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I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

I KNOW DINO, LLCiknowdino.com

Did you know a new dinosaur is discovered almost every week? 


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


Hosted by dinosaur enthusiasts and science communicators Garret and Sabrina, a husband and wife di-know-it-all team who love dinosaurs so much they had a dino-themed wedding and now all they do is talk about dinosaurs.

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Episodes

Were Triassic dinosaurs special?

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Palaeoscincus , links from Sterling Nesbitt, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Palaeoscincus-Episode-364/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Palaeoscincus, the "ancient skink" that was named after a single tooth, but is now considered dubious. Interview with Sterling Nesbitt , an associate professor at Virginia Tech in the Depart...

Nov 19, 20211 hr 23 minEp. 364

When did sauropod size peak?

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Streptospondylus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Streptospondylus-Episode-363/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Streptospondylus, one of the first dinosaurs discovered, but it wasn't known to be a dinosaur until about 100 years after it was collected. In dinosaur news this week: We discuss the Macroecology & Macroevolut...

Nov 11, 20211 hr 5 minEp. 363

Herding sauropodomorphs in the Early Jurassic

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Amurosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Amurosaurus-Episode-362/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Amurosaurus, a lambeosaurine hadrosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Russia. In dinosaur news this week: The new ceratopsian, Sierraceratops turneri, was named from New Mexico (after previously being call...

Nov 04, 202157 minEp. 362

The origins of dinosaur cryptozoology

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Fabrosaurus , links from Edward Guimont, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Fabrosaurus-Episode-361/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Fabrosaurus, a very early ornithischian dinosaur that lived in what is now Lesotho. Interview with Edward Guimont , an assistant professor of world history at Bristol Community College who has stu...

Oct 28, 202158 minEp. 361

The Welsh "chief dragon"

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Naashoibitosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Naashoibitosaurus-Episode-360/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Naashoibitosaurus, a New Mexican relative of Edmontosaurus from the Late Cretaceous. In dinosaur news this week: The new dinosaur that resembles a miniature Coelophysis, Pendraig, was found in Wales The Presiden...

Oct 21, 202144 minEp. 360

The "butterfly hunter" troodontid

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Colepiocephale , links from Dave and Iszi, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Colepiocephale-Episode-359/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Colepiocephale, the "knucklehead" pachycephalosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Canada. Interview with Dave and Iszi, join us from the Terrible Lizards podcast. We chat about the origin of t...

Oct 14, 202156 minEp. 359

Two new spinosaurids from Europe

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Sarahsaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Sarahsaurus-Episode-358/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Sarahsaurus, a ground sloth like sauropodomorph from the Early Jurassic. In dinosaur news this week: Two new spinosaurids, Riparovenator & Ceratosuchops, were found on the Isle of Wight in the UK The new chasmosaurine c...

Oct 07, 202149 minEp. 358

Sauropod carrion and a new ankylosaur

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Denversaurus , links from Cameron Pahl, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Denversaurus-Episode-357/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Denversaurus, a nodosaurid ankylosaur found with over one hundred osteoderms. Interview with Cameron Pahl, software developer, Research Associate, and Lecturer with Portland State University and O...

Sep 30, 20211 hr 16 minEp. 357

Gastonia, a social ankylosaur?

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Gastonia , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Gastonia-Episode-356/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Gastonia, an ankylosaur found fossilized in groups, possibly indicating that ankylosaurs weren't as solitary as previously thought.. In dinosaur news this week: A tyrannosauroid and a hadrosaur were found from the Late Cretaceous...

Sep 23, 202154 minEp. 356

A new apex predator from Uzbekistan

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Arrhinoceratops , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Arrhinoceratops-Episode-355/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Arrhinoceratops, a ceratopsian which looks a lot like a miniature Torosaurus (or Triceratops). In dinosaur news this week: A new abelisaurid, Kurupi itaata, was named from Brazil—the first theropod named from Sao Pa...

Sep 16, 20211 hrEp. 355

Spinosaurus and Allosaurus debates continue

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Pisanosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Pisanosaurus-Episode-354/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Pisanosaurus, a small Triassic herbivore that is either an ornithischian or a non-dinosaur dinosauromorph. In dinosaur news this week: A great twitter thread by Brian Engh continues the discussion about how likely Allosau...

Sep 09, 20211 hr 13 minEp. 354

Scavenging Allosaurus & Carnotaurus Skin

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Alwalkeria , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Alwalkeria-Episode-353/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Alwalkeria, a small, basal saurischian, from the Late Triassic of what is now India. In dinosaur news this week: T. rex had complex nerves in its jaw which may have given it a sensitive bite A new analysis of Carnotaurus skin...

Sep 01, 202153 minEp. 353

Dinosaur Brains

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/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 & Silu...

Aug 25, 202153 minEp. 352

A fish-eating raptor

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Linhenykus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Linhenykus-Episode-351/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Linhenykus, the only non-avian dinosaur with a single finger. In dinosaur news this week: A new unenlagiine raptor, Ypupiara, was found in Brazil with jaws that appear to be specialized for eating fish Freeway construction in...

Aug 18, 202154 minEp. 351

Hadrosaur Hootenanny

For all of the details we shared about the hadrosaurs, links from Albert Prieto-Marquez, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Trachodon-Episode-350/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Trachodon , Anatosaurus , and many other hadrosaurs which have been lumped and split over the years. Interview with Albert Prieto-Marquez, a PhD researcher at the Catalan Institute of Paleontology . We're talking to ...

Aug 12, 20211 hr 54 minEp. 350

Which dinosaur would you ride?

