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Dinosaur Brains

Aug 25, 202153 minEp. 352
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For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Aerosteon, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Aerosteon-Episode-352/

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

In dinosaur news this week:

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

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