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Riley Black joins to discuss her new book "Tyrant Lizard Queen" which follows the chaotic life of one particular T. rex. Plus lots of tyrannosaur news: T. rex was as warm as a human, three new tyrannosaurs named based on some splitting, juvenile Gorgosaurus diets, and more

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Dinosaur of the day Noasaurus, a small theropod with very sharp teeth.

Interview with Riley Black, an award-winning science writer whose work has appeared in National Geographic, Scientific American, Nature, Smithsonian, and more. She has also written many books, most recently, “Tyrant Lizard Queen,” an imaginative celebration of T. rex from hatching to adulthood. Follow her on rileyblack.net or on bluesky & buttondown @restingdinoface

In dinosaur news this week:

• T. rex was as warm as a person
• An update on Scotty the T. rex: it died of its broken rib
• There’s a new albertosaurine tyrannosaurid, Tromerosaurus, known from at least three partial skulls and skeletons
• A juvenile Gorgosaurus skull sheds light on how and where Gorgosaurus lived
• Two new tyrannosaurs were named, though they don’t appear to be widely accepted: Gilmoretyrannus and Larsonvenator
• Asiatyrannus xui and Raptorex kriegsteini are likely junior synonyms of Tarbosaurus bataar

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Plus a hatchling Allosaurus that was partially digested before fossilizing, T. rex tooth marks on Edmontosaurus, reviews of Netflix's The Dinosaurs & The End of Oak Street, and more.

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Dinosaur of the day Stygivenator, a fragmentary tyrannosaur that for many years was known as "the Jordan theropod".

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new enantiornithean bird, Chromeornis funkyi, and it choked to death on rocks
• The shape of gastroliths can help us figure out how dinosaurs digested their food
• Paleontologists found evidence of a poor hatchling Allosaurus being eaten
• Tooth marks on Edmontosaurus bones likely show a T. rex was feeding or scavenging on it
• Review of “The King and the Dragon” By S. Hunter Allred
• Review of Netflix's "The Dinosaurs" (link in show notes has behind the scenes clips)
• Review of "The End of Oak Street" starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor

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Every megaraptoran dinosaur that has been described. Plus some that aren't officially named like the "Lightning Claw" from the opal fields of Australia. And many that have been given other classifications—like a potential giant compsognathid.

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Dinosaur of the day Aniksosaurus and Aoniraptor, two predators on the smaller side for the Cretaceous. Aniksosaurus was probably under 10ft (3m) long and under 100lb (45Kg). Aoniraptor was twice as long and heavier, but it had a lot of air spaces in its bones to make it as light as possible..

Megaraptorids could be closely related to Tyrannosaurs, but they had lighter skeletons and large impressive hand claws.

The Meagaraptorans discussed in this episode:

• Megaraptor: The original megaraptorid
• "Lightning Claw" from the opal fields in Australia
• Fukuiraptor: A slender megaraptorid with flat hand claws
• Phuwiangvenator: One of the oldest genera (Early Cretaceous)
• Vayuraptor: Another old genus from Thailand
• Rapator: Opalized left hand bone found in 1905
• Aerosteon: The aptly named "air bone" from Argentina
• Australovenator: Also known as "Banjo" the largest predatory dinosaur in Australia
• Joaquinraptor: One of the last surviving megaraptorans (Latest Cretaceous)
• Maip: Largest known megaraptorid (30ft/9m and under 1.5 tons)
• Murusraptor: Proportionally long snout from Argentina
• Orkoraptor: The "toothed river thief" with specialized teeth and other features similar to compsognathids despite its large size
• Tratayenia: Known from a handful of thin and hollow bones
• Possible megaraptorans:
• Bahariasaurus
• Chilantaisaurus
• Datanglong
• Deltadromeus
• Eotyrannus
• Gualicho
• Siats
• Vectaerovenator
• Walgettosuchus

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The new hadrosaur Gongshuilong had an amazing, and tall, tail; A new close relative of Parasaurolophus with a large head crest; And a "hidden hadrosaur" Kryptohadros from Romania; Plus the PBS Eons team join to discuss their new series on the Permian and the Great Dying that started the Mesozoic.

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Dinosaur of the day Shamosaurus, a medium-sized ankylosaur.

Interview with Blake de Pastino, Kallie Moore, and Gabriel-Philip Santos, three of the hosts of the YouTube channel PBS Eons, and their new six-episode series from PBS Digital Studios and Complexly, titled Eons: Life and Death on Pangea, explores the “Great Dying”

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new "hidden hadrosaur": Kryptohadros kallaiae
• A new saurolophine hadrosaurid, Gongshuilong fanwei, with a sail down its tail (and maybe its back)
• A new close relative of Parasaurolophus from Canada named Plesiolophus warnerensis
• The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia has announced that it's closing at the end of the month. But a facebook group was created to try and save it.

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From tiny Triassic taxa to stupendous "snake-necked" sauropods. We cover eight brand new named dinosaurs—And they are all sauropods (with one sauropodomorph).

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Dinosaur of the day Venenosaurus, a small sauropod whose name means "poison lizard".

