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Indosuchus - Episode 232 May 08, 2019

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Dinosaur of the day Indosuchus, an Indian abelisaurid from the Late Cretaceous.

In dinosaur news this week:

The foot of a new dinosaur, Imperobator antarcticus, was found in Antarctica
Xingtianosaurus ganqi was found in China and named after a headless deity and his weapon
A robotic Caudipteryx and baby ostriches may help explain how birds learned to fly
New measurements of the Berlin Archaeopteryx appear to show that it could fly (and not just glide)
In Ogdensburg, New Jersey, the Sterling Hill Mining Museum has new dinosaur tracks on display
A lambeosaurine from Alaska’s North Slope has made it to the Perot Museum in Dallas, Texas
Dinosaur National Monument has been recognized by the International Dark Sky Association
Dino Parc Rasnov in Romania recently doubled in size
In London, there will be a 12 week run of Dinosaur World Live at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Smithsonian’s National Zoo is having a dino summer from June to August with animatronic dinosaurs
A new movie called Velicipastor is skipping the theaters
Jurassic World the Ride is set top open at Universal Studios, CA this summer
Fortnite has dinosaurs in the desert biome and gives a reward if you dance with them

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Haestasaurus - Episode 231 May 01, 2019

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Dinosaur of the day Haestasaurus, a sauropod whose arm was originally thought to be from a carnivorous marine reptile.

Interview with Steve Brusatte, Paleontologist at The University of Edinburgh. Before moving to the UK he spent several years at the American Museum of Natural History. He is also the "resident paleontologist" for BBC's Walking with Dinosaurs and author of the book The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new hadrosauroid, Gobihadros, was described from a complete skeleton and skull
A juvenile T. rex is for sale on eBay, stirring up quite a bit of controversy
A new ankylosaur has been announced in Hillsboro, Texas
A hadrosauroid from Hokkaido is going on display in the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo
In Japan, an 18-year-old high school student found a 90 million year old tyrannosaur tooth
A new presentation details the tracks from the St. George Utah dinosaur track site
The Montana bill making fossils part of a property’s surface rights was signed by governor Steve Bullock

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Jeholosaurus - Episode 230 Apr 24, 2019

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Dinosaur of the day Jeholosaurus, a cute little ornithopod from northeastern China.

In dinosaur news this week:

Amazing skin detail was preserved in one inch long theropod tracks in South Korea
A new study shows that Dinosaurs didn't evolve thick eggs until the Middle or Late Jurassic
A new paper declares that Bienosaurus is a nomen dubium
The Field Museum in Chicago recreated the night sky of the Cretaceous period to accompany Sue
The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History is a new museum that has a Majungasaurus on display
In Texas, there’s a traveling museum that has gone to thousands of schools, called Dinosaur George
Robert Young, a 9-year-old created a website Dinology, dedicated to dinosaurs
The Jurassic Park trilogy is now on Netflix, in the UK and Ireland, but not the US

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Rhoetosaurus - Episode 229 Apr 17, 2019

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Dinosaur of the day Rhoetosaurus, a sauropod from Queensland, Australia that has been pieced together over 50+ years.

Interview with Darrin Pagnac, associate professor of geology and geological engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, and the author of a recent paper called Dinosaurs: A Catalyst for Critical Thought

In dinosaur news this week:

A new giant titanosaur, Kaijutitan maui, found with a partial skull
The first lambeosaurine (head-crested) hadrosaur bone from Alaska
The Triceratops named Headless Henry at the Missouri Institute of Natural Science recently got a head
In Calgary, Canada, a clean up company called Just Junk found thousands of fossils when helping a family move
You can see a “Skinny” the sauropod at Heathrow Airport in London until June 3, when it will be removed for auction
Jurassic World Live Tour announced U.S. tour dates starting in Columbus, Ohio this September

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Gigantspinosaurus - Episode 228 Apr 10, 2019

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Dinosaur of the day Gigantspinosaurus, a stegosaur (not a spinosaurid) with large shoulder spines.

In dinosaur news this week:

The day that wiped out the dinosaurs was captured in a 1.3m layer of flood water, fossilized fish, and raining tektites
According to the New Yorker, we can expect to see many dinosaur fossils that were killed by the asteroid in future articles
Several museums are working together to excavate near the Jurassic Mile in Wyoming
A man found a Spinosaurus tooth while running erands in Japan
The Discovery Center of Idaho in Boise is installing Tinker, a juvenile T. rex cast
The Antarctic Dinosaurs exhibit is now at LA’s Natural History Museum with Cryolophosaurus and Glacialisaurus
A Jurassic Park fan created a 6 minute stop motion short called Indomation featuring an Indoraptor toy and wooden artist manikins

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Incisivosaurus - Episode 227 Apr 03, 2019

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Dinosaur of the day Incisivosaurus, a small dinosaur with rodent-like front teeth.

