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Was T. rex as smart as a baboon? Mar 02, 2023

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Episode 431: Was T. rex as smart as a baboon? Plus Evan Johnson-Ransom and Julius Csotonyi join us to discuss their new massive book titled Dinosaur World: Over 1,200 Amazing Dinosaurs, Famous Fossils, and the Latest Discoveries from the Prehistoric Era

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Dinosaur of the day Lurdusaurus, a large iguandont that despite being 6.5 ft tall, only held its belly about 2 ft off the ground..

Interview with Julius and Evan. Evan Johnson-Ransom is a PhD student at the University of Chicago a studying the functional morphology and feeding behavior of dinosaurs. Julius Csotonyi is a talented paleoartist who has created life-sized dinosaur murals for many museums and also illustrated the new book Dinosaur World which Evan wrote.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new study claims that theropods were as intelligent as primates (but not everyone agrees)
A single Allosaurus had 10 pathologies
An ornithomimosaur was injured via blunt force trauma to its foot

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Whiskers or eyelashes on dinosaurs? Feb 23, 2023

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Episode 430: Whiskers or eyelashes on dinosaurs? Plus a dinosaur connection challenge with Pokemon

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Dinosaur of the day Lophostropheus, a coelophysoid theropod that lived between the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic in what is now Normandy, France.

In dinosaur news this week:

256 new titanosaur eggs were discovered in India
A new type of egg in Japan probably came from a small troodontid theropod

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A mini ankylosaur and a giant hadrosaur Feb 16, 2023

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Episode 429: A mini ankylosaur and a giant hadrosaur. Plus Lindsey Kinsella joins to discuss his new book “The Lazarus Taxa” which includes scientists traveling to the Cretaceous and encountering many interesting dinosaurs.

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Dinosaur of the day Magnapaulia, a truly gigantic hadrosaur.

Interview with Lindsey Kinsella, a paleontology enthusiast, and writer & author of the sci-fi novel “The Lazarus Taxa" which includes scientists time traveling to the Late Cretaceous. Connect with him on at facebook.com/LindseyKinsellaAuthor/

In dinosaur news this week:

A new tiny ankylosaur from Patagonia, Patagopelta
Baby tyrannosaurs may have been walking friends

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Could sauropods have farmed? Feb 09, 2023

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Episode 428: Could sauropods have farmed? Plus three new dinosaurs: A sauropod and theropod from Pakistan and a basal iguanodontian from Southern China.

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Dinosaur of the day Camarillasaurus, a spinosaurid that lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Teruel Province, Spain.

In dinosaur news this week:

Two new dinosaurs, the sauropod Khanazeem and the theropod Shansaraiki, were recently (mostly) described from Pakistan
The first basal Iguanodontian from Southern China, Napaisaurus, was recently described
A hiker found sauropod bones in the Royal Gorge Region of Colorado
“Big John” the Triceratops is going to the Glazer Children’s Museum in Tampa, Florida

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The first dinosaur respiratory infection with Cary Woodruff Feb 02, 2023

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Episode 427: The first dinosaur respiratory infection with Cary Woodruff. We discuss Dolly, the sauropod with the first probable respiratory infection in a dinosaur; Also, a new tyrannosauroid, a new titanosauriform, and the dinosaur with the longest neck.

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Dinosaur of the day Xinjiangtitan, the dinosaur with the longest known neck.

Interview with Cary Woodruff, a sauropod specialist and curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science. He recently described Dolly, the first non-avian dinosaur found to have a respiratory infection. Follow him on twitter @DoubleBeam

In dinosaur news this week:

Paleontologist Jorge Calvo passed away on January 10 of this year
A new tyrannosauroid from Northeast China is the first predatory dinosaur found in the area
A new titanosauriform, Ruixinia zhangi, had an unusual tail

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The Best Dinosaur Museums in the World Jan 26, 2023

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Episode 426: The Best Dinosaur Museums in the World. The best places to see dinosaurs in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia

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Dinosaur of the day Haya, a Mongolian ornithischian that was found with gastroliths for grinding up food.