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new small sauropodomorph from Zimbabwe, Musango matusadonaensis, that weighed as much as two ostriches
• A sauropod in India, Ceratocaudia antiqua, was old for a neosauropod (Early/Mid Jurassic) but also old as an individual (with arthritis)
• A new small titanosaur from Uruguay, Mesetasaurus protector
• A new Moroccan titanosaur, Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis, looked a lot like a miniature Patagotitan
• There’s a new Argentinian sauropod, Bicharracosaurus dionidei, the "big animal lizard"
• A new "snake necked" mamenchisaur from Thailand was named Uragasaurus kalasinensis
• The new sauropod Yantaloong lini has an extra pair of “lock and key” joints between its vertebrae
• There’s a new enormous titanosauriform, Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, from Thailand with a humerus measuring 1.78m (5ft 10in) tall
• The first dinosaur bone found in Antarctica belongs to a titanosaur (although its not complete enough to have a name)

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Joschua Knüppe returns to discuss working on dinosaur documentaries, paleoart (from press releases to murals), and many more projects. Plus the new raptor, Kank australis, which may have been an active fisher.

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Dinosaur of the day Oohkotokia, an armored ankylosaur that lived alongside tyrannosaurs like Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus.

Interview with Joschua Knüppe, a paleoartist, and host of Paleostream on Twitch. He was also the scientific advisor for Netflix’s The Dinosaurs, which came out earlier this year—and we talked to him in episode 403, about the graphic novel, Europasaurus: Life on Jurassic Islands

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new unenlagiid dinosaur, Kank australis, that seems to have adaptations for fishing (and fossilized with fish)

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Lindsay Graham from History Daily explores the human side of two topics we often discuss on the show: extinction and volcanic eruptions.

• On June 3, 1844, after becoming collector’s items for being a rare species, the last pair of great auks is killed by fishermen.
• On August 26, 1883, a volcano explodes on the island of Krakatoa, sparking one of the deadlest natural disasters in history.

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Tyrannosaurus hatchlings; Tyrannosaurus took 40 years to reach full size; Some dinosaurs grew really fast and some were incredibly slow; Growth affects how much dinosaurs need parental care; A listener question about how sauropod diets changed as they grew; And a whole lot more dinosaur growth research

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Dinosaur of the day Tambatitanis, a titanosauriform from Japan named after the friendship between the two people who found the dinosaur.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new titanosauriform dinosaur, Dasosaurus tocantinensis
• When estimating how dinosaurs grew, some models may be missing important data points
• Dinosaurs were likely thicker and heavier than previously estimated
• How much did climate affect dinosaur body size evolution? It’s hard to say
• Scans of Early Triassic archosauromorph fossils show that this group had a variety of growth strategies from the beginning
• How scales grow as dinosaurs grow can give us some information on how they lived
• Tyrannosaur hatchlings may have left the nest shortly after hatching to hunt
• It took Tyrannosaurus rex 40 years to reach its full size
• Ceratosaurus grew more than 9 times faster than some of its fellow ceratosaurs
• The basal ornithopod Changchunsaurus was one of the slowest growing dinosaurs (that we know of)
• Maiasaura grew in a way that it needed a lot of parental care as a hatchling
• The hadrosaur Gryposaurus grew (mostly) isometrically (meaning everything grew at the same rate)
• The small iguanodont Dysalotosaurus had some interesting fused bones in its neck
• A new, tiny, young sauropodomorph sheds light on how early dinosaurs grew
• The titanosaur Neuquensaurus grew quickly, but differently than expected

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Bird expert Daniel Ksepka joins us from the Bruce Museum to discuss some of the most interesting extinct birds, dinosaur brains, and much more. Plus the new sauropodomorph Xiangyunloong with an extra sturdy tail.

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Dinosaur of the day Brasilotitan, a squared jawed titanosaur from (you probably guessed) Brazil.

Interview with Daniel Ksepka, a vertebrate paleontologist who specializes in birds. His main research is on penguins, though he has studied everything from turkeys to albatrosses. He is also a research associate at several museums and curator of science at The Bruce Museum in Connecticut—an art and science museum that has an exciting exhibit coming up about Earth’s mass extinctions.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new sauropodomorph dinosaur, Xiangyunloong fengming that had a sturdy, long tail

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A new hadrosaur dinosaur mummy includes "cutaneous spikes" that would have given its skin a thorny texture. Plus Tara Tassone joins to discuss making our Dinosaur Rookie Cards and designing our new logo (and I Know Paleo logo).

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Dinosaur of the day Atacamatitan, one of the most complete titanosaurs found in Chile.

Interview with Tara Tassone, a graphic designer and illustrator. She's a graphic designer for the Mariners’ Museum and Park in Virginia. She also designed our new Dinosaur Rookie Cards. Follow her on instagram @t.n.t.design and check out her etsy shop Feather and Fang Studio.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new hadrosaur mummy featuring the prickliest skin of any dinosaur found to date—the new species Haolong dongi

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From the smallest ones (birds) to the largest (tyrannosaurs) and in between. The evolution of theropods, an extra large tyrannosaur, more evidence that Nanotyrannus is valid, two new small theropods (enantiornithine birds), and much more

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Dinosaur of the day Avimimus, the bird mimic of bird mimics.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new Early Jurassic theropod skeleton gives more insight into how theropods evolved
• There’s a new enantiornithine, Plumadraco bankoorum, and it had really long tail feathers
• There is a new enantiornithine, Gorgonavis alcyone, and it had a long beak
• Paleontologists found an extra large tyrannosaur shinbone in New Mexico, which may show Tyrannosaurus evolved in North America
• A study of the tiny hyoid bone (in the mouth) in Nanotyrannus supports that it is a valid dinosaur
• How and what theropods ate changed over time as their skulls evolved—a new study breaks down the theropod group changes
• Five different carnivorous non-avian theropod groups evolved to have shorter arms and bigger heads (not just T. rex)

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Spinosaurus mirabilis has a head unlike any other spinosaur with possibly the tallest head crest of any non-avian dinosaur. Plus, Jeff Bond joins from Ogden's George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park to discuss what it's like running a museum with animatronics, fossils, a prep lab, sculptures, and (in the near future) puppets!

