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.

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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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Juvenile Daspletosaurus skull bones; Modern birds have high Encephalization Quotients from their non-avian dinosaur ancestors; Dinosaur size estimate problems; Plus new non-fiction dinosaur books

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Dinosaur of the day Suzhousaurus, a large therizinosaur theropod that had one of the longest upper arm bones of any theropod.

In dinosaur news this week:

• Three immature Daspletosaurus skull bones help show how the dinosaur changed (and didn’t change) as it grew up
• Modern birds have high EQs which they evolved from non-avian dinosaurs
• Scientists caution on how to estimate sizes and body shapes of extinct animals (be careful what animals you compare it to)

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The sauropodomorph Lufengosaurus appears to have fed its young. Plus two new dinosaurs, a ceratopsian and a titanosaur; Plateosaurus tail injuries; and the connection between the bubonic plague and dinosaurs.

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Dinosaur of the day Saichania, an ankylosaur known for its pretty face.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new ceratopsian dinosaur, Sasayamagnomus saegusai
• There’s a new titanosaur sauropod, Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra
• Damage to a number of tails may mean the sauropodomorph Plateosaurus often had to live with its injuries
• Long necked dinosaurs did care! The basal sauropodomorph Lufengosaurus probably took care of and fed its young

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Edward Dolnick joins to discuss how scientists and the general public viewed dinosaurs in the early 1800s. Plus hadrosaurs living in age-separated groups, two new hadrosauroids: Coahuilasaurus from Mexico and Qianjiangsaurus from China, and the latest installment in the Jurassic Park franchise will be called Jurassic World Rebirth and come out on July 2, 2025

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Dinosaur of the day Theiophytalia, an iguanodontian that was originally thought to be from the Jurassic (due to a Bone Wars shipping mix-up), but actually lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Colorado.

Interview with Edward Dolnick, the author of the book, Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party, which is about how a group of Victorians discovered prehistoric animals and it changed our understanding of the world

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new kritosaurin hadrosaur dinosaur, Coahuilasaurus lipani
• There’s a new hadrosauroid ornithopod dinosaur, Qianjiangsaurus changshengi
• The hadrosaur Hypacrosaurus lived in groups separated by age (juveniles lived separately from adults)
• The new Jurassic World film, coming out next July 2, has a title: Jurassic World Rebirth

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Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus was just named from Kyrgyzstan, plus a new abelisaurid from France, and a Triassic dinosaur in Brazil. We also discuss if dinosaur mounts are art and a few new dinosaur books.

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Dinosaur of the day Confuciusornis, a crow-sized dinosaur that is known from potentially over 1,000 specimens.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new allosauroid theropod dinosaur, Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus, that was found in Kyrgyzstan
• There’s a new abelisaurid theropod dinosaur, Caletodraco cottardi, described from Normandy, France
• Should dinosaur skeletal mounts be considered works of art?
• A couple new dinosaur books

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