I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

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 likely desiccated for weeks before being buried and fossilizingThe new dinosaur Mbiresaurus helps show that the earliest dinosaurs lived in the far south of Pangaea in temperate climatesNew dinosaur Nevadadromeus schmitti has officially been publishedHaving narrower eye sockets may have helped tyrannosaurs and other large theropods to have a more powerful biteHow SUE the T. rex got holes in its jaws remains a mysteryIn Australia, Muttaburrasaurus is officially Queensland’s State Fossil We're headed to the 2022 Society o

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 after a mighty Tehuelche godScientists suggested volcanic eruptions could be the main reason for mass extinctionsScientists suggested dinosaurs were on the decline before they went extinctThe moon includes evidence of asteroid impacts on EarthThere is a second underwater crater that is from around the same time as ChicxulubA new model shows the tsunami after the Chicxulub impactThe Chicxulub impact may have triggered an earthquake that lasted weeks to monthsPrecipitation played a role in the abundance and success of hadrosa

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, were discovered in a South African bonebedNew chasmosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur Bisticeratops froeseorum was discovered.Scientists named a new type of dinosaur egg (which was found full of crystals).Scientists found a pathology in a titanosaur egg that could tell us more about dinosaur reproductive behavior.A bunch of dinosaur tracks and trackways were found in Alberta, Canada, that may show dinosaurs being sociable.Another Tyrannosaurus rex is going on auction.Scientists found new dinosaur tracks in Alaska thanks to an earth

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 bigger than SuskityrannusThere’s a new therizinosaur named Paralitherizinosaurus that was found in Hokkaido, JapanA new specimen of Yulong mini was found, which helps show how the dinosaur grew as it agedSauropods may have developed soft tissue pads on their feet by the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic, and this may have been a key adaptation for them to evolve into giantsThe Peabody Museum of Natural History may have fossils of a new tyrannosaur species from the east coast of the U.S.The Philip J. Currie Museum took visitors

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 ArgentinaA new, very large spinosaur was discovered on the Isle of Wight in EnglandSpinosaurids replaced teeth very quickly, which is probably why we’ve found so manyOxford University Museum of Natural History is re-running a lecture J.R.R. Tolkien gave in 1938 about dragonlore and dinosaursThe Field Museum in Chicago recently got a new hadrosaur dinosaur fossilAnother dinosaur, Zephyr, is going to auction next monthA student at Southern Methodist University in Texas makes dinosaur origamiThere’s a new trailer for Marvel’s Moon Girl

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 that all large-headed carnivores had relatively small armsGastroliths and Deinonychus teeth have been found associated with April the TenontosaurusScientists looked at the growth of the smallest (but not yet named) ornithopod that lived in what is now SpainAn opalized fossil may be a new dinosaur speciesThe Australian Opal Centre hosts an annual dinosaur fossil digUbirajara is being returned to BrazilPodokesaurus holyokensis became the official state dinosaur of MassachusettsDelaware has a state dinosaur, DryptosaurusThere are

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 ColombiaA new abelisaurid from the Bahariya Oasis adds yet another carnivorous group to the formationA sauropod was found in a backyard in PortugalThomas Carr and a team found fossils of T. rex, Triceratops, and Edmontosaurus on a 4-week expedition in the Badlands of MontanaA nearly complete juvenile hadrosaur with skin impressions was found in Dinosaur Provincial Park in CanadaThe Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences excavated three dinosaurs in Wyoming's Morrison Formation100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints were found in a restaurant in Sich

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, and science communicator. Follow her on Instagram, twitter, & tiktok @thedinomancer.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 of Chicago, studying neck kinematics and feeding behavior of spinosaurids, T. rex, and other theropods. Follow him on twitter @EJR_Paleo_MScSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Geosciences Collections & the Geiseltal Collection at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. The two of them created the graphic novel “Europasaurus: Life on Jurassic Islands”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 the same animal as Stegoceras.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 History Museum in London. She has published more than 50 scientific papers and is an expert on stegosaurs. Her research includes systematics, anatomy, and taxonomy of ornithischians, geological context of dinosaur evolution, and dinosaur biodiversity.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 paleontology in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. He has written over 400 scientific papers and more than 50 books, about a wide range of topics, including animals in the Triassic, extinction events, and the Hateg Basin. His most recent books are “The Dinosaurs Rediscovered" and "Dinosaurs, New visions of a lost world"See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 paleontology at the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork. Follow her on twitter @MariaMcN_palaeoSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 a researcher, lecturer, and fossil collector, and an expert in Appalachian geology. Follow him on twitter @PaleoCameronSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 book with many helpful photos and descriptions, plus links to more resources.myFOSSIL, a website that's "building a community of amateur and professional paleontologists."The Fossil Forum can help you ID fossils.A PBS webpage listing where you can find fossils in each US state.Fossil Explorer, an app that covers fossil localities in England, Scotland, and Wales. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 and How It Shook Our World"This episode is brought to you in part by Varsity Tutors. Varsity Tutors offers one-week-long, small group camps on fun, educational topics. Kids get all the benefits of summer camp from the convenience of home. Go to varsitytutors.com and use promo code IKNOWDINO at checkout to save $50 on any summer camp.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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 Ankylosaurus such a special dinosaur.Some of the papers we cover that we didn't discuss back in Episode 5:Original paper describing Ankylosaurus & Ankylosauridae by Barnum Brown from 1908How ankylosaurid tails evolved by Arbour & CurrieAnkylosaurid tail posture, club sizes, and uses by Coombs (including the shin bashing & head butting hypotheses)Redescription of Ankylosaurus by Arbour & Mallon with its overall tank-like proportionsThis episode is brought to you in part by Varsity Tutors. Varsity Tutors offers

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 episode is brought to you in part by Varsity Tutors. Varsity Tutors offers one-week-long, small group camps on fun, educational topics. Kids get all the benefits of summer camp from the convenience of home. Go to varsitytutors.com and use promo code IKNOWDINO at checkout to save $50 on any summer camp.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.