• Bonus: Common Descent featuring I Know Dino
    Nov 13 2024

    David Moscato and Will Harris invited us to join them on the Common Descent podcast earlier this year. We had a great discussion ranging from dinosaurs to science communication in general.


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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • 100 Years of Velociraptor
    Nov 7 2024

    Velociraptor (and Oviraptor & Saurornithoides) were named exactly 100 years ago to the day! We're celebrating Velociraptor's 100 year anniversary by going through what we now know about this awesome little dinosaur.

    For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Velociraptor, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Velociraptor-Episode-519/

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    Dinosaur of the day Velociraptor, A small predatory dinosaur that had some of the most infamous weaponry of any prehistoric animal..

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • It’s November, which means it’s Dinovember!
    • On November 7, 1924 (almost exactly 100 years ago, Henry Fairfield Osborn named Velociraptor

    This episode is brought to you by Princeton University Press. They have four brand new dinosaur books: The Princeton Field Guide to Predatory Dinosaurs, Birds of the Mesozoic, The Little Book of Dinosaurs, and Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior. On December 4, we’ll be discussing Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior in depth as part of a special book club segment. Get your copy now and read along with us! Go to press.princeton.edu and use promo code PUP30 for 30% off

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    49 mins
  • Was Saurophaganax an Allosaurid or a Sauropod?
    Oct 31 2024

    Plus a new sauropod with a tail club, a potentially new Spinosaurus species, and several more new dinosaurs!

    For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Dilophosaurus, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Dilophosaurus-Episode-518/

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    Dinosaur of the day Dilophosaurus (revisited), an apex predator from the Early Jurassic of North America with a pair of large head crests (but no neck frill).

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • A new Spinosaurus species was reported last year from Niger
    • The vertebrae in the Saurophaganax holotype may have been from sauropod(s)
    • There’s a new sauropod dinosaur, Ardetosaurus viator
    • There’s another sauropod with a tail club!
    • There’s a new ornithopod dinosaur, Emiliasaura alessandri
    • By the end of the Cretaceous, ornithopod dinosaurs had evolved teeth that made them very successful plant eaters
    • Birds from the Late Cretaceous existed alongside dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus and lived like today’s birds of prey
    • A rare “flat-headed” juvenile pachycephalosaurid lived in the Late Cretaceous in what’s now Texas, U.S.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Bonus: The First Person Struck by a Meteor & The Discovery of Oxygen
    Oct 26 2024

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

    • On November 30, 1954, Alabama resident Ann Hodges becomes the first person struck by a meteorite, an event that will upend the 34-year-old’s life.
    • On August 1, 1774, English philosopher and chemist, Joseph Priestley, discovers a mysterious new gas, which will come to be known as “oxygen”.


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    35 mins
  • Did Dinosaurs Survive after the Asteroid?
    Oct 23 2024

    This episode is all about answering listener questions! Ranges from did non-avian dinosaurs live past the K-Pg in what's now New Zealand? Also how to survive the Mesozoic, would you go to a real life Jurassic Park, what dinosaurs would win "best in show", plus two dinosaur books that are great references.

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    Dinosaur of the day Albertadromeus, a thescelosaurid that was the smallest known herbivorous dinosaur in its ecosystem.

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    59 mins
  • A New Stegosaur with Oddly Shaped Feet!
    Oct 16 2024

    The stegosaur Angustungui has claws similar to Scelidosaurus despite being over 30 million years more recent. Plus a few new non-fiction dinosaur books that we've been reading lately.

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    Dinosaur of the day Thescelosaurus, a "godlike" burrowing dinosaur.

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • There’s a new stegosaur, Angustungui qiketaiensis

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    41 mins
  • New Silesaur and Tyrannosaurid Dinosaurs
    Oct 9 2024

    The new silesaur Gondwanax was named from Southern Brazil and may show a transition between silesaurs and neornithischians; The new tyrannosaurid Labocania aguillonae helps solidify Labocania as a true tyrannosaurid; Plus a new huge Pachyrhinosaurus skull and a new Mesozoic swimming bird.

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    Dinosaur of the day Kwanasaurus, a silesaur known for its teeth and jaws that seem like they were evolved for eating plants.

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • A new, giant, Pachyrhinosaurus (ceratopsian) skull nicknamed “Big Sam” was found in Northern Alberta, Canada
    • There’s a new silesaur, Gondwanax paraisensis, from Southern Brazil
    • There’s a new tyrannosaurid species, Labocania aguillonae, from Northern Mexico
    • There’s a new euornithean bird, Shuilingornis angelai, is one of the earliest known birds with semi-aquatic features

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    35 mins
  • Spinosaurus biting, swimming, and walking updates
    Oct 2 2024

    Spinosaurids had powerful enough jaws and teeth to go after large prey, just not sharp enough to take out bites. Plus, more on the aquatic spinosaurs debate, and more spinosaur updates.

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    Dinosaur of the day Tachiraptor, a small carnivorous theropod that was found in the mountains of Venezuela.

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • Spinosaurids had the skull and teeth to go after large prey
    • Instead of crocodile mimics, maybe spinosaurs should be considered phytosaur mimics
    • Spinosaurus had at least one other spinosaurine living along side it in the Kem Kem beds in Morocco
    • A tooth in Thailand that was long thought to be from an ichthyosaur was actually from a spinosaur

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    44 mins