I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Futalognkosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Futalognkosaurus-Episode-266/To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoDinosaur of the day Futalognkosaurus, one of the most complete titanosaurs ever found.In dinosaur news this week:Best New Site (228): Tanis SiteBest New Tyrannosaur (233): SuskityrannusGnarliest Pathologies (244): TenontosaurusBest New Sauropod (220): BajadasaurusBest Early Dinosaur Discovery (261): GnathovoraxHonorable Mention - Best Early Dinosaur (242): NotatesseraeraptorBest Gut Contents (245): MicroraptorBest Amber Find (247): ElektornisBest Biomechanics Study: (251) How Raptors Used Their ClawsBest Hadrosaur (252): KamuysaurusBest Paleoart: (252) Brian Engh's Dinosaur Thermoregulation in Infra-RedBest Video Short (219): Sharp TeethBest Video (221): My Pet Dinosaur on BBCHonorable Mention - Best Video (253): Jurassic World: Battle at Big RockBest Dinosaur Thought (252): Sauropods Squishing TurtlesOur Favorite Episode (250): Sabrina Ricci's Hardcore Bone WarsOur comfy dinosaur clothes are available in three awesome designs! There is a Gorgosaurus, Parasaurolophus, and an Allosaurus. Get them on Hoodies, tanktops, and lots of other items by going to bit.ly/iknowdinostoreSee 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 Altirhinus, links from Mel Murray, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Altirhinus-Episode-265/To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoDinosaur of the day Altirhinus, an Iguanodontian with both a beak and teeth for chewing.Interview with Mel Murray, Science Communicator and Digital Content Producer at the Australian Museum in Sydney. She made the corresponding app for the Tyrannosaurs: Meet the Family exhibition. And she's working to digitize fossils for public use. Follow the museum on Facebook, Twitter, and check out the video of our visit.In dinosaur news this week:A new Middle Jurassic ornithischian, Sanxiasaurus, was found near the Three Gorges Dam in ChinaTwo new pieces of 100 million-year-old amber were found with lice feeding on dinosaur feathersYale Peabody Museum of Natural History’s Great Hall will be closing on Dec 31 for its renovationsMary Anning may finally get her statue in Lyme Regis after another 15,000 pounds were donated to the townA team from UC Berkeley created a digital T. rex that is able to kick a soccer ballMonroeville Convention Center in Pennsylvania will have a Dinosaur Adventure exhibitColin Trevorrow recently posted a video on Twitter of a dinosaur robot from Jurassic World 3Our comfy dinosaur clothes are available in three awesome designs! There is a Gorgosaurus, Parasaurolophus, and an Allosaurus. Get them on Hoodies, tanktops, and lots of other items by going to bit.ly/iknowdinostoreSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dinosaur of the day Unenlagia, the Deinonychus-sized raptor from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.Interview with Jenni Brammall, special projects coordinator at the Australian Opal Centre in Lightning Ridge, NSW. She manages the opalized fossil collections at AOC and is helping to organize construction of the massive new Australian Opal Centre building. Check out our video of the AOC or checkout their Facebook page.Our book 50 Dinosaur Tales is now available as an Audibook! It has all 50 of our dinosaur short stories from discoveries in the last 5 years. It also includes 100+ Other dinosaur discoveries in fact sheets. Get a copy or add it to your wishlist by going to bit.ly/50dinosaurtalesIn dinosaur news this week:The new theropod, Lajasvenator, was tiny for a carcharodontosauridHannah the ceratopsian is a Sytracosaurus albertensisDinosaur footprints have been found in the former Qing Dynasty imperial summer resortThe Jurassic World YouTube Channel has a new motion comic seriesTo get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Unenlagia, links from Jenni Brammall, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Unenlagia-Episode-264/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dinosaur of the day Neovenator, an apex predator from the UK with a sensitive face.Interview with Jo Pegler and Corey Richards, laboratory coordinator and operations & marketing coordinator at the Eromanga Natural History Museum in southwest Queensland Australia. If you can't visit them in person, you can see there work at enhm.com.au or on twitter @EromangaNHMIn dinosaur news this week:A new Miragaia specimen solidifies the genus, but eliminates AlcovasaurusA rare three-dimensionally preserved dinosaur/bird, Fukuipteryx, was described from JapanThe Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History just assessed their iconic mural “The Age of Reptiles”The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade had a T. rex float named RexyThe American Museum of Natural History decorated a tree with more than 800 origami dinosaursThis episode is brought to you in part by Why Dinosaurs? The feature length documentary celebrating dinosaurs and the people who love them, created by father and son team Tony and James Pinto, support them and get perks on Indiegogo.To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Neovenator, links from Jo Pegler and Corey Richards, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Neovenator-Episode-263/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dinosaur of the day Magyarosaurus, an armored dwarf sauropod from a Cretaceous