I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

A new hadrosaur 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). For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Atacamatitan , links from Tara Tassone, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Atacamatitan-Episode-569/...

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 For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Avimimus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Avimimus-Episode-568/ Join us at www...

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! For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Bonatitan , lin...

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 Universi...

plus hadrosaurs breaking their tails while mating, a diplodocoid with a broken tail tip, and many more paleopathologies. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Koparion , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Koparion-Episode-565/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Koparion...

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. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about  Silvisaurus , links from Rob Sula, and our fun fact check out  https://iknowdino.com/Silvisaurus-Episode-564/ Join us at  www.patreon.com/iknowdino  f...

Lots of new discoveries of soft tissues in dinosaurs. Plus new studies to confirm old soft tissues and a new—controversial—iguanodont. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about  Santanaraptor , and our fun fact check out  https://iknowdino.com/Santanaraptor-Episode-563/ Join us at  www.patreon.com/iknowdino  for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free...

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 For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about  Archaeopteryx  , and our fun fact check out  https://iknowdi...

Plus a duck-billed dinosaur with a strong jaw and a couple of small dinosaurs from the the U.S. and Europe Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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...

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 For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Inosaurus , links from Mark Witton, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Inosaurus-Episode-561/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests,...

Riley, one of our favorite dinosaur writers, returns to discuss her latest book and lots of other dinosaur topics. Plus a new ceratopsian—Ferenceratops. And a new Dino Duels Championship. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Quaesitosaurus , links from Riley Black, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Quaesitosaurus-Episode-560/ Join us at www.patreon.com/i...

Five new sauropods from all across the world and the sauropod family tree. Plus new embryos and hatchlings, sauropod speed estimates, and much much more. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Cetiosauriscus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Cetiosauriscus-Episode-559/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free epi...

New track sites, swim tracks, and mating dance arenas around the world tell us about the behavior of theropods, ceratopsians, and sauropods. Plus David Spira joins from Room Escape Artist to share his favorite dinosaur themed escape rooms. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Segnosaurus , links from David Spira, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Segnosa...

Robert (Bob) Nicholls has been painting, sculpting, and painting some of our favorite paleoart for decades. He joins us to share how he does it. Plus, a fossil found hundreds of feet below a natural history museum; The world's oldest cerapodan dinosaur; And new theropod and iguanodontian fossils For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Emausaurus , links from Bob Nicholls,...

Two new dinosaurs from the middle of the Triassic: the theropod Anteavis and the sauropodomorph Huayracursor. Plus our reviews of several TV shows, movies, and books including Walking with Dinosaurs. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Ornithopsis , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Ornithopsis-Episode-556/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinos...

Spicomellus, Nanotyrannus, and tons of other fantastic new discoveries! For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Garudimimus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Garudimimus-Episode-555/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Garudimimus, an ornithomimosaur that wasn't that fa...

Two separate groups of researchers have independently confirmed that Nanotyrannus is its own genus and not just a juvenile T. rex. Plus a new Nanotyrannus species and another new tyrannosauroid and tyrannosaur injuries. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Calamosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Calamosaurus-Episode-554/ Join us at www.patreon.c...

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska was a Polish scientist and the first woman to lead a dinosaur excavation expedition. On her explorations of the Gobi Desert, she discovered many famous animals, including Deinocheirus—a dinosaur that, for decades, was known only by its enormous, terrifying arms & claws. But when we finally found the rest of its body, it turned out to look more like Jar Jar Binks. This i...

Zavacephale is both the oldest and most complete pachycephalosaur ever found. Plus three more new dinosaurs and Michele Hollow joins us to discuss Mary Anning. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Stenopelix , links from Michele Hollow, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Stenopelix-Episode-553/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, b...

Plus, a new species of megaraptor, Joaquinraptor casali, is one of the most complete ever found. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Dromaeosauroides , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Dromaeosauroides-Episode-552/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Dromaeosauroides...

We joined the Common Descent podcast for their Silver Screen Science segment. We go through everything Jurassic World Rebirth got right and wrong as well as our nit-picks of the details that got under our skin. Check out the More Thoughts segment at https://www.patreon.com/posts/142875146/ for more. Check out the Common Descent Podcast at commondescentpodcast.com and join their patreon at www.patr...

Amy Atwater, co-host of Weird & Dead joins to discuss some of her favorite fossils and her new book The Fossil Keeper's Treasure. Plus a new ornithomimosaur with big hands, Mexidracon, and monstersaurs For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Mochlodon , links from Amy Atwater, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Mochlodon-Episode-551/ Join us at www.patre...

Herrerasaurs are some of the earliest known dinosaurs and these Triassic carnivores have been found all over the world. They're a confusing group, but thanks to pathologies and fossilized poop we know a bit about how they behaved. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Sanjuansaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Sanjuansaurus-Episode-550/ Join us at...

A new Spicomellus find reveals just how crazy its armor was. Plus Six brand new sauropods! For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Liaoningosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Liaoningosaurus-Episode-549/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Liaoningosaurus, a small...

Dr. Dean Lomax and Bob Nicholls join to tell us about their upcoming book The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs (which includes some really cool fossils like an extremely rare two-headed fossil) For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Calamospondylus , links from Dean Lomax and Bob Nicholls, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Calamospondylus-Episode-548/ Join us at...