I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

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Life on Our Planet review and a new sleeping alvarezsaurid Nov 29, 2023

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Episode 470: Life on Our Planet review and a new sleeping alvarezsaurid. We discuss all the VFX dinosaurs from Netflix’s Life on Our Planet. Plus a remarkably complete new chest-clawed alvarezsaurid that fossilized while curled up sleeping

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Dinosaur of the day Turanoceratops, a small ceratopsian that lived in what is now Uzbekistan and looked a lot like Zuniceratops from New Mexico.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new alvarezsaurid, Jaculinykus, which is named after a "javelin snake" dragon from Greek mythology
A review of Netflix's Life on Our Planet, how they made the show, which scientific details they got right, and our favorite dinosaur reconstructions

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A mammoth episode Nov 23, 2023

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Episode 469: A mammoth episode. Mammoths are elephantids that ranged from some of the largest mammals ever to walk the Earth to about the size of a pig

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This special bonus episode of I Know Paleo features our animal of the day Mammuthus, one of the largest mammals ever to walk the Earth.

The history of how mammals went from the size of a badger in the Cretaceous to the largest living land animals in the Pleistocene

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What to feed a dinosaur Nov 16, 2023

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Episode 468: What to feed a dinosaur. Ali Nabavizadeh, expert in dinosaur feeding biology, joins us to discuss which modern foods different dinosaurs could eat. Plus a new Triceratops frill that was chewed on by a T. rex

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Liaoceratops, links from Ali Nabavizadeh, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Liaoceratops-Episode-468/

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Dinosaur of the day Liaoceratops, a tiny ceratopsian that weighed less than 5 pounds.

Interview with Ali Nabavizadeh, a paleontologist, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, and author of the recently published book An Illustrated Guide to Dinosaur Feeding Biology

In dinosaur news this week:

An undergraduate student found one of the largest theropod fossils in the eastern U.S.
There’s a potential new certificate of paleontology for undergrads at Utah State University
New evidence of Tyrannosaurus biting Triceratops right on the frill
Hadrosaurs may have had muscles for chewing (not just biting and swallowing things whole)
Words matter, and scientific names can have an impact on how something is perceived
Researchers analyzed paleontology documentaries
Why Dinosaurs? documentary had its Hollywood premiere

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Early Dinosaur Entrepreneurs and Triceratops Horn Lengths Nov 08, 2023

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Episode 467: Early Dinosaur Entrepreneurs and Triceratops Horn Lengths. Mary Anning, Franz Nopcsa, and Roy Chapman Andrews were some of the first dinosaur entrepreneurs. Plus large dinosaur eyes, small microfossils, dinosaur poaching, and new Triceratops horn length estimates.

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Dinosaur of the day Euhelopus, the first ever dinosaur named from China, a sauropod with a skull like Camarasaurus and some other similarities to Mamenchisaurus.

Plus, dinosaur connection challenge: entrepreneurs and dinosaurs (brought to you by Podia)

In dinosaur news this week:

Paleontologists discussed the state of Dinosauria
Dinosaur eye size can help scientists figure out how well an animal could see
Microfossils are important and are now getting studied more
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology participates in discussions and issues that affect vertebrate paleontology and the public
Four people were arrested for allegedly stealing and selling $1 million worth of dinosaur bones
Fossils found on federal lands are important to the science of paleontology

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Behind the Scenes of Jurassic World and Dinosaurs in Film Nov 02, 2023

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Episode 466: Dinosaur movies: classics, consulting, and a new premiere. Steve Brusatte presented on consulting for Jurassic World: Dominion, Film critic and historian Charles Solomon talked about influential dinosaur animations, Why Dinosaurs? is premiering this weekend, plus news from SVP 2023

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Dinosaur of the day Camposaurus, not to be confused with the ornithopod Camptosaurus. Camposaurus was a small coelophysid dinosaur that lived in the Late Triassic in what is now Arizona.

In dinosaur news this week:

Steve Brusatte shared his experience being the paleontology consultant for Jurassic World: Dominion
Internationally respected critic and historian of animation Charles Solomon talked about animation and paleontology in film including "From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning"
A panel of scientists discussed colonialism in vertebrae paleontology
The characteristic dinosaur death pose is only regularly seen in non-avian theropods
A new Triceratops specimen seems to have "rhizoetching" trace fossils from plant roots and/or fungus
A femur from an apatosaurine (possibly Apatosaurus) seems to have a new pathology called osteochondritis dissecans
Why Dinosaurs? is premiering in Hollywood

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Sauropodfest Oct 26, 2023

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Episode 465: Sauropodfest! 6 embryos and 3 adults from a new sauropodomorph; a new titanosauriform; and why sauropod necks are so much longer than giraffes.