European island.Interview with Philip Mannion, Steve Poropat, and Adele Pentland. Paleontologists at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum in Winton, Queensland. We discussed the new sauropods literally coming up out of the ground in the Outback as well as a brand new pterosaur, Ferrodraco.Here is the video of our visit to the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum.In dinosaur news this week:A new small ceratopsian was named Ferrisaurus from northern British Columbia, CanadaA new study shows just how fast dinosaurs could replace their teethThe Cleveland Museum of Natural History has a new exhibit called Ultimate DinosaursThe Natural History Museum in Los Angeles is having an Antarctic Dinosaurs Family DayThis episode is brought to you in part by Why Dinosaurs? The feature length documentary celebrating dinosaurs and the people who love them, created by father and son team Tony and James Pinto, support them and get perks on Indiegogo.To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Magyarosaurus, links from Philip Mannion, Steve Poropat, and Adele Pentland, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Magyarosaurus-Episode-262/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dinosaur of the day Pelecanimimus, the "pelican mimic" with over 200 teeth.Interview with Stuart Sumida, biology professor at California State University, San Bernardino, and an anatomical consultant to special effect artists and animators. He’s worked on over 50 films with many studios (Disney, Pixar, ILM, many more) as well as with games (Blizzard), written books, published numerous scientific articles, and led digs around the world.In dinosaur news this week:A new remarkable early herrerasaurid, Gnathovorax cabreirai, was found in BrazilA new set of Oryctodromeus fossils were found in Idaho including at least one new burrowCrystal Palace dinosaur park in the UK may be getting a new, permanent bridge so visitors can get closer to the dinosaursAvengers #26 will show the "first superhero" in the Marvel Universe, a T. rexThis episode is brought to you in part by Why Dinosaurs? The feature length documentary celebrating dinosaurs and the people who love them, created by father and son team Tony and James Pinto, support them and get perks on Indiegogo.To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Pelecanimimus, links from Stuart Sumida, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Pelecanimimus-Episode-261/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dinosaur of the day Leptoceratops, A small late cretaceous ceratopsian that may have switched between a two and four-legged stance.Interview with Matthew Mossbrucker, the director and chief curator at the Morrison Natural History Museum in Colorado where he studies the type section of the Morrison Formation. He's also on the board of the Paleon Museum where he leads digs with the public. Check out his work at the Morrison's Facebook page.Get our new book 50 Dinosaur Tales at: bit.ly/50dinosaurtalesIn dinosaur news this week:A new Megarptorid was found in Australia, it looks a lot like Australovenator, but it might be too oldAnother Alaskan tracksite, the Chignik Formation, recovers a huge number of hadrosaurids at the beachA new study looked at Tristan the T.rex’s tooth replacement and found an alternating replacement patternThree baby Protoceratops at Southern Illinois Laboratory have been given new nicknamesTo get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Leptoceratops, links from Matthew Mossbrucker, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Leptoceratops-Episode-260/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dinosaur of the day Chingkankousaurus, a possible tyrannosauroid from eastern China known only from a shoulder blade.Interview with Phoebe Wood, a primary student from Adelaide, South Australia. She won several awards for her Anchiornis huxleyi model. Including Young Scientist of the Year 2019 and the Oliphant Trophy—a first for a primary school student.Get our new book 50 Dinosaur Tales at: bit.ly/50dinosaurtalesIn dinosaur news this week:News from the final day of talks and posters at the 2019 meeting of the Society of Vertebrate PaleontologyA large varied selection of dinosaur microfossils from the Alaskan Kakanaut Formation show that dinosaurs lived in the arctic year-roundAfter more restoration work, an alternative Allosaurus holotype is ready to be namedSiats and Moros finds show that Allosauroids and Tyrannosauroids coexisted in the cretaceousWe now have an excellent growth series of over 20 Sinornithomimus individuals from ChinaA coprolite “nugget” shows excellent preservation of at least two feather types and likely multiple ticksMore evidence shows that dinosaur diversity was very high up until the end-cretaceous extinctionBy comparing LAGs in arm and leg bones, another study shows that Maiasaura was quadrupedal its whole lifeA new Jurassic ankylosaur was found in PortugalTwo new ceratopsians were discovered in Grand Staircase Escalante National MonumentA new "Super matrix" of crocodilians places some difficult taxa in a cladogramAn analysis of Dimetrodon (not a dinosaur) and its relatives shows the wide range of sizes that they came inThe Tate Geological Museum have found a couple of sauropod feet and a diplodocid skullThe Burke Museum in Washington has a new exhibit called Fossils UncoveredA new animation shows how long dinosaurs lived, by tracing our solar system’s