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A New Allosauroid from Kyrgyzstan04 Sep 202401:02:29

Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus was just named from Kyrgyzstan, plus a new abelisaurid from France, and a Triassic dinosaur in Brazil. We also discuss if dinosaur mounts are art and a few new dinosaur books.

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Dinosaur of the day Confuciusornis, a crow-sized dinosaur that is known from potentially over 1,000 specimens.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • There’s a new allosauroid theropod dinosaur, Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus, that was found in Kyrgyzstan
  • There’s a new abelisaurid theropod dinosaur, Caletodraco cottardi, described from Normandy, France
  • Should dinosaur skeletal mounts be considered works of art?
  • A couple new dinosaur books

 

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New Sauropods and the Yale Peabody has Reopened!28 Aug 202401:13:21

Susan Butts joins us to explain all the changes and upgrades at the newly renovated Yale Peabody Museum! Plus, new sauropods from Argentina include Campananeyen and a couple of unnamed titanosauriforms. And Australotitan may be a junior synonym.

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Ruyangosaurus, links from Susan Butts, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Ruyangosaurus-Episode-509/

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Dinosaur of the day Ruyangosaurus, a very large titanosauriform sauropod from the Early Cretaceous.

Interview with Susan Butts, the Director of Collections & Research at the Yale Peabody Museum and her background is as an invertebrate paleontologist

In dinosaur news this week:

  • There’s a new rebbachisaurid, Campananeyen fragilissimus
  • There are new titanosauriform sauropods in the Portezuelo Formation of Patagonia
  • Australotitan (a.k.a.) “Cooper” may be a junior synonym of the sauropod Diamantinasaurus

 

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Raptor Renaissance!27 Jun 202401:24:58

This history of dromaeosaurs (better known as raptors). Plus an A to Z guide of the most common dinosaur terms and inside jokes from our first 500 episodes.

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Deinonychus (revisited), and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Deinonychus (revisited)-Episode-500/

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Dinosaur of the day Deinonychus (revisited), a dinosaur famous for its sickle-claws and eating the hadrosaur Tenontosaurus.

Some highlights about dromaeosaurs:

  • Dromaeosaurs have many bird like features in their shoulders, wrists, and feathers
  • Both with modern raptors (birds of prey) and dromaeosaurs the foot is the deadly weapon
  • Utahraptor was discovered around the time the movie Jurassic Park came out, more recently a new huge block of Utahraptors was found
  • Paleontologist Bob Bakker tells a compelling story of a Utahraptor through her eyes in his novel Raptor Red
  • Paleontologist John Ostrom named Deinonychus in 1969 (which also has ties to Jurassic Park)
  • "The first definitive dromaeosaur with a reasonably complete skeleton ever found in the US" is nicknamed "Julietraptor"


Plus, I Know Dino A to Z (the most common dinosaur terms you should know)

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A huge find from Africa and a dinosaur egg full of crystals12 Oct 202201:05:09

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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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A new tyrannosauroid from Idaho05 Oct 202200:40:34

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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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A huge new spinosaur and a tiny thyreophoran29 Sep 202200:55:00

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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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A new tiny-armed, gigantic, megapredator22 Sep 202201:07:58

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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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Another carnivore for Stromer's Riddle14 Sep 202200:57:07

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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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Dinosaurs in Alabama with Skye Walker08 Sep 202200:49:43

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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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Theropods biting with Evan Johnson-Ransom01 Sep 202200:36:53

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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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Common Dinosaur Misconceptions25 Aug 202201:03:58

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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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A scientifically accurate graphic novel featuring Europasaurus17 Aug 202200:41:08

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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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The amazing paleontologist who inspired Indiana Jones10 Aug 202200:58:56

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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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Every Theropod Injury, Plus New Dinosaur Digs!21 Jun 202401:15:19

Over 300 theropod pathologies, a family found a juvenile Tyrannosaurus while hiking, there's a new poo (coprolite) museum, and Marisa Rodriguez joins from Ancient Odysseys to discuss how to get involved with paleontology as a citizen scientist

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Dinosaur of the day Anabisetia, a small quick ornithopod that is often overlooked because it lived among titanosaurs and some very large predators.

