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**I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast**

Did you know a new dinosaur is discovered almost every week?

Keep up with the latest dinosaur discoveries and science with I Know Dino. Have fun and relax with hosts Garret and Sabrina each week as they explore the latest dinosaur news, chat with paleontology experts, dive deep into a “dinosaur of the day,” go down *Oryctodromeus* burrows with their fun facts, answer your burning questions, and connect dinosaurs to topics ranging from chocolate to the Titanic and more! Educational and entertaining, I Know Dino is a must listen dinosaur paleontology podcast for experts and newcomers alike.

Hosted by dinosaur enthusiasts and science communicators Garret and Sabrina, a husband and wife di-know-it-all team who love dinosaurs so much they had a dino-themed wedding and now all they do is talk about dinosaurs.

Latest Episodes:

Wuerhosaurus - Episode 212 Dec 19, 2018

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Dinosaur of the day Wuerhosaurus, possibly the last ever stegosaur.

In dinosaur news this week:

Three exceptionally well preserved new sauropodomorphs in Brazil were used to describe the new genus Macrocollum (literally “long neck”)
Another new opalized dinosaur fossil was found in Australia, this one was from a jaw and named a new genus—Weewarrasaurus
Seven vertebrae from the banks of the Volga river were used to describe the new titanosaur Volgatitan
Histology on a fossil from northeastern China appears to show that enantiornithine dinosaurs had medullary bone
A bunch of dinosaur footprints have been found in Zhaojue county, Sichuan Province, China, at a copper mine
Zuul went on display on December 15 at the Royal Ontario Museum; Several events are planned around its unveiling
The new Field Museum Mesozoic murals drew a lot of ire for copying paleoartists’ work without permission
The Natural History Museum in London and the Smithsonian are working to digitize all the fossils in their collections
Disney Channel has a new dinosaur show, called Gigantosaurus (not to be confused with the actual dinosaur Giganotosaurus)
The Australia Zoo installed a new life-sized Triceratops

This episode is brought to you in part by TRX Dinosaurs, which makes beautiful and realistic dinosaur sculptures, puppets, and animatronics. Get a baby T. rex sculpture or other rewards by joining their Kickstarter! kck.st/2FRwB9p

And by Indiana University Press. Their Life of the Past series is lavishly illustrated and meticulously documented to showcase the latest findings and most compelling interpretations in the ever-changing field of paleontology. Find their books at iupress.indiana.edu

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Dracopelta - Episode 211 Dec 12, 2018

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Dinosaur of the day Dracopelta, an ankylosaur with sides covered in overlapping armor.

We also interview Riley Black, a science writer who’s written for Smithsonian, National Geographic, Nature, Slate, and Jurassic World, to name a few. She has a blog, Laelaps, on Scientific American, and she’s written numerous books, including My Beloved Brontosaurus, Prehistoric Predators, and Written in Stone.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new dinosaur, and close relative to Carnotaurus, was named after the supervillain Thanos
The holotype jaw of Megalosaurus from the 1790s was chemically analyzed, they found Lead and Barium indicating two separate repairs
A rare opalized dinosaur toe bone of Kakuru kujani from South Australia resurfaced for sale online after five decades
Johnston Park has a new theropod on display, known as the Rosewood Swamp Tramper, along with other dinosaur statues
39 juvenile Psittacosaurus went on display in Shenyang, Liaoning Province in China
The Museum of Science of the Chicxulub Crater just opened on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula
The Yale Peabody Museum renovations will begin in 2020, with plans to reopen the museum in the fall of 2023
The Museum of the Rockies is offering Tours for Tots: Growing Dinosaurs on February 5
The Dalton Wells dinosaur site, north of Moab, near Arches National Park in Utah, is going through a proposal to have an entity manage it to help manage vandalism
DinoFest 2019 is happening soon, on January 26 and 27 at the Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City
The Magic Forest amusement park in Lake George, New York has a new manager who plans on adding dinosaurs
A welding company in Kilgore, Texas has a steel raptor
A four-year-old received over 100 dinosaur toys from kind strangers after he lost his collection in the recent Camp Fire

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Dracopelta, more links from Brian Switek, and our fun fact check out iknowdino.com/Dracopelta-Episode-211/

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Yangchuanosaurus - Episode 210 Dec 05, 2018

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Dinosaur of the day Yangchuanosaurus, an Allosaurus-sized carnivore from the Jurassic of Sichuan, China.