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Dinosaur of the day Bonatitan, a small titanosaur sauropod with two well preserved braincases.

Interview with Jeff Bond, curator and head paleontologist at Ogden’s George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park in Utah

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new species of Spinosaurus, Spinosaurus mirabilis, with a very impressive crest on its head

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Dr. Steve Brusatte joins us for a paleontologist interview about The Story of Birds, exploring how birds survived the dinosaur extinction, evolved from dinosaur ancestors, and became one of Earth's most successful groups of animals.

In this episode of I Know Dino, we cover new dinosaur discoveries and dinosaur research before sitting down with Steve Brusatte, paleontologist, author, and University of Edinburgh professor. We discuss what the fossil record reveals about bird evolution, why birds are living dinosaurs, and how paleontologists connect modern species to their dinosaur ancestors. Steve explains how scientists study dinosaur evolution, brain evolution, and the survival of bird lineages through the end-Cretaceous extinction.

We also talk about giant fossil birds, terror birds, penguins that once rivaled large mammals, and how dinosaur research continues to reshape our understanding of prehistoric life. Along the way, Steve shares stories from his work as a researcher, science communicator, and author, including insights from writing The Story of Birds and helping connect modern bird biology to deep dinosaur history.

Before the interview, we cover a new tiny alvarezsauroid from Argentina, discuss what it reveals about dinosaur evolution, and look at new research tools that help scientists reconstruct ancient environments and extinction events.

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Steve Brusatte joins to discuss the only group of dinosaurs that survived the asteroid. Plus a new alvarezsauroid which is the most complete and smallest dinosaur ever found in South America.

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Dinosaur of the day Tataouinea, a rebbachisaurid sauropod and the first articulated dinosaur skeleton found in Tunisia.

Interview with Steve Brusatte, a professor of Palaeontology and Evolution at the University of Edinburgh. He is also the paleontology advisor for Jurassic World and author of a numerous of best-selling paleontology books. His latest book is The Story of Birds (which is already a NYT Best Seller)

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new alvarezsauroid, Alnashetri, which has set a record as the most complete dinosaur found in South America

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An extraordinary fossil find provides fresh evidence about dinosaur behavior and predator-prey interactions.

Plus hadrosaurs breaking their tails while mating, a diplodocoid with a broken tail tip, and many more paleopathologies.

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Dinosaur of the day Koparion, a small troodontid we only know from a tooth.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new herrerasaur, Ptychotherates bucculentus
• Hadrosaurs may have injured their tails while mating
• A Barosaurus with a long whip-like tail had a fracture at the tip of its tail
• A tyrannosaur lost the tip of its tooth in the skull of an Edmontosaurus
• A Plateosaurus with a bone infection in its right arm is the oldest known dinosaur bone infection
• Cancer has been around for millions of years, including in dinosaurs
• A few titanosaurs were found with cysts in their tails
• A mamenchisaurid sauropod had a tumor on its shoulder and arm

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The Tanis site is one of the most important paleo sites in North America, showing details of the exact day when the Cretaceous ended. Plus two new cute dinosaurs.

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Dinosaur of the day Silvisaurus, an ankylosaur with a pear-shaped skull.

Interview with Rob Sula, the Senior field supervisor for Paleo Prospectors. He's a field paleontologist, teacher, and artist with decades of experience hunting and excavating dinosaurs and has co-discovered some very important fossil sites. He was also recently featured in the documentary Why Dinosaurs?

In dinosaur news this week:

• Dr. Hans Sues has ascended to paleo legend status
• There’s a new cute ornithopod, Foskeia pelendonum
• There’s another new, possibly even cuter dinosaur, the thescelosaurid ornithischian Doolysaurus huhmini

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Lots of new discoveries of soft tissues in dinosaurs. Plus new studies to confirm old soft tissues and a new—controversial—iguanodont.

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Dinosaur of the day Santanaraptor, a small theropod found with soft tissue.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a potentially new iguanodont, Paulodon galvensis (but it is controversial)
• Soft tissues can be preserved in fossils regardless of the species, age of the bones, or where the animal was buried
• A new method using Cross-polarized light microscopy (XPol) helps identify organic molecules in fossils
• New Edmontosaurus "mummies" show hooves, small spikes down the tail, and a banded fleshy crest over the neck and back
• Scientists re-evaluated the soft tissue crest of an edmontosaur hadrosaur dinosaur
• Dinosaurs likely had muscles forming cheeks
• New titanosaur sauropod tracks found in Mongolia show a lot of soft tissue details in the hands and feet

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A new troodontid with a skull like a pachycephalosaur, two new prehistoric birds, the bird evolutionary tree, how birds developed the ability to fly, how we know Microraptor turned out to be a decent flier, and a mathematical rule that shapes theropod faces

