I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

Riley Black joins to discuss her new book "Tyrant Lizard Queen" which follows the chaotic life of one particular T. rex. Plus lots of tyrannosaur news: T. rex was as warm as a human, three new tyrannosaurs named based on some splitting, juvenile Gorgosaurus diets, and more

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Dinosaur of the day Noasaurus, a small theropod with very sharp teeth.

Interview with Riley Black, an award-winning science writer whose work has appeared in National Geographic, Scientific American, Nature, Smithsonian, and more. She has also written many books, most recently, “Tyrant Lizard Queen,” an imaginative celebration of T. rex from hatching to adulthood. Follow her on rileyblack.net or on bluesky & buttondown @restingdinoface

In dinosaur news this week:

• T. rex was as warm as a person
• An update on Scotty the T. rex: it died of its broken rib
• There’s a new albertosaurine tyrannosaurid, Tromerosaurus, known from at least three partial skulls and skeletons
• A juvenile Gorgosaurus skull sheds light on how and where Gorgosaurus lived
• Two new tyrannosaurs were named, though they don’t appear to be widely accepted: Gilmoretyrannus and Larsonvenator
• Asiatyrannus xui and Raptorex kriegsteini are likely junior synonyms of Tarbosaurus bataar

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Plus a hatchling Allosaurus that was partially digested before fossilizing, T. rex tooth marks on Edmontosaurus, reviews of Netflix's The Dinosaurs & The End of Oak Street, and more.

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Dinosaur of the day Stygivenator, a fragmentary tyrannosaur that for many years was known as "the Jordan theropod".

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new enantiornithean bird, Chromeornis funkyi, and it choked to death on rocks
• The shape of gastroliths can help us figure out how dinosaurs digested their food
• Paleontologists found evidence of a poor hatchling Allosaurus being eaten
• Tooth marks on Edmontosaurus bones likely show a T. rex was feeding or scavenging on it
• Review of “The King and the Dragon” By S. Hunter Allred
• Review of Netflix's "The Dinosaurs" (link in show notes has behind the scenes clips)
• Review of "The End of Oak Street" starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor

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Every megaraptoran dinosaur that has been described. Plus some that aren't officially named like the "Lightning Claw" from the opal fields of Australia. And many that have been given other classifications—like a potential giant compsognathid.

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Dinosaur of the day Aniksosaurus and Aoniraptor, two predators on the smaller side for the Cretaceous. Aniksosaurus was probably under 10ft (3m) long and under 100lb (45Kg). Aoniraptor was twice as long and heavier, but it had a lot of air spaces in its bones to make it as light as possible..

Megaraptorids could be closely related to Tyrannosaurs, but they had lighter skeletons and large impressive hand claws.

The Meagaraptorans discussed in this episode:

• Megaraptor: The original megaraptorid
• "Lightning Claw" from the opal fields in Australia
• Fukuiraptor: A slender megaraptorid with flat hand claws
• Phuwiangvenator: One of the oldest genera (Early Cretaceous)
• Vayuraptor: Another old genus from Thailand
• Rapator: Opalized left hand bone found in 1905
• Aerosteon: The aptly named "air bone" from Argentina
• Australovenator: Also known as "Banjo" the largest predatory dinosaur in Australia
• Joaquinraptor: One of the last surviving megaraptorans (Latest Cretaceous)
• Maip: Largest known megaraptorid (30ft/9m and under 1.5 tons)
• Murusraptor: Proportionally long snout from Argentina
• Orkoraptor: The "toothed river thief" with specialized teeth and other features similar to compsognathids despite its large size
• Tratayenia: Known from a handful of thin and hollow bones
• Possible megaraptorans:
• Bahariasaurus
• Chilantaisaurus
• Datanglong
• Deltadromeus
• Eotyrannus
• Gualicho
• Siats
• Vectaerovenator
• Walgettosuchus

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The new hadrosaur Gongshuilong had an amazing, and tall, tail; A new close relative of Parasaurolophus with a large head crest; And a "hidden hadrosaur" Kryptohadros from Romania; Plus the PBS Eons team join to discuss their new series on the Permian and the Great Dying that started the Mesozoic.

