may have had a keratin covering on its snout that could be useful for scavenging.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A basal hadrosaurid, Yamatosaurus izanagii, was named from Awaji island in Japan
  • Dippy is going to Norwich Cathedral from July 13 to Oct 30 and is free to see
  • You can visit over 1,300 dinosaur tracks in southeast Colorado if you're up for a difficult 11 mile hike
  • A new Dinosaur theme park may be coming to Upstate New York
  • May 18 was (an) International Dinosaur Day with several museums holding special events
  • Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous was released, we'll be watching it for our next few watch parties

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May 26, 2021
Yale Peabody Museum expansion and a new ceratopsian
01:22:23

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Dinosaur of the day Cetiosaurus, the first sauropod to be described, although it was originally thought to be a whale or large crocodile.

Interview with Mariana Di Giacomo, paleontologist and Natural History Conservator at the Yale Peabody Museum where she is overseeing the massive expansion of the museum. You can follow here work on Instagram @marudigi, twitter @marianadgiacomo, or on marianadigiacomo.com

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The oldest centrosaurine ceratopsian, Menefeeceratops, was described from northwestern New Mexico
  • In Lufeng, Yunnan Province in China, researchers recently found the skeleton of a three year old sauropodomorph dinosaur
  • Headless Henry the Triceratops is being 3D printed for a display planned for June at the Missouri Institute of Natural Science
  • There is a new, 100% virtual Museum of the Patagonian Desert of Añelo
  • The dinosaur mascot Arky the Acrocanthosaurus at the Witte Museum in San Antonio, TX recently got “vaccinated”
  • In Kalamazoo, Western Michigan University has a free dinosaur park on campus
  • Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, Florida has a new exhibit, Jurassic Garden: A Prehistoric Adventure
  • In Champlin, Minnesota there’s a Sinclair gas station known for its Dino the Dinosaur that has over 100 different costumes
  • K-pop group NCT Dream and the people who made the kids song Baby Shark made a dinosaur song called Dinosaurs A to Z
  • The show Rugrats is getting a reboot and the trailer features a T. rex chasing them Jurassic Park style

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May 19, 2021
T. rex walking speed
00:55:50

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Dinosaur of the day Eotriceratops, a large three-horned dinosaur that evolved roughly one million years before Triceratops.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • T. rex probably walked about as fast as humans
  • 25 new fossils of possible titanosaurs were found in northeast India
  • There is a fundraiser to help a 9 year old with cancer take a trip to Dinosaur National Monument
  • The Mace Brown Museum of Natural History in South Carolina has a new dinosaur tracks exhibit
  • The unveiling of a new Allosaurus skeleton at the Zhengjia Museum of Natural Science was accompanied by a "dinosaur eating event"
  • A new game titled Second Extinction has humans trying to reclaim Earth after mutated dinosaurs take over
  • A Resident Evil Village mod has made Barney the Dinosaur an enemy


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May 12, 2021
The most complete sauropod from Chile
01:22:20

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Dinosaur of the day Chialingosaurus, a potentially dubious small stegosaur with long front legs.

Interview with Scott Johnston, a preparator & technician soon to be at Harvard. You can check out his work and science communication on Instagram & TikTok @mrdrprofjohnston and on twitter @MrDrProfJohnstn

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new record for the most complete sauropod west of the Andes was set by the new Chilean titanosaur Arackar
  • In Redcliff, Alberta, Canada, a 7-year-old, found a nodosaur tooth while hiking
  • The Las Vegas Natural History Museum has a new life sized Dilophosaurus exhibit, created by paleoartist Brian Engh
  • Wollaton Hall Natural History Museum in Nottingham, UK will have a new T. rex on display beginning July 4th
  • Panhandle Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas has a new exhibit called Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas
  • A Sinclair dinosaur sculpture was stolen from in front of Mission Mountains Mercantile in Condon, Montana
  • In Perth, Australia, a family spent time quarantining by building a “Bagasaurus”
  • A man is selling dinosaur and other prehistoric animal sculptures in Sweden
  • The trailer for Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous season 3 has been released

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May 05, 2021
Titanosaurs and Diplodocids Living Together
01:01:57

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Dinosaur of the day Leinkupal, the last known and possibly smallest diplodocid.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The oldest known titanosaur, Ninjatitan, was described from Patagonia
  • More details of the upcoming Utahraptor State Park have been announced
  • About 4,000 tons of the Jurassic Coast in the UK collapsed
  • The Megalosaurus "Meg" at Crystal Palace Park has a new 3D printed jaw and teeth
  • The new headquarters for Great Minds got a full scale Stan the T. rex replica
  • There is a new traveling exhibit in Japan which compares Pokémon to the fossils that inspired them
  • Dino Parc in Romania has a new sculpture, an 11 m tall Diplodocus
  • English Oak Park in Doraville, Georgia, has a new T. rex statue
  • Erie Dinosaur Park in Kansas has its final three dinosaur sculptures
  • In May, Artisan Forge Studios will have a "Scraposaur" metal dinosaur collection in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  • A dinosaur diorama in Los Angeles has brought cheer to the neighborhood during the pandemic
  • Jurassic World: The Exhibition will be in Dallas, Texas starting on June 18


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Apr 28, 2021
A new abelisaurid that "causes fear"
00:50:09

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Dinosaur of the day Erketu, a titanosaur with some seriously long neck vertebrae.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new abelisaurid named Llukalkan was found in Patagonia including a nearly complete skull
  • Analysis of the cretaceous rock in Mongolia shows a climate similar to Southern California
  • In Fujian Province, China, scientists have found a “dinosaur dance floor” with over 600 tracks uncovered so far
  • A large theropod track was found on the Yorkshire coast of England
  • The T. rex Trix was scanned, 3D printed at full scale, and assembled for a new dinosaur museum in Nagasaki, Japan
  • The Missouri Institute of Natural Science in Springfield is having a raptor run
  • Dinosaur National Monument is reopening the Quarry Exhibit Hall on May 1
  • McAllen, Texas has a Dinos and Dragons Adventure Park from now until May 15
  • St. Louis Post Dispatch shared 5 places people can dig for dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals
  • Universal Studios Hollywood recently updated Jurassic World - The Ride to include a 55ft long Indominus fighting T. rex


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Apr 21, 2021
Cannibalistic Tyrannosaurids
01:08:54

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Dinosaur of the day Turiasaurus, a sauropod from Spain which is probably the largest known dinosaur from Europe.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new massive neck of a titanosaur found in Argentina rivals the largest dinosaurs ever found
  • Three bones from NW New Mexico show evidence of tyrannosaurid cannibalism
  • In Colorado, an 8th grader found a T. Rex tooth while hiking in Boulder County
  • The titanosaur known as the “dinosaur of Mato Grosso" was recovered from the ruins of the National Museum of Brazil
  • The Tiny Titans dinosaur exhibit is at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (and online)
  • Two Medicine Dinosaur Center is now The Montana Dinosaur Center and they are planning their digs for this summer
  • Brookfield Zoo in Illinois has its animatronic “Dinosaurs Everywhere” exhibit again
  • Six Flags New England in Massachusetts has pivoted from roller coasters to dinosaurs with a new outdoor exhibit
  • In Arundel, Maine, Raptor Falls Mini Golf and Ice Cream is reopening on May Day
  • A vacation home in Florida is fully dinosaur themed, possibly too much so
  • The latest issue of The Flash includes a speedster Velociraptor


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Apr 14, 2021
The dinosaur with the longest name
00:54:12

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Dinosaur of the day Micropachycephalosaurus, a small ceratopsian that was originally thought to be a relative of the dome-headed Pachycephalosaurus.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new saurolophine hadrosaur named Ornatops was described from New Mexico
  • Phys.org shared some tips on how to hunt for fossils responsibly
  • The Virginia Museum of Natural History and the University of Lynchburg are planning a dinosaur dig with (paying) volunteers
  • The Museum of Earth in Ithaca, New York has a new exhibit, Daring to Dig: Women in American Paleontology
  • A new short film called Sea Dragon chronicles Mary Anning's first ichthyosaur discovery
  • Stone Zoo in Massachusetts has an animatronic dinosaur exhibit until September 2021
  • A recycled metal dinosaur named T-Bone is on display in Georgian woman's front yard
  • The Canadian Encyclopedia includes a lot of details about dinosaur bonebeds, museums, and paleontologists
  • Fortnite now has raptors roaming the map
  • An anime series called Dinosaur Biyori, about three dinosaurs who live in an apartment together, is coming out this April
  • There might soon be a new world record for the largest gathering of people in dinosaur costumes

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Apr 07, 2021
Clearing Oviraptor's name
01:04:21

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Dinosaur of the day Nqwebasaurus, an herbivorous coelurosaur from the Early Cretaceous in what is now South Africa.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new oviraptorid embryo shows that Oviraptor was not the "egg thief" it was once thought to be
  • A second specimen of Diamantinasaurus was described with a previously unknown braincase
  • More work on a Sphaerotholus buchholtzae find helps to show it is a valid species
  • Utahraptor State Park is officially approved after the governor signed the bill into law
  • In Montville, Connecticut, The Dinosaur Place in Nature’s Art Village recently reopened with COVID-19 safety measures
  • Dinorama: Miniatures Through the Mesozoic is at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History through April 25th
  • Connecticut's Sky’s the Limit Hiking Challenge includes Dinosaur State Park this year
  • In Washington state, a woman got stuck on top of a T. rex statue at Granger Dinosaur Park

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Mar 31, 2021
A Digging Ankylosaurid
01:05:22

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Dinosaur of the day Sinusonasus, the "big toothed wave nose" troodontid from what is now northeast China.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new ankylosaur find from Mongolia includes most of the body and limbs showing evidence of digging ability
  • A dinosaur toe bone was recently found in South Korea, possibly from Koreaceratops
  • The Field Museum in Chicago in the U.S. is offering free regular virtual tours of SUE the T. rex for classrooms
  • The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry has a new exhibit: Dinosaurs Revealed
  • The St. Louis Zoo is getting a new exhibit, Emerson Dinoroarus!
  • THEMUSEUM in Ontario, Canada is reopening with exhibit Dinosaurs: The Age of Big Weird Feathered Things
  • Destiny 2: Beyond Light is going to release dinosaur themed armor ornaments
  • Fortnite, Chapter 2 Season 6 hints at dinosaurs coming
  • So many people are wearing inflatable dinosaur costumes in England that a supermarket has banned them
  • TikTok has a dinosaur effect (but it doesn't seem to be available in the US)
  • Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Season 3 will be coming on May 21, 2021 according to its new trailer


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Mar 24, 2021
The Lizard of Oz
01:00:10

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Dinosaur of the day Ozraptor, a rare Jurassic theropod from Australia.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new troodontid, Tamarro, was described from Spain
  • A gastrolith may tell the story of a large herbivore migrating about 600 miles
  • The dig site of Magyarosaurus in Romania was found using a 100+ year old map
  • In China, paleontologists recently found the world’s smallest stegosaur footprint
  • Tristan Otto, the T. Rex skeleton, is staying at the Natural History Museum of Copenhagen until the end of 2021
  • The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has a Sue meets Bucky exhibit from now until July 25

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Mar 18, 2021
A raptor with extra long claws
01:00:08

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Dinosaur of the day Lessemsaurus, a Triassic sauropod that was large for its time in what is now Argentina.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new raptor, Shri devi, was about the size of a Velociraptor, but had longer claws
  • Jinyunpelta had a fancy biphasal bite which switched direction mid-chew
  • The Utahraptor block is about 15% revealed and they are raising money to complete the rest
  • Dippy the Diplodocus is finishing up its tour before being bronzed and permanently housed in a garden near its original home
  • RuneScape has three new dinosaur-like bosses to battle
  • A motivational dinosaur named "cucumber" on social media is reminding people to finish everyday tasks


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Mar 10, 2021
T. rex or Microraptor, which would you choose?
01:11:49

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Dinosaur of the day Zigongosaurus, A mamenchisaurid that was about 50 ft (15 m) long, but may be an Omeisaurus, Mamenchisaurus, or even a nomen nudum.

Interview with Rebecca Slater AKA "Jiggy", Art Director and one of original creators of Path of Titans. The dinosaur MMO survival game where all players take on the role of a dinosaur. You can follow their updates or get the game at https://pathoftitans.com/

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Over 3,500 hours have gone into the massive Utahraptor block to date, uncovering over a dozen individuals so far
  • A Bohaiornis specimen appears to have gemstones that formed in its abdomen during fossilization
  • In Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Zoo is getting animatronic dinosaurs
  • The unreleased Nintendo 64 game Dinosaur Planet is now available on the Internet Archive
  • After an update to the game No Man’s Sky, several sauropod-like creatures have been hatched

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Mar 03, 2021
The "monstrous murderer" tyrannosaur
01:05:34

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Dinosaur of the day Teratophoneus, a Late Cretaceous Tyrannosaurid from what is now Utah.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The first rebbachisaurid sauropod was named (Dzharatitanis) from Asia
  • Sauropodomorphs may have been stuck in southern Gondwana for 15 million years due to a large desert blocking their way
  • A new paper compares 7 different fossil digitizing techniques including photogrammetry & structured light scanning
  • Cretaceous dinosaur footprints were found in Portugal that fossilized about 129 million years ago
  • There are plans to build two museums to house dinosaur fossils in Niger
  • The Hokkaido Museum in Japan has an exhibit on local dinosaurs through March 14
  • Denver Museum of Nature & Science recently put a "Tiny" ceratopsian on display that might be a Torosaurus
  • A pipe burst in the Burpee Museum in Rockford, Illinois delaying the reopening to at least February 26
  • A 4-year-old named 71 dinosaurs in under one minute, a new record in the UK World Book of Records

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Feb 25, 2021
The "thunder thigh" sauropod
00:37:33

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Dinosaur of the day Brontomerus, The "thunder thigh" sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of what is now Utah.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • One of the first known sauropod skulls has been renamed from Morosaurus to Smitanosaurus agilis
  • The Denver Museum of Nature and Science has a new exhibit called Sue: The T. rex Experience
  • The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is reopening their Prehistoric Forest (animatronic dinosaur) exhibit

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Feb 17, 2021
Three new sauropods from around the world
01:05:46

A mamenchisaurid from China, a small titanosaur from France, and a turiasaur from Madagascar were all recently described.