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Dinosaur of the day Archaeopteryx , the "ancient wing" dinosaur that was originally named for just a single feather, but is now known from over a dozen individuals.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new troodontid theropod, Xenovenator espinosai, has an extremely thick skull—like a pachycephalosaur
• Scientists have created a complete evolutionary tree of all birds (over 9,000 species)
• There’s a new neoavian Aequornithes bird from Antarctica, Pujatopouli soberana
• There is a new euornithean bird, Kunpengornis anhuimusei, that has gut contents!
• How the structure of feathers in the Cretaceous tells us about their evolution
• The specialization of a small wrist bone, the pisiform, helps birds to fly
• A key wing muscle that helps birds fly appears to have evolved by fusing cells from multiple muscles
• How often birds, bats, and insects flap when flying may be related to a built in constraint related to the vortex their wings generate with each flap
• More Microraptor specimens (with soft tissues!) show it was a decent flier
• A set of raptor dinosaur tracks indirectly shows it used its arms to help it run faster
• Just because a theropod dinosaur had short arms and not many fingers, doesn’t mean their hands and arms were useless
• Birds have a special organ to help them balance (which doesn't seem to matter as much for flight)
• Birds have been nesting in the Arctic for at least 73 million years
• How theropod dinosaur (non-avian and bird) faces are shaped may have followed a mathematical rule
• A study of the Chicago Archaeopteryx found that could definitely fly
• Birds need a lot of calories to fly, and Archaeopteryx, the oldest known bird, has three features modern birds also have to eat efficiently

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Plus a duck-billed dinosaur with a strong jaw and a couple of small dinosaurs from the the U.S. and Europe

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In dinosaur news this week:

• A New Jurassic neornithischian dinosaur with a Voice Box. Pulaosaurus qinglong, from China’s Tiaojishan Formation, has only the second larynx ever found preserved with a non-avian dinosaur. Source
• The small ornithischian Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae was found in the Morrison Formation of Colorado. Reminding us that it wasn't just huge sauropods and stegosaurs eating plants in the Late Jurassic. Source
• A new ornithopod named Obelignathus septimanicus was identified from a stronger jawbone than other Late Cretaceous ornithopods (like Rhabdodon) in what is now southern France. It's name refers to the French comic character Obelix who has superhuman strength (like the "unusually robustly-built" jawbone on Obelignathus). Source
• An Early Cretaceous basal hadrosauroid, Cariocecus bocagei, was named from Portugal. It had a fused upper jaw and cheekbone, possibly letting it chew tougher plants than its relatives. Source

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Plus a new alvarezsaurid theropod, Manipulonyx; A huge bonebed in Romania; new dinosaur fossils found at Dinosaur National Monument; and our first Dino Duels winners

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Dinosaur of the day Inosaurus, a dubious theropod known from vertebrae and a piece of its shin.

Interview with Mark Witton, a paleontologist, author, and artist, known for his research on pterosaurs and his work with museums, universities, and shows including Walking with Dinosaurs, Planet Dinosaur, Prehistoric Planet, and the IMAX film T. rex. He also has published a number of books, including the recently published King Tyrant. Follow him on bluesky and patreon @markwitton

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new alvarezsaurid theropod, Manipulonyx reshetovi
• Paleontologists have found thousands of fossils in a bonebed in Romania (Hateg Basin), including bones from titanosaurs and rhabdodontids
• New dinosaur fossils have been found at Dinosaur National Monument

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Riley, one of our favorite dinosaur writers, returns to discuss her latest book and lots of other dinosaur topics. Plus a new ceratopsian—Ferenceratops. And a new Dino Duels Championship.

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Dinosaur of the day Quaesitosaurus, a titanosaur with a skull similar to Diplodocus.

Interview with Riley Black, an award-winning science writer whose work has appeared in National Geographic, Scientific American, Nature, Smithsonian, and more. She has written a number of books, including “The Last Days of the Dinosaurs,” “When the Earth was Green,” and most recently “The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs”. Follow her on Bluesky @restingdinoface

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new ceratopsian dinosaur, Ferenceratops shqiperorum
• Dinosaurs were “ecosystem engineers” that shaped their landscapes while they were alive—and after they died out
• A study of New Mexican dinosaurs supports that they were still thriving before the Cretaceous-ending asteroid hit the Earth
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Five new sauropods from all across the world and the sauropod family tree. Plus new embryos and hatchlings, sauropod speed estimates, and much much more.

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Dinosaur of the day Cetiosauriscus, a sauropod that isn't Cetiosaurus, but was also from Middle Jurassic of England.

In dinosaur news this week:

• Sauropod experts wrote an introduction to Diplodocoidea
• There’s a new titanosaur sauropod, Utetitan zellaguymondeweyae
• A new Alamosaurus fossil was found
• There’s a new dicraeosaurid sauropod, Athenar bermani
• There’s a new titanosaur sauropod, Yeneen houssayi
• There’s a new eusauropod sauropod, Jinchuanloong niedu
• There’s a new species of the sauropod Mamenchisaurus, Mamenchisaurus sanjiangensis
• Some sauropods chose to lay eggs surrounded by fast moving waters, possibly to protect them from predators
• New Massospondylus embryos and hatchling show how they started on all fours before growing up and walking on two legs
• Large sauropods may have had max speeds of 6 mph (10 km/h)
• A nearly complete Plateosaurus tail shows this sauropodomorph could do damage with its tail

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New track sites, swim tracks, and mating dance arenas around the world tell us about the behavior of theropods, ceratopsians, and sauropods. Plus David Spira joins from Room Escape Artist to share his favorite dinosaur themed escape rooms.

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Dinosaur of the day Segnosaurus, a therizinosaur with interesting teeth.

