Dinosaur of the day Vulcanodon, a Jurassic sauropod that lived in an African desert surrounded by volcanoes. Interview with Scott A Bradley, the host of the Hellbent for Horror Podcast , and author of the book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy . He is also a guest blogger on Lit Reactor and contributing writer to magazines like Evilspeak and Medium Chill. In dinosaur news this week: A microraptor was found with a complete lizard in its stomach that it ate face first...
Aug 07, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 245
Dinosaur of the day Sinornithosaurus, an early raptor from China that was covered in feathers. In dinosaur news this week: A new census of the Lance & Hell Creek Formations found at least 71 T. rex skulls & skeletons A database of over 3,000 sauropod specimens from the Morrison Formation has been published Broken ribs, toes, and a bone infection were found in an unfortunate Tenontosaurus A helitack crew in Colorado picked up “Walter” in two plaster jackets that weighed over 1,000 pounds ...
Jul 31, 2019•32 min•Ep. 244
Dinosaur of the day Tuojiangosaurus, a dinosaur that resembles Stegosaurus with thinner plates. Interview with Jen Bauer, a postdoctoral associate at the Florida Museum of Natural History, with a focus on the myFOSSIL project and the Thompson Institute for Earth Systems. She is also the co-creator, along with Adriane Lam, of Time Scavengers In dinosaur news this week: Aquilarhinus , the new hadrosaur from Texas with a shovel bill and an eagle nose A large group of opalized dinosaur fossils were ...
Jul 24, 2019•40 min•Ep. 243
Dinosaur of the day Euoplocephalus, an ankylosaur from Dinosaur Provinical Park in Canada. In dinosaur news this week: Notatesseraeraptor, a well preserved theropod of the Late Triassic was described in Switzerland A new study of non-iridescent structural colors in feathers described blue feathers in an extinct bird An article covered paleontologist Amy Atwater, the woman behind the Instagram account @mary_annings_revenge The company Handbuilt has created a really cool augmented reality Psittaco...
Jul 17, 2019•33 min•Ep. 242
Dinosaur of the day Tsintaosaurus, a hadrosaur with a distinctive "unicorn-like" head crest. Interview with David Evans , a prolific researcher, associate Professor at the University of Toronto, and curator of dinosaurs at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) In dinosaur news this week: A new dinosaur with one large middle toe and two small slashing claws was discovered The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia has a new Dinosaurs Around the World exhibit In Edinburgh, Scotl...
Jul 10, 2019•57 min•Ep. 241
Dinosaur of the day Hylaeosaurus, an ankylosaur that was one of the first three named dinosaurs. In dinosaur news this week: Researchers questioned dinosaur soft tissue discoveries after finding microorganisms living on a Centrosaurus fossil A pair of massive Macroelongatoolithus eggs were described from Southeastern Idaho In Zimbabwe, a team of researchers found a 97% complete dinosaur skeleton Potential evidence of T. rex living in groups was teased in Utah The Mukawa dinosaur will be on displ...
Jul 03, 2019•30 min•Ep. 240
Dinosaur of the day Riojasaurus, a Triassic sauropodomorph from Argentina that may have been bipedal. Interview with Tadd Galusha , writer and illustrator of the graphic novel Cretaceous. He’s a comic artist and illustrator, who also created the web comic The Backwoods and worked on Godzilla and TMNT/Ghostbusters 2. You can follow him on Instagram or Twitter , @TaddGalusha, and get his book on Amazon . In dinosaur news this week: The hadrosaur Prosaurolophus may have grown a large squishy nose a...
Jun 26, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 239
Dinosaur of the day Supersaurus, a Portuguese relative of Diplodocus. In dinosaur news this week: Several new opalized Iguanodontian fossils were described from Australia and were used to name a new dinosaur: Fostoria Two new dinosaurs were found in Thailand within a few miles of each other: Phuwiangvenator and Vayuraptor The National Museum in Rio de Janeiro lost less specimens than previously thought The new exhibit DinoQuest opened at the Science Centre Singapore A replica of Scotty the T. re...
Jun 19, 2019•26 min•Ep. 238
Dinosaur of the day Shuvuuia, a Mongolian alvarezsaurid that was probably covered in dino fuzz. Interview with David Armsby, the creator of the YouTube channel Dead Sound . You may have seen his excellent short animated movie Sharp Teeth . If you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a look. You can also see the video version of our interview on YouTube. In dinosaur news this week: A new study found that the Triassic sauropodomorph Mussaurus crawled on all fours as a hatchling A high school sen...
Jun 12, 2019•37 min•Ep. 237
Dinosaur of the day Gargoyleosaurus, a Jurassic ankylosaur from Wyoming. Check out our new Parasaurolophus gear at bit.ly/iknowdinostore In dinosaur news this week: A new Late Jurassic sauropod named Oceanotitan was described from Portugal A new study shows that sauropods probably walked on their toes with a large fleshy pad under their heel About 20 bones have been recovered from the ceratopsian in Highlands Ranch, Colorado The court case over the dueling dinosaurs (a ceratopsian and tyrannosau...