movement through the Milky Way GalaxyHorse Archer Productions has a new web series, A Million Bones of Stone, the first episode is about LaelapsJustice Smith and Daniella Pineda, who played Franklin and Zia, in Fallen Kingdom will be back for Jurassic World 3To get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Chingkankousaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Chingkankousaurus-Episode-259/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dinosaur of the day Anserimimus, The "goose mimic" from the Gobi Desert.Interview with Karen Chin, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder and Curator of Paleontology at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, and she's an expert in coprolites. Check out a video of her work here if you want to see more.Get our new book 50 Dinosaur Tales at: bit.ly/50dinosaurtalesIn dinosaur news this week:News from the 3rd day of talks at the 2019 meeting of the Society of Vertebrate PaleontologyDinosaurs had many different skull, jaw muscle, and brain sizes, but we can only easily study the small group that survived the mass extinctionBy using evo-devo we can now see how exactly bird skulls form around their brainsNon-avian Dinosaurs quickly evolved many different skulls and jaws, but they don’t always reflect their feeding strategiesWe don’t see evidence of dinosaurs before the Carnian Pluvial Event, but fossil localities are limitedA new statistical approach may make it easier to separate male and female dinosaur fossilsSome quadrupedal dinosaurs had much larger hindfeet than front-feet, but the reason is still unclearMassospondylus had very flexible growth rates, possibly indicating it was a “recovery taxa” taking advantage of the end Triassic extinctionNew Triceratops excavations found rare remains beyond just the skull, allowing us to measure how they changed as they grewLate cretaceous ceratopsian brains changed shape to allow for the massive neck muscles they needed to hold up their headAustralia has the best ankylosaurs from Gondwana including the new “Julia Creek” specimenA new, larger, Liaoningosaurus fossil was found by a farmer in ChinaMicrostructure of pachycephalosaur domes may show that they did but headsIn Casper, Wyoming, the Tate Geological Museum now has Nicole the Torosaurus on displayThe Natural History Museum in London is taking student applications to study ceratopsian phylogenyAustria is releasing a set of 12 glow in the dark 3-euro dinosaur coinsMattel Films is partnering with Daniel Kaluuya’s production company to make a live action Barney the dinosaur movieJurassic World 3 will star DeWanda Wise and Mamoudou Athie, and will bring back characters Ian Malcolm, Ellie Sattler, and Alan Grant will be in the filmTo get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Anserimimus, links from Karen Chin, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Anserimimus-Episode-258/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dinosaur of the day Kritosaurus, a hadrosaur that was found over 100 years ago in New Mexico.Interview with Scott Hartman, a paleo artist and lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, Madison for the Department of Integrative Biology. He’s done hundreds of skeletal drawings and his work has been featured in books, museums, and academic publications. Follow him on facebook or twitter @skeletaldrawing or skeletaldrawing.comIn dinosaur news this week:News from poster sessions and 2nd day of talks at the 2019 meeting of the Society of Vertebrate PaleontologyEarly Mesozoic herbivores filled in ecological niches that were left because of extinctionsRegurgitalites (fossilized vomit) are out there, and they can give just as much information as coprolites (fossilized poop)Chemical testing of bones is looking to be a promising method of finding lost fossil localitiesScott Hocknull described three successful case studies of getting the public involved with dinosaur discoveries during construction projects and mining operationsStuart Sumida showed an animation of evolution, using a Dimetrodon and other relativesAriel Marcy has a new collaborative game about the scientific method, similar to the game PandemicTaissa Rodrigues taught high schoolers in Brazil about evolution through paleo artEmanuel Tschopp found that sauropods from the Morrison Formation did not overlap as much as previously thoughtKayleigh Wiersma showed that some sauropods may have had beaks in addition to their teethLes Hearn and Amanda Williams published a paper about pain in dinosaurs, and found a lot of dinosaurs survived injuries that would have hurt their mobility and ability to hunt or run away from predatorsThe Field Museum in Chicago has new sensory stations, including one where you can smell Sue the T. rex’s breathThere’s a grassroots effort in Westchester New York to protect land with dinosaur tracks and fossilsAustin, Texas, as a weird neon green dinosaur, known as Mangiasaurus rexSpecial Spaces Cleveland and the Jurassic World Live tour worked together to design a dinosaur bedroom for Ezra Boggs, a 6-year-old with cancerLego has a new 910 piece Dinosaur Fossils setGet our merchandise, on sale for Halloween at bit.ly/iknowdinostoreTo get access to lots of patron only content check out https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Kritosaurus, links from Scott Hartman, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Kritosaurus-Episode-257/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.