Episode 424: What the Titanic has to do with dinosaurs. Plus two new dinosaurs, a sauropod and a hadrosaur that both show unexpected diversity in their locales; Ornithopods had bigger brains than we thought; and more For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Silesaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Silesaurus-Episode-424/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Silesaur...
Jan 11, 2023•56 min•Ep. 424
Episode 423: Ankylosaur and sauropod tail weapons plus a paleo controversy. Maximum speed of sauropod tails, ankylosaurs clubbing each other, a paper on the Tanis site may include fake data, a new ornithopod, and how AI is being used in paleontology For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Abrosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Abrosaurus-Episode-423/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and m...
Jan 05, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 423
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Hanssuesia , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Hanssuesia-Episode-422/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Hanssuesia, a pachycephalosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta that was once considered a troodontid. Our top stories of 2022: Best soft tissue: Dakota the Edmontosaurus mummy Best soft tissue honorable mention #1: Dino...
Dec 30, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 422
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Ostafrikasaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Ostafrikasaurus-Episode-421/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Ostafrikasaurus, a large theropod named from a tooth that looks like a cross between a spinosaurid and ceratosaurid. In dinosaur news this week: Paleontologists discovered new dromaeosaur, Daurlong wangi, complete w...
Dec 21, 2022•51 min•Ep. 421
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Eucamerotus , links from Brigid and Mike, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Eucamerotus-Episode-420/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Eucamerotus, the "well-chambered" sauropod from the Early Cretaceous in what is now the Isle of Wight, England. Interview with Brigid and Mike, Brigid Christison has a Master's in Biology and is ...
Dec 15, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 420
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Panphagia , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Panphagia-Episode-419/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Panphagia, an early sauropodomorph that might show the start of the shift from carnivory to herbivory. In dinosaur news this week: The Colbert Prize posters from SVP 2022: Tyrannosaur tooth wear, a new ornithopod, a new alvarez...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 419
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Poekilopleuron , links from Elias and Denver, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Poekilopleuron-Episode-418/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Poekilopleuron, one of the first described theropods—from 1836 in France. Interview with Elías and Denver. Elías Warshaw is a research associate at Badlands Dinosaur Museum & a student...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 418
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Caenagnathus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Caenagnathus-Episode-417/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Caenagnathus, A large oviraptorosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Alberta, Canada. In dinosaur news this week: Presentations from the Dinosaur Macroevolution/Macroecology session of SVP 2022 The Soft T...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 417
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Bruhathkayosaurus , links from Steve Brusatte, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Bruhathkayosaurus-Episode-416/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Bruhathkayosaurus, a titanosaur sauropod that lived in Late Cretaceous in what is now India (in the Kallamedu Formation). Interview with Steve Brusatte, a paleontologist, paleontology ...
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 416
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Udanoceratops , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Udanoceratops-Episode-415/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Udanoceratops, Largest known leptoceratopsid found to date. In dinosaur news this week: A new very large ornithomimosaur was discovered in Mississippi Ornithoscelida is dead, but the dinosaur family tree might be gettin...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 415
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Zanabazar , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Zanabazar-Episode-414/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Zanabazar, the largest known Asian troodontid. In dinosaur news this week: New "giant theropod material" may be a third carcharodontosaurid in Cretaceous Morocco or more support for the dinosaur Sauroniops There’s a new titanos...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 414
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Amphicoelias , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Amphicoelias-Episode-413/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Amphicoelias, a diplodocid that was widely reported to be the largest dinosaur of all time, but is now considered much smaller. In dinosaur news this week: An Edmontosaurus from the Hell Creek formation nicknamed Dakota l...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 413
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Brachytrachelopan , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Brachytrachelopan-Episode-412/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Brachytrachelopan, a dicraeosaurid sauropod from the Late Jurassic that had an extremely short neck (for a sauropod). In dinosaur news this week: A new abelisaurid from Patagonia, Elemgasem, was small but named ...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 412
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Oxalaia , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Oxalaia-Episode-411/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Oxalaia, a spinosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil which was almost as large as Spinosaurus (if it wasn't Spinosaurus itself). In dinosaur news this week: At least 27 iguanodontians from the new genus, Iyuku, we...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 411
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Patagosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Patagosaurus-Episode-410/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Patagosaurus, a Eusauropod that lived in the Early–Middle Jurassic in what is now Patagonia, Argentina. In dinosaur news this week: A new unnamed tyrannosauroid was discovered in Idaho which was smaller than Moros, but bi...
Oct 05, 2022•41 min•Ep. 410
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Microvenator , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Microvenator-Episode-409/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Microvenator, an oviraptorosaur that originally had the much more impressive name "Megadontosaurus". In dinosaur news this week: A new thyreophoran that looks like a miniature, armored, Carnotaurus was found in Argentina ...
