I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

Sabrina Ricci

<p>Did you know a new dinosaur is discovered almost every week? </p><p><br></p><p>Keep up with the latest dinosaur discoveries and science with I Know Dino. Have fun and relax with hosts Garret and Sabrina each week as they explore the latest dinosaur news, chat with paleontology experts, dive deep into a “dinosaur of the day,” go down <em>Oryctodromeus</em> burrows with their fun facts, answer your burning questions, and connect dinosaurs to topics ranging from chocolate to the Titanic and more! Educational and entertaining, I Know Dino is a must listen dinosaur paleontology podcast for experts and newcomers alike.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by dinosaur enthusiasts and science communicators Garret and Sabrina, a husband and wife di-know-it-all team who love dinosaurs so much they had a dino-themed wedding and now all they do is talk about dinosaurs.</p>

  • 1 hour 43 seconds
    Bob Nicholls: Paleoartist Extraordinaire

    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, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Emausaurus-Episode-557/

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    Dinosaur of the day Emausaurus, a very early armored dinosaur to rival Scutellosaurus and Scelidosaurus.

    Interview with Bob Nicholls, world-renowned paleoartist, painter, sculptor, and illustrator. His work has been published in more than 40 books (including the Secret Lives of Dinosaurs) and exhibited in nearly 50 museums, universities, and attractions around the world. He’s also appeared on a number of shows and he designed coins for the Royal Mint. Follow him @BobNichollsart

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • Paleontologists found the world’s oldest cerapodan dinosaur in Morocco
    • Scientists found a dinosaur bone underneath the parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
    • New theropods have been found at the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site in Utah, U.S.
    • There’s a new large iguanodontian dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic in what is now Portugal

     

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    23 January 2026, 7:00 am
  • 1 hour 8 minutes
    Updates on the Origins of Dinosaurs

    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/

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    Dinosaur of the day Ornithopsis, a titanosaur found way back in the 1830s which was named for its bone's similarity to the lightweight structure of a bird's skeleton.

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • We not yet have found the earliest dinosaur fossils, but they may be in the Amazon and areas by the equator in South America and Africa
    • Dinosaurs may have originated in South America, and then moved simultaneously to the east and north
    • There’s a new very early theropod dinosaur, Anteavis crurilongus
    • A nearly complete skeleton from a Triassic sauropodomorph, Huayracursor jaguensis

     

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    9 January 2026, 8:00 am
  • 58 minutes 49 seconds
    Top 25 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2025

    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/

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    Dinosaur of the day Garudimimus, an ornithomimosaur that wasn't that fast.

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • Smallest find to make a big impact: Ahvaytum (ep 531)
    • HM: Archaeocursor (ep 533)
    • HM: Itaguyra (ep 545)
    • HM: Maleriraptor (ep 550)
    • HM: Taleta (ep 553)
    • Most surprising new dinosaur: Nanotyrannus lethaeus (ep 554)
    • Best new therizinosaur: Duonychus (ep 535)
    • Best new pachycephalosaur: Zavacephale (ep 553)
    • HM: Brontotholus (ep 553)
    • Best new ornithomimid: Mexidracon (ep 551)
    • Best new basal neornithischian: Pulaosaurus (DD 7)
    • Best new ankylosaurid genus: Huaxiazhoulong (ep 530)
    • Best new dromaeosaur: Shri rapax (DD8)
    • Best new compsognathid*: Huadanosaurus (ep 541)
    • Best new iguanodontian: Istiorachis (ep 548)
    • Best new megaraptor: Joaquinraptor (ep 552)
    • Best new basal sauropodomorph: Xingxiulong yueorum (ep 549)
    • HM: Lishulong (ep 539)
    • Best new enantiornithine: Navaornis (ep 533)
    • New genus hiding for the longest in plain sight: Newtonsaurus (DD8)
    • HM: Tameryraptor (ep 534)
    • Best new basal allosauroid: Yuanmouraptor (ep 536)
    • Best new oviraptorosaur: Yuanyanglong (ep 532)

     

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    24 December 2025, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    Nanotyrannus is Valid!

    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/

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    Dinosaur of the day Calamosaurus, a small theropod that’s been mixed up with lots of other theropods.

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • A new complete Nanotyrannus skeleton confirms that it deserves its own genus and is not just a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex
    • A close analysis of the small throat (hyoid) bone from the Nanotyrannus holotype confirms it was nearly full-sized
    • Review of the taxonomic history of Nanotyrannus
    • There’s a new Late Cretaceous tyrannosauroid, Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, related to the fluffy Yutyrannus
    • Scotty the T. rex appears to have blood vessel structures in a rib showing how it healed. (in the fun fact)
    • Companies are claiming to make luxury fashion items out of T. rex leather but that’s not currently possible. (in the fun fact)

     

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    11 December 2025, 8:00 am
  • 31 minutes 2 seconds
    Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska with History Dispatches

    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 is the story of Zofia, and the dinosaur that surprised us all - as told originally aired on the History Dispatches podcast with Matt and McKinley Breen.


