I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

Sabrina explains the Bone Wars in incredible depth. The Bone Wars refers to the period between the 1870s and 1890s, where two paleontologists, Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope, had a rivalry that eventually ruined them but also made dinosaurs mainstream. Some of the dinosaurs they named were  Allosaurus, Apatosaurus, Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, Camptosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Coeloph...

Dinosaur of the day Charonosaurus, a Chinese Parasaurolophus relative named after the ferryman from the river Styx. Interview with Peter May, founder and Owner of Research Casting International . They mounted Sue, Stan, & the Nation's T. rex. As well as Zuul, Patagotitan, and countless other amazing dinosaurs around the world. In dinosaur news this week: The new dinosaur Adratiklit boulahfa is...

Dinosaur of the day Polacanthus, an ankylosaur that was described in the 1800s, but no one is sure who named it. In dinosaur news this week: After decades of being classified as Massospondylus, “grey skull” has a new name, Ngwevu intloko Mission Jurassic in North Wyoming could hold over 100 dinosaurs in one square mile A group of juvenile hadrosaurs was found at Pipestone Creek, near the Philip J....

Dinosaur of the day Patagonykus, The "Patagonian claw" alvarezsaur from the Cretaceous. Interview with Annalisa Berta , a paleontologist and professor emerita at San Diego State University. She’s also the co-author, along with Dr. Susan Turner, of the upcoming book Women in Vertebrate Paleontology, which is a history of women bone hunters beginning in the late 1700s. In dinosaur news this week: El...

Dinosaur of the day Nigersaurus, the Darth Vader vacuum cleaner of the Cretaceous. In dinosaur news this week: A new Psittacosaurus species from Mongolia, amitabha , was described with gastroliths and a great skull A 10 year old boy in Guangdong Province, China stumbled upon a nest of 11 dinosaur eggs A college student In North Dakota found a Triceratops skull while on a paleontology dig Visitors...

Dinosaur of the day Vulcanodon, a Jurassic sauropod that lived in an African desert surrounded by volcanoes. Interview with Scott A Bradley, the host of the Hellbent for Horror Podcast , and author of the book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy . He is also a guest blogger on Lit Reactor and contributing writer to magazines like Evilspeak and Medium Chill. In dinosaur...

Dinosaur of the day Sinornithosaurus, an early raptor from China that was covered in feathers. In dinosaur news this week: A new census of the Lance & Hell Creek Formations found at least 71 T. rex skulls & skeletons A database of over 3,000 sauropod specimens from the Morrison Formation has been published Broken ribs, toes, and a bone infection were found in an unfortunate Tenontosaurus A...

Dinosaur of the day Tuojiangosaurus, a dinosaur that resembles Stegosaurus with thinner plates. Interview with Jen Bauer, a postdoctoral associate at the Florida Museum of Natural History, with a focus on the myFOSSIL project and the Thompson Institute for Earth Systems. She is also the co-creator, along with Adriane Lam, of Time Scavengers In dinosaur news this week: Aquilarhinus , the new hadros...

Dinosaur of the day Euoplocephalus, an ankylosaur from Dinosaur Provinical Park in Canada. In dinosaur news this week: Notatesseraeraptor, a well preserved theropod of the Late Triassic was described in Switzerland A new study of non-iridescent structural colors in feathers described blue feathers in an extinct bird An article covered paleontologist Amy Atwater, the woman behind the Instagram acco...

Dinosaur of the day Tsintaosaurus, a hadrosaur with a distinctive "unicorn-like" head crest. Interview with David Evans , a prolific researcher, associate Professor at the University of Toronto, and curator of dinosaurs at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) In dinosaur news this week: A new dinosaur with one large middle toe and two small slashing claws was discovered The Academy of Natural Sciences o...

Dinosaur of the day Hylaeosaurus, an ankylosaur that was one of the first three named dinosaurs. In dinosaur news this week: Researchers questioned dinosaur soft tissue discoveries after finding microorganisms living on a Centrosaurus fossil A pair of massive Macroelongatoolithus eggs were described from Southeastern Idaho In Zimbabwe, a team of researchers found a 97% complete dinosaur skeleton P...

Dinosaur of the day Riojasaurus, a Triassic sauropodomorph from Argentina that may have been bipedal. Interview with Tadd Galusha , writer and illustrator of the graphic novel Cretaceous. He’s a comic artist and illustrator, who also created the web comic The Backwoods and worked on Godzilla and TMNT/Ghostbusters 2. You can follow him on Instagram or Twitter , @TaddGalusha, and get his book on Ama...

