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A raptor with preserved intestines Dec 21, 2022

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Dinosaur of the day Ostafrikasaurus, a large theropod named from a tooth that looks like a cross between a spinosaurid and ceratosaurid.

In dinosaur news this week:

Paleontologists discovered new dromaeosaur, Daurlong wangi, complete with part of the intestines!
A new non-avian dinosaur, Natovenator, with a streamlined body for swimming and hunting fish
The Auckland War Memorial Museum in New Zealand has two T. rex on display, and one of them may have been pregnant
Maximus, the T. rex skull, sold for a lot less than expected
Gary the Edmontosaurus was airlifted from Red Deer River valley in Alberta, Canada this summer
You can get an AR model of Scotty the T. rex via the Royal Saskatchewan Museum
The Hongkong Post is issuing six dinosaur stamps

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PalaeoPoems with Brigid & Mike Dec 15, 2022

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Dinosaur of the day Eucamerotus, the "well-chambered" sauropod from the Early Cretaceous in what is now the Isle of Wight, England.

Interview with Brigid and Mike, Brigid Christison has a Master's in Biology and is the founder and manager of PalaeoPoems. Mike Thompson is working on a PhD in Paleontology & Sedimentology at the University of Manitoba and writes the science behind the PalaeoPoems. Check them out at www.palaeopoems.com

In dinosaur news this week:

“Spinosaurus is not an aquatic dinosaur” according to a new analysis of its buoyancy and body shape
A T. rex skeleton, nicknamed Shen, was supposed to go on sale but instead will be on display at a museum (for now)
The Natural History Museum in London is getting a Patagotitan
Our last coverage of SVP 2022 including pachycephalosaurs, Big Al pathologies, bird hearts, and more

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Tyrannosaurs broke teeth, dino arms, and 2 new dinosaurs Dec 08, 2022

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Dinosaur of the day Panphagia, an early sauropodomorph that might show the start of the shift from carnivory to herbivory.

In dinosaur news this week:

The Colbert Prize posters from SVP 2022: Tyrannosaur tooth wear, a new ornithopod, a new alvarezsaurid, and more
More talks from SVP 2022: Polar dinosaur tracks, a potential new tyrannosaur, more Shri fossils, turtles with theropods, and more
Also, the 9 ton Utahraptor block might have another raptor species in it, fossilized dinosaur skin chemistry, and more from SVP

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A brand new tyrannosaur with Elias and Denver Dec 01, 2022

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For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Poekilopleuron, links from Elias and Denver, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Poekilopleuron-Episode-418/

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Dinosaur of the day Poekilopleuron, one of the first described theropods—from 1836 in France.

Interview with Elías and Denver. Elías Warshaw is a research associate at Badlands Dinosaur Museum & a student at Montana State University. Denver Fowler is the curator at the Badlands Dinosaur Museum.

In dinosaur news this week:

Presentations from the Theropods session of SVP 2022
A new Daspletosaurus species, wilsoni, was named which appears to be an evolutionary link between two previously known species

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Thescelosaurus had spikes coming out of its forearms Nov 24, 2022

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Dinosaur of the day Caenagnathus, A large oviraptorosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Alberta, Canada.

In dinosaur news this week:

Presentations from the Dinosaur Macroevolution/Macroecology session of SVP 2022
The Soft Tissues and Taphonomy talks from SVP 2022

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Steve Brusatte on how mammals survived dinosaurs Nov 17, 2022

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Dinosaur of the day Bruhathkayosaurus, a titanosaur sauropod that lived in Late Cretaceous in what is now India (in the Kallamedu Formation).

Interview with Steve Brusatte, a paleontologist, paleontology advisor for Jurassic World, and author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, and more recently The Rise and Reign of the Mammals

In dinosaur news this week:

The Dinosaur Technical Session from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2022 annual meeting

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A huge ornithomimosaur in Mississippi Nov 09, 2022

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Dinosaur of the day Udanoceratops, Largest known leptoceratopsid found to date.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new very large ornithomimosaur was discovered in Mississippi
Ornithoscelida is dead, but the dinosaur family tree might be getting another update
Scientists found that the early dinosaur Coelophysis had a lot of variation in how they grew
The pachycephalosaurid Stegoceras may have head-butted
There's a new predictive modelling framework to estimate dinosaur bite force
Scientists reconstructed an Amargasaurus head
Phys.org featured Doug Boyer, founder of MorphoSource, a digital repository of museum specimen 3D scans

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A giant carcharodontosaur and a tiny titanosaur Nov 02, 2022

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Dinosaur of the day Zanabazar, the largest known Asian troodontid.

In dinosaur news this week:

New "giant theropod material" may be a third carcharodontosaurid in Cretaceous Morocco or more support for the dinosaur Sauroniops
There’s a new titanosaur, Ibirania, which looked like other sauropods although smaller—despite not being on an island
A new massopodan sauropodomorph Tuebingosaurus maierfritzorum has been named from Germany
A new juvenile T. rex was recently fund and is on display in Colorado
A new study shows that many dinosaurs were endothermic ("warm blooded"), while others were ectothermic ("cold blooded")
Shortly before hatching, a bird's pelvis looks the same as a dinosaur’s pelvis
Not all dinosaurs that lived on islands may have been small
Scientists identified the first record of dinosaur tracks in what is now Palestine and published a nice set of criteria for identifying tracks
There’s at least 38 trackways and more than 350 dinosaur footprints at the TY tracksite in southern Africa

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A sparkly dinosaur that mummified like an Egyptian Oct 27, 2022

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Dinosaur of the day Amphicoelias, a diplodocid that was widely reported to be the largest dinosaur of all time, but is now considered much smaller.

In dinosaur news this week:

An Edmontosaurus from the Hell Creek formation nicknamed Dakota likely desiccated for weeks before being buried and fossilizing
The new dinosaur Mbiresaurus helps show that the earliest dinosaurs lived in the far south of Pangaea in temperate climates
New dinosaur Nevadadromeus schmitti has officially been published
Having narrower eye sockets may have helped tyrannosaurs and other large theropods to have a more powerful bite
How SUE the T. rex got holes in its jaws remains a mystery
In Australia, Muttaburrasaurus is officially Queensland’s State Fossil

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Extinction Extravaganza Oct 19, 2022

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Dinosaur of the day Brachytrachelopan, a dicraeosaurid sauropod from the Late Jurassic that had an extremely short neck (for a sauropod).

In dinosaur news this week:

A new abelisaurid from Patagonia, Elemgasem, was small but named after a mighty Tehuelche god
Scientists suggested volcanic eruptions could be the main reason for mass extinctions
Scientists suggested dinosaurs were on the decline before they went extinct
The moon includes evidence of asteroid impacts on Earth
There is a second underwater crater that is from around the same time as Chicxulub
A new model shows the tsunami after the Chicxulub impact
The Chicxulub impact may have triggered an earthquake that lasted weeks to months
Precipitation played a role in the abundance and success of hadrosaurs and ceratopsians in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Alaska
Dinosaurs may have been successful and diverse because of the differences in their diets
80 million year old dinosaur eggs were recently found in Jiangxi Province, China
In Skåne, Sweden, large carnivorous dinosaurs from the Late Triassic were recently found
Reykjavík might be getting a Triceratops skeleton to display
To celebrate National Fossil Day, Mississippi State University’s Dunn-Seiler Museum had a competition to name their Triceratops
A man in New Zealand used VR to sculpt and then 3D print a life-sized model of a Tyrannosaurus

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