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Pegomastax , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Pegomastax-Episode-349/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Pegomastax, a small bristly heterodontosaurid from the Early Jurassic of South Africa. In dinosaur news this week: A redescription of the sauropod Patagosaurus confirmed its position as a non-neosauropod eusauropod Jurassic Forest in Gibbo...

Aug 05, 202150 minEp. 349

Megaripples from the end-Cretaceous tsunami

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Orodromeus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Orodromeus-Episode-348/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Orodromeus, a small fast ornithopod known from a growth series at Egg Mountain. In dinosaur news this week: A redescription of Scutellosaurus shows that it was bipedal Fossilized ripples found 1.5 miles beneath Louisiana were caused by a t...

Jul 28, 20211 hr 11 minEp. 348

A new raptor from Tajikistan

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Tanycolagreus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Tanycolagreus-Episode-347/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Tanycolagreus, a Late Jurassic theropod which is most likely a basal coelurosaurian. In dinosaur news this week: A new Velociraptor-sized Dromaeosaur, Kansaignathus, was found in northern Tajikistan Ankylosaurs are now known from ano...

Jul 21, 202153 minEp. 347

Heterodontosaurus had a unique breathing style

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Abydosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Abydosaurus-Episode-346/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Abydosaurus, an Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid that is known from multiple complete skulls. In dinosaur news this week: A new Heterodontosaurus shows the first full set of gastralia ever found on an Ornithischian Triassic fossils were fo...

Jul 14, 202155 minEp. 346

Treason Day Turkey

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Hypacrosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Hypacrosaurus-Episode-345/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Hypacrosaurus, a crested hadrosaurid known from several nests, including embryos. In dinosaur news this week: A new hadrosauroid from Spain, Magnamanus, was discovered with a unique hole in its jaw The Carnegie Museum of Natural Hist...

Jul 07, 202152 minEp. 345

Spinosaurus update with Nizar Ibrahim

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Iguanacolossus , links from Nizar Ibrahim, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Iguanacolossus-Episode-344/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Iguanacolossus, The "mighty iguana colossus" which probably wasn't any bigger than Iguanodon. Interview with Nizar Ibrahim , a paleontologist, anatomist, Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, As...

Jul 01, 20211 hr 25 minEp. 344

Dinosaur fossils destroyed in WWII

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Zhuchengtyrannus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Zhuchengtyrannus-Episode-343/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Zhuchengtyrannus, a tyrannosaurid that was between Tarbosaurus bataar and Tyrannosaurus rex in size. In dinosaur news this week: 3 New Talarurus skulls were described from Mongolia A new sauropod from Spain might be one of the ...

Jun 23, 202154 minEp. 343

The largest dinosaur ever found in Australia

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Sauroniops , links from Dean Lomax, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Sauroniops-Episode-342/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Sauroniops, a large carcharodontosaurid with a dome on its head. Interview with Dean Lomax , an award winning paleontologist and currently Visiting Scientist at The University of Manchester, UK. He is also a scientif...

Jun 16, 20211 hr 16 minEp. 342

The "keeper of the gates of hell” hadrosauroid

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Vagaceratops , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Vagaceratops-Episode-341/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Vagaceratops, a chasmosaurine ceratopsian with a frill that was wider than it was long. In dinosaur news this week: Fylax thyrakolasus is officially the last known non-hadrosaurid hadrosauroid Massospondylus had a plastic growth patter...

Jun 09, 202150 minEp. 341

A new Parasaurolophus-like crested dinosaur

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Amygdalodon , links from Nussaïbah & Emma, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Amygdalodon-Episode-340/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Amygdalodon, the first sauropod ever described in Argentina. Interview with Nussaïbah Raja-Schoob and Emma Dunne, Together Emma (@emmadnn) and Nussaïbah (@mauritiantales) found a disconnect in where fossi...

Jun 02, 20211 hr 16 minEp. 340

A gigantic theropod that lived longer than Sue the T. rex

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Kryptops , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Kryptops-Episode-339/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Kryptops, an abelisaurid which may have had a keratin covering on its snout that could be useful for scavenging. In dinosaur news this week: A basal hadrosaurid, Yamatosaurus izanagii, was named from Awaji island in Japan Dippy is going to Nor...

May 26, 202146 minEp. 339

Yale Peabody Museum expansion and a new ceratopsian

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Cetiosaurus , links from Mariana Di Giacomo, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Cetiosaurus-Episode-338/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Cetiosaurus, the first sauropod to be described, although it was originally thought to be a whale or large crocodile. Interview with Mariana Di Giacomo, paleontologist and Natural History Conservator at the...

May 19, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 338

T. rex walking speed

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Eotriceratops , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Eotriceratops-Episode-337/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Eotriceratops, a large three-horned dinosaur that evolved roughly one million years before Triceratops. In dinosaur news this week: T. rex probably walked about as fast as humans 25 new fossils of possible titanosaurs were found in n...

May 12, 202156 minEp. 337

The most complete sauropod from Chile

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Chialingosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Chialingosaurus-Episode-336/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Chialingosaurus, a potentially dubious small stegosaur with long front legs. Interview with Scott Johnston, a preparator & technician soon to be at Harvard. You can check out his work and science communication on Instagram &a...

May 05, 20211 hr 22 minEp. 336

Titanosaurs and Diplodocids Living Together

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Leinkupal , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Leinkupal-Episode-335/ To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdino Dinosaur of the day Leinkupal, the last known and possibly smallest diplodocid. In dinosaur news this week: The oldest known titanosaur, Ninjatitan, was described from Patagonia More details of the upcoming Utahraptor State Park have been announced About 4,000 ...

Apr 28, 20211 hr 2 minEp. 335
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