Interview with David Spira, co-creator of RoomEscapeArtist.com, which publishes well-researched, rational, and reasonably humorous escape room reviews, design tips, player tips, and industry commentary

In dinosaur news this week:

• The Science Museum of Minnesota closed for a day in response to the local ICE presence. If you want to support Minnesotans go to www.standwithminnesota.com/
• In Bolivia, there are almost 18,000 theropod dinosaur tracks that show evidence of running, sauntering, and swimming
• An earlier study of the Carreras Pampa site also found that the theropods feet sunk in the mud
• One set of footprints shows the fastest running theropod trackway in the Cretaceous
• Scientists re-examined the longest known theropod trackway in China
• Dinosaur Ridge, Colorado, has the largest known dinosaur mating dance arena
• Tracks from 76 million years ago may show that ceratopsians and ankylosaurs hung out together
• Paleontologists found a set of sauropod tracks that show it made a loop
• Scientists found multiple trackways in Oxfordshire, England, from mostly sauropods walking at a steady pace
• Theropod footprints were found in a crisscross pattern in Texas, U.S.
• Thousands of prosauropod footprints from the Triassic were found in a national park in Italy

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Robert (Bob) Nicholls has been painting, sculpting, and painting some of our favorite paleoart for decades. He joins us to share how he does it. Plus, a fossil found hundreds of feet below a natural history museum; The world's oldest cerapodan dinosaur; And new theropod and iguanodontian fossils

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Dinosaur of the day Emausaurus, a very early armored dinosaur to rival Scutellosaurus and Scelidosaurus.

Interview with Bob Nicholls, world-renowned paleoartist, painter, sculptor, and illustrator. His work has been published in more than 40 books (including the Secret Lives of Dinosaurs) and exhibited in nearly 50 museums, universities, and attractions around the world. He’s also appeared on a number of shows and he designed coins for the Royal Mint. Follow him @BobNichollsart

In dinosaur news this week:

• Paleontologists found the world’s oldest cerapodan dinosaur in Morocco
• Scientists found a dinosaur bone underneath the parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• New theropods have been found at the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site in Utah, U.S.
• There’s a new large iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic in what is now Portugal

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Two new dinosaurs from the middle of the Triassic: the theropod Anteavis and the sauropodomorph Huayracursor. Plus our reviews of several TV shows, movies, and books including Walking with Dinosaurs.

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Dinosaur of the day Ornithopsis, a titanosaur found way back in the 1830s which was named for its bone's similarity to the lightweight structure of a bird's skeleton.

In dinosaur news this week:

• We not yet have found the earliest dinosaur fossils, but they may be in the Amazon and areas by the equator in South America and Africa
• Dinosaurs may have originated in South America, and then moved simultaneously to the east and north
• There’s a new very early theropod dinosaur, Anteavis crurilongus
• A nearly complete skeleton from a Triassic sauropodomorph, Huayracursor jaguensis

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Spicomellus, Nanotyrannus, and tons of other fantastic new discoveries!

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Dinosaur of the day Garudimimus, an ornithomimosaur that wasn't that fast.

In dinosaur news this week:

• Smallest find to make a big impact: Ahvaytum (ep 531)
• HM: Archaeocursor (ep 533)
• HM: Itaguyra (ep 545)
• HM: Maleriraptor (ep 550)
• HM: Taleta (ep 553)
• Most surprising new dinosaur: Nanotyrannus lethaeus (ep 554)
• Best new therizinosaur: Duonychus (ep 535)
• Best new pachycephalosaur: Zavacephale (ep 553)
• HM: Brontotholus (ep 553)
• Best new ornithomimid: Mexidracon (ep 551)
• Best new basal neornithischian: Pulaosaurus (DD 7)
• Best new ankylosaurid genus: Huaxiazhoulong (ep 530)
• Best new dromaeosaur: Shri rapax (DD8)
• Best new compsognathid*: Huadanosaurus (ep 541)
• Best new iguanodontian: Istiorachis (ep 548)
• Best new megaraptor: Joaquinraptor (ep 552)
• Best new basal sauropodomorph: Xingxiulong yueorum (ep 549)
• HM: Lishulong (ep 539)
• Best new enantiornithine: Navaornis (ep 533)
• New genus hiding for the longest in plain sight: Newtonsaurus (DD8)
• HM: Tameryraptor (ep 534)
• Best new basal allosauroid: Yuanmouraptor (ep 536)
• Best new oviraptorosaur: Yuanyanglong (ep 532)

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Two separate groups of researchers have independently confirmed that Nanotyrannus is its own genus and not just a juvenile T. rex. Plus a new Nanotyrannus species and another new tyrannosauroid and tyrannosaur injuries.

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Dinosaur of the day Calamosaurus, a small theropod that’s been mixed up with lots of other theropods.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new complete Nanotyrannus skeleton confirms that it deserves its own genus and is not just a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex
• A close analysis of the small throat (hyoid) bone from the Nanotyrannus holotype confirms it was nearly full-sized
• Review of the taxonomic history of Nanotyrannus
• There’s a new Late Cretaceous tyrannosauroid, Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, related to the fluffy Yutyrannus
• Scotty the T. rex appears to have blood vessel structures in a rib showing how it healed. (in the fun fact)
• Companies are claiming to make luxury fashion items out of T. rex leather but that’s not currently possible. (in the fun fact)

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Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska was a Polish scientist and the first woman to lead a dinosaur excavation expedition. On her explorations of the Gobi Desert, she discovered many famous animals, including Deinocheirus—a dinosaur that, for decades, was known only by its enormous, terrifying arms & claws. But when we finally found the rest of its body, it turned out to look more like Jar Jar Binks. This is the story of Zofia, and the dinosaur that surprised us all - as told originally aired on the History Dispatches podcast with Matt and McKinley Breen.

