Archaeocursor may have been named after an April Fool's Joke, but it was a real dinosaur.

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Dinosaurs of the day: Earl Sinclair, Godzilla, & Cryptids.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There is a Shady dinosaur, and it's a Triceratops
• A Stegosaurus just sold for over 13 million dollars using shares as a sort of "investment"
• An Apatosaurus sold in Europe for about 6 million Euros
• Archaeocursor asiaticus is the oldest known ornithischian from Asia
• A 47 gram (1.7 ounce) enantiornithine bird was described with "robust teeth" and feather traces
• The "short pubis" enantiornithean bird, Novavis pubisculata, was named from the Early Cretaceous of China
• Navaornis hestiae was named after the Greek goddess Hestia, the oldest and youngest Olympian (Navaornis is an old bird with a modern looking skull)
• Baminornis zhenghensis may be the first bird to ever evolve a pygostyle (to support tail feathers)
• A new Archaeopteryx specimen was described (making it the 14th of all time)

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A pair of Yuanyanglong were found together in the summer of 2021 after fossilizing together for 100 million years. Plus our Dino Duels continue

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Dinosaur of the day Phuwiangosaurus, the first sauropod named from Thailand.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new oviraptorosaurian dinosaur, Yuanyanglong bainian, the "lovebird dragon"

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The sauropodomorph Ahvaytum is several million years older than any previously known dinosaur from Laurasia. And there are some even older tracks. Plus the results of the sweet sixteen round of our dino duels bracket.

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In dinosaur news this week:

• A new sauropodomorph shows that dinosaurs were living in the northern hemisphere way earlier than previously thought

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Huaxiazhoulong is one of the most complete ankylosaurs ever found (except for the head). Plus "Apex" the extremely expensive Stegosaurus is now on public display.

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Dinosaur of the day Pawpawsaurus, an ankylosaur with a well preserved skull which preserved the first nodosaurid eyelids.

In dinosaur news this week:

• The most expensive dinosaur ever sold at auction, the Stegosaurus "Apex", is now on display at the American Museum of Natural History.
• The new ankylosaur, Huaxiazhoulong shouwen, is nearly complete (from the shoulders back).

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Happy March! We're celebrating with a friendly Dino Duels Competition. Fill out a bracket to predict which dinosaur will win their matchups and you could win a prize!

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Dinosaur of the day Cumnoria, another dinosaur that was considered to be Camptosaurus for a while.

Here are the steps to enter the Dino Duels Competition:

• Check out our interactive Dinosaur Bracket at bit.ly/dinoduelsbracket and predict the dinosaur champions
• Then copy over your picks and submit them in the Google Form by March 11, 2025 at bit.ly/dinoduelspicks
• Go to bit.ly/dinoduelsrules for all the rules for the Dino Duels Competition

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Dinosaurs had a complex relationship with fungi and plants. We explore whether dinosaurs ate psychedelics, if they aided plant evolution, and even a carnivorous fungus.

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Dinosaur of the day Jeholornis, the first known bird to eat fruit.

Some of the main topics in this episode:

• The psychotropic fungus ergot in the Cretaceous
• Fungi in dinosaurian (Isisaurus) coprolites
• Dinosaurs feeding on flowering plants
• Dinosaur—angiosperm coevolution revisited
• "Hunting the Snark: the flawed search for mythical Jurassic angiosperms"
• Angiosperm evolution using phylogenomics
• Possible pre-Cretaceous origin of flowering plants
• Ancient pollen that may be from angiosperms
• How the end-Cretaceous extinction led to modern rainforests
• How plants fared after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

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Zofia led several expeditions to Mongolia where her team discovered hundreds of mammals and dinosaurs including Deinocheirus and the Fighting Dinosaurs (a velociraptor and Protoceratops who appear to have fossilized in the middle of a fight to the death).

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Dinosaur of the day Deinocheirus (revisited), a dinosaur that was once considered fearsome, but now more goofy. It's a unique herbivorous theropod with enormous arms and claws.