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Dinosaur of the day Velafrons, a lambeosaurine hadrosaurid from Mexico with a crest similar to Corythosaurus.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new mamenchisaurid species, Omeisaurus puxiani, was described from China with a nearly complete spine
  • A small titanosaur, Garrigatitan meridionalis, was described from Southern France
  • A turiasaur, Narindasaurus thevenini, was named from a 100+ year old find in Madagascar
  • A four year old found a Triassic dinosaur footprint in Wales
  • Some are criticizing the move to make Suciasaurus rex the official Washington state dinosaur, but not because it's an invalid genus
  • The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History has a new exhibit, Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice
  • You can rent a full size skeletal replica of the Mukawa-ryu dinosaur (Kamuysaurus) in Hokkaido
  • Massachusetts now has an official state dinosaur, Podokesaurus holyokensis
  • A new dinosaur park builder Dinosaur Park: Primeval Zoo was released on Android
  • Someone reimagined the trailer for Jurassic Park, and replaced all the dinosaurs with Pee-wee Herman
  • Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous includes a hint at a new (probably frozen) dinosaur known as "Specimen E750"

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Feb 10, 2021
Baby Tyrannosaurs & Wading Spinosaurs
01:07:56

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Dinosaur of the day Mantellisaurus, an iguanodontian dinosaur known from a remarkably complete holotype mounted next to Dippy's former home in the Natural History Museum, London.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The most likely way Spinosaurus hunted (spoiler alert: it's not swimming like a shark)
  • A new megalosauroid from the relatively unknown Middle Jurassic Xintiangou formation in China
  • Three baby tyrannosaur finds fill in gaps about their early lives & nesting habits
  • Work has started on the Mary Anning statue, the goal is to unveil it on May 21, 2022 (her birthday)
  • The videogame Stardew Valley features dinosaur eggs that can be discovered and hatched into living dinosaurs
  • Colin Trevorrow said that there won’t be “people riding dinosaurs with shotguns” in Jurassic World Dominion

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Feb 03, 2021
Small Theropod Spectacular
00:49:44

Four new theropods! A tyrannosauroid, a compsognathid, and two abelisaurids

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Dinosaur of the day Hippodraco, the small "horse dragon" from Early Cretaceous Utah.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new small abelisaurid, Spectrovenator, was found underneath the holotype of the sauropod Tapuiasaurus in Brazil
  • Another abelisaurid, Niebla, was found in Argentina with more typical theropod jaw than later abelisaurids
  • A new small tyrannosauroid from China, Jinbeisaurus, supports that the first giant tyrannosaurs were in North America
  • The new tiny compsognathid, Xunmenglong, makes Compsognathus look like a giant
  • There’s a push to make the (dubious) dinosaur Suciasaurus rex the official state dinosaur of Washington
  • Leu Gardens in Orlando, Florida has a "Dinosaur Invasion" exhibit from now until April

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Jan 27, 2021
Two new ornithischians & a ceratopsid documentary
01:14:13

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Dinosaur of the day Pantydraco, a sauropodomorph that isn't pronounced how you would expect, it's Welsh.

Interview with Tara Cooper & Terry O'Neill. Tara is an artist and professor of fine arts at the University of Waterloo. Terry worked in the CBC documentary unit for 15 years, nowadays he makes independent docs. They collaborated on the brand new documentary Follow the Bones about Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai and the people behind the discovery.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new ornithopod, Riabininohadros, was described from Crimea
  • Sinankylosaurus, the "Chinese Ankylosaurus" was formally described
  • A new theropod dinosaur from Mukawa, Hokkaido, Japan will likely be named soon
  • In Fujian, China paleontologists have found over 240 fossilized dinosaur footprints likely including sauropods, theropods, & ornithopods
  • According to Scientific American since 1824, 10,851 dinosaur fossils (about 1,000 species) have been documented
  • The National Museum of Niger is planning on expanding and refurbishing next year
  • The designs for the Mary Anning statue in Lyme Regis have been released
  • Myles Garrett celebrated his birthday with a Spinosaurus cake


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Jan 21, 2021
Mighty Morphin Sauropods
00:36:15

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Dinosaur of the day Aardonyx, an Early Jurassic sauropodomorph from South Africa with the beginning signs of a quadrupedal gait.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Kholumolumo, a new Triassic sauropodomorph from Lesotho, was one of the heaviest land animals of its time.
  • Massachusetts may have a new dinosaur soon and you can vote for your favorite
  • Schenectady, New York has a new animatronic dinosaur display in a mall
  • A dad bought his son a 2 ton Carnotaurus-like dinosaur sculpture for Christmas
  • A new VR game for Oculus Quest (only) called Jurassic World Aftermath was released

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Jan 14, 2021
Bonus: Mokele-Mbembe
00:05:56

Brian Dunning from Skeptoid discusses the legend of "Mokele-Mbembe." What evidence do cryptozoologists have for a sauropod roaming modern Africa?


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Jan 13, 2021
Best of 2020
01:11:19

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Dinosaur of the day Dilong, a small feathered tyrannosaur.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is holding a free online speaker event about dinosaurs on Jan 7
  • All our favorite dinosaur highlights of 2020 Full list here

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Jan 07, 2021
Bagualia alba: The Rise of Sauropods
00:36:35

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Dinosaur of the day Genyodectes, The first theropod described from South America.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • An extinction event in the Early Jurassic may have led to the dominance of Eusauropods, including the recently named Bagualia
  • The new Triassic theropod Erythrovenator was found in Southern Brazil
  • In Rapid City South Dakota, Dinosaur Hill is getting renovated to become more accessible
  • New graphic novel coming out next July called Operation Dragon featuring a Japanese-trained dinosaur army

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Dec 30, 2020
A compsognathid with a mane
01:11:30

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Dinosaur of the day Protohadros, a hadrosauroid ornithopod found near Dallas, Texas.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The new compsognathid, Ubirajara, was covered in simple fuzzy feathers, and a few very long ones
  • The publication of Ubirajara has sparked controversy over its export from Brazil to Germany
  • A man in Oakland, CA has been making and selling dinosaur menorahs from dinosaur toys for a few years
  • A sauropod statue was lit up in Glasgow, Virginia complete with a red bulb on its snout
  • Stirling Scotland has a new outdoor animatronic dinosaur exhibit
  • Universal has made some new dinosaur animatronics for their upcoming Beijing Jurassic World attraction
  • Ark: Survival Evolved is getting a sequel called Ark II, the trailer features Vin Diesel fighting dinosaurs and hominids
  • A new article discusses how the card game Dinosaurs Attack! was almost made into a movie by Tim Burton
  • Brian Henson's Dinosaurs is coming to Disney+ on January 29
  • There is a GoFundMe for Paleontologist Jim Kirkland to help cover some recent medical expenses
  • A video of a supposed Triceratops getting off a truck in Thailand is definitely a puppet


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Dec 24, 2020
Microscopic sauropod parasites
01:02:09

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Dinosaur of the day Xenoceratops, a centrosaurine ceratopsid that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Alberta, Canada.

Interview with Taylor McCoy, creator of the website Everything Dinosaurs. He was one of our first ever guests on the show and returns to talk about Tyrannosaurs, the Carnegie museum, a spot in Pennsylvania to go fossil hunting, and much more.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A sauropod leg bone was found with dozens of worm-like microorganisms fossilized inside
  • A new mamenchisaurid was found in China
  • Derby Kansas is having a "Holly Jolly Jurassic Holiday" event

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Dec 17, 2020
The first dinosaur cloaca
00:47:48

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Dinosaur of the day Rahonavis, A dromaeosaur or avialan from Madagascar which is unexpectedly related to South American dinosaurs.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A Psittacosaurus was described with a very crocodile-like cloaca
  • The Melbourne Museum is getting the world's most complete Triceratops skeleton (it's 87% complete)
  • The Hanson Family Ranch in Wyoming is looking to build a new research station for the 100s of volunteers who visit

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Dec 09, 2020
A new sauropod that is smaller than an elephant
01:03:32

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Dinosaur of the day Arkansaurus, the state dinosaur of Arkansas which was probably an ostrich-like ornithomimosaur.

Interview with Tony and James Pinto, the father and son team currently creating the feature length documentary Why Dinosaurs? which explores why people like us spend so much time on dinosaurs. Watch the extended video version of the interview at https://youtu.be/j6s0pXYJg74

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Two new sauropods, Punatitan & Bravasaurus, were named from Argentina
  • National Geographic has an AR experience on Instagram
  • The Dinosaur ride at Disney’s Animal Kingdom recently broke down so riders got a behind the scenes view with the lights on

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Dec 03, 2020
The Dueling Dinosaurs are headed to a museum
00:58:48

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Dinosaur of the day Borealosaurus, a titanosaur from China with unusual tail vertebrae.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A review of caenagnathids from the Dinosaur Park Formation resulted in a new genus named Citipes
  • The Dueling Dinosaurs are going on display at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
  • If you're looking for some dinosaur gift ideas check out our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide

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Nov 25, 2020
The first ever African hadrosaurid
00:49:02

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Dinosaur of the day Sonorasaurus, a Late Cretaceous brachiosaurid and the state dinosaur of Arizona.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The first ever hadrosaurid material was found from Africa
  • A Buriolestes braincase shows that early sauropodomorphs had better vision but worse smell than later sauropods
  • A new early Psittacosaurus-like dinosaur named Beg tse was found in Mongolia
  • The South Dakota School of Mines is repairing a T. rex jawbone that was found about 40 years ago
  • The Cabazon dinosaurs in southern California got a Christmas makeover
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender's intro was re-made with all the benders replaced with dinosaurs
  • A couple posed for their engagement photos in dinosaur costumes, specifically T. rex and Triceratops costumes

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Nov 19, 2020
T. rex walking speed and bite force
00:58:56

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Dinosaur of the day Rapetosaurus, a titanosaur from Madagascar that is known from both juvenile and adult specimens.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • SVP included talks on T. rex bite force, Archaeopteryx molting, the many types of dinosaur claws, and much more
  • The Royal Saskatchewan Museum is celebrating Dinovember with a number of virtual events this month
  • The Australian Age of Dinosaurs has 13 life-sized bronze dinosaurs
  • Victoria, the young adult T. rex, will be staying at the Arizona Science Center until January 3
  • Robin Ruggiero has been working in the New Jersey woods since 2019 making dinosaurs from downed trees and other objects

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Nov 12, 2020
Mussaurus crawled as a baby
01:02:42

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Dinosaur of the day Hypselosaurus, a sauropod found in the 1800s that was originally thought to be an aquatic crocodile.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The Romer Prize session of SVP featured nodosaurids, massive crocodile muscles, and the use of gastroliths
  • The Taphonomy & Stratigraphy session of SVP featured 3,000+ Edmontosaurus bones, sauropod tracks, & regurgitalites
  • The Education & Outreach session of SVP featured interactive dinosaur lessons, field work, and lots of Augmented Reality (AR)
  • The first complete Triceratops skull found in Colorado is now at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
  • The Natural History Museum of Utah now has the Antarctic Dinosaurs exhibit

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Nov 05, 2020
Were Triceratops horns weapons or ornaments?
01:02:39

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Dinosaur of the day Pararhabdodon, a hadrosaurid from Spain that's a close relative of Tsintaosaurus.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The Dinosaur Systematics Diversity & Ecology session of SVP covered a new African titanosaur, paleopathologies, skin impressions, and much more
  • A 12-year-old in the Badlands of Alberta, Canada, found a humerus from a juvenile hadrosaur while hiking
  • An article describes a method that could keep Stan the T. rex available to the public
  • The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is working on renovations to redesign the area around Dinosphere
  • Near Golden, Colorado, artist Pat Madison created a family of colorful Triaceratops sculptures
  • The Mace Brown Museum of Natural History in Charleston, SC has new Triceratops and T. rex skull casts
  • The Glasgow dinosaur in Virginia is getting renovated
  • The grandson of the artist who created Sinclair’s Dinoland has proposed a restoration of one of the sculptures
  • A dinosaur park may open in Wallkill, New York

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Oct 29, 2020
Turtles are the real murderers
00:56:26

