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Dinosaur of the day Saurornitholestes, A dromaeosaurid that looked similar to Velociraptor with teeth that may have been used to preen its feathers..

Some resources to help you find fossils:

• FOSSILS: A Guide to Prehistoric Life, a book with many helpful photos and descriptions, plus links to more resources.
• myFOSSIL, a website that's "building a community of amateur and professional paleontologists."
• The Fossil Forum can help you ID fossils.
• A PBS webpage listing where you can find fossils in each US state.
• Fossil Explorer, an app that covers fossil localities in England, Scotland, and Wales.

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Dinosaur of the day Draconyx, a relatively small relative of Iguanodon.

Interview with David Randall, a senior reporter at Reuters and the author of several books, including “The Monster’s Bones: The Discovery of T. rex and How It Shook Our World"

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Dinosaur of the day Aegyptosaurus, a sauropod from Egypt which like Spinosaurus was mostly lost to science in Munich during WWII.

Ankylosaurus is the longest, heaviest, and widest ankylosaur. But those aren't the only details that make Ankylosaurus such a special dinosaur.

Some of the papers we cover that we didn't discuss back in Episode 5:

• Original paper describing Ankylosaurus & Ankylosauridae by Barnum Brown from 1908
• How ankylosaurid tails evolved by Arbour & Currie
• Ankylosaurid tail posture, club sizes, and uses by Coombs (including the shin bashing & head butting hypotheses)
• Redescription of Ankylosaurus by Arbour & Mallon with its overall tank-like proportions

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We explore how well the dinosaurs in both Jurassic World Dominion and Prehistoric Planet match our current scientific understanding.

Dinosaur of the day Moros, a small tyrannosauroid from Utah which was briefly featured in Jurassic World: Dominion.

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Dinosaur of the day Scorpios rex, a fictional hybrid dinosaur first introduced in Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous.

Interview with Glen McIntosh, an artist an animator who has worked on Jurassic Park III, Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World: Battle at Big Rock and the prelude to Jurassic World: Dominion. He’s also lectured on dinosaur movement and locomotion at many conferences, schools, and museums. Find his work on artofglenmcintosh.com

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How we differentiate dinosaurs from their closest relatives like pterosaurs, crocodilians, and dinosauromorphs.

Dinosaur of the day Erlikosaurus, The first therizinosaur found with a complete skull—described as "remarkably uncrushed".

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Dinosaur of the day Stegoceratops, a Jurassic Park hybrid of Triceratops, Stegosaurus, a beetle, a snake, and a cuttlefish.

Interview with Tito Aureliano and Aline Ghilardi. Tito is a paleontologist, geologist, science communicator, and researcher at the University of Campinas and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Aline is a scientist, science communicator, and professor of paleontology also at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.

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Dinosaur of the day Pyroraptor, a raptor that was smaller than Velociraptor that we expect to see in Jurassic World: Dominion.

We explore the radical transformation that dinosaurs went through to become birds.

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Dinosaur of the day Proa, a basal iguanodont that lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Teruel Province, Spain.

We answer the following questions:

• What “Dino of the day” most surprised you / most interested you in researching it for an episode?
• What famous dino field expedition would you liked to have been part of?
• Who of the early paleontologists do you wish you could have interviewed?
• If you had to take a side in the Bone Wars, would it be Marsh or Cope?
• Will there ever be a chance that your favorite groups of dinosaurs (sauropods and ankylosaurs) could change?
• What are your favorite non-saurian extinct animals?
• Do you have ancient plant or fungal life you find interesting?
• Did you have a favorite dinosaur toy growing up?
• How long would a human survive in the early-Triassic, mid-Jurassic, or end-Cretaceous?
• What is the Coolest fossil you have found or seen?
• What makes Velociraptor (and other feathered dinosaurs) dinosaurs and not birds?
• Which fossil most seems to be missing from the record, but you hope or expect to be found? Maybe a feathered T. rex?
• What is—and isn’t—known about dinosaur skin? How is it known, soft tissue preservation?
• Do you have a routine for how you do the research for each episode?
• Is there a specific specimen you want to visit and see someday?
• Have any dinosaur fossils been found in the in Antarctica? Is their any chance any skin, bone etc could be locked in the permafrost?

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Dinosaur of the day Anchiornis, The first dinosaur to be reconstructed with realistic colors from preserved feathers on most of its body.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new massive megaraptorid, Maip macrothorax, was described from Patagonia
• A new ornithomimosaur (not yet named) has been found in the Erlian Formation of Nei Mongol, north China
• The University of Colorado Boulder is returning their Triceratops skull to the Smithsonian Institution
• The game Parkasaurus is now available on Nintendo Switch
• Colin Trevorrow shared a map of Jurassic World: Dominion that showed where the dinosaurs have ended up around the U.S.
• Jurassic World: Dominion dropped a second trailer
• Tom Holtz shared a flowchart to help determine if you've found a coprolite, regurgitalite, or other dinosaur meal

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