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Zavacephale is both the oldest and most complete pachycephalosaur ever found. Plus three more new dinosaurs and Michele Hollow joins us to discuss Mary Anning.

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Dinosaur of the day Stenopelix, a small (likely) ceratopsian that we only know from impressions in sandstone slabs.

Interview with Michele Hollow, an award-winning journalist, and author of the book “Jurassic Girl: The Adventures of Mary Anning, Paleontologist and the First Female Fossil Hunter”, a historical fiction book for both young and less young readers.

In dinosaur news this week:

• The most complete and oldest known pachycephalosaur was discovered and named Zavacephale rinpoche
• There’s a new "thunder dome" pachycephalosaur, Brontotholus harmoni
• There’s a new flat-headed hadrosaur, Ahshislesaurus wimani, that was as large as a T. rex
• There’s a new hadrosaur dinosaur from Morocco named Taleta taleta (yes the genus and species name are the same)

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Plus, a new species of megaraptor, Joaquinraptor casali, is one of the most complete ever found.

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Dinosaur of the day Dromaeosauroides, a theropod we only know from two teeth, and maybe some fossilized poop.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new megaraptor, Joaquinraptor casali, may have died in the middle of eating a crocodilian
• Analyzing skull mechanics can tell us a lot about different theropod dinosaur feeding strategies
• The alvarezsaur Bannykus ate meat (instead of maybe insects)
• A poor sauropod got gnawed on by a theropod (probably)
• The gut contents of a subadult Diamantinasaurus shows it was not a picky eater and it did not chew its food
• A closer look at coprolites found in the Lameta Formation in India show they were likely pooped out by an omnivorous animal, and not a titanosaur (as previously thought)

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We joined the Common Descent podcast for their Silver Screen Science segment.

We go through everything Jurassic World Rebirth got right and wrong as well as our nit-picks of the details that got under our skin.

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Amy Atwater, co-host of Weird & Dead joins to discuss some of her favorite fossils and her new book The Fossil Keeper's Treasure. Plus a new ornithomimosaur with big hands, Mexidracon, and monstersaurs

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Dinosaur of the day Mochlodon, a stocky island dinosaur that was first found way back in 1859.

Interview with Amy Atwater, a paleontologist and science communicator, the Director of Paleontology at Friends of Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, Colorado, co-host of the podcast Weird & Dead, and author of the book “The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure”. Follow her @Mary_Annings_Revenge

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new ornithomimosaur with very large hands named Mexidracon longimanus

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Herrerasaurs are some of the earliest known dinosaurs and these Triassic carnivores have been found all over the world. They're a confusing group, but thanks to pathologies and fossilized poop we know a bit about how they behaved.

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Dinosaur of the day Sanjuansaurus, a herrerasaur dinosaur whose existence helps show dinosaurs’ dominance.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new herrerasaur dinosaur, Maleriraptor kuttyi
• Herrerasaurs probably bit each other on the face
• Herrerasaurs were a successful, complicated group

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A new Spicomellus find reveals just how crazy its armor was. Plus Six brand new sauropods!

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Dinosaur of the day Liaoningosaurus, a small ankylosaur that may or may not have been semi-aquatic and carnivorous.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A much more complete Spicomellus skeleton was found with some of the strangest and most elaborate armor ever seen
• There’s a new sauropodomorph species, Xingxiulong yueorum, which is quite a bit bigger than the previous species from the genus
• The oldest known sauropodomorph from East Asia, Wudingloong wui, was just described
• There’s a new eusauropod, Huashanosaurus qini, named for famous mountain with impressive rock art
• There’s a new mamenchisaurid sauropod, Tongnanlong zhimingi, which is estimated to be over 80ft long
• There’s a new rebbachisaurid (vacuum cleaner head) sauropod, Cienciargentina sanchezi, from Patagonia
• There’s another new rebbachisaurid, Astigmasaura genuflexa, measuring in at about 59ft (18m) long and weighing over 10 tons

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Dr. Dean Lomax and Bob Nicholls join to tell us about their upcoming book The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs (which includes some really cool fossils like an extremely rare two-headed fossil)

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Dinosaur of the day Calamospondylus, an Early Cretaceous oviraptorosaur that was probably under 2.5m (~8ft) long.

Interview with Dean Lomax and Bob Nicholls. Dean Lomax is an award-winning paleontologist, author, and presenter, as well as Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Manchester & 1851 fellow at the University of Bristol. He’s the leading authority on ichthyosaurs, and he also excavates and researches dinosaurs. Bob Nicholls is a world-renowned natural history artist who specializes in prehistoric animals, plants, and environments. His work has been published in more than 40 books and exhibited in museums, universities, and attractions around the world. There new book is The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs: Unearthing the Real Behaviors of Prehistoric Animals

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new iguanodontian dinosaur that had a large sail on its back, Istiorachis macarthurae

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The discovery of a new Psittacosaurus species from a braincase, how spinosaur brains adapted for eating fish, revisiting T. rex intelligence, and many more dinosaur brain updates