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Dinosaur of the day Tarascosaurus, a French abelisaurid named after a lion-headed, turtle-shelled, six-footed, dragon myth.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The Evolution and Biology of Non-Avian Theropods session of SVP explored Tyrannosaurus growth, Allosaurus teeth, new finds from all over the world, and much more
  • A 5-year-old in China found five 130 million year old theropod dinosaur footprints on a family trip to Chaoyang in Sichuan, China
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a collection of dinosaur fossils including the Nation’s T. rex
  • Kronosaurus Korner, a museum in Queensland, Australia recently launched an app so people can visit virtually
  • In Singapore, there’s a new permanent outdoor animatronic dinosaur display called Jurassic Mile
  • In Malaga, Spain, a Jurassic Park style theme park will be opening next year
  • Some intrigue around whether Disney plans to reimagine the dinosaurs in the Disney Animal Kingdom ride, Dinosaur
  • Jurassic World: Dominion released some more photos including a baby Lystrosaurus, which is not a dinosaur, wearing a mask


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Oct 22, 2020
Stan the T. rex sold for $31.8 million
00:39:22

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Dinosaur of the day Sinocalliopteryx, a dinosaur that may have specialized at hunting birds.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • New oviraptorosaur from Mongolia named Oksoko only had two fingers on each hand
  • The first ever ankylosaur, Scelidosaurus, finally got a complete description over 150 years after it was excavated
  • A Centrosaurus has the "first confirmed case of malignant bone cancer in a dinosaur”
  • Stan the T. rex went to auction and sold for $31.8 million to an anonymous bidder
  • Dinosaur eggshells from 68 million years ago were recently found in Huesca Province, Spain
  • The Phil Currie Dinosaur Museum has a free virtual speaker series every other Saturday about dinosaurs and paleontology
  • In Australia, Tasmania Zoo has recently reopened and has a new T. rex model
  • The Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp made a new commemorative medal of Koreanosaurus
  • If you need a Halloween costume, here are 15 DIY dinosaur costume ideas
  • Universal Orlando is updating their "Jurassic Coaster" to "VelociCoaster" by adding many dinosaur eggs and Velociraptor
  • The Jurassic World: Dominion release date has been delayed for a year to June 10, 2022

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Oct 14, 2020
Burrowing dinosaur spectacular
00:39:26

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Dinosaur of the day Zephyrosaurus, a small, potentially burrowing, dinosaur from what is now Montana.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Two exceptionally well preserved dinosaurs were found fossilized in what was likely their own burrow
  • A new marine dig site was found full of Spinosaurus teeth adding support for Spinosaurus as an aquatic hunter
  • Paleontologist Jingmai O’Connor will become the associate curator of fossil reptiles at the Field Museum in Chicago
  • There are a couple of campaigns to raise money for Mary Anning’s statue in Lyme Regis
  • In Thailand, one restaurant is filling up empty seats with dinosaurs to encourage social distancing
  • A new sci-fi satire comic will feature a fossil fuel company going back in time to prevent dinosaurs from going extinct
  • "Dinosaur Hunters" is a new 2 hour mashup of action movies and dinosaur movies which presumably features hunting dinosaurs
  • Frank Marshall, producer of Jurassic World: Dominion, said that Dominion will not be the end of the Jurassic Park franchise


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Oct 08, 2020
The first Ecuadorian dinosaur
01:08:08

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Dinosaur of the day Dubreuillosaurus, a megalosaurid theropod from France that is known from a juvenile holotype.

Interview with Alex & Katie Hastings, Alex is the Fitzpatrick Chair of Paleontology at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Katie is a husbandry manager who has worked with many animals including modern raptors. They recently started the podcast Squabbling Squibs where they've been discussing Jurassic Park (the book). We were also recently on an episode of their podcast.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Yamanasaurus is the first dinosaur ever named from Ecuador
  • A new museum, Western Australia Museum Boola Bardip will be opening in November
  • Stan the T. Rex is on display at Rockefeller Center until October 21st when it will be auctioned off
  • A new VR game, Jurassic World: Aftermath, is coming to Oculus Quest in December

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Oct 01, 2020
Mammals eating Mamenchisaurids
00:43:02

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Dinosaur of the day Ichthyovenator, the aptly named spinosaurid "fish hunter" from Laos.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The mamenchisaurid Analong was split from Chuanjiesaurus
  • A new fossil shows a mouse-sized mammal chewing on a massive sauropod neck
  • New ankylosaur remains were described from BC, Canada
  • The University of Zurich’s Zoological and Paleontological Museum has reopened
  • Mary Ann Mantell, Dr. Gideon Mantell’s wife, may have found the first Iguanodon bones
  • National Geographic released their Reimagining Dinosaurs issue
  • September is Velociraptor Awareness Month
  • Screenrant has a couple (highly speculative) ideas of how Jurassic World: Dominion could end

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Sep 24, 2020
A documentary about dinosaur enthusiasts
01:02:16

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Dinosaur of the day Austroraptor, a Utahraptor-sized South American raptor with shorter arms and non-serrated teeth.

Interview with Tony and James Pinto, the father and son team currently creating the feature length documentary, Why Dinosaurs? which explores why people like us spend so much time on dinosaurs. Watch the extended video version of the interview at https://youtu.be/La7zO4mcbNY

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new theropod from the UK was found with unusually hollow vertebrae
  • The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History is hosting a free online lecture on Thursday, September 17 about their recent updates
  • Researchers at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum are revisiting old dig sites that Charles M. Sternberg went to find more Triceratops
  • A large outdoor animatronic exhibit is coming to McKinney, Texas
  • A man bought his wife a 12ft Tyrannosaurus rex statue when she asked him to spruce up their garden
  • Speculation about Jurassic World Dominion includes BioSyn returning to compete with InGen


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Sep 17, 2020
A baby unicorn sauropod
00:36:57

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Dinosaur of the day Monoclonius, a relative of Styracosaurus with a large nasal horn—sometimes considered synonymous with Centrosaurus.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • “The first 3D preserved embryonic skull of a sauropod” was described and includes a horn on its upper lip
  • In Wales, there are footprints with “squelch marks” that may be dinosaur footprints.
  • A graphics student sculpted a Velociraptor that will be on permanent display at Radford University Museum of the Earth Sciences
  • The Witte Museum in San Antonio, Texas will soon be a state and federal fossil repository
  • You can now get four new Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous dinosaurs in happy meals
  • Jurassic World: Dominion will include "a surprising faction of prehistoric creatures that you’ve never seen before"

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Sep 09, 2020
Fossilized Dinosaur Ovaries
00:31:27

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Dinosaur of the day Bambiraptor, a small dromaeosaurid known from a 95% complete holotype of a juvenile.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • 9 dinosaur fossils have been found with fossilized ovarian tissue.
  • The first dinosaur bone was found in Scotland, that's not from the Isle of Skye.
  • A large Triceratops skull was excavated in South Dakota.
  • A Dino Summer event including a velociraptor chase through a corn maze is being held in Tatenhill England.
  • The sauropod building in Spring Hill, Florida is now officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
  • A design for a sauropod painted with geometric shapes was shared online.
  • Fun piece of trivia: there’s a moment in Jurassic Park where you can see one of the crew members of the film grabbing a raptor’s tail.
  • Photos of Jurassic World Dominion show baby dinosaurs
  • Minecraft now has an official Jurassic World DLC
  • Google Chrome’s hidden dinosaur game now has hidden weapons

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Sep 02, 2020
Spinosaurus revisited
01:42:19

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Dinosaur of the day Spinosaurus, the iconic predator from North Africa famous for its massive sail, huge crocodile-like head, and aquatic adaptations.

Interview with Nizar Ibrahim, paleontologist, anatomist, Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Detroit Mercy, National Geographic explorer, and TED Fellow. He's known for his work on Spinosaurus including describing the neotype and a recent paper showing a remarkably complete tail.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new Deinocheirid, Paraxenisaurus, was described in Mexico

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Aug 26, 2020
A rare Jurassic carcharodontosaur
00:32:55

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Dinosaur of the day Sinosauropteryx, One of the first known feathered dinosaurs, known for its long banded tail.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new carcharodontosaur, Lusovenator, was named in Portugal
  • A new analysis dates the Carnian Pluvial Episode to 234 million years ago
  • Universiti Malaysia Kelantan recently found dinosaur footprints in Bukit Panau
  • There is a way to hack the hidden Google Chrome dinosaur game to make your T. rex invincible


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Aug 19, 2020
A new claw-chested alvarezsaurid
00:37:48

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Dinosaur of the day Scolosaurus, an ankylosaurid with a large round club that's on display at the Natural History Museum in London.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Trierarchuncus prairiensis, a new alvarezsaurid was named for its curved claws
  • A Guinness World Record was awarded to a Japanese fossil for being the world's smallest non-avian dinosaur egg
  • Taiwan National Museum now has AR dinosaur tours.
  • The Field Museum at Chicago in the U.S. has a new lifelike model of Sue the T. rex nicknamed "Fleshy"
  • Brookfield Zoo has an exhibit until November 1st named Dinos Everywhere
  • Someone representing Sue in an inflatable T. rex costume visited penguins at the nearby Shedd Aquarium
  • A letter from Mary Anning sold for over 100,000 pounds
  • Sir Richard Owen's hometown of Lancaster, UK celebrated dinosaur day
  • Iggy the metal dinosaur sculpture is back on display in Maidstone, UK

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Aug 12, 2020
Velociraptor with double sickle claws or friendly Dodoraptor?
00:26:57

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Dinosaur of the day Balaur, the "stocky dragon" from Hateg island, famous for its pair of sickle-shaped claws on each foot.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The "Dinosaur born from fire" Aratasaurus was described in Brazil
  • The Curiosity Rover on Mars has a new drill target that the team has named Mary Anning
  • A recent storm in Glasgow, Virginia damaged a dinosaur sculpture, but the locals have already repaired it
  • A new article explores how the Cabazon dinosaurs ended up on the I-10 in Southern California
  • The Bass Coast Shire is looking to make a 50km dinosaur themed walking trail to promote the fossils found in Victoria, Australia
  • There is a new B-movie called Ebola Rex, but don't expect too much
  • The cute dinosaur theme park simulation game Parkasaurus will be getting a v1 release on August 13

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Aug 06, 2020
Dilophosaurus had tall air-filled crests
00:38:28

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Dinosaur of the day Daemonosaurus, the small, buck toothed, Triassic carnivore from New Mexico.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Oculudentavis is now officially just HPG-15-3 after the Nature article describing it as Oculudentavis was retracted
  • A thorough reanalysis of Dilophosaurus specimens clarified its features and relationship to other dinosaurs
  • A pair of Bissektipelta braincases shows details of how its blood vessels worked
  • According to NPR, one-third of the museums in the U.S. may permanently close this year
  • The Quarry Exhibit Hall at Dinosaur National Monument has reopened with timed tickets
  • Dinosaur Adventure Drive-Thru is in St. Paul, Minnesota through August 9th
  • Bryce Dallas Howard shared some photos on Twitter of the bruises she’s gotten doing stunt work for Jurassic World Dominion
  • In August, the Jurassic Park Trilogy is coming back to Netflix in the US
  • The trailer for Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous was released

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Jul 29, 2020
Borealopelta's last meal
00:49:03

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Dinosaur of the day Cryptosaurus, an ankylosaur that was misidentified for over 100 years.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The gut contents of Borealopelta have been officially described
  • A new early Jurassic sauropodomorph, Irisosaurus / Iridosaurus, was named in China
  • the Field, Royal Saskatchewan, and London Natural History museums are reopening with mask requirements
  • Field Station: Dinosaurs in New Jersey is teaching kids about social distancing and wearing masks
  • Over 50 animatronic dinosaurs in Langley, British Columbia will be auctioned on August 6th
  • The Hulu movie Palm Springs features a few unexplained sauropods in the background of a couple scenes
  • Dr. Grant, Ellie Sattler, and Ian Malcolm will have large, not cameo, roles in Jurassic World: Dominion
  • A new survival horror dinosaur game named Deathground is scheduled for an early release in 2021
  • The Guardian shared a Spanish burnt Basque cheesecake recipe, decorated with dinosaur cookies

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Jul 23, 2020
New Triassic dinosaur/pterosaur
00:33:33

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Dinosaur of the day Albertaceratops, a relative of Styracosaurus (centrosaurine) that looks more like a Triceratops (chasmosaurine).

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new ornithodiran Kongonaphon, the "tiny bug slayer," was described from Madagascar
  • Two penguins were brought to the Chicago Field Museum
  • Liverpool, UK is showing a drive-in concert called Dinosaur World Live
  • An iconic T. rex in Tucson, AZ is now wearing a mask
  • A Florida man mounted a life-size T. rex head to his Jeep, it's now for sale
  • Chris Pratt released the winner of Jurassic World: Dominion's All In Challenge—who will be eaten in the upcoming movie

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Jul 16, 2020
Alaskan raptors and Swiss sauropodomorphs
01:04:49

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Dinosaur of the day Atrociraptor, a raptor about the size of Dromaeosaurus, but more closely related to its distant ancestor Deinonychus.

