Thyreosaurus was a stegosaur, but wore its armor like an ankylosaur; A new iguanodontian, Hesperonyx, was named from Portugal; and dinosaur of the day Eotyrannus, a large early tyrannosauroid For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Eotyrannus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Eotyrannus-Episode-490/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Eotyrannus, a tyrannosauroid...

A new titanosaur from Uruguay is the most complete ever found in the country; Northern Alaska had even more dinosaur diversity than we thought; A site in Brazil shows dinosaur enthusiasts have been there for 1,000s of years For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Orkoraptor, links from Tito Aureliano and Aline Ghilardi, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Orkoraptor-Episode-489/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content,...

We have so many Microraptor specimens we know the color of their feathers, how they molted, what they ate, and much more. Plus a new hypothesis for why the first wings may have evolved. On a lighter note we cover some famous pop-culture dinosaurs: Rodan, Godzillasaurus, Ultimasaurus, and Toronto's Raptor mascot. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Microraptor, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Microraptor revisited-Episode-488/ Join us at...

Also, a nearly complete titanosaur was recently found! How long did it take for fossils in Australia to turn into opal? And how much do really exceptional fossil sites skew paleontological research? For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Zanclodon, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Zanclodon-Episode-487/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Zanclodon, An...

Sauropods were the longest, tallest, and heaviest animals to ever walk the Earth. What adaptations did they have to get so large? And which dinosaurs were the largest in other groups? For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Uberabatitan, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Uberabatitan-Episode-486/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Uberabatitan, A giant titanosaur...

New ankylosaur Datai yingliangis is already a contender for best ankylosaur of 2024; What's up with how ankylosaurs ate their food? Also, connection challenge with orthodontic braces; And a deep dive into a new animal found to have osteoderms. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Avisaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Avisaurus-Episode-485/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and...

The latest spinosaurid, Riojavenatrix lacustris, was named from Spain; An update on the swimming Spinosaurus debate; And a new mamenchisaurid was named "Jingia", but a moth has that name so it will be renamed soon. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Walgettosuchus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Walgettosuchus-Episode-484/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the...

A new small African hadrosaur, Minqaria, was named; Mantellisaurus was redescribed and found to be a valid genus; Maiasaura had a high metabolism; and much more For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Titanoceratops, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Titanoceratops-Episode-483/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Titanoceratops, a large ceratopsid which, despite...

Megalosaurus, the first ever named dinosaur, was named 200 years (and one day) ago! There have been over 50 species of Megalosaurus named, but now there is just one left. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Megalosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Megalosaurus_revisited-Episode-482/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Megalosaurus, the first dinosaur...

A new juvenile Gorgosaurus was found with oviraptorosaur legs preserved as gut contents; A brand new Stegosaur was named; Evidence of Albertosaurus cannibalism; And some troodontids may have been herbivores For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Urbacodon, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Urbacodon-Episode-481/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Urbacodon, one...

Eoneophron, the "Pharaoh’s dawn chicken from Hell”, was described from the Hell Creek; The large carnivore Acrocanthosaurus roamed all over what’s now the U.S.; and an update on the Yale Peabody Museum's renovations For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Chaoyangsaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Chaoyangsaurus-Episode-480/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the...

“One of the largest sauropods ever recorded” and a contender for the largest rebbachisaurid were both found in Argentina. Plus a new titanosaur from China. And Cary Woodruff joins to discuss his recent finds and plans for a new permanent dinosaur exhibit in Miami, Florida For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Hungarosaurus, links from Cary Woodruff, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Hungarosaurus-Episode-479/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino...

Lots of tyrannosaur news: Nanotyrannus debate continues (was it its own dinosaur or was it actually T. rex?), plus a new debate about the evolution of another ferocious tyrannosaur, Daspletosaurus. And a fun fact about a baby T. rex you've probably never heard of. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Bistahieversor, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Bistahieversor-Episode-478/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus...

T. mcraeensis was similar in size with T. rex but with some notable differences. James Fodor joins us from The Science of Everything Podcast to discuss dinosaurs in popular culture and many fun dinosaur related thought experiments. For links to every news story, including links and photos of Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, links from James Fodor, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Tyrannosaurus_mcraensis-Episode-477/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus...

Every stage in a dinosaur's life left behind trace fossils: claw marks from a parent excavating a burrow, eggshells left by hatchlings, fossilized digested food, battle scars, and ultimately, tooth marks left by predators or scavengers. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Bihariosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Bihariosaurus-Episode-476/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and...

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Talenkauen, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Talenkauen-Episode-475/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Talenkauen, a small iguanodontian with slender arms. For millennia, trace fossils have captivated the human imagination. Australian Aboriginal mythology includes dinosaur tracks. Leonardo da Vinci made major...

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Elopteryx, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Elopteryx-Episode-474/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Elopteryx, a bird like troodontid from what is now Romania (Hateg island) whose name means "marsh wing". Our top 23 segments of 2023 (with a bonus):Best hadrosauroid: GonkokenCutest new dinosaur: MinimocursorBest sauropod...

Episode 473: Dinosaurs on Trial. Is T. rex overrated? Is Stegosaurus guilty of killing Thag? Did Parasaurolophus disturb the peace? Is Utahraptor too big for a raptor? We put these dinosaurs on trial to determine their fates. Plus answers to many other questions. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Caenagnathasia, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Caenagnathasia-Episode-473/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for many more dinosaurs on trial...

For all of the details we shared about Oryctodromeus, the transcript of our interview with Dr. Anthony J. Martin, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Oryctodromeus-Episode-472/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Oryctodromeus, the first dinosaur ever discovered in a burrow. Interview with Dr. Anthony J. Martin, author of Dinosaurs Without Bones, which details the day to day lives of...

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Tawa, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Tawa-Episode-471/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Tawa, a Late Triassic carnivorous dinosaur with an upper jaw like Herrerasaurus and a snout like Coelophysis. In dinosaur news this week:The mammoth cheese we discussed in episode 469 was eaten and kept at the White HouseDr. Martin...

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Turanoceratops, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Turanoceratops-Episode-470/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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...

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Mammuthus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Mammuthus-Episode-469/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, more episodes of I Know Paleo, and more. 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...

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/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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...

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Euhelopus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Euhelopus-Episode-467/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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...