A huge new spinosaur and a tiny thyreophoran

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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
• A new, very large spinosaur was discovered on the Isle of Wight in England
• Spinosaurids replaced teeth very quickly, which is probably why we’ve found so many
• Oxford University Museum of Natural History is re-running a lecture J.R.R. Tolkien gave in 1938 about dragonlore and dinosaurs
• The Field Museum in Chicago recently got a new hadrosaur dinosaur fossil
• Another dinosaur, Zephyr, is going to auction next month
• A student at Southern Methodist University in Texas makes dinosaur origami
• There’s a new trailer for Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

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