Interview with Evan Johnson-Ransom, Master’s student & McNair Fellow studying under Eric Snively at Vertebrate Paleontology Research Labs at Oklahoma State University. Currently his research is focused on Tyrannosaurs. Follow him on twitter @EJR_Paleo

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new dromaeosaurid jaw piece from Alaska points to year round polar carnivores
  • A new sauropodomorph from northern Switzerland named Schleitheimia
  • SVP will be held virtually this year
  • Screenrant shared why Batman has a dinosaur in his cave
  • The Plant Riverside District is having a contest to name its Amphicoelias fraggillimus replica
  • Google recently launched augmented reality dinosaurs in their search

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Jul 09, 2020
A dozen Protoceratops embryos
00:44:24

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Dinosaur of the day Enigmosaurus, the aptly named Therizinosaur enigma.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • New finds show Protoceratops & Mussaurus had soft-shelled eggs
  • Two new dinosaurs, Navajoceratops & Terminocavus, were named from New Mexico
  • Crystal Palace Dinosaurs is looking for new security to keep their sculptures safe
  • The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has a new Dinosaur Armor exhibit
  • A Make-A-Wish child in South Florida was surprised with a dinosaur-themed car parade

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Jul 01, 2020
How Tyrannosaurus grew into a bone crusher
00:40:56

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Dinosaur of the day Opisthocoelicaudia, a late cretaceous titanosaur that may have been able to rear up on its hind legs.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new analysis of dozens of tyrannosaur specimens splits its growth into 5 major phases
  • The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit at just the right angle to do the most possible damage
  • The dueling dinosaurs appear to be going exclusively to the surface rights owners
  • A set of chinese "chicken claw prints" turned out to be Jurassic dinosaur tracks
  • Japanese researchers claim to have found the world's smallest dinosaur egg fossil
  • The NHM in London shared details about Qhemegha, South Africa and its importance in dinosaur paleontology
  • The TV show Dinosaurs is coming to Disney+ this fall
  • Dinosaur Batman uses the name B. rex for one character, it's not a shoebill or the T. rex specimen MOR 1125 that go by the same name
  • Filming for Jurassic World Dominion has resumed

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Jun 24, 2020
Overoraptor: bird on the top, raptor on the bottom
00:28:22

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Dinosaur of the day Khaan, an oviraptorid known for a possible mating pair that were buried together.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The new dinosaur Overoraptor was like a bird on the top and a raptor on the bottom
  • Male gharial noses are much bigger than females and you can tell on their skeletons
  • At least 61 Edmontosaurus individuals were described from Wyoming
  • There’s a petition in Massachusetts to replace a Christopher Columbus statue with the Saugus Orange Dinosaur
  • Gwinnett County, Georgia put up eight prehistoric animal statues including several dinosaurs
  • A new stop motion video features the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

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Jun 18, 2020
Allosaurus was a cannibal
00:40:58

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Dinosaur of the day Labocania, a possible tyrannosaurid from Baja California, Mexico.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • We joined #strikeforblacklives and #shutdownSTEM on June 10th to draw attention to how science has been used against Black people
  • Allosaurus was probably a cannibal
  • T. rex likely had long legs to walk efficiently not run quickly
  • In Queensland, Australia, a new set of three metal Austrolovenator dinosaur sculptures have been completed
  • An Apatosaurus building in Spring Hill, Florida, was nominated to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places
  • In Drumheller, the World’s Largest Dinosaur will be getting repaired and painted
  • Nurseries in the UK are using their dinosaur “Wellasaurus” to manage social distancing
  • Jurassic Quest has turned into a drive through experience
  • The Royal Mint released the Hylaeosaurus coin, the last of the Dinosauria
  • SpaceX Astronauts brought the stuffed toy dinosaur Tremor to the ISS
  • The toothbrushing podcast Chompers is doing a dinosaur theme this week
  • Discovery will have a new series starting Friday, June 19 (9 pm ET), called Dino Hunters
  • PBS has a new series, which will air on June 17, June 24, and July 1, called Prehistoric Road trip
  • Jurassic Park Terror has a post called Every Jurassic Park Dinosaur Illustrated With Modern Science
  • The next few Friday nights, Dustin Growick, is hosting dinosaur parties for adults

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Jun 11, 2020
Nothronychus, the most complete therizinosaur
00:24:46

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Dinosaur of the day Nothronychus, the most complete therizinosaur ever found.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • #BlackBirdersWeek is everywhere this week, spreading images and facts in support of Black nature enthusiasts and birders
  • The South American elaphrosaur Huinculsaurus is the youngest described to date
  • In Taipei, Taiwan, Evolution of the Banana Fish Solo Exhibition is going on until June 6
  • A set of Jurassic Park gates are for sale after being used for an Australian girl's birthday
  • Near Darwin, Australia a large fiberglass dinosaur known as Big Kev was recently reassembled
  • The 28th season of Power Rangers will be called Power Rangers Dino Fury
  • Captain Marvel #9 had Captain Marvel take out two T. rex with a single punch

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Jun 04, 2020
A new polar ceratosaur from Australia
00:52:40

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Dinosaur of the day Callovosaurus, a dryosaurid which is featured in some editions of Jurassic Park (the first book).

Interview with Dr. Steve Poropat from Swinburne University & Research associate at Australian Age of Dinosaurs and Adele Pentland PhD candidate at Swinburne University & Research associate at Australian Age of Dinosaurs

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A fetal Lufengosaurus shows us where Diplodocus probably got its teeth
  • The Montana Supreme Court has confirmed that the Dueling Dinosaurs are not included in generic "mineral rights"
  • The Jurassic Coast has new rules for fossil collectors
  • Mary Anning’s biopic, “Ammonite” starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan has been delayed
  • Dinosaur Discover Site at Johnson Farm reopened recently but with limited hours
  • An international student allegedly broke unto the Australian Museum in Sydney and took selfies next to the dinosaur exhibits
  • The Crystal Palace Megalosaurus has been damaged, you can donate to help pay for repairs

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May 27, 2020
The new ceratopsian with a rockstar frill
00:32:13

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Dinosaur of the day Coronosaurus, a centrosaurine ceratopsian from Alberta, Canada.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Stellasaurus ancellae was named for its star-like frill and after the song ‘Starman' by David Bowie
  • New seafloor samples show that cretaceous Antarctica was a freshwater swamp
  • Scientists in Argentina have announced fossils of a "Megaraptor"
  • Dinosaur National Monument is partially reopened, but the Quarry Exhibit Hall and other areas remain closed
  • a theater in Nebraska had an online viewing called Dinosaur Vacation
  • In Ferndale, Michigan, there’s a T. rex Walking club
  • A dad built an epic 48-foot Apatosaurus jungle gym in his backyard for his kids

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May 20, 2020
Scotty, the largest known T. rex
00:55:08

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Dinosaur of the day Shunosaurus, a sauropod famous for its club tail.

Interview with Scott Persons and Beth Zaiken, Dr. Scott Persons is a paleontologist and professor at the College of Charleston and the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History, and Beth Zaiken is an artist and illustrator who specializes in natural science communication. Both worked on the upcoming book, Mega Rex: A Tyrannosaurus Named Scotty.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Massive sauropod tracks were found in a French cave 500m below the surface
  • Here is an article showing a picture of the cave with the prints
  • Dippy's tour is currently suspended at Rochdale’s Number One Riverside
  • The Natural History Museum in London plans to build a new life-size Dippy sculpture to go in the front gardens
  • Denver Museum of Nature & Science posted a map showing where dinosaur fossils have been found around Denver
  • Flash: Fastest Man Alive #3 has Flash and The Atom teaming up to keep the city safe from dinosaurs
  • Second Extinction is a new shooter game where you have to kill mutated dinosaurs that have taken over the planet
  • Animal Crossing allows you to combine fossils to create "custom dinosaur exhibits"

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May 14, 2020
Spinosaurus had a swimmer's tail
00:38:26

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Dinosaur of the day Astrodon, an early cretaceous sauropod named for a star shape found after cutting open its tooth.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A nearly complete Spinosaurus tail shows It would have been a capable swimmer
  • The researchers also released a 3D model of their Spinosaurus reconstruction
  • The North Carolina bill to make Hypsibema the state dinosaur has been put on hold until 2021
  • A charity sweepstakes and auction winner will get eaten by dinosaurs in Jurassic World: Dominion

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May 06, 2020
Phil Tippett on animating Jurassic Park
00:49:29

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Dinosaur of the day Staurikosaurus, a small Triassic carnivore from what is now Brazil.

Interview with Phil Tippett, the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Tippett Studio. He is a two-time Oscar and Emmy award winner for his visual effects work, for the movies Jurassic Park and Return of the Jedi and the documentary Dinosaur! and the TV film Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure. His most recent project is the stop motion film Mad God.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new model shows the sauropod Spinophorosaurus likely held its head high off the ground.
  • The Don Harrington Discovery Center in Texas has two new animatronic dinosaurs and they’re asking for naming ideas.
  • Resident Evil 3 has a dinosaur mod that turns the zombies into T. rex.


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Apr 30, 2020
The new Navajo warrior raptor
00:33:45

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Dinosaur of the day Arcovenator, a relative of Majungasaurus found in France.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The new dromaeosaurid Dineobellator was found in San Juan Basin, New Mexico
  • A UK family is creating dinosaur art from rocks on their daily walks at a local quarry
  • Colin Trevorrow, posted a behind the scenes photo of the Jurassic World: Dominion set

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Apr 22, 2020
How to make a Zuul out of cake
00:51:21

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Interview with Ralph Attanasia, Head Sculptor at Carlo's Bakery and one of the stars on Buddy Vs Duff. He recently made a near life-size replica of the ankylosaur Zuul out of cake! Follow him on twitter @CakeBossRalph

Dinosaur of the day Alaskacephale, A smaller relative of Pachycephalosaurus from Alaska.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The newly described dinosaur Asteriornis is named after the goddess of falling stars
  • Wally the Stegosaurus, from the Berkshire Museum in Massachusetts, is getting restored

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Apr 15, 2020
A hummingbird-sized dinosaur
00:44:36

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Dinosaur of the day Sauropelta, a rhinoceros sized armored dinosaur.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A piece of amber from Myanmar appears to contain a hummingbird-sized dinosaur (or maybe it's a lepidosaur—specifically, it might be a gecko ancestor instead of a dinosaur)
  • A new tracksite on the isle of Skye includes some of the oldest stegosaur tracks
  • The Natural History Museum of Denmark has delayed their unveiling of the T. rex Tristan Otto
  • Many neighborhoods are putting dinosaurs in their windows so kids can go on scavenger hunts
  • Tinkercad is running a create a dinosaur tinker together challenge
  • Google Chrome’s T. rex run game has been turned into an exercise tool
  • Liverpool One has relaunched their Dinosaurs Unleashed augmented reality app, so you can use the app at home

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Apr 09, 2020
Traces of DNA in dinosaur cartilage
01:22:10

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Dinosaur of the day Heterodontosaurus, a dinosaur with tusks and a beak.

Interview with Alida Bailleul, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP). Her research focuses on microscopic structure of dinosaur bone and tissue. Follow her work at ivpp-avianevolution.com

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The best sauropod find from Switzerland finally has its own genus—Amanzia
  • Learn about dinosaurs while social distancing bit.ly/dinodistancing
  • Bring Dinosaurs into your home with a new AR App

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Apr 02, 2020
How warm was dinosaur blood?
00:35:34

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Dinosaur of the day Kakuru, the only named dinosaur from South Australia.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new sauropod from Southern Mongolia was named Abdarainurus barsboldi
  • New research found Troodon, Maiasaura, & Hypacrosaurus had warm bodies
  • Northwestern Community College has a hadrosaur that Associate’s students can work on
  • The Field Museum “let out” Sue the T. rex like the Shedd Aquarium penguins
  • The upcoming comic Dark Nights: Death Metal #1 will include a T. rex Batman
  • Marvel’s Fantastic Four has Sky, an alien superhero with the ability to talk to dinosaurs
  • A mom in the UK created a dinosaur themed game to keep her kids entertained
  • A life-size Zuul cake was made on Buddy vs. Duff on Food Network

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Mar 26, 2020
Dinosaur Island and an island dinosaur
00:41:51

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Dinosaur of the day Telmatosaurus, a small island dwelling hadrosaur from what is now Romania.