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Dinosaur of the day Paludititan, a small titanosaur that lived on the Late Cretaceous Hateg island in what is now Romania.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new sauropod species, Qianlong shouhu, was found with three adults and five clutches of eggs—including six embryos
There’s a new titanosauriform, Garumbatitan morellensis
A "coliseum" of over 1700 dinosaur tracks show a wide diversity of dinosaurs in Late Cretaceous Alaska
Dinosaur eggshells found in North-eastern Russia provide clues as to how polar dinosaurs lived and reproduced
The Royal Tyrrell Museum now has the most complete Triceratops skull from Canada on display
Chomper, a juvenile T. rex, is expected to sell for $20 million

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Dinosaur teeth! Oct 18, 2023

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Episode 464: Dinosaur teeth! Tyrannosaur teeth in Yellowstone, spinosaur teeth in Early Cretaceous England, and more. Plus Brian Engh joins to discuss his documentary series on the Morrison Formation.

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Dinosaur of the day Eoabelisaurus, an Early Jurassic relative of Abelisaurus known from a nearly complete skeleton and was ahead of its time with strange short arms.

Interview with Brian Engh, a paleoartist and creator of the documentary series Jurassic Reimagined. You can find his work at dontmesswithdinosaurs.com on YouTube @DinosaursReanimated on Patreon at HistorianHimself and on twitter and Instagram @BrianEngh_Art

In dinosaur news this week:

The first tyrannosaur tooth ever described from Yellowstone National Park
Machine learning based on Maniraptoran teeth determined they were around about 30 million years earlier than previously thought
A tooth shows there were more spinosaurs in the Early Cretaceous in what’s now England
There was a diverse theropod community living in what’s now southern Chile up until the K-Pg extinction event

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Raptors and Alexander the Great Oct 11, 2023

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Episode 463: Raptors and Alexander the Great. A new large raptor, Utahraptor is much older than we thought, multiple connections between Alexander the Great and dinosaurs, a new titanosaurian sauropod, and more

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Dinosaur of the day Peloroplites, an ankylosaur, named after the Greek hoplite soldiers known for locking their shields together during battle..

In dinosaur news this week:

There’s a new titanosaur sauropod, Jiangxititan ganzhouensis, with some of the strangest vertebrae of any sauropod
A new large dromaeosaurid from Northeast China which may have rivaled Achillobator in size
Utahraptor is 10 million years older than previously thought
Researchers are seeking to get the holotype of the spinosaurid Irritator returned to Brazil
Barry the Camptosaurus is going to auction in October
The Crystal Palace Park dinosaurs are now available as 3D models

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What Dinosaurs Would You Put In a Zoo? Oct 05, 2023

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Episode 462: Designing a Paleozoo with Charles Nye. Plus a new hypsilophodontid from Dinosaur Isle, a new silesaur from Brazil, and how Charles Knight made realistic paleoart that is still influential over a century after it was drawn

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Dinosaur of the day Gideonmantellia, With over 100 bones from a single individual it's the most complete ornithopod and one of the most complete dinosaurs found in Spain.

Interview with Charles Nye, a paleoartist, grad student at Oregon State University, and project lead for The Artemis Paleozoo, an art book depicting the care and preservation of life that time forgot. Follow him @thepaintpaddock and the Paleozoo @ProjectPaleozoo on Instagram and twitter.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new tiny relative of Hypsilophodon, Vectidromeus, from Dinosaur Isle
New silesaurs found that add to the debate about where the group stands

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Four new dinosaurs including a new early bird-liked dino with very long legs Sep 27, 2023

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Episode 461: Four new theropods including abelisaurids and a deinocheirid! A pair of abelisaurids from the latest Cretaceous of Morocco, a new deinocheirid from Early Cretaceous Japan, and a long-legged possibly flightless bird from Jurassic of China

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Dinosaur of the day Aletopelta, an ankylosaur with a pair of spikes sticking straight up from its shoulders that was found in San Diego County, California.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new Early Cretaceous deinocheirid from Japan, Tyrannomimus fukuiensis, helps fill in the very early evolution of dinosaurs that eventually led to Deinocheirus
Paleontologists found two new abelisaurids in Morocco—helping to fill in details of the mostly unknown latest Cretaceous of Africa
There’s a new early bird-like dinosaur (an anchiornithid avialan) with "bizarre" long legs

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