Jun 05, 2019•28 min•Ep. 236
Dinosaur of the day Talarurus, the "wicker tailed" ankylosaurid from Mongolia. Interview with Brian Engh , a paleoartist, who has illustrated many of the recent dinosaur finds including Aquilops, Dynamoterror, and Invictarx, to name a few. He also makes puppets, movies, and music. Follow him on Patreon at historianhimself . In dinosaur news this week: Ambopteryx, the new membrane-winged dinosaur, adds details that were missing from the Yi qi discovery Workers on a construction site in Colorado f...
May 29, 2019•57 min•Ep. 235
Get our new gear at bit.ly/iknowdinostore Dinosaur of the day Agathaumas, the ceratopsid that was a ceratopsid before we knew what ceratopsids were. In dinosaur news this week: A single wing of Alcmonavis , the larger cousin of Archaeopteryx was described Thomas Carr visited the Tufts-Love T. Rex and thinks it might help settle the Nanotyrannus debate Maximo the titanosaur at the Field Museum now has its own AI messaging program Thanks to a recent donation, Rowan University plans to build a new ...
May 22, 2019•29 min•Ep. 234
Check out our new Parasaurolophus gear on our store! bit.ly/iknowdinostore Dinosaur of the day Chungkingosaurus, one of the smallest known stegosaurs. Interview with Andrew McDonald , curator and an educator at the Western Science Center in Hemet, California. His research focuses on the evolution of dinosaurs in North America during the Cretaceous, and he regular does field work in New Mexico. Since becoming curator, he's already named two new dinosaurs: Dynamoterror and Invictarx . In dinosaur ...
May 15, 2019•51 min•Ep. 233
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Indosuchus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Indosuchus-Episode-232/ Dinosaur of the day Indosuchus, an Indian abelisaurid from the Late Cretaceous. In dinosaur news this week: The foot of a new dinosaur, Imperobator antarcticus , was found in Antarctica Xingtianosaurus ganqi was found in China and named after a headless deity and his weapon A robotic Caudipteryx and baby ostriches may help explain how birds learn...
May 08, 2019•37 min•Ep. 232
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Haestasaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Haestasaurus-Episode-231/ Dinosaur of the day Haestasaurus, a sauropod whose arm was originally thought to be from a carnivorous marine reptile. Interview with Steve Brusatte, Paleontologist at The University of Edinburgh. Before moving to the UK he spent several years at the American Museum of Natural History. He is also the "resident paleontologist" for BBC's Walkin...
May 01, 2019•55 min•Ep. 231
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Jeholosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Jeholosaurus-Episode-230/ Dinosaur of the day Jeholosaurus, a cute little ornithopod from northeastern China. In dinosaur news this week: Amazing skin detail was preserved in one inch long theropod tracks in South Korea A new study shows that Dinosaurs didn't evolve thick eggs until the Middle or Late Jurassic A new paper declares that Bienosaurus is a nomen dubium Th...
Apr 24, 2019•31 min•Ep. 230
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Rhoetosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Rhoetosaurus-Episode-229/ Dinosaur of the day Rhoetosaurus, a sauropod from Queensland, Australia that has been pieced together over 50+ years. Interview with Darrin Pagnac , associate professor of geology and geological engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, and the author of a recent paper called Dinosaurs: A Catalyst for Critical Thought ...
Apr 17, 2019•46 min•Ep. 229
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Gigantspinosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Gigantspinosaurus-Episode-228/ Dinosaur of the day Gigantspinosaurus, a stegosaur (not a spinosaurid) with large shoulder spines. In dinosaur news this week: The day that wiped out the dinosaurs was captured in a 1.3m layer of flood water, fossilized fish, and raining tektites According to the New Yorker, we can expect to see many dinosaur fossils that were kille...
Apr 10, 2019•44 min•Ep. 228
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Incisivosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Incisivosaurus-Episode-227/ Dinosaur of the day Incisivosaurus, a small dinosaur with rodent-like front teeth. Interview with Alida Bailleul , who recently described a dinosaur fossil with an unlaid egg clearly in its abdomen. Her research focuses on microscopic structure of dinosaur bone and tissue. She has also studied modern alligators and birds to learn about di...
Apr 03, 2019•51 min•Ep. 227
Dinosaur of the day Kaatedocus , the smaller cousin of Diplodocus and Barosaurus . In dinosaur news this week: A new basal ornithopod with skinny arms, Mahuidacursor lipanglef , was described in Argentina A hadrosaur was found in Montana with marks showing it was probably chewed on by a juvenile T. rex Tracks from the Middle Jurassic of China appear to be the first evidence of quadrupedal theropod walking Several institutions in New Mexico are working together this spring to photograph, scan, ma...