In this week's episode:

  • We review the 2014 movie Dinosaur Island
  • The webcomic Darbi "The misadventures of a blood-thirsty baby T-Rex." is free online—parental advisory applies.
  • A cretaceous rib fossil may be from the second largest dinosaur that lived in what is now Japan
  • Spinosaurus: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous and Giants: African Dinosaurs may be coming to a museum near you soon

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Mar 19, 2020
1950s dinosaur mystery solved
00:28:52

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Dinosaur of the day Hesperonychus, the first microraptorine found outside of Asia.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new abelisaurid was named Tralkasaurus meaning “thunder lizard” not to be confused with the other “thunder lizard” Brontosaurus
  • The mystery of unusual dinosaur tracks on the roof of an Australian mine has been solved
  • The Utahraptor State Park was approved by the House, but failed to pass the State Senate due to budget concerns
  • Abba Geebz plans to take his ventriloquist skills and dinosaur puppets to over 100 hospitals in the U.S. this year
  • The Carnegie Museum of Natural History will have camps this summer for kids gets 4 to 13
  • Three Deinonychus were stolen from Eccles Dinosaur Park in Ogden, Utah, but they have been recovered

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Mar 12, 2020
Dinosaurs sharing nests
00:36:08

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Dinosaur of the day Dicraeosaurus, the first discovered sauropod with paired spines running down its neck.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A pair of noasaurid bones from Australia expand the known range to nearly all of Gondwana
  • The first case of LCH (Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis) was found in a dinosaur
  • The Utahraptor Project has moved their massive sandstone block to a new location
  • A new article ranks the US states in order of most dinosaur fossils discoveries
  • The Illinois Burpee Museum of Natural History’s PaleoFest is coming up on March 6–8
  • Mobile, Alabama celebrated Mardi Gras with a parade that included a Velociraptor puppeteer
  • Giant Screen Films recently released the film Dinosaurs of Antarctica
  • LucasFilm is launching Star Wars; The High Republic, and may include dinosaurs
  • Jurassic World 3 is now officially Jurassic World: Dominion

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Mar 04, 2020
Big Al is no longer Allosaurus fragilis
00:37:43

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Dinosaur of the day Haplocanthosaurus, a relatively small sauropod measuring a measly 49 ft long and 13 tons in weight.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Big Al is now Allosaurus jimmadseni and no longer Allosaurus fragilis
  • A new set of sauropod tracks in Texas could be swim tracks—or maybe not
  • Storm Ciara in the UK uncovered a new 130 million year old dinosaur footprint
  • Colin Trevorrow shared a video of what looks like a Nasutoceratops puppet from Jurassic World 3

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Feb 26, 2020
The "Reaper of death" Thanatotheristes
00:26:19

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Dinosaur of the day Ekrixinatosaurus, the "explosion born" abelisaurid from Argentina.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Our first visit to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show
  • A new tyrannosaurid, Thanatotheristes, was found in Canada
  • Utah may soon have a Utahraptor State Park
  • 150,000 illustrations of the natural world have been posted free at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
  • The animatronic Bisti Beast needs a new nickname and you can vote for your favorite
  • The UK Royal Mint has released 3 new coins commemorating Dinosauria, including Megalosaurus, Iguanodon, and Hylaeosaurus

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Feb 19, 2020
Why some dinosaur groups shrank while others grew
00:29:48

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Dinosaur of the day Tylocephale, the pachycephalosaur with the tallest dome.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Metabolism may have driven theropods to shrink while other groups were growing
  • Teylers Museum in the Netherlands has the paleo art exhibit "Dinomakers"
  • An Iguanodon tail has been found at cliffs near Brighstone on the Isle of Wight in the UK
  • A dad in Guernsey, UK, accidentally ordered a much larger-than-expected Carnotaurus sculpture for his son
  • The song “Dinosaurs in Love” by a 3 year-old girl has gone viral

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Feb 12, 2020
A massive new Brachiosaurus bone and the duo who found it
00:57:59

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Dinosaur of the day Juravenator, a tiny non-avian juvenile from the same formation as Archaeopteryx.

Interview with Matt Wedel & Brian Engh. Matt Wedel is a vertebrate paleontologist at Western University and co-founder of Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week. Brian Engh is a paleoartist and creator of the Jurassic Reimagined. Matt & Brian recently found a well-preserved enormous Brachiosaurus humerus in Utah.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The new spinosaurid, Vallibonavenatrix, was described in Spain
  • Two Medicine Dinosaur Center are working on building a 135-ft long animatronic Amphicoelias

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Feb 05, 2020
Two new feathered dinosaurs
00:40:05

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Dinosaur of the day Struthiomimus, the ostrich of the Cretaceous.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new alvarezsaurid, Nemegtonykus, was named from Mongolia
  • Wulong the “dancing dragon” was named with some fantastic tail feathers
  • Washington state may have a new state dinosaur, Suciasaurus rex
  • The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Japan will be spending $86 million on renovations
  • The Paleontological Society has named Archaeopteryx as it’s “Fossil of the Year” for 2020
  • Tristan Otto the T. rex is moving to Berlin at the end of January
  • In New Mexico, the Las Cruces Museum of Art has a new dinosaur exhibit
  • The National Museum of Scotland has a new exhibition from now until May 4 all about tyrannosaurs
  • The Sternberg Museum of Natural History has an exhibit called “Prairie Ocean: Long Time, No Sea”
  • For paleo artists, Mark Winton is teaching a new paleo art short course in March
  • The TV show Dinosaurs is getting Funko pops, one for each character in the Sinclair family

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Jan 29, 2020
Two new sauropods
00:31:30

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Dinosaur of the day Hypsibema, a massive hadrosauroid and the state dinosaur of Missouri.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The new sauropod Itapeuasaurus was found on a beach in northern Brazil
  • Fushanosaurus was named from northwest China based on a single massive femur
  • Jardin d’Acclimation in Paris, France was covered in dinosaur projections
  • Two Canadian boys welcomed their grandma at the airport while all three dressed up as T. rex
  • Dinosaur World is coming to Cerritos, California on March 8

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Jan 22, 2020
A pair of new dinosaurs from Southern Argentina
00:34:37

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Dinosaur of the day Dryptosaurus, New Jersey's smaller cousin of T. rex.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Two new dinosaurs Isasicursor & Nullotitan were described from Southern Argentina
  • Virginia Living Museum is having a dinosaur year, with two exhibits
  • Jurassic Dinosaur Park is being built this year in Chongqing China
  • A glow-in-the-dark dinosaur show is coming to Michigan on January 25
  • There is a DinoFest in Christchurch, New Zealand from Jan 9-18
  • There are rumors that next season of Power Rangers will have dinosaurs
  • Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Full Moon has just been released
  • The new VR game Dinosaur Island has been released
  • The game Dino Crisis is getting updated for PC as Dino Crisis Rebirth
  • If the Death Star hit a planet it would have caused a "dinosaur-sized extinction event"

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Jan 15, 2020
Polar Dinosaurs from Victoria Australia
00:48:42

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Dinosaur of the day Melanorosaurus, the Triassic "Black Mountain Lizard" sauropodomorph from South Africa.

Interview with Tom Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich, two incredibly accomplished paleontologists in Melbourne, Australia. They have worked together on countless projects. Most importantly to dinosaur fans, they named Leaellynasaura, Timimus, Atlascopcosaurus, and others from the Victoria coast.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The new allosauroid, Asfaltovenator, was described from Jurassic Argentina
  • Ten new polar dinosaur feathers were described from Australia
  • Coffs Harbour Butterfly House in New South Wales, Australia, has opened their dinosaur forest
  • In Reno, Nevada, you can go to Jurassic Empire on Jan 11 and 12.
  • In Cardiff, Wales, you can have a sleepover with Dippy the Diplodocus while he’s visiting on Saturday January 25

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Jan 08, 2020
Best of 2019
02:39:51

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Dinosaur of the day Futalognkosaurus, one of the most complete titanosaurs ever found.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Best New Site (228): Tanis Site
  • Best New Tyrannosaur (233): Suskityrannus
  • Gnarliest Pathologies (244): Tenontosaurus
  • Best New Sauropod (220): Bajadasaurus
  • Best Early Dinosaur Discovery (261): Gnathovorax
  • Honorable Mention - Best Early Dinosaur (242): Notatesseraeraptor
  • Best Gut Contents (245): Microraptor
  • Best Amber Find (247): Elektornis
  • Best Biomechanics Study: (251) How Raptors Used Their Claws
  • Best Hadrosaur (252): Kamuysaurus
  • Best Paleoart: (252) Brian Engh's Dinosaur Thermoregulation in Infra-Red
  • Best Video Short (219): Sharp Teeth
  • Best Video (221): My Pet Dinosaur on BBC
  • Honorable Mention - Best Video (253): Jurassic World: Battle at Big Rock
  • Best Dinosaur Thought (252): Sauropods Squishing Turtles
  • Our Favorite Episode (250): Sabrina Ricci's Hardcore Bone Wars

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Jan 02, 2020
Lice eating dinosaur feathers
00:50:30

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Dinosaur of the day Altirhinus, an Iguanodontian with both a beak and teeth for chewing.

Interview with Mel Murray, Science Communicator and Digital Content Producer at the Australian Museum in Sydney. She made the corresponding app for the Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family exhibition. And she's working to digitize fossils for public use. Follow the museum on Facebook, Twitter, and check out the video of our visit.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new Middle Jurassic ornithischian, Sanxiasaurus, was found near the Three Gorges Dam in China
  • Two new pieces of 100 million-year-old amber were found with lice feeding on dinosaur feathers
  • Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History’s Great Hall will be closing on Dec 31 for its renovations
  • Mary Anning may finally get her statue in Lyme Regis after another 15,000 pounds were donated to the town
  • A team from UC Berkeley created a digital T. rex that is able to kick a soccer ball
  • Monroeville Convention Center in Pennsylvania will have a Dinosaur Adventure exhibit
  • Colin Trevorrow recently posted a video on Twitter of a dinosaur robot from Jurassic World 3

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Dec 25, 2019
Dinosaurs fossilized as opal
00:56:28

Dinosaur of the day Unenlagia, the Deinonychus-sized raptor from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.

Interview with Jenni Brammall, special projects coordinator at the Australian Opal Centre in Lightning Ridge, NSW. She manages the opalized fossil collections at AOC and is helping to organize construction of the massive new Australian Opal Centre building. Check out our video of the AOC or checkout their Facebook page.

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In dinosaur news this week:

  • The new theropod, Lajasvenator, was tiny for a carcharodontosaurid
  • Hannah the ceratopsian is a Sytracosaurus albertensis
  • Dinosaur footprints have been found in the former Qing Dynasty imperial summer resort
  • The Jurassic World YouTube Channel has a new motion comic series

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Dec 18, 2019
Australia's Largest Dinosaur
00:50:42

Dinosaur of the day Neovenator, an apex predator from the UK with a sensitive face.

Interview with Jo Pegler and Corey Richards, laboratory coordinator and operations & marketing coordinator at the Eromanga Natural History Museum in southwest Queensland Australia. If you can't visit them in person, you can see there work at enhm.com.au or on twitter @EromangaNHM

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new Miragaia specimen solidifies the genus, but eliminates Alcovasaurus
  • A rare three-dimensionally preserved dinosaur/bird, Fukuipteryx, was described from Japan
  • The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History just assessed their iconic mural “The Age of Reptiles”
  • The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade had a T. rex float named Rexy
  • The American Museum of Natural History decorated a tree with more than 800 origami dinosaurs

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Dec 11, 2019
Sauropods and pterosaurs in the Outback
00:58:10

Dinosaur of the day Magyarosaurus, an armored dwarf sauropod from a Cretaceous European island.

Interview with Philip Mannion, Steve Poropat, and Adele Pentland. Paleontologists at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum in Winton, Queensland. We discussed the new sauropods literally coming up out of the ground in the Outback as well as a brand new pterosaur, Ferrodraco.

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In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new small ceratopsian was named Ferrisaurus from northern British Columbia, Canada
  • A new study shows just how fast dinosaurs could replace their teeth
  • The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has a new exhibit called Ultimate Dinosaurs
  • The Natural History Museum in Los Angeles is having an Antarctic Dinosaurs Family Day

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Dec 04, 2019
A New Remarkable Triassic Herrerasaurid
00:51:33

Dinosaur of the day Pelecanimimus, the "pelican mimic" with over 200 teeth.

Interview with Stuart Sumida, biology professor at California State University, San Bernardino, and an anatomical consultant to special effect artists and animators. He’s worked on over 50 films with many studios (Disney, Pixar, ILM, many more) as well as with games (Blizzard), written books, published numerous scientific articles, and led digs around the world.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new remarkable early herrerasaurid, Gnathovorax cabreirai, was found in Brazil
  • A new set of Oryctodromeus fossils were found in Idaho including at least one new burrow
  • Crystal Palace dinosaur park in the UK may be getting a new, permanent bridge so visitors can get closer to the dinosaurs
  • Avengers #26 will show the "first superhero" in the Marvel Universe, a T. rex

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Nov 27, 2019
T. rex tooth replacement & a new Australian megaraptorid
00:58:44

Dinosaur of the day Leptoceratops, A small late cretaceous ceratopsian that may have switched between a two and four-legged stance.

Interview with Matthew Mossbrucker, the director and chief curator at the Morrison Natural History Museum in Colorado where he studies the type section of the Morrison Formation. He's also on the board of the Paleon Museum where he leads digs with the public. Check out his work at the Morrison's Facebook page.

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In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new Megarptorid was found in Australia, it looks a lot like Australovenator, but it might be too old
  • Another Alaskan tracksite, the Chignik Formation, recovers a huge number of hadrosaurids at the beach
  • A new study looked at Tristan the T.rex’s tooth replacement and found an alternating replacement pattern
  • Three baby Protoceratops at Southern Illinois Laboratory have been given new nicknames

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Nov 20, 2019
Dinosaur fossils that fit on the head of a pin
00:58:17

Dinosaur of the day Chingkankousaurus, a possible tyrannosauroid from eastern China known only from a shoulder blade.

Interview with Phoebe Wood, a primary student from Adelaide, South Australia. She won several awards for her Anchiornis huxleyi model. Including Young Scientist of the Year 2019 and the Oliphant Trophy—a first for a primary school student.

