Episodes
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Peloroplites, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Peloroplites-Episode-463/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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,...
Published 10/11/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Gideonmantellia, links from Charles Nye, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Gideonmantellia-Episode-462/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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...
Published 10/05/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Aletopelta, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Aletopelta-Episode-461/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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,...
Published 09/27/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Wannanosaurus, links from Maz Maddox, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Wannanosaurus-Episode-460/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Wannanosaurus, a pachycephalosaur that is smaller than Micropachycephalosaurus, although the holotype may be a juvenile. Interview with Maz Maddox, a fellow dinosaur enthusiast and author of...
Published 09/21/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Titanosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Titanosaurus-Episode-459/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Titanosaurus, a dubious titanosaurian sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous. In dinosaur news this week:Air sacs were invading sauropod bones in multiple ways in the Triassic—earlier than previously thoughtA new...
Published 09/13/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Caudipteryx, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Caudipteryx-Episode-458/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Caudipteryx, A peacock sized oviraptorosaur known for its tail fan of feathers and flightless-bird-like body. In dinosaur news this week:A new recreation of the color on Wulong's impressive feathersBeetles found in...
Published 09/07/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Chilesaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Chilesaurus-Episode-457/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Chilesaurus, A Late Jurassic dinosaur whose origin is a mystery because it has a combination of features from theropods, ornithischians, and sauropodomorphs. Dinosaur bones are some of the most famous fossils. But...
Published 09/01/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Megapnosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Megapnosaurus-Episode-456/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Megapnosaurus, a close relative of Coelophysis that was called Syntarsus until beetle scientists renamed it "big dead lizard" after noticing the name Syntarsus was already used for a beetle. In dinosaur news this...
Published 08/23/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Sinornithomimus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Sinornithomimus-Episode-455/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Sinornithomimus, an ornithomimosaur that may have been one of the fastest dinosaurs in all of the Mesozoic. In dinosaur news this week:A new iguanodontian dinosaur, Oblitosaurus, whose name means "obsolete" or...
Published 08/17/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Tyrannosaurus-remastered, links from Pete Larson, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Tyrannosaurus-remastered-Episode-454/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Tyrannosaurus Interview with Pete Larson, paleontologist and president of the Black Hills Institute in South Dakota. He led the excavation of the T. rex named Sue, the...
Published 08/11/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Anchiceratops, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Anchiceratops-Episode-453/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Anchiceratops, a small to medium sized Triceratops relative that may have weighed less than a rhino. In dinosaur news this week:There’s a new neornithischian dinosaur, Minimocursor Our favorite (mostly free)...
Published 08/03/23
We have a special bonus episode from Well…That’s Interesting. Jill discusses the Carnian Pluvial Event that helped get dinosaurs on top of the food chain. And for our turtle fans, there’s a segment about a giant turtle that lived in the Mesozoic. Check out this weekly comedy sciencey show and hear even more bizarre and interesting facts (like, can hair grow between your teeth? And could we ever lose our Moon?) at https://kite.link/WTI See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...
Published 07/29/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Diamantinasaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Diamantinasaurus-Episode-452/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Diamantinasaurus, a titanosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Australia. In dinosaur news this week:A new hadrosauroid, Gonkoken nanoi, is the first duck-billed dinosaur from the...
Published 07/27/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Ilokelesia, links from Will Tattersdill, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Ilokelesia-Episode-451/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Ilokelesia, An abelisaurid theropod whose name fittingly means "flesh lizard" or a "flesh eating reptile". Interview with Will Tattersdill, a Senior Lecturer in Literature and Contemporary...
Published 07/20/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Triceratops, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Triceratops revisited-Episode-450/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Triceratops, the most famous ceratopsian of all time! It may have had horns reaching 5ft (1.5m) long when they had their keratin coverings.   This episode is brought to you by Mylio Photos. Organize,...
Published 07/12/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Claosaurus, links from Steve Brusatte, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Claosaurus-Episode-449/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Claosaurus, Hadrosauroid that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Kansas, USA. Interview with Steve Brusatte, a paleontologist, paleontology advisor for Jurassic World, and author of a...
Published 07/06/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Stenonychosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Stenonychosaurus-Episode-448/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Stenonychosaurus, a troodontid that was proposed to be so advanced that it would have evolved into a human like creature if it wasn’t for the Chicxulub impact that made the non-avian dinosaurs go extinct. In...
Published 06/28/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Pectinodon, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Pectinodon-Episode-447/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 80 ton Alamosaurus, Tyrannosaurus losing to Quetzalcoatlus, and sauropods being killed by lightning (but not for the reason you think). Dinosaur of the day Pectinodon, a Troodontid that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Wyoming...
Published 06/22/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Baptornis, links from Darren Naish, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Baptornis-Episode-446/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Baptornis, a Hesperornis relative that lived in the Late Cretaceous in the Western Interior Seaway of North America and the Turgai Strait of what is now Sweden. Interview with Darren Naish, a...
Published 06/14/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Falcatakely, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Falcatakely-Episode-445/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Falcatakely, an enantiornithean bird from Madagascar that looked like a small toucan with teeth. Pachycephalosaurus head-butting, Austroraptor fishing, T. rex stalking prey at night, and more dinosaur action in the...
Published 06/08/23
For all of the details we shared about Isisaurus and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Isisaurus-Episode-444/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Isisaurus, a pretty stout titanosaur that was featured in Prehistoric Planet 2 laying eggs near an active volcano. Interview with Mike Gunton and Tim Walker, Mike Gunton is the Executive Producer and Director of the BBC’s Natural History Unit and Tim...
Published 06/01/23
For all of the details we shared about Morrosaurus and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Morrosaurus-Episode-443/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Morrosaurus, Ornithopod iguanodont that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Antarctica. And was recently featured in Prehistoric Planet 2.   This episode is brought to you by Exquisite Eons. Explore their complete collection of brooches,...
Published 05/25/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Zalmoxes, photos of the instruments from Anže Rozman and Kara Talve, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Zalmoxes-Episode-442/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Zalmoxes, a small (sometimes considered dwarf) ornithopod that lived on Hateg Island in what is now Romania. Interview with Anže Rozman and Kara Talve, two of the...
Published 05/18/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Priconodon, links from Brian Curtice, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Priconodon-Episode-441/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Priconodon, An Early Cretaceous North American nodosaurid with large teeth—which is why its name means "saw coned tooth". Interview with Brian Curtice, a paleontologist who has studied dinosaurs...
Published 05/10/23
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Saurolophus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Saurolophus-Episode-440/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Saurolophus, a hadrosaurid that is similar to Parasaurolophus, but with a much smaller crest that curved upwards at the back. In dinosaur news this week:A fossilized larynx of an ankylosaur, Pinacosaurus, shows that...
Published 05/04/23