Mar 27, 2019•37 min•Ep. 226
Dinosaur of the day Atlascopcosaurus, an Early Cretaceous iguanodont from southern Australia. We also interviewed Michael D'Emic , Assistant Professor of Biology at Adelphi University . He has studied dinosaur body size evolution, bone tissues, and teeth. We discuss the crazy number of teeth that Majungasaurus grew, Allosaurus growth variation, why some Titanosaurs had osteoderms, and a lot more. Follow him on Twitter @astrophocaudia In dinosaur news this week: A new ornithopod, Galleonosaurus d...
Mar 20, 2019•59 min•Ep. 225
Dinosaur of the day Dromaeosaurus, the bigger badder cousin of velociraptor with a bite about three times as strong. In dinosaur news this week: A new baby oviraptorid, Gobiraptor minutus, from Cretaceous Mongolia that may have eaten bivalves The first stegosaur named in Mongolia, Mongolostegus exspectabilis, may be the most recent stegosaur found to date A new article in Nature shows that two-thirds of 3D scan data is not shared online, largely so authors can exclusively use it for future work ...
Mar 13, 2019•24 min•Ep. 224
Dinosaur of the day Nodosaurus, the original member of Nodosauridae (the clade of ankylosaurs without tail clubs). Interview with Thomas Hopp , scientist, inventor, lecturer, and author. He’s written a number of short stories and novels, including the science fiction series Dinosaur Wars. He has also proposed that dinosaurs evolved feathers on their hindlimbs to warm their nests. In dinosaur news this week: A new American Tyrannosauroid, Moros intrepidus, was about 30 million years younger than ...
Mar 06, 2019•49 min•Ep. 223
Dinosaur of the day Mei long, the "soundly sleeping dragon" from China. In dinosaur news this week: A new Iguanodontian, Pareisactus evrostos, was found in Spain with an extra thick shoulder blade A roughly three-year-old early Saurischian, Nhandumirim waldsangae, was found in Brazil and named after its distant cousin: the rhea An Iguanodontian, Sektensaurus sanjuanboscoi, was found on an island in a lake that’s only visible when water levels are low 25% a trackway from Winton, Queensland, Austr...
Feb 27, 2019•30 min•Ep. 222
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Dromiceiomimus , more links from Eric Przybyszewski, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Dromiceiomimus-Episode-221/ Dinosaur of the day Dromiceiomimus, likely one of the fastest dinosaurs of the Mesozoic. Interview with Eric Przybyszewski , a student at Montana State University’s Department of Earth Sciences and researcher at Two Medicine Dinosaur Center in Bynum, Montana. He is the lead author of the team working on...
Feb 20, 2019•52 min•Ep. 221
Dinosaur of the day Mussaurus, the "mouse lizard" sauropodomorph from Argentina. In dinosaur news this week: A new Amargasaurus relative, Bajadasaurus, was described with some amazing neck spines A dinosaur foot including feathers and scutes was found preserved in amber The original feather that defined Archaeopteryx may not belong to Archaeopteryx as it's now defined A new dinosaur fossil went on display in Japan and may be the county's oldest dinosaur fossil An event called Teach Rex in Liverp...
Feb 13, 2019•39 min•Ep. 220
Dinosaur of the day Nedoceratops, the lesser known ceratopsian in the Triceratops vs Torosaurus debate. Interview with Denver Fowler & Liz Freedman Fowler , paleontologists who work at the Badlands Dinosaur Museum . Denver is the curator. Liz is an Associate Professor of Biology at Dickinson State University. They have worked on a nodosaur, tyrannosaur, ceratopsians, hadrosaurs, and other dinosaurs all over the world. Check out there upcoming conference . In dinosaur news this week: A new sa...
Feb 06, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 219
Dinosaur of the day Mononykus, an Alvarezsaurid with tiny arms but big claws that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Mongolia. In dinosaur news this week: Connecticut may have picked the wrong state dinosaur since Eubrontes tracks may have been made by a sauropodomorph instead of a predator UV vision may have helped dinosaurs see their way through dense forests There may have been an increase in asteroid impacts near the beginning of the Mesozoic The lawsuit regarding Bears Ears monumen...
Jan 30, 2019•35 min•Ep. 218
Dinosaur of the day Nanosaurus, a small herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. Interview with Tom Holtz, principal lecturer at the University of Maryland’s Department of Geology and the Faculty Director of the Science and Global Change Program. His primary focus is theropods, especially tyrannosaurids. He has also written several books, including Dinosaurs: The Most Complete Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages and Jurassic World Dinosaur Field Guide. Follow him on twitt...
Jan 23, 2019•56 min•Ep. 217
Dinosaur of the day Megaraptor, A large theropod with claws over one foot long (originally thought to be foot claws, now known to be hand claws). In dinosaur news this week: Stegosaurus and Plateosaurus had much stronger bites than their close ancestors, while T. rex had a bite similar to its relatives A new model shows how the mega-tsunami at the end-cretaceous spread around the world The Planetario Alfa museum has an exhibit Dinosaurs Made in Mexico An Indian geologist stirred up controversy c...
Jan 16, 2019•32 min•Ep. 216