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In dinosaur news this week:

  • News from the final day of talks and posters at the 2019 meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
  • A large varied selection of dinosaur microfossils from the Alaskan Kakanaut Formation show that dinosaurs lived in the arctic year-round
  • After more restoration work, an alternative Allosaurus holotype is ready to be named
  • Siats and Moros finds show that Allosauroids and Tyrannosauroids coexisted in the cretaceous
  • We now have an excellent growth series of over 20 Sinornithomimus individuals from China
  • A coprolite “nugget” shows excellent preservation of at least two feather types and likely multiple ticks
  • More evidence shows that dinosaur diversity was very high up until the end-cretaceous extinction
  • By comparing LAGs in arm and leg bones, another study shows that Maiasaura was quadrupedal its whole life
  • A new Jurassic ankylosaur was found in Portugal
  • Two new ceratopsians were discovered in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
  • A new "Super matrix" of crocodilians places some difficult taxa in a cladogram
  • An analysis of Dimetrodon (not a dinosaur) and its relatives shows the wide range of sizes that they came in
  • The Tate Geological Museum have found a couple of sauropod feet and a diplodocid skull
  • The Burke Museum in Washington has a new exhibit called Fossils Uncovered
  • A new animation shows how long dinosaurs lived, by tracing our solar system’s movement through the Milky Way Galaxy
  • Horse Archer Productions has a new web series, A Million Bones of Stone, the first episode is about Laelaps
  • Justice Smith and Daniella Pineda, who played Franklin and Zia, in Fallen Kingdom will be back for Jurassic World 3

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Nov 13, 2019
Coprolite (fossilized poop) with Karen Chin
01:05:00

Dinosaur of the day Anserimimus, The "goose mimic" from the Gobi Desert.

Interview with Karen Chin, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder and Curator of Paleontology at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, and she's an expert in coprolites. Check out a video of her work here if you want to see more.

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In dinosaur news this week:

  • News from the 3rd day of talks at the 2019 meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
  • Dinosaurs had many different skull, jaw muscle, and brain sizes, but we can only easily study the small group that survived the mass extinction
  • By using evo-devo we can now see how exactly bird skulls form around their brains
  • Non-avian Dinosaurs quickly evolved many different skulls and jaws, but they don’t always reflect their feeding strategies
  • We don’t see evidence of dinosaurs before the Carnian Pluvial Event, but fossil localities are limited
  • A new statistical approach may make it easier to separate male and female dinosaur fossils
  • Some quadrupedal dinosaurs had much larger hindfeet than front-feet, but the reason is still unclear
  • Massospondylus had very flexible growth rates, possibly indicating it was a “recovery taxa” taking advantage of the end Triassic extinction
  • New Triceratops excavations found rare remains beyond just the skull, allowing us to measure how they changed as they grew
  • Late cretaceous ceratopsian brains changed shape to allow for the massive neck muscles they needed to hold up their head
  • Australia has the best ankylosaurs from Gondwana including the new “Julia Creek” specimen
  • A new, larger, Liaoningosaurus fossil was found by a farmer in China
  • Microstructure of pachycephalosaur domes may show that they did but heads
  • In Casper, Wyoming, the Tate Geological Museum now has Nicole the Torosaurus on display
  • The Natural History Museum in London is taking student applications to study ceratopsian phylogeny
  • Austria is releasing a set of 12 glow in the dark 3-euro dinosaur coins
  • Mattel Films is partnering with Daniel Kaluuya’s production company to make a live action Barney the dinosaur movie
  • Jurassic World 3 will star DeWanda Wise and Mamoudou Athie, and will bring back characters Ian Malcolm, Ellie Sattler, and Alan Grant will be in the film

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Nov 06, 2019
Regurgitalites, sauropods with beaks, and dinosaur outreach
01:04:37

Dinosaur of the day Kritosaurus, a hadrosaur that was found over 100 years ago in New Mexico.

Interview with Scott Hartman, a paleo artist and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, Madison for the Department of Integrative Biology. He’s done hundreds of skeletal drawings and his work has been featured in books, museums, and academic publications. Follow him on facebook or twitter @skeletaldrawing or skeletaldrawing.com

In dinosaur news this week:

  • News from poster sessions and 2nd day of talks at the 2019 meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
  • Early Mesozoic herbivores filled in ecological niches that were left because of extinctions
  • Regurgitalites (fossilized vomit) are out there, and they can give just as much information as coprolites (fossilized poop)
  • Chemical testing of bones is looking to be a promising method of finding lost fossil localities
  • Scott Hocknull described three successful case studies of getting the public involved with dinosaur discoveries during construction projects and mining operations
  • Stuart Sumida showed an animation of evolution, using a Dimetrodon and other relatives
  • Ariel Marcy has a new collaborative game about the scientific method, similar to the game Pandemic
  • Taissa Rodrigues taught high schoolers in Brazil about evolution through paleo art
  • Emanuel Tschopp found that sauropods from the Morrison Formation did not overlap as much as previously thought
  • Kayleigh Wiersma showed that some sauropods may have had beaks in addition to their teeth
  • Les Hearn and Amanda Williams published a paper about pain in dinosaurs, and found a lot of dinosaurs survived injuries that would have hurt their mobility and ability to hunt or run away from predators
  • The Field Museum in Chicago has new sensory stations, including one where you can smell Sue the T. rex’s breath
  • There’s a grassroots effort in Westchester New York to protect land with dinosaur tracks and fossils
  • Austin, Texas, as a weird neon green dinosaur, known as Mangiasaurus rex
  • Special Spaces Cleveland and the Jurassic World Live tour worked together to design a dinosaur bedroom for Ezra Boggs, a 6-year-old with cancer
  • Lego has a new 910 piece Dinosaur Fossils set

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Oct 31, 2019
A new titanosaur from Kenya, footprints on Tyrants Aisle, and teaching evolution through paleoart
01:15:52

Dinosaur of the day Coloradisaurus, a Triassic sauropodomorph known from a nearly complete skull that was found in Argentina.

Interview with Taissa Rodrigues, from the Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo in Brazil. She presented a poster at SVP about teaching evolution using paleoart. She also led a session on women in paleontology and had a student present a poster on a pterosaur. Follow her on twitter @paleotaissa

Presentations from the first day of SVP:

  • New dating shows Lythronax argestes is older than previously thought, no longer coinciding with a global sea-level drop
  • There are tons of new sauropod fossil fields in southwest Queensland, Australia, near Eromanga
  • Probable ornithopod, ceratopsid, deinonychosaur, and tyrannosaur tracks were found on a 200ft cliff in Alaska
  • In Alberta, Tyrants Aisle has over 120 tracks likely belonging to Edmontosaurus, a troodontid, Tyrannosaurus, and another theropod
  • CT scans of track slabs shows how dinosaur feet moved through soft sediments
  • Laser-stimulated fluorescence (LSF) is being used to gather evidence of the first aerodynamically significant wings
  • A new track site shows a couple sauropods walking together when a larger sauropod skids to avoid squashing a smaller individual.
  • New sauropod finds in Hateg island Transylvania, Romania may be a fourth genus, but isn’t complete enough to get a new name
  • Dinosaurs and crocodiles have hard eggshells that evolved independently
  • A new titanosaur was found in NW Kenya
  • Low melanosome (color pigment producer) diversity may be linked to low metabolism
  • Compacted coarse cancellous bone (CCCB) that is common in burrowing animals was found in the hind limbs of a new Oryctodromeus relative
  • Exceptional fossils don’t necessarily translate to good cellular and molecular preservation
  • New opalized femur fragments from an ornithopod in lightening ridge show that young were born in the area
  • Melanosomes are not enough to determine color. Structure, chemistry, and diet also have a big impact
  • Calcium isotopes from Morocco and Niger support Spinosaurus as a fish-eater
  • More neornithischian finds from south of Melbourne may end with one or two synonymized taxa in the near future
  • New research shows ovarian follicles in an enantiornithine
  • A sauropod footprint was found in a new sauropod bone, adding to the idea of trampling sauropods
  • A dinosaur stampede like trackway was found near Quilpie, QLD, Australia
  • Coprolites can preserve some soft tissue features and other information about temperatures and habitats
  • The name Kamuysaurus is meant to mean that it is the god of Japanese dinosaurs based on its incredibly complete skeleton
  • Deep learning can process CT scans and save time on analyzing images
  • Equisetum, or horse tails, were probably the most nutritious food for young and adult sauropods
  • Birds use their necks in a variety of ways, but they tend to have a lot of traits in common

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Oct 23, 2019
Brand new allosauroid and a tyrannosaur that's still being excavated
00:50:59

Dinosaur of the day Nyasasaurus, a 240 million year old dinosauriform that may be the earliest known dinosaur.

Interview with Christopher DiPiazza, a science teacher, paleo artist, and creator of the popular site, Prehistoric Beast of the Week. He covers a different prehistoric animal (nearly) every week, with an original painting he creates, a photograph of the fossil, and whenever possible, input from a paleontologist who worked on that animal. Follow him on twitter or @ChrisDPiazza or Instagram.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new early cretaceous carcharodontosaurian, Siamraptor, was discovered in Thailand
  • Rebecca Jensen shared her database and map of Dinosaur National Monument with us
  • In St. George, Utah, carnivorous dinosaur footprints have been found from roughly 200 million years ago
  • The Las Vegas Natural History Museum announced their paleontology team found 240 million year old vertebrate tracks
  • The Dickinson’s Badlands Dinosaur Museum has a new find, a 77 million year old tyrannosaur
  • New fossils on display, including a juvenile Triceratops, adult Triceratops, and a hadrosaur
  • Maximus, a 70 million year old 3m long dinosaur recently sold for for about $227,000
  • Smithsonian Mag published a list of spots to dig for dinosaur bones
  • In Sacramento, California, a man in a Allosaurus costume stopped by a Sacramento City Hall
  • Supergirl star, Melissa Benoit, shared a photo of herself riding a dinosaur and hugging a T. rex

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Oct 16, 2019
A giant chicken and a tiny sauropodomorph
00:26:20

Dinosaur of the day Alioramus, a tyrannosaurid from Asia with nearly 80 teeth and 8 small horns on its snout.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • New alvarezsauroid, Shishugounykus inexpectus, was described from China
  • New Saurornitholestes specimens expand what we know about the genus and synonymize
  • Saturnalia skull and jaw bones were CT scanned and help show why its skull was small
  • Darwin and Dinosaurs exhibition opened in Idaho Falls
  • A giant chicken skeleton was installed at the Denver Central Library

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Oct 09, 2019
An amazing new T. rex and pterosaur
01:01:34

Dinosaur of the day Skorpiovenator, a slightly smaller hornless relative of Carnotaurus. It's one of the most complete abelisaurids found to date.

Interview with Dave Hone, lecturer in Zoology at Queen Mary University of London. He is an expert in both dinosaurs and pterosaurs. He wrote the Tyrannosaur Chronicles and just described the pterosaur Cryodrakon. Find him online @Dave_Hone, on facebook, or on his blog Archosaur Musings.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new study shows the first day of the Cenozoic had huge Sulphur emissions and widespread fires
  • The second most complete T. rex, Victoria, is going on a world tour for the next five years
  • The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has a new Jurassic Paleo Prep Lab
  • New children’s show called Super Dinosaur will be on Amazon on Oct 6
  • The game Jurassic World Evolution has a new herbivore dinosaur pack
  • The new short Jurassic World Battle at Big Rock was released on YouTube

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Oct 02, 2019
Sauropods squishing turtles
00:34:07

Dinosaur of the day Dacentrurus, A wide-hipped stegosaur from the Jurassic in England.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The Japanese “Mukawa dinosaur” now has an official name, Kamuysaurus japonicus
  • A new study shows how T. rex warmed up using a specialized area on top of its head
  • Brian Engh used this research to create an amazing thermal-image illustration
  • A marine turtle that got trampled by a sauropod in what is now Switzerland
  • For those keeping tabs, the Dinosaurs of Utah PDF has been updated to include more species of dinosaurs (now >115)
  • Here’s The Travel’s list of 10 dinosaur places to visit
  • Jurassic Park and Jurassic World memorabilia will be auctioned off in London
  • Crystal Palace dinosaurs had an open day on September 15
  • Magic Leap recently launched a Dinosaur Kit, which lets you assemble dinosaur skeletons from scattered bones—if you have the $2,000+ headset
  • A maid of honor wore an inflatable T. rex costume to her sister’s wedding

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Sep 25, 2019
What is a raptor and how did they use their claws?
00:51:54

Dinosaur of the day Huayangosaurus, a smaller Chinese relative of Stegosaurus.

Interview with Ari Rudenko, the founder and artistic director of Prehistoric Body Theater, a performance company that uses dance to teach about paleontology and evolution. His show, Ghosts of Hell Creek, is currently fundraising to go on tour.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new study finds that raptors likely used their claws for grasping or restraining prey
  • A new fully rooted Triceratops tooth is on display at Casper college in Wyoming
  • The Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands 3D printed some missing bones of their new Triceratops

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Sep 18, 2019
Sabrina Ricci's Hardcore Bone Wars
02:35:05

Sabrina explains the Bone Wars in incredible depth. The Bone Wars refers to the period between the 1870s and 1890s, where two paleontologists, Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope, had a rivalry that eventually ruined them but also made dinosaurs mainstream.

Some of the dinosaurs they named were Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, Camptosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Coelophysis, Diplodocus, Dryosaurus, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and our dinosaur of the day Hesperornis.

Hesperornis is a penguin-like dinosaur with teeth and strange lobed feet.

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Sep 11, 2019
Three Spectacular Stegosaurs and Research Casting International
00:36:44

Dinosaur of the day Charonosaurus, a Chinese Parasaurolophus relative named after the ferryman from the river Styx.