Sep 29, 2022•55 min•Ep. 409
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Zapalasaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Zapalasaurus-Episode-408/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Zapalasaurus, a basal diplodocoid sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Neuquén Province, Argentina. In dinosaur news this week: A new carcharodontosaurid with tiny arms, Meraxes gigas, helps show tha...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 408
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Magnosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Magnosaurus-Episode-407/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Magnosaurus, A relatively small megalosauroid theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic in what is now England. In dinosaur news this week: New sauropod Perijasaurus lapaz was discovered in Colombia A new abelisaurid from ...
Sep 14, 2022•57 min•Ep. 407
For all of the details we shared about Foraminacephale , links from Skye Walker, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Foraminacephale-Episode-406/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Foraminacephale, a pachycephalosaurid that only weighed about as much as a small dog. Interview with Skye Walker, a paleontologist, fossil preparator collections assistant at Auburn University Museum of Natural History...
Sep 08, 2022•50 min•Ep. 406
For all the details we shared about Unescoceratops , links from Evan Johnson-Ransom, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Unescoceratops-Episode-405/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Unescoceratops, a ceratopsian named after the UNESCO World Heritage Site it was found in (Dinosaur Provincial Park). Interview with Evan Johnson-Ransom, a PhD student at the Ross Lab and Sereno Lab at the University...
Sep 01, 2022•37 min•Ep. 405
For links about dinosaur misconceptions in the media, all of the details we shared about Chirostenotes , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Chirostenotes-Episode-404/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. We correct a lot of the common dinosaurs mistakes in movies, TV shows, toys, games, and art. Dinosaur of the day Chirostenotes, a toothless oviraptorosaur that was originally known from only its hands. See Privacy Po...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 404
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Spinops , links from Oliver and Joschua, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Spinops-Episode-403/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Spinops, a ceratopsian whose name means "spine face". Interview with Oliver Wings and Joschua Knüppe . Joschua is a paleoartist, and host of Paleostream on Twitch. Oliver is the curator of the Geoscie...
Aug 17, 2022•41 min•Ep. 403
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Gravitholus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Gravitholus-Episode-402/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Roy Chapman Andrews fought through the Gobi Desert to make some miraculous dinosaur discoveries including Velociraptor, Oviraptor, and some amazing dinosaur nests. Dinosaur of the day Gravitholus, an ~10ft long pachycephalosaurid that could be...
Aug 10, 2022•59 min•Ep. 402
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Mercuriceratops , links from Susannah Maidment, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Mercuriceratops-Episode-401/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Mercuriceratops, The oldest known chasmosaurine from Canada found at the time. Interview with Susannah Maidment , principal researcher and curator of the archosaurs at the Natural Histo...
Aug 04, 2022•47 min•Ep. 401
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Hateg Island , links from Michael Benton, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Hateg Island-Episode-400/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Hateg Island, a Late Cretaceous island that included some tiny dinosaurs and at least one enormous pterosaur. Interview with Michael Benton, paleontologist and professor of vertebrate paleontolo...
Jul 29, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 400
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Dyoplosaurus , links from Maria McNamara, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Dyoplosaurus-Episode-399/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Dyoplosaurus, an ankylosaurid that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Alberta, Canada (in the Dinosaur Park Formation). Interview with Maria McNamara, a paleobiologist and professor of ...
Jul 21, 2022•58 min•Ep. 399
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Itemirus , links from Cameron Muskelly, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Itemirus-Episode-398/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Itemirus, A dromaeosaurid described from a fragment of the back of the skull. Interview with Cameron Muskelly, an avocational paleontologist/geologist and paleontology educator based in Georgia. He’s ...
Jul 14, 2022•49 min•Ep. 398
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Saurornitholestes , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Saurornitholestes-Episode-397/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Saurornitholestes, A dromaeosaurid that looked similar to Velociraptor with teeth that may have been used to preen its feathers.. Some resources to help you find fossils: FOSSILS: A Guide to Prehistoric Life, a ...
Jul 06, 2022•52 min•Ep. 397
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Draconyx , links from David Randall, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Draconyx-Episode-396/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Draconyx, a relatively small relative of Iguanodon. Interview with David Randall , a senior reporter at Reuters and the author of several books, including “The Monster’s Bones: The Discovery of T. rex an...
Jun 30, 2022•43 min•Ep. 396
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Aegyptosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Aegyptosaurus-Episode-395/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Aegyptosaurus, a sauropod from Egypt which like Spinosaurus was mostly lost to science in Munich during WWII. Ankylosaurus is the longest, heaviest, and widest ankylosaur. But those aren't the only details that make Ank...
Jun 23, 2022•43 min•Ep. 395
