I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

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Jun 23, 2022 • 43min

Why Ankylosaurus is the best dinosaur

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 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.
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Jun 16, 2022 • 58min

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 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.
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Jun 8, 2022 • 59min

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 World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World: Battle at Big Rock and the prelude to Jurassic World: Dominion. He’s also lectured on dinosaur movement and locomotion at many conferences, schools, and museums. Find his work on artofglenmcintosh.comThis 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.
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Jun 1, 2022 • 54min

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 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.
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May 25, 2022 • 58min

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 paleontologist, geologist, science communicator, and researcher at the University of Campinas and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Aline is a scientist, science communicator, and professor of paleontology also at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.This episode is brought to you by our patrons. Their generous contributions make our podcast possible! You can join our community, help us keep the show going, and get the show ad-free for $9/month with an annual subscription. Go to Patreon.com/iknowdino to sign up.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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May 18, 2022 • 1h 5min

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 our patrons. Their generous contributions make our podcast possible! You can join our community, help us keep the show going, and get the show ad-free for $9/month with an annual subscription. Go to Patreon.com/iknowdino to sign up.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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May 12, 2022 • 1h 11min

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 famous dino field expedition would you liked to have been part of?Who of the early paleontologists do you wish you could have interviewed?If you had to take a side in the Bone Wars, would it be Marsh or Cope?Will there ever be a chance that your favorite groups of dinosaurs (sauropods and ankylosaurs) could change?What are your favorite non-saurian extinct animals?Do you have ancient plant or fungal life you find interesting?Did you have a favorite dinosaur toy growing up?How long would a human survive in the early-Triassic, mid-Jurassic, or end-Cretaceous?What is the Coolest fossil you have found or seen?What makes Velociraptor (and other feathered dinosaurs) dinosaurs and not birds?Which fossil most seems to be missing from the record, but you hope or expect to be found? Maybe a feathered T. rex?What is—and isn’t—known about dinosaur skin? How is it known, soft tissue preservation?Do you have a routine for how you do the research for each episode?Is there a specific specimen you want to visit and see someday?Have any dinosaur fossils been found in the in Antarctica? Is their any chance any skin, bone etc could be locked in the permafrost? This episode is brought to you by our patrons. Their generous contributions make our podcast possible! You can join our community, help us keep the show going, and get the show ad-free for $9/month with an annual subscription. Go to Patreon.com/iknowdino to sign up.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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May 5, 2022 • 56min

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 PatagoniaA new ornithomimosaur (not yet named) has been found in the Erlian Formation of Nei Mongol, north ChinaThe University of Colorado Boulder is returning their Triceratops skull to the Smithsonian InstitutionThe game Parkasaurus is now available on Nintendo SwitchColin Trevorrow shared a map of Jurassic World: Dominion that showed where the dinosaurs have ended up around the U.S.Jurassic World: Dominion dropped a second trailerTom Holtz shared a flowchart to help determine if you've found a coprolite, regurgitalite, or other dinosaur meal This episode is brought to you by our patrons. Their generous contributions make our podcast possible! You can join our community, help us keep the show going, and get the show ad-free for $9/month with an annual subscription. Go to Patreon.com/iknowdino to sign up.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Apr 28, 2022 • 1h 9min

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 Scientific American. She has written a number of books, including "The Last Days of Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World", which came out this week.In dinosaur news this week:There was a new response to the paper estimating there were probably billions of T. rexIn Missouri, the House recently voted to update the name of their state dinosaur from Hypsibema to ParrosaurusA group of Toronto Raptors fans dressed up in inflatable dinosaur costumes to celebrate the team making the playoffsThe Smithsonian is making exclusive products with Jurassic World: DominionPast Eons Productions is recreating the BBC Walking With Dinosaurs documentary using Jurassic World Evolution 2 mods This episode is brought to you in part by MEL Science. They offer science subscription boxes teaching STEM, chemistry, and physics for science enthusiasts of all ages. Use promo code "ikd" for 60% off your 1st month of any subscription. Act quickly, the promo code is limited and will only be active for 1 month. Get your box at https://melscience.com/sBGY/ with promo code ikd.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Apr 21, 2022 • 47min

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 Triceratops horridus, was injured by another ceratopsianA new T. rex specimen was described and is going on display at the Auckland Museum in New ZealandAmargasaurus may have had more of a sail on its neck instead of tall spinesScientists studied a sauropodomorph from the beginning of the Late Triassic and found it was already relatively largeScientists analyzed and redescribed Patagosaurus fariasiResearchers found an air sac system in an adult saltasaurid titanosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now BrazilThe W.T. Bland Public Library in Mount Dora, Florida has a Nothronychus on displayThe SODO district of Seattle, Washington now has Dinos Alive Exhibition: An Immersive ExperienceDavid Attenborough’s Dinosaurs: The Final Day, is airing in the U.S. on May 11The casts of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World reflected on Jurassic Park and how Dominion ties in into the franchiseA new image shows Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) with a baby NasutoceratopsIn Jurassic World: Dominion Giganotosaurus is meant to feel like the Joker from the Dark Knight This episode is brought to you in part by MEL Science. They offer science subscription boxes teaching STEM, chemistry, and physics for science enthusiasts of all ages. Use promo code "ikd" for 60% off your 1st month of any subscription. Act quickly, the promo code is limited and will only be active for 1 month. Get your box at https://melscience.com/sBGO/ with promo code ikd.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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