Interview with Peter May, founder and Owner of Research Casting International. They mounted Sue, Stan, & the Nation's T. rex. As well as Zuul, Patagotitan, and countless other amazing dinosaurs around the world.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The new dinosaur Adratiklit boulahfa is the oldest known stegosaur and the first from Northern Africa
  • Two new stegosaur specimens were fround in Montana from the Morrison Formation
  • Researchers at the Museum für Naturkunde modeled their Giraffatitan and found new potential uses for sauropod tails
  • In Tibet, Xing Lida and a research team started a two-week expedition to study some recently found dinosaur footprints
  • A team of researchers in Utah are excavating seven Diplodocus vertebrae, destined for the new LANHM welcome center
  • Jurassic Outpost posted about updates coming to the Jurassic World Live show
  • The Disney Channel is getting the animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
  • Eurogamer has a fun list of games with dinosaurs
  • Turns out Google’s main office has a Stan the T. rex

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Sep 04, 2019
The new grey skulled sauropodomorph and Mission Jurassic
00:27:13

Dinosaur of the day Polacanthus, an ankylosaur that was described in the 1800s, but no one is sure who named it.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • After decades of being classified as Massospondylus, “grey skull” has a new name, Ngwevu intloko
  • Mission Jurassic in North Wyoming could hold over 100 dinosaurs in one square mile
  • A group of juvenile hadrosaurs was found at Pipestone Creek, near the Philip J. Currie Museum
  • The Scottish government is working on better protecting the fossils on the Isle of Skye in Scotland
  • In India, a group of scientists are pushing for a bill that will designate and safeguard fossil sites
  • In Romania, new dinosaur nests have been found, most likely from a hadrosaur like Telmatosaurus
  • The Natural History Museum in London has digitized their holotype of Mantellisaurus
  • The Central Museum of Mongolian Dinosaurs recently opened a new exhibition hall, themed Paleozoic Era
  • Dinosaur Park in Laurel, Maryland has an open house this summer, on September 7
  • Trix the T.rex is back in Leiden, at the updated Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands
  • A new project called “On the Trail of Dinosaurs,” will bring the Dinosaur Tracks from the Australian Dampier Peninsula to life
  • children visiting the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences regularly try to help the injured sauropod, giving it hugs and Band-Aids.
  • South Dakota rancher Kenny Brown recently retired and bequeathed his 1,330 acre ranch to the School of Mines
  • PLOS One blog has a list of events for National Fossil Day in the US (October 16)
  • On August 29, the US Postal Service is issuing four new T. rex stamps, with a holographs
  • Nickelodeon has a new animated series coming out September 14, LEGO Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nubar

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Aug 28, 2019
A new dinosaur found in amber and a tyrannosaur footprint in China
00:37:50

Dinosaur of the day Patagonykus, The "Patagonian claw" alvarezsaur from the Cretaceous.

Interview with Annalisa Berta, a paleontologist and professor emerita at San Diego State University. She’s also the co-author, along with Dr. Susan Turner, of the upcoming book Women in Vertebrate Paleontology, which is a history of women bone hunters beginning in the late 1700s.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Elektorornis chenguangi was named based on its fuzzy foot, which was found in amber
  • Elektorornis may have used its toe fuzz like birds use their facial bristles today
  • A team of paleontologists found the first ever Tyrannosauripus footprint in China
  • The Great Plains Dinosaur Museum is offering a dinosaur dig program for adults and kids in Malta, Montana
  • Leeds city centre, in the UK, has five animatronic dinosaurs for the next few weeks
  • In Fortnite Season X, there are weekly missions, including finding dinosaurs
  • The new anime series “Jurassic!” will combine a modern world and prehistoric animals

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Aug 21, 2019
Nigersaurus, the Darth Vader vacuum cleaner of the Cretaceous
00:26:48

Dinosaur of the day Nigersaurus, the Darth Vader vacuum cleaner of the Cretaceous.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new Psittacosaurus species from Mongolia, amitabha, was described with gastroliths and a great skull
  • A 10 year old boy in Guangdong Province, China stumbled upon a nest of 11 dinosaur eggs
  • A college student In North Dakota found a Triceratops skull while on a paleontology dig
  • Visitors to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science can now see volunteers working on preparing a Triceratops on their lab
  • A 6.6 ft (2 m) long sauropod femur was found near Cognac, France
  • In New York, on Long Island, two new attractions recently opened up at the WAC Lighting Hall of Science

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Aug 14, 2019
Microraptor ate its food face first & Jurassic Park as a horror film
01:02:36

Dinosaur of the day Vulcanodon, a Jurassic sauropod that lived in an African desert surrounded by volcanoes.

Interview with Scott A Bradley, the host of the Hellbent for Horror Podcast, and author of the book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy. He is also a guest blogger on Lit Reactor and contributing writer to magazines like Evilspeak and Medium Chill.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A microraptor was found with a complete lizard in its stomach that it ate face first
  • A shiny new dinosaur, Hesperornithoides, was found in amber with one especially long fuzzy toe
  • Makoshika State Park in Montana has a new dinosaur/paleontology tour
  • Dinosaur Isle Museum, in the UK, has a new juvenile T. rex replica skeleton
  • Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy is being held on the Isle of Wight in September
  • The Grand Rapids Children’s Museum in Michigan has a new traveling exhibit called Amazing Dinosaurs
  • Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Colin Trevorrow, and Blue attended the grand opening of Jurassic World the Ride
  • A mobile game called Tap! Dig! My Museum! Is available on Android and iOS

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Aug 07, 2019
Tenontosaurus with a limp, 1,000s of saurpods, and over 70 T. rex
00:31:57

Dinosaur of the day Sinornithosaurus, an early raptor from China that was covered in feathers.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new census of the Lance & Hell Creek Formations found at least 71 T. rex skulls & skeletons
  • A database of over 3,000 sauropod specimens from the Morrison Formation has been published
  • Broken ribs, toes, and a bone infection were found in an unfortunate Tenontosaurus
  • A helitack crew in Colorado picked up “Walter” in two plaster jackets that weighed over 1,000 pounds each
  • A new dinosaur museum opened up in Wolcott, Colorado
  • On September 15, animatronic dinosaurs are going to be at the Bath Racecourse in the UK
  • Springs Preserve in Las Vegas has a new exhibit called Dino Might
  • The Science Museum of Minnesota recently finished their first Dino Fest
  • Two Chinese paleontologists have made a complete rendering of the bipedal Auroraceratops

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Jul 31, 2019
A new hadrosaur with an eagle nose and a shovel bill
00:40:18

Dinosaur of the day Tuojiangosaurus, a dinosaur that resembles Stegosaurus with thinner plates.

Interview with Jen Bauer, a postdoctoral associate at the Florida Museum of Natural History, with a focus on the myFOSSIL project and the Thompson Institute for Earth Systems. She is also the co-creator, along with Adriane Lam, of Time Scavengers

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Aquilarhinus, the new hadrosaur from Texas with a shovel bill and an eagle nose
  • A large group of opalized dinosaur fossils were found in Lightning Ridge, Australia
  • The lawsuit over the dueling dinosaurs is now at the Montana Supreme Court

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Jul 24, 2019
Blue dinosaur feathers and a theropod with a small skull in its stomache
00:33:06

Dinosaur of the day Euoplocephalus, an ankylosaur from Dinosaur Provinical Park in Canada.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Notatesseraeraptor, a well preserved theropod of the Late Triassic was described in Switzerland
  • A new study of non-iridescent structural colors in feathers described blue feathers in an extinct bird
  • An article covered paleontologist Amy Atwater, the woman behind the Instagram account @mary_annings_revenge
  • The company Handbuilt has created a really cool augmented reality Psittacosaurus exhibit
  • The Center for Science Teaching & Learning in Rockville Centre, New York has a new dinosaur exhibit
  • A zoo in Pennsylvania has a new dinosaur exhibit, including a 65 ft long Brachiosaurus that they are crowdsourcing a name for
  • Special effects artist Tom Devlin opened a “Dinosaur Adventure” attraction in Boulder City, Nevada
  • In Washington, a group in inflatable T. rex costumes ran around a horse track
  • The film Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s New Dinosaur is coming out in 2020

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Jul 17, 2019
David Evans and the one-toed walker
00:57:22

Dinosaur of the day Tsintaosaurus, a hadrosaur with a distinctive "unicorn-like" head crest.

Interview with David Evans, a prolific researcher, associate Professor at the University of Toronto, and curator of dinosaurs at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new dinosaur with one large middle toe and two small slashing claws was discovered
  • The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia has a new Dinosaurs Around the World exhibit
  • In Edinburgh, Scotland, there are animatronic dinosaurs at West Lothian shopping center
  • The Peoria, Illinois Riverfront Museum is getting the AMNH T. rex exhibit in 2021
  • Runescape is getting an update called The Land Out of Time with dinosaurs
  • Apex Legends 2 is getting “dangerous dinosaurs”
  • Jurassic World Alive has an update, where you can feed and play with your dinosaurs in new “sanctuaries”

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Jul 10, 2019
Hylaeosaurus - Episode 240
00:30:22

Dinosaur of the day Hylaeosaurus, an ankylosaur that was one of the first three named dinosaurs.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Researchers questioned dinosaur soft tissue discoveries after finding microorganisms living on a Centrosaurus fossil
  • A pair of massive Macroelongatoolithus eggs were described from Southeastern Idaho
  • In Zimbabwe, a team of researchers found a 97% complete dinosaur skeleton
  • Potential evidence of T. rex living in groups was teased in Utah
  • The Mukawa dinosaur will be on display at the 2019 Dinosaur Expo
  • The new ceratopsian from Colorado has been declared an “adult Triceratops
  • The Boston Globe made a list of stops in New England where you can see dinosaur tracks
  • Downtown Drumheller, Alberta, Canada has a new dinosaur mural

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Jul 03, 2019
Riojasaurus - Episode 239
01:01:01

Dinosaur of the day Riojasaurus, a Triassic sauropodomorph from Argentina that may have been bipedal.

Interview with Tadd Galusha, writer and illustrator of the graphic novel Cretaceous. He’s a comic artist and illustrator, who also created the web comic The Backwoods and worked on Godzilla and TMNT/Ghostbusters 2. You can follow him on Instagram or Twitter, @TaddGalusha, and get his book on Amazon.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The hadrosaur Prosaurolophus may have grown a large squishy nose as it aged to attract mates
  • In Chongqing, China, scientists have found a new yet to be named dinosaur species
  • In Jiangsu Province, China, four dinosaur footprints have been found which had been previously attributed to legendary Chinese humans
  • In Nevada, the Las Vegas Natural History Museum has a new exhibit, “Dinosaurs Take Flight” that focuses on Archaeopteryx
  • The Jurassic World Evolution Claire Dearing DLC was released, we livestreamed it in three parts on Youtube (part 3 here)

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Jun 26, 2019
Supersaurus - Episode 238
00:26:25

Dinosaur of the day Supersaurus, a Portuguese relative of Diplodocus.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Several new opalized Iguanodontian fossils were described from Australia and were used to name a new dinosaur: Fostoria
  • Two new dinosaurs were found in Thailand within a few miles of each other: Phuwiangvenator and Vayuraptor
  • The National Museum in Rio de Janeiro lost less specimens than previously thought
  • The new exhibit DinoQuest opened at the Science Centre Singapore
  • A replica of Scotty the T. rex is now at the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska
  • The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Hall of Fossils reopened after years of renovations
  • Kids from two group homes in Oklahoma will be digging for dinosaurs this summer at a site near Black Mesa
  • Robert McIntosh made a video flying a drone through the Natural History Museum of Utah
  • The French Lick Scenic Railway will have a Dinosaur Adventure Train and other activities
  • In Michigan, 77-year old Sandra Crabb recently purchased Prehistoric Forest and hopes to bring it back to life
  • In New Brunswick, Canada, Robin Hanson made a T. rex sculpture for his grandchildren
  • John Hendrick’s mansion and ranch in Gateway, Colorado, is for sale including a dinosaur footprint
  • Netflix released the first trailer for the new animated Jurassic World spinoff, Jurassic Park: Camp Cretaceous

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Jun 19, 2019
Shuvuuia - Episode 237
00:36:56

Dinosaur of the day Shuvuuia, a Mongolian alvarezsaurid that was probably covered in dino fuzz.

Interview with David Armsby, the creator of the YouTube channel Dead Sound. You may have seen his excellent short animated movie Sharp Teeth. If you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a look. You can also see the video version of our interview on YouTube.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new study found that the Triassic sauropodomorph Mussaurus crawled on all fours as a hatchling
  • A high school senior from the Webb Schools published on a young Edmontosaurus femur—supporting a life-long quadrupedal stance
  • The Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience has life-size skeletons and a Dinosaur Walk
  • The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has a new animatronic T. rex and baby Ankylosaurus
  • Granger, Washington, residents helped build a Sauropelta for their Dino-N-A-Day event
  • Tammy and the T. rex is getting a re-release on Monday, June 17 at the Chicago Cinepocalypse film festival
  • Netflix is making a Jurassic World animated TV show called Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
  • Jurassic World Evolution is getting new DLC featuring Claire Dearing saving dinosaurs
  • the Science Museum of Minnesota is holding a dinosaur event on July 13
  • The North American Paleontological Convention is coming up on June 23–27 at the University of California, Riverside

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Jun 12, 2019
Gargoyleosaurus - Episode 236
00:28:20

Dinosaur of the day Gargoyleosaurus, a Jurassic ankylosaur from Wyoming.

