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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

Jurassic World Dominion vs Prehistoric Planet

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Moros , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Moros-Episode-394/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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. This e...

Jun 16, 202258 minEp. 394

Animating the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World dinosaurs

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Scorpios rex , links from Glen McIntosh, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Scorpios rex-Episode-393/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 Wo...

Jun 08, 202259 minEp. 393

What makes a dinosaur a dinosaur?

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Erlikosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Erlikosaurus-Episode-392/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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". This e...

Jun 01, 202254 minEp. 392

Dinosaurs in the Brazilian Outback

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Stegoceratops , links from Tito Aureliano and Aline Ghilardi, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Stegoceratops-Episode-391/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 paleonto...

May 25, 202258 minEp. 391

How dinosaurs evolved flight

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Pyroraptor , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Pyroraptor-Episode-390/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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. This episode is brought to you by o...

May 18, 20221 hr 5 minEp. 390

Your Questions Answered

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Proa , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Proa-Episode-389/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 ...

May 12, 20221 hr 11 minEp. 389

The largest megaraptorid ever?

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Anchiornis , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Anchiornis-Episode-388/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 ne...

May 05, 202256 minEp. 388

The day that dinosaurs went extinct

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Macrogryphosaurus , links from Riley Black, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Macrogryphosaurus-Episode-387/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 Scientifi...

Apr 28, 20221 hr 9 minEp. 387

Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus infighting

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Euskelosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Euskelosaurus-Episode-386/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 ...

Apr 21, 202247 minEp. 386

Sauropods with goosebumps

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Dystrophaeus , links from Jason Schein and Jason Poole, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Dystrophaeus-Episode-385/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 ...

Apr 14, 20221 hr 10 minEp. 385

Sauropods didn't walk like elephants

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Adeopapposaurus , links from Thomas Halliday, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Adeopapposaurus-Episode-384/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 ...

Apr 07, 20221 hr 5 minEp. 384

The mysterious extinction of a dinosaur

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Raphus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Raphus-Episode-383/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 under...

Apr 01, 20221 hr 32 minEp. 383

New stegosaurs, alvarezsaurids, and dinosaur injuries

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Avaceratops , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Avaceratops-Episode-382/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 fr...

Mar 24, 202243 minEp. 382

Iguanodon had a foot long thumb spike

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Efraasia , links from Filippo Bertozzo, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Efraasia-Episode-381/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 s...

Mar 18, 20221 hr 21 minEp. 381

Tyrannosaurus rex has two new sister species?

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Anodontosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Anodontosaurus-Episode-380/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 alvarezsaur...

Mar 10, 20221 hr 4 minEp. 380

Dinosaur National Monument with ReBecca Hunt-Foster

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Guaibasaurus , links from ReBecca Hunt-Foster, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Guaibasaurus-Episode-379/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 Nation...

Mar 04, 20221 hr 3 minEp. 379

A new spinosaurid and several new Tethyshadros

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Pinacosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Pinacosaurus-Episode-378/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 fos...

Feb 24, 202256 minEp. 378

Correcting misconceptions of paleontology with Roy Plotnick

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Kazaklambia , links from Roy Plotnick, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Kazaklambia-Episode-377/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 Environment...

Feb 17, 20221 hrEp. 377

A new velociraptor relative with hornlets

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Tenontosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Tenontosaurus-Episode-376/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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, ...

Feb 10, 202249 minEp. 376

Jane the T. rex and a new sauropod site with the Burpee Museum

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Volkheimeria , links from Joshua Mathews and Anne Weerda, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Volkheimeria-Episode-375/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 ...

Feb 03, 20221 hr 11 minEp. 375

Was a new ankylosaur deaf?

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Spinophorosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Spinophorosaurus-Episode-374/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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...

Jan 27, 202253 minEp. 374

A fossilized baby dino, a new ankylosaur, and dinosaurs in Zulu

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Beipiaosaurus , links from Sibusiso Biyela, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Beipiaosaurus-Episode-373/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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...

Jan 20, 20221 hr 14 minEp. 373

The axe-tailed ankylosaur

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Chindesaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Chindesaurus-Episode-372/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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, ...

Jan 12, 202241 minEp. 372

A New raptor in Europe and a toothless theropod in Brazil

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Probactrosaurus , links from David Levering, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Probactrosaurus-Episode-371/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 S...

Jan 06, 20221 hr 9 minEp. 371

Best of 2021

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Asylosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Asylosaurus-Episode-370/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 Bab...

Dec 29, 202158 minEp. 370

Dinosaurs in Victorian Pop Culture

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Saturnalia , links from Richard Fallon, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Saturnalia-Episode-369/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 ...

Dec 23, 20211 hr 1 minEp. 369

New raptor & tyrannosaur finds

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Hypselospinus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Hypselospinus-Episode-368/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Hypselospinus, a relative of Iguanodon which has also gone by the names Darwinsaurus and Wadhurstia. In dinosaur news this week: We discuss the Non-Avian Theropod Systematics and the Paleopathology & Paleohistology ...

Dec 16, 20211 hr 13 minEp. 368

Another ankylosaur with battle wounds

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Anchisaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Anchisaurus-Episode-367/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Anchisaurus, a sauropodomorph whose bones were first thought to be human remains when they were found in 1818. In dinosaur news this week: We discuss the Dinosaur Systematics & Colbert Prize sessions from the Society of...

Dec 09, 20211 hr 5 minEp. 367

T. rex skull strength, tooth arrangement, and running speed

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Saltopus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Saltopus-Episode-366/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Saltopus, a Triassic dinosauriform from Scotland which was originally thought to be a theropod. In dinosaur news this week: We discuss the Biomechanics, Taphonomy, & Quantitative Methods sessions from the Society of Vertebrat...

Dec 02, 20211 hr 38 minEp. 366

The world's longest dinosaur

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Demandasaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Demandasaurus-Episode-365/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Demandasaurus, A European sauropod that was a close relative of Nigersaurus. In dinosaur news this week: We discuss the Non-Avian Theropod, Dinosaur Systematics, Permo-Triassic Ecosystems, & Preparators sessions fro...

Nov 25, 20211 hr 17 minEp. 365
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