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Dinosaur of the day Elopteryx, a bird like troodontid from what is now Romania (Hateg island) whose name means "marsh wing".

Our top 23 segments of 2023 (with a bonus):

Best hadrosauroid: Gonkoken
Cutest new dinosaur: Minimocursor
Best sauropod tail: Ruixinia
Best sauropod neck: Inawentu
Most forgotten dinosaur: Oblitosaurus
Most forgotten sauropod: Igai
Best new ankylosaur: Patagopelta
Biggest impact from a small fragment: Amanasaurus
Best new ceratopsid: Furcatoceratops
Best new ornithomimosaur: Tyrannomimus
Best basal sauropodomorph: Qianlong
Best alvarezsaurid: Jaculinykus
Garret's most popular dinosaur connection: Titanic
Sabrina's most popular dinosaur connection: Alexander the Great
Most shared interview: John Holmes on Tolkien's presentation On Dragons
Most impressive (and controversial) fossil: Repenomamus interlocked with Psittacosaurus
Best paleopathology: Nodules in an ankylosaur nasal passage
Paleopathology runner up: Ornithomimosaur with blunt force trauma to its foot
Paleopathology runner up: T. rex biting through Triceratops frill
Best ankylosaur paper: Zuul fighting each other
Dinosaur egg hiding in plain sight: Agate in London
Biggest disappointment: Therizinosaur claws
Best mohawk study: Amargasaurus neck spines
Biggest change to a popular dinosaur: Utahraptor's age

Top 23 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2023