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In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new Late Jurassic sauropod named Oceanotitan was described from Portugal
  • A new study shows that sauropods probably walked on their toes with a large fleshy pad under their heel
  • About 20 bones have been recovered from the ceratopsian in Highlands Ranch, Colorado
  • The court case over the dueling dinosaurs (a ceratopsian and tyrannosaur) is headed back to Montana
  • Theropod dinosaur footprints have been found in Phu Pha Lek National Park in Thailand
  • Amerst College’s Beneski Museum of Natural History is now home to some dinosaur footprints
  • Glenrock Paleon Museum in Wyoming has a new ceratopsian, nicknamed Carol
  • Smithsonian created 3D models of the Nation’s T. rex and their Triceratops which are free to download
  • There’s a big dinosaur exhibit at the Guangdong Science Center in China, called The World’s Largest Dinosaurs
  • Flamingo Gardens in Florida has life-sized dinosaurs on display
  • Field Station: Dinosaurs reopened in New Jersey
  • The Milwaukee County Zoo in Wisconsin has Lego dinosaurs for the summer
  • In Kansas City, Missouri, retired couple Bruce and Judith Wake dig up dinosaurs and show them at schools
  • PC Games made a list of the best dinosaur games on PC
  • A new production of Ari Rudenko’s Ghosts of Hell Creek will in Bali, Indonesia on June 14-15

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Jun 05, 2019
Talarurus - Episode 235
00:56:57

Dinosaur of the day Talarurus, the "wicker tailed" ankylosaurid from Mongolia.

Interview with Brian Engh, a paleoartist, who has illustrated many of the recent dinosaur finds including Aquilops, Dynamoterror, and Invictarx, to name a few. He also makes puppets, movies, and music. Follow him on Patreon at historianhimself.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Ambopteryx, the new membrane-winged dinosaur, adds details that were missing from the Yi qi discovery
  • Workers on a construction site in Colorado found some ceratopsian fossils
  • Four college students found a clutch of dinosaur egg fossils while on a walk in the countryside in China
  • The Museum of New Zealand of Te Papa Tongarewa has a new display featuring an Iguanodon tooth
  • The museum “MOST” in Syracuse, New York is getting a permanent, 3,000 square foot dinosaur exhibit called Dino Zone
  • A massive dinosaur named Ichiro was built for Burning Man, but is in Washington D.C. until this summer
  • An engineering student built a PVC raptor puppet in her free time
  • Quirky Berkeley has a treasure-hunt page dedicated to dinosaurs you can find around Berkeley, California
  • In Bozeman, Montana, Gallatin High School has just made a raptor their new mascot

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May 29, 2019
Agathaumas - Episode 234
00:29:06

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Dinosaur of the day Agathaumas, the ceratopsid that was a ceratopsid before we knew what ceratopsids were.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A single wing of Alcmonavis, the larger cousin of Archaeopteryx was described
  • Thomas Carr visited the Tufts-Love T. Rex and thinks it might help settle the Nanotyrannus debate
  • Maximo the titanosaur at the Field Museum now has its own AI messaging program
  • Thanks to a recent donation, Rowan University plans to build a new Fossil Park
  • Scotty the T. rex is on display in Eastend, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • The Houston Zoo in Texas has a dinosaur exhibit from May 25 until September 2 this year
  • The owner of the Flintstones style house in In California is being sued for adding dinosaurs and landscaping

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May 22, 2019
Chungkingosaurus - Episode 233
00:51:26

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Dinosaur of the day Chungkingosaurus, one of the smallest known stegosaurs.

Interview with Andrew McDonald, curator and an educator at the Western Science Center in Hemet, California. His research focuses on the evolution of dinosaurs in North America during the Cretaceous, and he regular does field work in New Mexico. Since becoming curator, he's already named two new dinosaurs: Dynamoterror and Invictarx.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Suskityrannus, the “coyote” ancestor to T. rex was described from New Mexico
  • Russian paleontologists have found fossils of Cretaceous stegosaurs which may belong to a new species
  • In Escondido, California, The Roynon Museum of Earth Science and Paleontology will be shutting down on June 29
  • In Ogden, Utah, Ogden’s George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park has some new models, including a Utahraptor
  • The Museum for Natural Sciences in Brussels, Belgium, has a new Allosaurus named “Arkhane” until April of next year

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May 15, 2019
Indosuchus - Episode 232
00:37:05

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Dinosaur of the day Indosuchus, an Indian abelisaurid from the Late Cretaceous.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The foot of a new dinosaur, Imperobator antarcticus, was found in Antarctica
  • Xingtianosaurus ganqi was found in China and named after a headless deity and his weapon
  • A robotic Caudipteryx and baby ostriches may help explain how birds learned to fly
  • New measurements of the Berlin Archaeopteryx appear to show that it could fly (and not just glide)
  • In Ogdensburg, New Jersey, the Sterling Hill Mining Museum has new dinosaur tracks on display
  • A lambeosaurine from Alaska’s North Slope has made it to the Perot Museum in Dallas, Texas
  • Dinosaur National Monument has been recognized by the International Dark Sky Association
  • Dino Parc Rasnov in Romania recently doubled in size
  • In London, there will be a 12 week run of Dinosaur World Live at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
  • Smithsonian’s National Zoo is having a dino summer from June to August with animatronic dinosaurs
  • A new movie called Velicipastor is skipping the theaters
  • Jurassic World the Ride is set top open at Universal Studios, CA this summer
  • Fortnite has dinosaurs in the desert biome and gives a reward if you dance with them

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May 08, 2019
Haestasaurus - Episode 231
00:54:32

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Dinosaur of the day Haestasaurus, a sauropod whose arm was originally thought to be from a carnivorous marine reptile.

Interview with Steve Brusatte, Paleontologist at The University of Edinburgh. Before moving to the UK he spent several years at the American Museum of Natural History. He is also the "resident paleontologist" for BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs and author of the book The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new hadrosauroid, Gobihadros, was described from a complete skeleton and skull
  • A juvenile T. rex is for sale on eBay, stirring up quite a bit of controversy
  • A new ankylosaur has been announced in Hillsboro, Texas
  • A hadrosauroid from Hokkaido is going on display in the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo
  • In Japan, an 18-year-old high school student found a 90 million year old tyrannosaur tooth
  • A new presentation details the tracks from the St. George Utah dinosaur track site
  • The Montana bill making fossils part of a property’s surface rights was signed by governor Steve Bullock

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May 01, 2019
Jeholosaurus - Episode 230
00:30:34

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Dinosaur of the day Jeholosaurus, a cute little ornithopod from northeastern China.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Amazing skin detail was preserved in one inch long theropod tracks in South Korea
  • A new study shows that Dinosaurs didn't evolve thick eggs until the Middle or Late Jurassic
  • A new paper declares that Bienosaurus is a nomen dubium
  • The Field Museum in Chicago recreated the night sky of the Cretaceous period to accompany Sue
  • The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History is a new museum that has a Majungasaurus on display
  • In Texas, there’s a traveling museum that has gone to thousands of schools, called Dinosaur George
  • Robert Young, a 9-year-old created a website Dinology, dedicated to dinosaurs
  • The Jurassic Park trilogy is now on Netflix, in the UK and Ireland, but not the US

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Apr 24, 2019
Rhoetosaurus - Episode 229
00:46:20

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Dinosaur of the day Rhoetosaurus, a sauropod from Queensland, Australia that has been pieced together over 50+ years.

Interview with Darrin Pagnac, associate professor of geology and geological engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, and the author of a recent paper called Dinosaurs: A Catalyst for Critical Thought

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new giant titanosaur, Kaijutitan maui, found with a partial skull
  • The first lambeosaurine (head-crested) hadrosaur bone from Alaska
  • The Triceratops named Headless Henry at the Missouri Institute of Natural Science recently got a head
  • In Calgary, Canada, a clean up company called Just Junk found thousands of fossils when helping a family move
  • You can see a “Skinny” the sauropod at Heathrow Airport in London until June 3, when it will be removed for auction
  • Jurassic World Live Tour announced U.S. tour dates starting in Columbus, Ohio this September

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Apr 17, 2019
Gigantspinosaurus - Episode 228
00:44:06

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Dinosaur of the day Gigantspinosaurus, a stegosaur (not a spinosaurid) with large shoulder spines.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • The day that wiped out the dinosaurs was captured in a 1.3m layer of flood water, fossilized fish, and raining tektites
  • According to the New Yorker, we can expect to see many dinosaur fossils that were killed by the asteroid in future articles
  • Several museums are working together to excavate near the Jurassic Mile in Wyoming
  • A man found a Spinosaurus tooth while running erands in Japan
  • The Discovery Center of Idaho in Boise is installing Tinker, a juvenile T. rex cast
  • The Antarctic Dinosaurs exhibit is now at LA’s Natural History Museum with Cryolophosaurus and Glacialisaurus
  • A Jurassic Park fan created a 6 minute stop motion short called Indomation featuring an Indoraptor toy and wooden artist manikins

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Apr 10, 2019
Incisivosaurus - Episode 227
00:50:43

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Dinosaur of the day Incisivosaurus, a small dinosaur with rodent-like front teeth.

Interview with Alida Bailleul, who recently described a dinosaur fossil with an unlaid egg clearly in its abdomen. Her research focuses on microscopic structure of dinosaur bone and tissue. She has also studied modern alligators and birds to learn about dinosaur tissue and biomechanics.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new small therizinosaur, Lingyuanosaurus sihedangensis, was discovered with smaller more curved claws than its relative Therizinosaurus
  • “Scotty” the T. rex is now officially the largest Tyrannosaur—and possibly land predator—ever discovered
  • An amazing find of a dinosaur, Avimaia schweitzerae, that died with an unlaid egg inside it was found in Northwest China
  • Washington State is working on getting an official state dinosaur: Suciasaurus rex
  • The Montana state senate passed the bill 50-0 that says fossils are a property’s surface rights, not mineral rights
  • Colorado Northwestern Community College has a new dinosaur, Walter, the hadrosaur

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Apr 03, 2019
Kaatedocus - Episode 226
00:37:08

Dinosaur of the day Kaatedocus , the smaller cousin of Diplodocus and Barosaurus.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new basal ornithopod with skinny arms, Mahuidacursor lipanglef, was described in Argentina
  • A hadrosaur was found in Montana with marks showing it was probably chewed on by a juvenile T. rex
  • Tracks from the Middle Jurassic of China appear to be the first evidence of quadrupedal theropod walking
  • Several institutions in New Mexico are working together this spring to photograph, scan, map, and model the Clayton Lake Dinosaur Tracksite
  • Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita, Colorado, has a new 6ft 4in Apatosaurus femur on display
  • The Natural History Museum at Tring in the UK has a new, free exhibition, that shows off the dinosaurs of the British Isles
  • The U.S. Postal Service is coming out with new T. rex stamps this year
  • The Canadian Mint has a new, limited edition glow in the dark dinosaur coin of a hatching Hypacrosaurus

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Mar 27, 2019
Atlascopcosaurus - Episode 225
00:59:00

Dinosaur of the day Atlascopcosaurus, an Early Cretaceous iguanodont from southern Australia.

We also interviewed Michael D'Emic, Assistant Professor of Biology at Adelphi University. He has studied dinosaur body size evolution, bone tissues, and teeth. We discuss the crazy number of teeth that Majungasaurus grew, Allosaurus growth variation, why some Titanosaurs had osteoderms, and a lot more. Follow him on Twitter @astrophocaudia

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new ornithopod, Galleonosaurus dorisae, was found in Southern Victoria, Australia
  • A group of 29 young ornithopods were named Convolosaurus marri in Texas
  • Jurassic National Monument in Utah was confirmed as part of a new public lands bill
  • India is planning on building their own version of the Smithsonian Museum, called the Indian Museum of Earth
  • Calgary Zoo in Canada is giving its Dinny the Dinosaur statue a $200,000 makeover
  • An animatronic dinosaur ride is coming to the Bronx Zoo in April
  • In Berkeley New Jersey, there will soon be a new dinosaur outside Sand Castle Diner, to keep Bud the Bayville dinosaur company
  • Publication Studio Games created a fun text based, choose your own adventure game, called A Dinosaur Named David Swims in a Japanese pool
  • You can now buy a toy model version of the Google Chrome T. rex

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Mar 20, 2019
Dromaeosaurus - Episode 224
00:24:16

Dinosaur of the day Dromaeosaurus, the bigger badder cousin of velociraptor with a bite about three times as strong.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new baby oviraptorid, Gobiraptor minutus, from Cretaceous Mongolia that may have eaten bivalves
  • The first stegosaur named in Mongolia, Mongolostegus exspectabilis, may be the most recent stegosaur found to date
  • A new article in Nature shows that two-thirds of 3D scan data is not shared online, largely so authors can exclusively use it for future work
  • The Montana House of Representatives passed the bill that says fossils are part of a property’s surface estate, not the mineral estate
  • The National Showcaves Centre for Wales sold a 15ft tall 30 ft long Allosaurus sculpture to make space for new sculptures

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Mar 13, 2019
Nodosaurus - Episode 223
00:49:14