Dinosaur of the day Supersaurus, a Portuguese relative of Diplodocus. In dinosaur news this week: Several new opalized Iguanodontian fossils were described from Australia and were used to name a new dinosaur: Fostoria Two new dinosaurs were found in Thailand within a few miles of each other: Phuwiangvenator and Vayuraptor The National Museum in Rio de Janeiro lost less specimens than previously th...

Dinosaur of the day Shuvuuia, a Mongolian alvarezsaurid that was probably covered in dino fuzz. Interview with David Armsby, the creator of the YouTube channel Dead Sound . You may have seen his excellent short animated movie Sharp Teeth . If you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a look. You can also see the video version of our interview on YouTube. In dinosaur news this week: A new study fo...

Dinosaur of the day Gargoyleosaurus, a Jurassic ankylosaur from Wyoming. Check out our new Parasaurolophus gear at bit.ly/iknowdinostore In dinosaur news this week: A new Late Jurassic sauropod named Oceanotitan was described from Portugal A new study shows that sauropods probably walked on their toes with a large fleshy pad under their heel About 20 bones have been recovered from the ceratopsian...

Dinosaur of the day Talarurus, the "wicker tailed" ankylosaurid from Mongolia. Interview with Brian Engh , a paleoartist, who has illustrated many of the recent dinosaur finds including Aquilops, Dynamoterror, and Invictarx, to name a few. He also makes puppets, movies, and music. Follow him on Patreon at historianhimself . In dinosaur news this week: Ambopteryx, the new membrane-winged dinosaur,...

Get our new gear at bit.ly/iknowdinostore Dinosaur of the day Agathaumas, the ceratopsid that was a ceratopsid before we knew what ceratopsids were. In dinosaur news this week: A single wing of Alcmonavis , the larger cousin of Archaeopteryx was described Thomas Carr visited the Tufts-Love T. Rex and thinks it might help settle the Nanotyrannus debate Maximo the titanosaur at the Field Museum now...

Check out our new Parasaurolophus gear on our store! bit.ly/iknowdinostore Dinosaur of the day Chungkingosaurus, one of the smallest known stegosaurs. Interview with Andrew McDonald , curator and an educator at the Western Science Center in Hemet, California. His research focuses on the evolution of dinosaurs in North America during the Cretaceous, and he regular does field work in New Mexico. Sin...

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Indosuchus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Indosuchus-Episode-232/ Dinosaur of the day Indosuchus, an Indian abelisaurid from the Late Cretaceous. In dinosaur news this week: The foot of a new dinosaur, Imperobator antarcticus , was found in Antarctica Xingtianosaurus ganqi was found in China and named after a hea...

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Haestasaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Haestasaurus-Episode-231/ Dinosaur of the day Haestasaurus, a sauropod whose arm was originally thought to be from a carnivorous marine reptile. Interview with Steve Brusatte, Paleontologist at The University of Edinburgh. Before moving to the UK he spent several years...

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Jeholosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Jeholosaurus-Episode-230/ Dinosaur of the day Jeholosaurus, a cute little ornithopod from northeastern China. In dinosaur news this week: Amazing skin detail was preserved in one inch long theropod tracks in South Korea A new study shows that Dinosaurs didn't evolve thi...

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Rhoetosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Rhoetosaurus-Episode-229/ Dinosaur of the day Rhoetosaurus, a sauropod from Queensland, Australia that has been pieced together over 50+ years. Interview with Darrin Pagnac , associate professor of geology and geological engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines &...

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Gigantspinosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Gigantspinosaurus-Episode-228/ Dinosaur of the day Gigantspinosaurus, a stegosaur (not a spinosaurid) with large shoulder spines. In dinosaur news this week: The day that wiped out the dinosaurs was captured in a 1.3m layer of flood water, fossilized fish, and rain...

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Incisivosaurus , and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Incisivosaurus-Episode-227/ Dinosaur of the day Incisivosaurus, a small dinosaur with rodent-like front teeth. Interview with Alida Bailleul , who recently described a dinosaur fossil with an unlaid egg clearly in its abdomen. Her research focuses on microscopic struc...

Dinosaur of the day Kaatedocus , the smaller cousin of Diplodocus and Barosaurus . In dinosaur news this week: A new basal ornithopod with skinny arms, Mahuidacursor lipanglef , was described in Argentina A hadrosaur was found in Montana with marks showing it was probably chewed on by a juvenile T. rex Tracks from the Middle Jurassic of China appear to be the first evidence of quadrupedal theropod...