Interview with Alida Bailleul, who recently described a dinosaur fossil with an unlaid egg clearly in its abdomen. Her research focuses on microscopic structure of dinosaur bone and tissue. She has also studied modern alligators and birds to learn about dinosaur tissue and biomechanics.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new small therizinosaur, Lingyuanosaurus sihedangensis, was discovered with smaller more curved claws than its relative Therizinosaurus
“Scotty” the T. rex is now officially the largest Tyrannosaur—and possibly land predator—ever discovered
An amazing find of a dinosaur, Avimaia schweitzerae, that died with an unlaid egg inside it was found in Northwest China
Washington State is working on getting an official state dinosaur: Suciasaurus rex
The Montana state senate passed the bill 50-0 that says fossils are a property’s surface rights, not mineral rights
Colorado Northwestern Community College has a new dinosaur, Walter, the hadrosaur

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Kaatedocus - Episode 226 Mar 27, 2019

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Dinosaur of the day Kaatedocus , the smaller cousin of Diplodocus and Barosaurus.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new basal ornithopod with skinny arms, Mahuidacursor lipanglef, was described in Argentina
A hadrosaur was found in Montana with marks showing it was probably chewed on by a juvenile T. rex
Tracks from the Middle Jurassic of China appear to be the first evidence of quadrupedal theropod walking
Several institutions in New Mexico are working together this spring to photograph, scan, map, and model the Clayton Lake Dinosaur Tracksite
Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita, Colorado, has a new 6ft 4in Apatosaurus femur on display
The Natural History Museum at Tring in the UK has a new, free exhibition, that shows off the dinosaurs of the British Isles
The U.S. Postal Service is coming out with new T. rex stamps this year
The Canadian Mint has a new, limited edition glow in the dark dinosaur coin of a hatching Hypacrosaurus

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Atlascopcosaurus - Episode 225 Mar 20, 2019

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Dinosaur of the day Atlascopcosaurus, an Early Cretaceous iguanodont from southern Australia.

We also interviewed Michael D'Emic, Assistant Professor of Biology at Adelphi University. He has studied dinosaur body size evolution, bone tissues, and teeth. We discuss the crazy number of teeth that Majungasaurus grew, Allosaurus growth variation, why some Titanosaurs had osteoderms, and a lot more. Follow him on Twitter @astrophocaudia

In dinosaur news this week:

A new ornithopod, Galleonosaurus dorisae, was found in Southern Victoria, Australia
A group of 29 young ornithopods were named Convolosaurus marri in Texas
Jurassic National Monument in Utah was confirmed as part of a new public lands bill
India is planning on building their own version of the Smithsonian Museum, called the Indian Museum of Earth
Calgary Zoo in Canada is giving its Dinny the Dinosaur statue a $200,000 makeover
An animatronic dinosaur ride is coming to the Bronx Zoo in April
In Berkeley New Jersey, there will soon be a new dinosaur outside Sand Castle Diner, to keep Bud the Bayville dinosaur company
Publication Studio Games created a fun text based, choose your own adventure game, called A Dinosaur Named David Swims in a Japanese pool
You can now buy a toy model version of the Google Chrome T. rex

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Dromaeosaurus - Episode 224 Mar 13, 2019

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Dinosaur of the day Dromaeosaurus, the bigger badder cousin of velociraptor with a bite about three times as strong.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new baby oviraptorid, Gobiraptor minutus, from Cretaceous Mongolia that may have eaten bivalves
The first stegosaur named in Mongolia, Mongolostegus exspectabilis, may be the most recent stegosaur found to date
A new article in Nature shows that two-thirds of 3D scan data is not shared online, largely so authors can exclusively use it for future work
The Montana House of Representatives passed the bill that says fossils are part of a property’s surface estate, not the mineral estate
The National Showcaves Centre for Wales sold a 15ft tall 30 ft long Allosaurus sculpture to make space for new sculptures

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Nodosaurus - Episode 223 Mar 06, 2019

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Dinosaur of the day Nodosaurus, the original member of Nodosauridae (the clade of ankylosaurs without tail clubs).

Interview with Thomas Hopp, scientist, inventor, lecturer, and author. He’s written a number of short stories and novels, including the science fiction series Dinosaur Wars. He has also proposed that dinosaurs evolved feathers on their hindlimbs to warm their nests.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new American Tyrannosauroid, Moros intrepidus, was about 30 million years younger than T. rex and 1% its size
The Irish coast guard were called to recover some T. rex bones which turned out to be a hoax
Matt Lamanna, will present “Diving for Dinosaurs: Cretaceous fossils from Croatia” at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pismo Beach, California, had a grand re-opening recently for Dinosaur Caves Park
In the UK, you can now buy Easter-themed chocolate dinosaurs at both Aldi and Marks & Spencer
Metahub posted a list of the best and worst dinosaurs in Jurassic World Alive

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