In dinosaur news this week:

A New Ceratopsid Dinosaur, Crittendenceratops, was discovered in Arizona
A new Chinese titanosauriform, Liaoningotitan, was fortunately named the same as mounts that have already gone on display
Amphicoelias fragillimus was renamed Maraapunisaurus fragillimus after a reanalysis showed it wasn’t nearly as large as previously thought
A doctor in Texas got to keep his Tarbosaurus skull after a judge found that the US government took too long to file forfeiture paperwork
Two Medicine Dinosaur Center, in Bynum Montana, is building a Amphicoelias (now Maraapunisaurus) measuring 136ft long
The Natural History Museum of LA is getting the traveling exhibition Antarctic Dinosaurs on April 3

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Beishanlong - Episode 209 Nov 28, 2018

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Dinosaur of the day Beishanlong, the "North Mountains dragon" from Gansu China.

Interview with Jessie Atterholt, assistant professor at the Western University of Health Sciences. She's also the lead author of the new paper "The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae." You can follow her on Instagram @theladyanatomica or jessieatterholt.com

In dinosaur news this week:

The smallest dinosaur footprints ever were discovered found in South Korea
Differences in Dilong and T. rex braincases show how tyrannosaurs changed as they evolved
The most complete North American enantiornithine, Mirarce, was found
Brian Engh recreated the new enantiornithine on a Utahceratops
Our holiday gift guide

This episode is brought to you in part by TRX Dinosaurs, which makes beautiful and realistic dinosaur sculptures, puppets, and animatronics. You can see some amazing examples and works in progress on Instagram @trxdinosaurs

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For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Beishanlong, more links from our gift guide, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Beishanlong-Episode-209/

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Crichtonpelta - Episode 208 Nov 21, 2018

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Dinosaur of the day Crichtonsaurus/Crichtonpelta, a Chinese ankylosaur named after Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton.

Interview with Matt Celesky, Research associate at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science where he put together the excellent paleoart exhibit "Picturing the Past." He is also the Senior exhibition designer for the museum resources division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. He can be found on Twitter @clepsydrops

In dinosaur news this week:

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are raising money for a bridge to the Dinosaurs; Donate at spacehive.com/bridges-to-the-crystal-palace-dinosaurs
The new sauropod Lavocatisaurus agrioensis was named from 3 individuals found in an unlikely spot in Argentina
Court proceedings about the Dueling Dinosaurs gave us more information about the amazing find
An ornithopod bone was found in Oregon, despite it being underwater during the Mesozoic
A bone first thought to be coprolite turned out to be the first known tooth and vertebra of Parksosaurus from Mexico
Mary Anning is in contention to be on the new £50 note
A Google doodle recently honored famous Canadian paleontologist Joseph Tyrrell

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For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Crichtonsaurus/Crichtonpelta, more links from Matt Celesky, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Crichtonpelta-Episode-208/

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Montanoceratops - Episode 207 Nov 14, 2018

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Dinosaur of the day Montanoceratops, a primitive ceratopsian with an unusually deep tail thanks to its vertebral spines.

Interview with Ashley & Lee Hall, both from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Ashley is the Adult Programs Coordinator and Lee is a Preparator and Lab Manager. But more importantly, like us, their wedding heavily featured dinosaurs.