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Microraptor ate mammals Jan 19, 2023

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Episode 425: Microraptor ate mammals. Plus a new titanosaur, a new Dryptosaurus find, Sabrina connects dinosaurs to princess seams, and much more

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Dinosaur of the day Isanosaurus, a small to medium sized sauropodomorph that lived in the Late Triassic or Late Jurassic in what is now Thailand.

In dinosaur news this week:

There’s a new titanosaur: Caieira allocaudata
A new Dryptosaurus find may include medullary bone—showing another possibly female tyrannosauroid
A mammal's foot was found inside a Microraptor's ribcage showing that the mammal was eaten by the dinosaur
Dippy has a three-year residency at Coventry’s Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
A new dinosaur film, 65, comes out in March

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What the Titanic has to do with dinosaurs Jan 11, 2023

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Episode 424: What the Titanic has to do with dinosaurs. Plus two new dinosaurs, a sauropod and a hadrosaur that both show unexpected diversity in their locales; Ornithopods had bigger brains than we thought; and more

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Dinosaur of the day Silesaurus, a dinosauromorph (or dinosaur depending on who you ask) from the Triassic with herbivorous and quadrupedal traits.

In dinosaur news this week:

There’s a new macronarian sauropod, Yuzhoulong, that shows more diversity in Sichuan, China than previously thought
A new basal hadrosaurid, Malefica, named "witch" or "sorceress" was found in Big Bend National Park
Ornithopods, and especially hadrosaurs, had bigger brains than we thought
Washington state is still working on getting a state dinosaur
South Australian Museum in Adelaide, Australia, has a new exhibit, Six Extinctions

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Ankylosaur and sauropod tail weapons plus a paleo controversy Jan 05, 2023

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Episode 423: Ankylosaur and sauropod tail weapons plus a paleo controversy. Maximum speed of sauropod tails, ankylosaurs clubbing each other, a paper on the Tanis site may include fake data, a new ornithopod, and how AI is being used in paleontology

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Dinosaur of the day Abrosaurus, a sauropod from China whose species name was originally "giant nose."

In dinosaur news this week:

One of the papers about the Tanis site has been accused of having fake data
There’s a new dwarf rhabdodontid dinosaur, Transylvanosaurus platycephalus
Ankylosaurs probably evolved their tails for fighting each other, not for defending against predators
Diplodocid tails could not break the speed of sound, according to a new model
Artificial Intelligence helped solve the mystery of dinosaur tracks in Queensland, Australia

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Top 22 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2022 Dec 30, 2022

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Dinosaur of the day Hanssuesia, a pachycephalosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta that was once considered a troodontid.

Our top stories of 2022:

Best soft tissue: Dakota the Edmontosaurus mummy
Best soft tissue honorable mention #1: Dinosaur intestines
Best soft tissue honorable mention #2: Sauropod skin (goosebumps)
Best paleopathology study: Dolly the sauropod respiratory infection
Earliest sauropod of the year: Mbiresaurus
Largest megaraptorid of the year: Maip
Keeping the debate going: Torosaurus considered valid
Biggest movies/shows of the year: Jurassic World: Dominion and Prehistoric Planet
Most misunderstood dinosaur: Dodo
Our favorite new segment: The Dinosaur Connection Challenge: Connecting dinosaurs to sandwiches
Best news for Ubirajara fans in Brazil: Ubirajara returning to Brazil
Best dinosaur embryo: Baby Yingliang
Best early thyreophoran: Jakapil
Best stegosaur: New stegosaur Bashanosaurus
Furthest reaching dinosaur story: glass beads on the moon from craters that hit earth
Best T. rex study(s): Presentations at SVP that Tyrannosaurs had tiny arms before they had huge heads
Smallest sauropod of the year: Ibirania
Best new herbivore: Stegouros
Best new herbivore honorable mention: Ankylosaur: Yuxisaurus
Best new carnivore: New carcharodontosaurid Meraxes
BONUS: Stromer's Riddle but with mosasaurs

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