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The bare-bones dinosaur edu-tainment podcast! Join your hosts David and Michaela in their journey of dinosaur discovery, starting with the very basics and moving on to the latest dino digs.

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United States

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The bare-bones dinosaur edu-tainment podcast! Join your hosts David and Michaela in their journey of dinosaur discovery, starting with the very basics and moving on to the latest dino digs.

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English


Episodes
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046 - Dino Lungs (Dreadnoughtus and Scipionyx)

12/17/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Dreadnoughtus on WikipediaScipionyx on WikipediaReferences Riley Black on dinosaur lungsMuch of the research for this episode came from The Sauropod Dinosaurs by Hallett and WedelSome additional research came from The Dinosauria, 2nd editionBrocklehurst’s most recent paper on dinosaur breathing from 2020Get In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:48:28

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045 - Paleo Memes (Lufengosaurus and Elasmotherium)

11/26/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Lufengosaurus on WikipediaElasmotherium of WikipediaReferences Tyler Green on the “Four Dinosaurs of the Apocalypse”Fluffy T. rex memeThe penguin/sauropod memeStarkey Comics on the stealing of his Lufengosaurus memeGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:30:26

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044 - Fighting Dinosaurs (Kentrosaurus and Acrocanthosaurus)

11/12/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Kentrosaurus on WikipediaAcrocanthosaurus on WikipediaReferences Kurzgesagt’s video on exploding miceAbout 50 people per year in the US are killed by farm animalsPachycephalosaurus packed a punchRiley Black’s explanation of the Acrocanthosaurus trackwayGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:41:31

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043 - What Did T. rex Taste Like? (Ornithomimus and Lambeosaurus)

10/29/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Ornithomimus on WikipediaLambeosaurus on WikipediaReferences The Tumblr post that has been screen-shotted and shared around.Slate on what dinosaurs tasted likeWhat dinosaur would be tastiest?One of the only sources I could find mentioning both Cadmium and the Late Cretaceous.A source I found after recording indicates that there may be some truth to the idea that cadmium was more present in the soil for some time in the Cretaceous.Get In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:37:37

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042 - Nicolas Cage and Fossil Poaching (Tarbosaurus and Ubirajara)

8/20/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Tarbosaurus on WikipediaUbirajara on WikipediaReferences Nicolas Cage Returns Stolen Mongolian Dinosaur SkullMartill is quoted on the ethics of fossil poachingUbirajara’s press coverage from before the paper was “temporarily removed”Get In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:45:12

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041 - Did Triceratops Float? (Diabloceratops and Euoplocephalus)

8/6/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Diabloceratops on WikipediaEuoplocephalus on WikipediaReferences Don Henderson’s first paper on modeling dinosHenderson’s “Tipsy Punters” paperHone and Holtz’s Spinosaurus paperAnimal Planet’s video about hippos swimmingLythronax was the dinosaur Michaela was trying to mentionBloat and Float examinedGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:40:14

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040 - The Biggest Dinosaurs (Patagotitan and Giganotosaurus)

7/23/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Patagotitan on WikipediaGiganotosaurus on WikipediaReferences Yes, dinosaurs were big (shocker)A fun paper on how sauropods got as big as they didGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:38:34

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039 - Feathers (Anchiornis and Kulindadromeus)

7/9/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Anchiornis on WikipediaKulindadromeus on WikipediaReferences Let’s Make a Music’s album including “Utah: Industry”Mark Witton on the phenomenon of “feather resistance”Mark Witton (again) on whether or not T. rex had feathers; also included is some good examples of paleoart featuring feathered rexesYour Dinosaurs Are Wrong did a whole episode on feathers which is quite informative!Fable the raven (who can talk!)Kiwi and Pixel’s channel featuring birdphoneGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:44:50

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038 - The Traveling Rocks (Cedarosaurus and Bonitasaura)

6/25/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Cedarosaurus on WikipediaBonitasaura on WikipediaReferences A pop-sci article about the Malone 2021 paperMalone et al’s paper hypothesizing sauropod gastroliths and long-distance migrationThe first Wings paper quoted by Malone which argues strongly that most supposed gastroliths are just weird rocksThe second Wings paper that argues that most sauropod gastroliths were also just weird rocksFricke et al with evidence of sauropod migration over ~300kmGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:32:35

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037 - Franz Nopcsa (Magyarosaurus and Struthiosaurus)

6/11/2021
Join our Alliance in Jurassic World: Alive, the mobile game! Search for "Dinosource Podcast", and if that doesn't work send us an email or a tweet! Featured Creatures - Quick Links Wikipedia article on MagyarosaurusWikipedia article on StruthiosaurusReferences Twitter account of Riley Black; consider following her tweets instead of reading too much more about Nopcsa! She’s written a ton of paleontology news articles for the wider public as well as a couple books!Twitter account of Natalia Jagielska, a paleontologist studying pterosaurs (lots of great art in the account)A documentary about Nopcsa and his boyfriend/secretary DodaThe Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences’ video about NopcsaGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:47:13

