We got to chat with  Shaun Keenan, a concept artist in the video game and animation industries, and the creator of the upcoming book, Dinosaurs of the Wild West

In the news: New sauropod from Siberia named Sibirotitan and not Sibirosaurus like we had guessed; A new biogeographical model shows how dinosaurs moved and evolved; Utahraptor is one step closer to being Utah's official state dinosaur; The Bureau of Land Management is requesting public input about the boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument; and much more

Dinosaur of the day Epidexipteryx, a paravian dinosaur that had tail feather's similar to a peacock's

This episode is brought to you in part by TRX Dinosaurs, which makes beautiful and realistic dinosaur sculptures, puppets, and animatronics. You can see some amazing examples and works in progress on Instagram @trxdinosaurs

And by  the Royal Tyrrell Museum, which is located in southern Alberta, Canada. Right now they are exhibiting their free-to-attend Winter speaker series (also on YouTube). More information can be found at tyrrellmuseum.com

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