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    Sources:

    https://archive.org/details/inpursuitofearly0000kiel/page/n5/mode/2up

    https://archive.org/details/huntingfordinosa00kiel

    https://iknowdino.com/deinocheirus-episode-527/

    https://www.nature.com/articles/520158a

    https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.16203

    https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13874

    https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13930

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    4 December 2025, 8:00 am
  • 59 minutes 47 seconds
    The most complete pachycephalosaur ever found!

    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/

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    Dinosaur of the day Stenopelix, a small (likely) ceratopsian that we only know from impressions in sandstone slabs.

    Interview with Michele Hollow, an award-winning journalist, and author of the book “Jurassic Girl: The Adventures of Mary Anning, Paleontologist and the First Female Fossil Hunter”, a historical fiction book for both young and less young readers.

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • The most complete and oldest known pachycephalosaur was discovered and named Zavacephale rinpoche
    • There’s a new "thunder dome" pachycephalosaur, Brontotholus harmoni
    • There’s a new flat-headed hadrosaur, Ahshislesaurus wimani, that was as large as a T. rex
    • There’s a new hadrosaur dinosaur from Morocco named Taleta taleta (yes the genus and species name are the same)

     

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    26 November 2025, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    What Dinosaurs Ate

    Plus, a new species of megaraptor, Joaquinraptor casali, is one of the most complete ever found.

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    Dinosaur of the day Dromaeosauroides, a theropod we only know from two teeth, and maybe some fossilized poop.

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • A new megaraptor, Joaquinraptor casali, may have died in the middle of eating a crocodilian
    • Analyzing skull mechanics can tell us a lot about different theropod dinosaur feeding strategies
    • The alvarezsaur Bannykus ate meat (instead of maybe insects)
    • A poor sauropod got gnawed on by a theropod (probably)
    • The gut contents of a subadult Diamantinasaurus shows it was not a picky eater and it did not chew its food
    • A closer look at coprolites found in the Lameta Formation in India show they were likely pooped out by an omnivorous animal, and not a titanosaur (as previously thought)

     

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    14 November 2025, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 42 minutes
    Jurassic World Rebirth with Common Descent

    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.

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    5 November 2025, 8:00 am
  • 58 minutes 44 seconds
    Weird &amp; Dead Treasures

    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

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    Dinosaur of the day Mochlodon, a stocky island dinosaur that was first found way back in 1859.

    Interview with Amy Atwater, a paleontologist and science communicator, the Director of Paleontology at Friends of Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, Colorado, co-host of the podcast Weird & Dead, and author of the book “The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure”. Follow her @Mary_Annings_Revenge

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • There’s a new ornithomimosaur with very large hands named Mexidracon longimanus

     

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    30 October 2025, 7:00 am
  • 1 hour 17 seconds
    Herrerasaur Hurrah!

    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.

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    Dinosaur of the day Sanjuansaurus, a herrerasaur dinosaur whose existence helps show dinosaurs’ dominance.

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • There’s a new herrerasaur dinosaur, Maleriraptor kuttyi
    • Herrerasaurs probably bit each other on the face
    • Herrerasaurs were a successful, complicated group

     

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    16 October 2025, 7:00 am
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    The Best Discovery of the Year!

    A new Spicomellus find reveals just how crazy its armor was. Plus Six brand new sauropods!

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    Dinosaur of the day Liaoningosaurus, a small ankylosaur that may or may not have been semi-aquatic and carnivorous.

    In dinosaur news this week:

    • A much more complete Spicomellus skeleton was found with some of the strangest and most elaborate armor ever seen
    • There’s a new sauropodomorph species, Xingxiulong yueorum, which is quite a bit bigger than the previous species from the genus
    • The oldest known sauropodomorph from East Asia, Wudingloong wui, was just described
    • There’s a new eusauropod, Huashanosaurus qini, named for famous mountain with impressive rock art
    • There’s a new mamenchisaurid sauropod, Tongnanlong zhimingi, which is estimated to be over 80ft long
    • There’s a new rebbachisaurid (vacuum cleaner head) sauropod, Cienciargentina sanchezi, from Patagonia
    • There’s another new rebbachisaurid, Astigmasaura genuflexa, measuring in at about 59ft (18m) long and weighing over 10 tons

     

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    1 October 2025, 7:00 am
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