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036 - Eggs (Maiasaura and Citipati)

5/28/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Wikipedia article on MaiasauraWikipedia article on CitipatiReferences Dinosaurs laid soft-shelled eggs for the most partRiley Black says “no, dinosaurs didn’t die out because they were all boys”The “Mafia hypothesis” on WikipediaGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:44:34

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035 - Dino Butts (Brontomerus and Staurikosaurus)

5/14/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Brontomerus on WikipediaStaurikosaurus on WikipediaReferences Description of Psittacosaurus’ butt by Bell et al, 2020Femoral retraction in dinosaurs and the importance of the caudofemoralis longus by Gatesy, 1990Description of Staurikosaurus by Colbert, 1970Get In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:38:51

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034 - Dino Brains (Thecodontosaurus and Anhanguera)

4/30/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Thecodontosaurus on WikipediaAnhanguera on WikipediaReferences Sakagami, 2020; a typical paper about dinosaur neurobiology. Figure 5 is the picture of Triceratops’ skull with its brain superimposed. The brain is very small.No, Stegosaurus didn’t have a second brain in its butt.Walsh et al, 2009; predicting hearing ranges based on dinosaur skull proportions.Ballell, 2020; Thecodontosaurus paleoneurology description.Witmer et al, 2003; both a good primer on determining head posture from labyrinth and a description of Anhanguera’s skull.Get In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:41:31

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033 - Bugs With Dinosaur Names (Sharovipteryx and Dryptosaurus)

4/16/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Sharovipteryx on WikipediaDryptosaurus on Wikipedia (with Leaping Laelaps shown at the bottom of the page)References Pyrite disease, further explainedGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:35:22

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032 - Toothless Dinosaurs (Heterodontosaurus and Ichthyornis)

4/2/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Heterodontosaurus on WikipediaIchthyornis on WikipediaReferences Dollo’s Law of IrreversabilityMergansers (which are ducks)Brocklehurst and Field, 2021; a very good summary of the most up-to-date theories behind dinosaur tooth lossField et al, 2018; more of Field’s work on avian edentulousness and what made it throug the K-Pg extinction eventGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:32:19

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031 - Dinosaur Vision (Sinosauropteryx and Tupandactylus)

3/19/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Sinosauropteryx’s Wikipedia pageTupandactylus’ Wikipedia pageTupandactylus looking very polite, at least in David’s opinionThe extremely cursed T. rex skull from Stevens, 2006References Stevens, 2006; the paper with the cursed T. rex, and also some thoughts on bird head-bobbingKoschowitz et al, 2014; discusses the idea that dinosaur vision was a contributing factor to feather evolutionHall, 2008; sclerotic ring size alone doesn’t predict nocturnality, you also need orbit depthSchmitz and Motani, 2011; hey guys look we predict nocturnality based on sclerotic ring size aloneHall et al, 2011; you absolute numptiesOther Links Get In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:41:16

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030 - Dinosaurs We Don't Know About (Cryolophosaurus and Appalachiosaurus)

3/5/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Cryolophosaurus Wikipedia pageAppalachiosaurus Wikipedia pageReferences Comet shard, not asteroid, caused the dino extinctionA good primer on taphonomic biasDavid Hone discussing North Korean fossils and other sources of biasWhat we know about Ceratopsians in Appalachia (not much)Yes, shrimp existed in the Mesozoic (and at least as far back as the Carboniferous)Get In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:39:07

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029 - Spinosaurids (Spinosaurus and Baryonyx)

2/19/2021
Featured Creatures - Quick Links Spinosaurus Wikipedia pageBaryonyx Wikipedia pageGlossary Spinosaurus aegyptiacus:Baryonyx walkeri:References Hone and Holtz, 2021; the most recent paper to cause Spino controversyIbrahim et al, 2020; in which the new tail is revealedIbrahim et al, 2020 (but slightly earlier); a general review of the Kem Kem Beds where Spino fossils have been discoveredIbrahim et al, 2014; Spino had lil bitty legsScott Hartman on Spino’s sail shapeGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:46:04

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028 - Dinosaurs Under UV (Microraptor and Juravenator)

2/5/2021
References Dr Dave Hone discussing fossil examination under UVHone and Tischingler on Microraptor under UVInterview with Hone about the paperScientists have used UV light to reconstruct pigmentation on fossil snail shellsTurns out birds have more going on in the UV spectrum than we can see with our dumb human eyesNo, that viral video wasn’t showing pigeons’ natural UV fluorescenceA re-examination of Juravenator with pictures under UV courtesy of Helmut TischlingerGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:37:30

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027 - Pokemon Dinosaurs (Pachycephalosaurus and Pentaceratops)

1/22/2021
References The Pokemon phylogeny paper mentioned in the episodeGet In Touch Email: dinosourcepodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @TheDinosource Thanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork.

Duration:00:43:35