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Dinosaur of the day Tatankacephalus, the "bison-headed" armored dinosaur.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A skull, including a braincase, is enough to tell us there’s a new Psittacosaurus species, Psittacosaurus houi
• Studying dinosaur brains is an evolving field
• Brain size varied in dinosaurs
• Ceratopsians became less intelligent and had worse hearing and a worse sense of smell as they evolved to larger sizes
• Ornithopods, and especially hadrosaurs, had bigger brains than we thought
• Thescelosaurus had a powerful sense of smell, a sensitive vestibular system, but terrible hearing—all which may mean it was a burrower
• A study of spinosaur brains and skulls helps show how they adapted to eat fish
• Living birds have high EQs which they evolved from non-avian dinosaurs (although we don't really use EQs much anymore)
• Shuvuuia may not have had specialized hearing
• The enantiornithe Navaornis hestiae tells us a lot about bird brains
• Unique brain shape in birds may be why birds survived non-avian dinosaurs after the mass extinction event
• Parrots and humans may use similar brain mechanisms to produce complex sounds
• Bird brains (and our brains) are wired for taking turns when communicating
• T. rex had the intelligence of a baboon paper
• Rebuttal to T. rex baboon intelligence paper

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New support for Troodon as a valid dinosaur genus. Plus Dr. Kenneth Lacovara joins us to discuss the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum, Colossal Biosciences, Dreadnoughtus, Jurassic Park, and more.

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Dinosaur of the day Veterupristisaurus, a carcharodontosaurid theropod that lived in the Jurassic in what is now Tanzania.

Interview with Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, a paleontologist, professor, explorer, science communicator (a TED speaker and author), Explorer’s Club medalist, and he is the founding dean of the School of Earth & Environment at Rowan University, executive director of the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum, and he serves on the Board of Scientific Advisors for Colossal Biosciences

In dinosaur news this week:

• Is Troodon a legit dinosaur? (these authors say yes)
• Based on their jaw mechanics, troodontids may have been omnivores

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Silesaurs are definitely dinosauromorphs (close relatives of dinosaurs) but were they true dinosaurs?

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Dinosaur of the day Planicoxa, an iguanodont known from its flat hips with a species name that means "poison".

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new silesaurid, Itaguyra occulta, whose name means "Stone Bird" in Tupi—a language from Southern Brazil where it was found
• A new large femur found in Zambia may have been from a 10ft (3m) long silesaur—quite large for the
• Probable silesaur arm and leg bones from the Late Triassic were described from what is now Texas

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Two new species, Zhongyuansaurus junchangi and Tianzhenosaurus chengi. How paleontologists use details in the ankylosaur armor to identify the species. Plus, the first ever ankylosaurid (tail club-wielding ankylosaur) footprint.

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Dinosaur of the day Mojoceratops, a ceratopsian that got its mojo from its frill.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new ankylosaur, Zhongyuansaurus junchangi, with "swallowtail" shaped tail armor
• A good overview of how osteoderm patterns vary between different ankylosaur species
• The best way to distinguish ankylosaur species is probably by comparing skulls
• A new ankylosaur skull led to another new ankylosaur species being named: Tianzhenosaurus chengi
• New ankylosaur fossils were excavated in Argentina, a rare find for South America
• Osteoderms may have helped dinosaurs live in arctic conditions

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We saw Jurassic World Rebirth on opening day, but haven't discussed it with each other yet. We share all our favorite moments, dinosaurs, and theories about the movie.

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In this episode, we break down the horror-infused tone of Jurassic World: Rebirth, from malfunctioning park systems to scary Mosasaurus sequences. We explore standout scenes like Bronto Billy’s first appearance in NYC, the Quetzalcoatlus and Spinosaurus teaming up with the Mosasaur. We give our thoughts on the all new cast including Scarlett Johansson (Zora Bennett), Mahershala Ali (Duncan Kincaid), Jonathan Bailey (Dr. Henry Loomis), and other minor characters.

We also dive into updated animal portrayals—like the adorable backpack-sized Aquilops named Dolores, the eerie hybrid Mutadon, and the menacing Distortus rex—along with practical effects and callbacks to earlier films. Finally, we debate what worked, what didn’t, favorite dinos, and lingering questions about the sequel’s direction.

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New species, old species, size, behavior, and everything we else we know about Allosaurus!

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Dinosaur of the day Allosaurus, the quintessential (Late) Jurassic theropod.

In dinosaur news this week:

• Free dinosaur event with the Colorado Northwestern Community College Paleo Crew on June 28

Some of the topics from our Allosaurus discussion:

• There are multiple species, including A. fragilis and A. jimmadseni
• Debate over the species A. europaeus
• Whether A. europaeus could be A. fragilis
• There's also a new species (and no more Saurophaganax): A. anax
• Plus, we get into its Bone Wars history, the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, other former species, its hunting and scavenging habits, all the pathologies, what its habitat was like, future research, and more

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Dr. Michael O'Sullivan joins to discuss his part in bringing dinosaurs to Dungeons & Dragons (and Pathfinder). We also cover the latest and greatest AI methods used in paleontology. Plus two new "compsognathid-like" dinosaurs and an ankylosaur for our dinosaur of the day.

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Dinosaur of the day Panoplosaurus, an ankylosaur with nasal passages that resemble a French horn.

Interview with Michael O’Sullivan, an Irish based paleontologist and writer and researcher for Palaeogames, which specializes in introducing realistic dinosaurs and other extinct animals into Tabletop Role-Playing Games.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There are two new compsognathid-like dinosaurs: Sinosauropteryx lingyuanensis and Huadanosaurus sinensis
• Patron spotlight: Toon Rex shared their short story "A Meal Fit For a King"

Fun Fact: AI is helping us identify dinosaur bones and might soon help to reconstruct whole animals from just a few bones. If you have access to 3D digitized dinosaur bones and you're willing to share them, email JP at juanpbusso@gmail.com 

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Uriash kadici and Petrustitan hungaricus lived on Hateg island and would have had to deal with the murder giraffe—Hatzegopteryx. Plus the "titan of salt" Chadititan. We also celebrate world metrology day with some dinosaur size comparisons.