In dinosaur news this week:

T. rex could turn more quickly than similar dinosaurs
New histology on the tyrannosaurs Jane & Petey show that Nanotyrannus is probably a juvenile T. rex
Simulated jaw mechanics showed the bite force and bone penetration of several tyrannosaurs
The juvenile T. rex Found N.E. Montana includes partial hands, feet, vertebrae, ribs, a partial skull, and teeth
Therizinosaurs have an unusual combination of basal arm musculature and more avian style leg musculature
Dinosaurs’ unique single ovary appears to have evolved after Oviraptor but before Troodontidae
We don't know if large bodied dromaeosaurs (velociraptor and larger) had tail fans
The new "Mtuka titanosaur" was found in Africa
An analysis of fossil fragments in Mygatt-Moore showed about half of the bones had marks on them
Maiasaura humeri bone microstructure changed as they aged, supporting a shift from bipedal to quadrupedal
Pachycephalosaurus has theropod-like teeth in the front and other similarities to Dracorex
An analysis of the pachycephalosaur Sphaerotholus showed that all 3 species should be considered valid
Early dinosaurs had thin semi rigid eggs, but in the early to mid Jurassic their eggs got thicker—possibly as a solution to dehydration and predation
By studying dozens of crocodilian, turtle, and bird nests, researchers found that the arrangement is preserved well as it is buried
Professional fossil preparator tips include: wear gloves, use tools only after getting training, and test other methods in advance to avoid unwanted destruction
High quality photogrammetry and 3D printing can be achieved using cheaper equipment
It is important to standardize and clean up the large amounts of historical fossil data so that it is easy to search and understand

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For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Montanoceratops, more links from Ashley & Lee Hall, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Montanoceratops-Episode-207/

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Zuniceratops - Episode 206 Nov 07, 2018

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Dinosaur of the day Zuniceratops, a ceratopsian that was discovered in New Mexico by an 8 year-old.

Interview with Jingmai O'Connor, professor at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who recently described the first ever fossilized dinosaur lung remains.

In dinosaur news this week:

A 130 million year old fossil from Hebei Province in China has been found
The “Baofenglong fossil” recently went on display at Chongqing Yongchuan Museum Town Hall in China. An 80% complete 49 ft (15 m) long herbivore
Residents near the Tumbler Ridge Museum voted to fund the museum with added attractions and services
Most sauropod fossils are from adults. Dwarf sauropods have a younger distribution, but still mostly adults
Several models of Yi qi extra wrist bone were proposed to find an orientation that may have worked with its patagial membranes
Flight evolution can be categorized into 4 evolutionary phases: characters unrelated to flight, exapted traits, direct selection, and traits for longer flight duration
Pterosaurs and maniraptorans couldn’t assume a bat-like pose
Microraptor & Rahonavis could glide, Changyuraptor used it's tail for pitch control, but troodontids were too big (relative to their wings) to get off the ground
Ichthyornis has a skull half way between Archaeopteryx and modern birds
"Birds are the only group of animals that rival mammals in terms of brain size"
Sauropod trackway “gauge” might not mean much
A synchrotron of coprolite from an early dinosaur like Silesaurus opelensis showed lots of beetle remains including wings & beetle tibia
Based on carbon-13 isotopes in Deinonychus and Tenontosaurus it appears that raptors were not pack hunters
Thanks to guinea fowl walking through soft mud we are closer than ever to recreate how dinosaurs made their tracks
The pectoralis of Archaeopteryx was smaller than modern birds, but may have still been large enough to achieve brief flight
A study of Psittacosaurus braincases shows that 2 year-old brains elongate significantly (midbrain & olfactory tract/bulbs especially)
Ugrunaaluk was smaller than its massive cousins like Edmontosaurus, possibly because of dwarfism from living in the arctic reaching about 18-19ft long
A new ceratopsian was found in Grand staircase Escalante National Monument

And by Permia, makers of the coolest prehistoric clothing and collectibles this side of the Holocene! Their scientifically accurate t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, and figurines are available now. Get $5 off orders of $35 or more with the promo code IKNOWDINO

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For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Zuniceratops, more links from Jingmai O'Connor, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Zuniceratops-Episode-206/

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Yamaceratops - Episode 205 Oct 31, 2018

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Dinosaur of the day Yamaceratops, a ceratopsian whose frill is heavily pitted, possibly for jaw muscle attachments.