Interview with Marisa Rodriguez, a citizen scientist and founder of Ancient Odysseys, a site that helps people find paleontology and archaeology digs around the world.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Three new predatory dinosaurs from South America with pathologies and a review of all the documented theropod injuries and diseases
  • A family on a hike found a juvenile Tyrannosaurus
  • There’s a new museum dedicated to fossilized poop (coprolite) in Williams, Arizona
  • The fossil cabin (that's made from dinosaur bones) near Como Bluff in Wyoming may be getting moved soon

 

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Stegosaurus with Susannah Maidment04 Aug 202200:47:13

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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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Hateg Island: Mini Dinosaurs and the Giant Terror That Hunted Them29 Jul 202201:44:17

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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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The many uses of melanin21 Jul 202200:58:16

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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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Fossil hunting with Cameron Muskelly14 Jul 202200:48:45

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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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How to find fossils06 Jul 202200:51:42

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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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How T. rex was found and how it changed paleontology30 Jun 202200:42:52

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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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Why Ankylosaurus is the best dinosaur23 Jun 202200:43:09

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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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Jurassic World Dominion vs Prehistoric Planet16 Jun 202200:57:38

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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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Animating the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World dinosaurs08 Jun 202200:59:05

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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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What makes a dinosaur a dinosaur?01 Jun 202200:53:56

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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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Two new dinos! And exploring dinosaurs through language13 Jun 202400:59:21

A new theropod dinosaur, Dornraptor, that wasn't named after Game of Thrones; A new sauropodomorph that was named after a houseboat; and an update on Carthage College's paleo program

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Dinosaur of the day Elsornis, the only enantiornithine found so far that may have been flightless.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new theropod dinosaur, Dornraptor normani, was named from bones discovered over 150 years ago
  • There’s a new sauropodomorph from Zimbabwe, Musankwa sanyatiensis, named after a houseboat
  • The Carthage Institute of Paleontology will run out of funding for their preparator in August and their field program will go with it

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Dinosaurs in the Brazilian Outback25 May 202200:57:40

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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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How dinosaurs evolved flight18 May 202201:05:18

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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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Your Questions Answered12 May 202201:11:08

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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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The largest megaraptorid ever?05 May 202200:55:53

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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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The day that dinosaurs went extinct28 Apr 202201:09:06

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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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Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus infighting21 Apr 202200:47:05

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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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Sauropods with goosebumps14 Apr 202201:09:48

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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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Sauropods didn't walk like elephants07 Apr 202201:04:55

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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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The mysterious extinction of a dinosaur01 Apr 202201:31:45

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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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New stegosaurs, alvarezsaurids, and dinosaur injuries24 Mar 202200:42:52

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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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How to Tell a Tyrannosauroid from a Ceratosaur and a Maniraptoran06 Jun 202400:46:37

We explore the differences between the key groups of theropods. Plus an amazing new Psittacosaurus find; The new Allosaurus type specimen is official; And new techniques confirm another predator that lived alongside Spinosaurus.

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Dinosaur of the day Cruxicheiros, a tetanuran theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic in what is now Warwickshire, England.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new exceptional Psittacosaurus has both reptile like scaly skin and bird like feather-covered skin
  • Allosaurus has a new type specimen (the Smithsonian’s skeleton)
  • Combining multiple techniques to study isolated teeth, paleontologists found four different types of theropods in the Kem Kem Beds in Morocco, including a rare noasaurid


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Iguanodon had a foot long thumb spike18 Mar 202201:20:48

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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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Tyrannosaurus rex has two new sister species?10 Mar 202201:04:15

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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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Dinosaur National Monument with ReBecca Hunt-Foster04 Mar 202201:02:59

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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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A new spinosaurid and several new Tethyshadros24 Feb 202200:55:36

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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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Correcting misconceptions of paleontology with Roy Plotnick17 Feb 202201:00:18

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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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A new velociraptor relative with hornlets10 Feb 202200:48:30

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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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Jane the T. rex and a new sauropod site with the Burpee Museum03 Feb 202201:10:45

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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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Was a new ankylosaur deaf?27 Jan 202200:52:37

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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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A fossilized baby dino, a new ankylosaur, and dinosaurs in Zulu20 Jan 202201:13:42

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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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The axe-tailed ankylosaur12 Jan 202200:40:35

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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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Three new dinosaurs including a new Carnotaurus rival30 May 202400:37:52

Koleken lived with Carnotaurus, but as far as we know it didn't have horns. Plus a new Masiakasaurus relative Kiyacursor and a new titanosaur named Tiamat which may have had osteoderms.

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Dinosaur of the day Mahakala, a small halszkaraptorine dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Mongolia's Gobi Desert.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • A new close relative of Carnotaurus, named Koleken, was just described
  • There’s a new noasaurid theropod, Kiyacursor longipes
  • There’s a new titanosaur, Tiamat valdecii

 

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A New raptor in Europe and a toothless theropod in Brazil06 Jan 202201:08:55

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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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Best of 202129 Dec 202100:57:34

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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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Dinosaurs in Victorian Pop Culture23 Dec 202101:00:50

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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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