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Dinosaur of the day Shamosaurus, a medium-sized ankylosaur.

Interview with Blake de Pastino, Kallie Moore, and Gabriel-Philip Santos, three of the hosts of the YouTube channel PBS Eons, and their new six-episode series from PBS Digital Studios and Complexly, titled Eons: Life and Death on Pangea, explores the “Great Dying”

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new "hidden hadrosaur": Kryptohadros kallaiae
• A new saurolophine hadrosaurid, Gongshuilong fanwei, with a sail down its tail (and maybe its back)
• A new close relative of Parasaurolophus from Canada named Plesiolophus warnerensis
• The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia has announced that it's closing at the end of the month. But a facebook group was created to try and save it.

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From tiny Triassic taxa to stupendous "snake-necked" sauropods. We cover eight brand new named dinosaurs—And they are all sauropods (with one sauropodomorph).

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Dinosaur of the day Venenosaurus, a small sauropod whose name means "poison lizard".

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new small sauropodomorph from Zimbabwe, Musango matusadonaensis, that weighed as much as two ostriches
• A sauropod in India, Ceratocaudia antiqua, was old for a neosauropod (Early/Mid Jurassic) but also old as an individual (with arthritis)
• A new small titanosaur from Uruguay, Mesetasaurus protector
• A new Moroccan titanosaur, Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis, looked a lot like a miniature Patagotitan
• There’s a new Argentinian sauropod, Bicharracosaurus dionidei, the "big animal lizard"
• A new "snake necked" mamenchisaur from Thailand was named Uragasaurus kalasinensis
• The new sauropod Yantaloong lini has an extra pair of “lock and key” joints between its vertebrae
• There’s a new enormous titanosauriform, Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, from Thailand with a humerus measuring 1.78m (5ft 10in) tall
• The first dinosaur bone found in Antarctica belongs to a titanosaur (although its not complete enough to have a name)

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Joschua Knüppe returns to discuss working on dinosaur documentaries, paleoart (from press releases to murals), and many more projects. Plus the new raptor, Kank australis, which may have been an active fisher.

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Dinosaur of the day Oohkotokia, an armored ankylosaur that lived alongside tyrannosaurs like Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus.

Interview with Joschua Knüppe, a paleoartist, and host of Paleostream on Twitch. He was also the scientific advisor for Netflix’s The Dinosaurs, which came out earlier this year—and we talked to him in episode 403, about the graphic novel, Europasaurus: Life on Jurassic Islands

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new unenlagiid dinosaur, Kank australis, that seems to have adaptations for fishing (and fossilized with fish)

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Lindsay Graham from History Daily explores the human side of two topics we often discuss on the show: extinction and volcanic eruptions.

• On June 3, 1844, after becoming collector’s items for being a rare species, the last pair of great auks is killed by fishermen.
• On August 26, 1883, a volcano explodes on the island of Krakatoa, sparking one of the deadlest natural disasters in history.

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Tyrannosaurus hatchlings; Tyrannosaurus took 40 years to reach full size; Some dinosaurs grew really fast and some were incredibly slow; Growth affects how much dinosaurs need parental care; A listener question about how sauropod diets changed as they grew; And a whole lot more dinosaur growth research