Interview with Ali Nabavizadeh, Assistant Professor of anatomy at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. He studies the jaw musculature of herbivorous dinosaurs. Follow him on Twitter @Vert_Anatomist and check out his blog Anatomist's Guide.

In dinosaur news this week:

A large sauropod from the Late Cretaceous has been found in the Gobi Desert and it’s about 30-40% complete
In Argentina 70 million year old dinosaur eggs were found possibly including embryos, skin, and teeth
The “Tufts-Love” T. rex skull at the Burke Museum has found 100% of the skull and jaw bones by bone count including several that are rarely preserved
Junchang Lü, one of the most prominent paleontologists in China, recently passed away at the beginning of October at the age of 53
Chilesaurus diegosuarezi, the first Jurassic dinosaur found in Chile, is going on exhibit at the Regional Museum of Aysen, in Coyhaique, Chile, next year
An Allosaurus will be posed with a nest at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History since it may have looked after its young
Jurassic World is selling Indoraptor masks, just in time for Halloween
A study of 150 Ceolophysis—mostly from the same bonebed—show that early triassic dinosaurs had femora that changed significantly as they aged
The data used to support the Ornithoscelida hypothesis had many errors, which casts some doubt on the conclusion that Ornithoscelida should replace the traditional Saurischia and Ornithischia groups
A study of a baby Massospondylus and it’s forelimb strength shows that Massospondylus was bipedal for its entire life
A simulation of Mussaurus (the earliest Jurassic sauropodomorph) showed its center of mass shifted as it grew, meaning that it was quadrupedal as a baby and bipedal as an adult
Researchers used a program called niche mapper to model microclimates of Plateosaurus & Coelophysis, showing which environments they would prefer based on plumage and metabolic rates
Reconstructions of dinosaur feeding musculature shows that they chewed in a way different than any animal alive today
A study of emu and ostrich bones found many similarities with dinosaurs and suggests using bone microstructure to identify maturity
Sauropodomorph inner ears vary significantly across groups: Diplodocoids have relatively smaller inner ear, while Giraffatitan has the largest known inner-ear
By studying alligator and turkey arms we might be able to show which theropods could supinate their hands as they drew them to their body
A study of dinosaur bearing sites from Dinosaur Park Formation in Alberta & Saskatchewan and the similar aged Judith River sites in Montana shows which locations were the most similar
A new model of dinosaur diversity in the latest cretaceous shows that they were not in decline, but instead maybe slowing down or leveling off

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Coelophysis - Episode 204 Oct 24, 2018

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Dinosaur of the day Coelophysis, the state dinosaur of New Mexico which has been found in huge groups.

In dinosaur news this week:

Dynamoterror dynastes “powerful terror ruler,” was described from the Menefee Formation in NW New Mexico

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Cedarosaurus - Episode 203 Oct 17, 2018

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Dinosaur of the day Cedarosaurus, a Brachiosaurid (high browser) that has been found with over 100 gastroliths.

Interview with Philip Millar, the Associate Creative Director at Creature Technology. The people who made the Walking with Dinosaurs Arena Spectacular, Jurassic World: The Exhibition, and many other amazing puppets.

In dinosaur news this week:

A new mamenchisaurid sauropod, Anhuilong diboensis, was found in China about 200 miles southwest of Shanghai
A juvenile Diplodocus skull was found with a mixture of teeth similar to those in adult Diploducus and Camarasaurus indicating they probably ate more diverse food than the adults
A new early dinosaur/bird named Yangavis confucii, had a toothless beak, and relatively large claws on its wings compared to its closest relatives
An emerging field called bio-inspired robotics aims to mimic nature to make robots, including those that can traverse rough terrain
Models of dinosaur movement could help us build better robots and architecture
At least 15 new dinosaur eggs from the cretaceous have been found in Zhejiang China
Schools in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, can request to visit a dinosaur dig site where they can dig for fossils and learn about the history of the area
Saurian recently updated their Triceratops to include four life stages and their T. rex to a featherless form
One mom dressed her whole family (including 4 kids ages 4-10) in inflatable T. rex costumes to take a photo announcing she’s expecting her fifth child

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