Two great books written by Zofia:

• In Pursuit of Early Mammals
• Hunting for dinosaurs

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The "thunder lizard" may be the most well-known sauropod. It has been regularly featured in movies for over a century and would have been an awesome sight to behold in the Jurassic.

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Dinosaur of the day Astrophocaudia, a roughly 20 ton sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous alongside Sauroposeidon.

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Dean Lomax joins to discuss Ichthyotitan, the largest known reptile of all time which he recently described. Plus the Rutland Sea Dragon, Executive Producing Why Dinosaurs?, and more.

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Dinosaur of the day Aristosuchus, a small (likely fuzzy) dinosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now England.

Interview with Dean Lomax, an award-winning paleontologist, author, and presenter, as well as Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Manchester & 1851 fellow at the University of Bristol. He’s the leading authority on ichthyosaurs, and he also excavates and researches dinosaurs. Check him out on Instagram @Dean_R_Lomax or Facebook or twitter or on his website at deanrlomax.co.uk

Some of the things we discuss with Dean Lomax this week:

• His upcoming work on the Rutland sea dragon
• Ichthyotitan, which is possibly the largest marine reptile to ever swim the earth
• Executive Producing the Why Dinosaurs? Documentary

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The current evidence for dinosaur mating displays, reproduction, walking, and running. Featuring chickens with artificial tails!

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Dinosaur of the day Valdosaurus, an iguanodont that lived in the Early Cretaceous.

Some of the topics we discuss in this episode are:

• "Display arenas" showing potential courtship ceremonies in Cretaceous rock
• Two oviraptorosaur tails that may show differences between males and females (males with tail-shaking muscles)
• Dinosaur "dance floor" of tracks that seem to show stopping and crouching behaviors
• A simulation of the enormous sauropod Argentinosaurus walking

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A huge year for stegosaurs and theropods!

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Dinosaur of the day Yinlong, one of the earliest known ceratopsians.

Our top stories of 2024:

• Best new tyrannosaur: Asiatyrannus
• Best new tyrannosaur (runner up): Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis
• Best new titanosaur: Bustingorrytitan
• Best new titanosaur (runner up): Qunkasaura
• Best new ankylosaur: Datai
• Best new abelisaur: Koleken
• Best new ceratopsian: Lokiceratops
• Best new (maybe) burrowing dinosaur: Fona
• Best new ornithopod (most complete found in UK in 100 years): Comptonatus
• Best new theropod brow: Alpkarakush
• Best sauropod vertebra (and best rebbachisaurid): Sidersaura
• Best new rebbachisaurid (runner up): Campananeyen
• Best noasaurid theropod: Kiyacursor
• Best new caenagnathid: Eoneophron
• Best new sleeping dinosaur: Hypnovenator
• Most basal rhabdodontomorph ornithopod: Emiliasaura
• Best new silesaurid: Gondwanax
• Most expanded dinosaur group: Stegosauria. Including: Thyreosaurus, Baiyinosaurus, Angustungui, & Yanbeilong
• Coolest discovery story: Musankwa
• Most tenacious fossil: Ardetosaurus
• Most exciting new Mesozoic bird: Shuilingornis
• Best bird names: Avisaurus ("bird lizard") and Magnusavis ("big bird")
• Fastest name change: "Jingjia" renamed Jingiella
• Garret's favorite Dinosaur Connection Challenge: bubonic plague
• Best paleopathology study: South American theropods
• Best paleopathology study (runner up): Plateosaurus
• Oldest known paleontology (maybe): 10,000 year old petroglyphs
• Best friendly sauropodomorph study: Lufengosaurus
• Best new spinosaurid: Riojavenatrix
• Spinosaur diving and hunting/swimming update
• Spinosaur skull shapes
• Spinosaurs had skull and teeth to go after large prey
• Best new tyrannosaur paper: Gorgosaurus gut contents
• Nanotyrannus update
• T. rex intelligence estimation

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