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Dinosaur of the day Tambatitanis, a titanosauriform from Japan named after the friendship between the two people who found the dinosaur.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new titanosauriform dinosaur, Dasosaurus tocantinensis
• When estimating how dinosaurs grew, some models may be missing important data points
• Dinosaurs were likely thicker and heavier than previously estimated
• How much did climate affect dinosaur body size evolution? It’s hard to say
• Scans of Early Triassic archosauromorph fossils show that this group had a variety of growth strategies from the beginning
• How scales grow as dinosaurs grow can give us some information on how they lived
• Tyrannosaur hatchlings may have left the nest shortly after hatching to hunt
• It took Tyrannosaurus rex 40 years to reach its full size
• Ceratosaurus grew more than 9 times faster than some of its fellow ceratosaurs
• The basal ornithopod Changchunsaurus was one of the slowest growing dinosaurs (that we know of)
• Maiasaura grew in a way that it needed a lot of parental care as a hatchling
• The hadrosaur Gryposaurus grew (mostly) isometrically (meaning everything grew at the same rate)
• The small iguanodont Dysalotosaurus had some interesting fused bones in its neck
• A new, tiny, young sauropodomorph sheds light on how early dinosaurs grew
• The titanosaur Neuquensaurus grew quickly, but differently than expected

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Bird expert Daniel Ksepka joins us from the Bruce Museum to discuss some of the most interesting extinct birds, dinosaur brains, and much more. Plus the new sauropodomorph Xiangyunloong with an extra sturdy tail.

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Dinosaur of the day Brasilotitan, a squared jawed titanosaur from (you probably guessed) Brazil.

Interview with Daniel Ksepka, a vertebrate paleontologist who specializes in birds. His main research is on penguins, though he has studied everything from turkeys to albatrosses. He is also a research associate at several museums and curator of science at The Bruce Museum in Connecticut—an art and science museum that has an exciting exhibit coming up about Earth’s mass extinctions.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new sauropodomorph dinosaur, Xiangyunloong fengming that had a sturdy, long tail

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A new hadrosaur dinosaur mummy includes "cutaneous spikes" that would have given its skin a thorny texture. Plus Tara Tassone joins to discuss making our Dinosaur Rookie Cards and designing our new logo (and I Know Paleo logo).

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Dinosaur of the day Atacamatitan, one of the most complete titanosaurs found in Chile.

Interview with Tara Tassone, a graphic designer and illustrator. She's a graphic designer for the Mariners’ Museum and Park in Virginia. She also designed our new Dinosaur Rookie Cards. Follow her on instagram @t.n.t.design and check out her etsy shop Feather and Fang Studio.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new hadrosaur mummy featuring the prickliest skin of any dinosaur found to date—the new species Haolong dongi

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From the smallest ones (birds) to the largest (tyrannosaurs) and in between. The evolution of theropods, an extra large tyrannosaur, more evidence that Nanotyrannus is valid, two new small theropods (enantiornithine birds), and much more

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Dinosaur of the day Avimimus, the bird mimic of bird mimics.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new Early Jurassic theropod skeleton gives more insight into how theropods evolved
• There’s a new enantiornithine, Plumadraco bankoorum, and it had really long tail feathers
• There is a new enantiornithine, Gorgonavis alcyone, and it had a long beak
• Paleontologists found an extra large tyrannosaur shinbone in New Mexico, which may show Tyrannosaurus evolved in North America
• A study of the tiny hyoid bone (in the mouth) in Nanotyrannus supports that it is a valid dinosaur
• How and what theropods ate changed over time as their skulls evolved—a new study breaks down the theropod group changes
• Five different carnivorous non-avian theropod groups evolved to have shorter arms and bigger heads (not just T. rex)

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Spinosaurus mirabilis has a head unlike any other spinosaur with possibly the tallest head crest of any non-avian dinosaur. Plus, Jeff Bond joins from Ogden's George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park to discuss what it's like running a museum with animatronics, fossils, a prep lab, sculptures, and (in the near future) puppets!

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Dinosaur of the day Bonatitan, a small titanosaur sauropod with two well preserved braincases.

Interview with Jeff Bond, curator and head paleontologist at Ogden’s George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park in Utah

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new species of Spinosaurus, Spinosaurus mirabilis, with a very impressive crest on its head

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Dr. Steve Brusatte joins us for a paleontologist interview about The Story of Birds, exploring how birds survived the dinosaur extinction, evolved from dinosaur ancestors, and became one of Earth's most successful groups of animals.