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Dinosaur of the day Eodromaeus, the aptly named "dawn runner".

In dinosaur news this week:

• There are two new titanosaur dinosaurs from Hateg Island: Uriash kadici (the largest known from the island) and Petrustitan hungaricus (formerly lumped with Magyarosaurus)
• There’s another new titanosaur dinosaur, Chadititan calvoi, from Patagonia that was very small for a titanosaur

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We have loved Franco's art longer than we knew the term "paleoart". He joins to explain his process of illustrating for books–including ours. Plus a new sauropodomorph with a big head named Lishulong wangi.

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Dinosaur of the day Chilantaisaurus, an very large theropod with impressive claws.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new sauropodomorph dinosaur, Lishulong wangi, and it had a large skull

Over two decades, Franco has illustrated more than 50 books on dinosaurs and prehistoric mammals for major publishers worldwide. His piece “T. rex couple vs. Dakotaraptor pack” won the 2016 John J. Lanzendorf-National Geographic PaleoArt Prize. He compares the scene to lions defending a kill from hyenas, highlighting the possible social dynamics between top predators and opportunistic rivals. Check out his illustrations and the text of the interview here: iknowdino.com/franco-tempesta-on-bringing-dinosaurs-to-life-through-art/

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We bring back our fan-favorite segment: Dinosaurs on Trial! Patrons submitted dinosaur “crimes,” and we argue the cases like whether or not compsognathids are misidentified juvenile theropods. Plus a new ornithomimid from Uzbekistan named Dzharacursor.

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Dinosaur of the day Nurosaurus, an informally named sauropod with a stress fracture in its toe.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new ornithomimid dinosaur, Dzharacursor bissektensis, that may contain medullary bone

For our Dinosaurs on Trial segment, patrons submitted dinosaur “crimes,” and we argue the cases:

• Did Ankylosaurus cruelly attack a mother T. rex in Walking With Dinosaurs?
• Are compsognathids just mislabeled juvenile theropods?
• Did T. rex throw the fight against Spinosaurus in Jurassic Park 3?
• Did T. rex really hunt with F-14s?
• Was Oviraptor a misunderstood parent or an egg thief?

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Interview with Tone Blakesley, who recently described 131 dinosaur footprints on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. The tracks include those made by Megalosaurus and Cetiosaurus (or close relatives) and Tone made an accompanying documentary for the paper.

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Dinosaur of the day Ornithodesmus, a dinosaur that was first thought to be a bird based on its hip bones (sacrum) and later considered to be a pterosaur.

Interview with Tone Blakesley, a Master's graduate University of Edinburgh and lead author of a new paper about 131 dinosaur footprints on the Isle of Skye in Scotland

In dinosaur news this week:

• Tone Blakesley's new paper describing a Middle Jurassic lagoon preserved in modern day Scotland
• The documentary of the tracks that Tone made to accompany the paper

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Yuanmouraptor wasn't a raptor or a megaraptorid, but it did have two foot long jaws full of sharp, serrated, teeth. Plus a "noble" tyrannosauroid, Kileskus, that had a long crest down its head and lived about 100 million years before T. rex.

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Dinosaur of the day Kileskus, one of the oldest known tyrannosauroids. It lived in the Middle Jurassic of what is now Siberia.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new carnivorous metriacanthosaurid dinosaur, Yuanmouraptor jinshajiangensis

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Duonychus tsogtbaatari was found in what is now Mongolia with strong evidence that it only had two fingers on each hand. Plus the Jurassic World: Rebirth trailer, Walking with Dinosaurs is coming back, and more.

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Dinosaur of the day Sinovenator, a common troodontid, one of which was found curled up in a sleeping posture similar to Mei long.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new therizinosaur with just two large claws per hand, Duonychus tsogtbaatari
• There’s a trailer for Jurassic World: Rebirth
• BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs revival is coming out later this year
• There’s a new dinosaur horror comedy, called The Invisible Raptor
• Petition to save "Tyra" the "world's largest dinosaur" in Drumheller
• Petition to make T. rex the U.S. national fossil

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Tameryraptor markgrafi is a significant dinosaur that was named by an even more significant paleontologist. But only photos and a braincase of it remain.

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Dinosaur of the day Dakotadon, an ornithopod that was originally pronounced the "first species from the United States that can be clearly referred to the European genus Iguanodon".

In dinosaur news this week:

• The newly named Tameryraptor is such a significant find that it could be considered the original Carcharodontosaurus

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Archaeocursor may have been named after an April Fool's Joke, but it was a real dinosaur.

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Dinosaurs of the day: Earl Sinclair, Godzilla, & Cryptids.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There is a Shady dinosaur, and it's a Triceratops
• A Stegosaurus just sold for over 13 million dollars using shares as a sort of "investment"
• An Apatosaurus sold in Europe for about 6 million Euros
• Archaeocursor asiaticus is the oldest known ornithischian from Asia
• A 47 gram (1.7 ounce) enantiornithine bird was described with "robust teeth" and feather traces
• The "short pubis" enantiornithean bird, Novavis pubisculata, was named from the Early Cretaceous of China
• Navaornis hestiae was named after the Greek goddess Hestia, the oldest and youngest Olympian (Navaornis is an old bird with a modern looking skull)
• Baminornis zhenghensis may be the first bird to ever evolve a pygostyle (to support tail feathers)
• A new Archaeopteryx specimen was described (making it the 14th of all time)

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