In this episode of I Know Dino, we cover new dinosaur discoveries and dinosaur research before sitting down with Steve Brusatte, paleontologist, author, and University of Edinburgh professor. We discuss what the fossil record reveals about bird evolution, why birds are living dinosaurs, and how paleontologists connect modern species to their dinosaur ancestors. Steve explains how scientists study dinosaur evolution, brain evolution, and the survival of bird lineages through the end-Cretaceous extinction.

We also talk about giant fossil birds, terror birds, penguins that once rivaled large mammals, and how dinosaur research continues to reshape our understanding of prehistoric life. Along the way, Steve shares stories from his work as a researcher, science communicator, and author, including insights from writing The Story of Birds and helping connect modern bird biology to deep dinosaur history.

Before the interview, we cover a new tiny alvarezsauroid from Argentina, discuss what it reveals about dinosaur evolution, and look at new research tools that help scientists reconstruct ancient environments and extinction events.

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Steve Brusatte joins to discuss the only group of dinosaurs that survived the asteroid. Plus a new alvarezsauroid which is the most complete and smallest dinosaur ever found in South America.

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Dinosaur of the day Tataouinea, a rebbachisaurid sauropod and the first articulated dinosaur skeleton found in Tunisia.

Interview with Steve Brusatte, a professor of Palaeontology and Evolution at the University of Edinburgh. He is also the paleontology advisor for Jurassic World and author of a numerous of best-selling paleontology books. His latest book is The Story of Birds (which is already a NYT Best Seller)

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new alvarezsauroid, Alnashetri, which has set a record as the most complete dinosaur found in South America

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An extraordinary fossil find provides fresh evidence about dinosaur behavior and predator-prey interactions.

Plus hadrosaurs breaking their tails while mating, a diplodocoid with a broken tail tip, and many more paleopathologies.

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Dinosaur of the day Koparion, a small troodontid we only know from a tooth.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new herrerasaur, Ptychotherates bucculentus
• Hadrosaurs may have injured their tails while mating
• A Barosaurus with a long whip-like tail had a fracture at the tip of its tail
• A tyrannosaur lost the tip of its tooth in the skull of an Edmontosaurus
• A Plateosaurus with a bone infection in its right arm is the oldest known dinosaur bone infection
• Cancer has been around for millions of years, including in dinosaurs
• A few titanosaurs were found with cysts in their tails
• A mamenchisaurid sauropod had a tumor on its shoulder and arm

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The Tanis site is one of the most important paleo sites in North America, showing details of the exact day when the Cretaceous ended. Plus two new cute dinosaurs.

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Dinosaur of the day Silvisaurus, an ankylosaur with a pear-shaped skull.

Interview with Rob Sula, the Senior field supervisor for Paleo Prospectors. He's a field paleontologist, teacher, and artist with decades of experience hunting and excavating dinosaurs and has co-discovered some very important fossil sites. He was also recently featured in the documentary Why Dinosaurs?

In dinosaur news this week:

• Dr. Hans Sues has ascended to paleo legend status
• There’s a new cute ornithopod, Foskeia pelendonum
• There’s another new, possibly even cuter dinosaur, the thescelosaurid ornithischian Doolysaurus huhmini

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Lots of new discoveries of soft tissues in dinosaurs. Plus new studies to confirm old soft tissues and a new—controversial—iguanodont.

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Dinosaur of the day Santanaraptor, a small theropod found with soft tissue.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a potentially new iguanodont, Paulodon galvensis (but it is controversial)
• Soft tissues can be preserved in fossils regardless of the species, age of the bones, or where the animal was buried
• A new method using Cross-polarized light microscopy (XPol) helps identify organic molecules in fossils
• New Edmontosaurus "mummies" show hooves, small spikes down the tail, and a banded fleshy crest over the neck and back
• Scientists re-evaluated the soft tissue crest of an edmontosaur hadrosaur dinosaur
• Dinosaurs likely had muscles forming cheeks
• New titanosaur sauropod tracks found in Mongolia show a lot of soft tissue details in the hands and feet

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A new troodontid with a skull like a pachycephalosaur, two new prehistoric birds, the bird evolutionary tree, how birds developed the ability to fly, how we know Microraptor turned out to be a decent flier, and a mathematical rule that shapes theropod faces

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Dinosaur of the day Archaeopteryx , the "ancient wing" dinosaur that was originally named for just a single feather, but is now known from over a dozen individuals.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new troodontid theropod, Xenovenator espinosai, has an extremely thick skull—like a pachycephalosaur
• Scientists have created a complete evolutionary tree of all birds (over 9,000 species)
• There’s a new neoavian Aequornithes bird from Antarctica, Pujatopouli soberana
• There is a new euornithean bird, Kunpengornis anhuimusei, that has gut contents!
• How the structure of feathers in the Cretaceous tells us about their evolution
• The specialization of a small wrist bone, the pisiform, helps birds to fly
• A key wing muscle that helps birds fly appears to have evolved by fusing cells from multiple muscles
• How often birds, bats, and insects flap when flying may be related to a built in constraint related to the vortex their wings generate with each flap
• More Microraptor specimens (with soft tissues!) show it was a decent flier
• A set of raptor dinosaur tracks indirectly shows it used its arms to help it run faster
• Just because a theropod dinosaur had short arms and not many fingers, doesn’t mean their hands and arms were useless
• Birds have a special organ to help them balance (which doesn't seem to matter as much for flight)
• Birds have been nesting in the Arctic for at least 73 million years
• How theropod dinosaur (non-avian and bird) faces are shaped may have followed a mathematical rule
• A study of the Chicago Archaeopteryx found that could definitely fly
• Birds need a lot of calories to fly, and Archaeopteryx, the oldest known bird, has three features modern birds also have to eat efficiently

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Plus a duck-billed dinosaur with a strong jaw and a couple of small dinosaurs from the the U.S. and Europe

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In dinosaur news this week:

• A New Jurassic neornithischian dinosaur with a Voice Box. Pulaosaurus qinglong, from China’s Tiaojishan Formation, has only the second larynx ever found preserved with a non-avian dinosaur. Source
• The small ornithischian Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae was found in the Morrison Formation of Colorado. Reminding us that it wasn't just huge sauropods and stegosaurs eating plants in the Late Jurassic. Source
• A new ornithopod named Obelignathus septimanicus was identified from a stronger jawbone than other Late Cretaceous ornithopods (like Rhabdodon) in what is now southern France. It's name refers to the French comic character Obelix who has superhuman strength (like the "unusually robustly-built" jawbone on Obelignathus). Source
• An Early Cretaceous basal hadrosauroid, Cariocecus bocagei, was named from Portugal. It had a fused upper jaw and cheekbone, possibly letting it chew tougher plants than its relatives. Source

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Plus a new alvarezsaurid theropod, Manipulonyx; A huge bonebed in Romania; new dinosaur fossils found at Dinosaur National Monument; and our first Dino Duels winners

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Dinosaur of the day Inosaurus, a dubious theropod known from vertebrae and a piece of its shin.

Interview with Mark Witton, a paleontologist, author, and artist, known for his research on pterosaurs and his work with museums, universities, and shows including Walking with Dinosaurs, Planet Dinosaur, Prehistoric Planet, and the IMAX film T. rex. He also has published a number of books, including the recently published King Tyrant. Follow him on bluesky and patreon @markwitton

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new alvarezsaurid theropod, Manipulonyx reshetovi
• Paleontologists have found thousands of fossils in a bonebed in Romania (Hateg Basin), including bones from titanosaurs and rhabdodontids
• New dinosaur fossils have been found at Dinosaur National Monument

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